The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

The PennSy lvania Board OF Agriculture
will meet at Harrisburg on Wednesday,
23d instant. Essays will be read by emil
nent and practical men, on the following
subjects :-Breeding Stock. Sheep Hus-
bandry. Fruit Growing by Farmers, aud
/ BarnyaId Manure. Prof. j. L. Lesley,
State Geologist, will address the Legisla-
! ture on Wednesday evening, 23d. Subject
| Soils as regarded from the side of Geol-
/ ogy.
The fishing schooner, Little Kate, IS
! reported lost, with her entire thirteen men,
ali of South Boston, Mass. The names are
John A. Hines, captain; Martin Hines,
/ Owen Hines, jr., Michael Hines. Thos.
/ Hines, Michael CosgroYe, John King, Pat
rick King, Martin Gay, Morgan Flaherty,
| Michael FIaher:y, Thomas Glynn, and
Michael O Donuell. By this disaster seven
! women made widows, and sweniy-oue
children orphans.
The funeral of King Victor Emmanuel
! took place at Rome yesterday and the re-
( mains were deposited IN the Pantheon.
/ The Chapter OF the Church declared that il
/ felt honored by So sacred a trust. The &C.
| Clcsiastical authorities, by the Pupe's order,
| removed all difficulties in cuuneution with
/ the celebration of the funeral and the
clergy were also authorized 10 attend,
! while the archbishops Of Upper Italy were
! ordered to celebrate requiem MASSES.
About fifteen Thousand persons from
all parts of the State, Philadelphia aud
! New York assisted at the installation, At
/ Trenton. \. J., on Tuesday last, of Gov
/ ernor Mcclellan. The procession was i'm
mense and impressng. Flags, banners
and bunting were profuse, aud thevtseer-
/ ing Of the people hearty aud continuous.
/ Governor Mcclellan was received at his
| residence with a salute of 100 guns. The
! housetops were filed with people, As were
also the streets,
H.
| OF the large cattle sheds in the stock yards
/ of Fairbanks distilleTy at Teue Eaute,
! lnd., caught fire from loose hay, and was
/ destroyed. The building contained eight
! hundred Texas and Colorado cattle. the
/ property of Isaac Wexal 8 Co, of the
! stock yards in Chicago. Three hundred
/ of them, worth forty dollars each, were
burned. They were partially insured in
Chicago. The loss on the building and
/ hay is 50 600. The sheds were the proper
| ~ of ii. Holman, and we're partly insured.
Friday afternoon n tramp entered the
| basement of Fumivals bagging factory, in
| Brooklyn, and was oIdered away. Nnen
/ going out he struck a match against n bag
/ of ju'e, and in a moment II was in flames,
/ which rapidly extended in the lower part
OF th' factory. There were $50 girls en-
/ ployed i'll the upperpart, who had marrow
escape from being suffocated and burned. /.
! he passage ways being in flames, they Rll
escaped without accident by windows
which opened on tbe roof OF a neigh boring
shed. The flames were confined to the
lower part of the building. The loss is
! $4,000.
The Worcester Spy says that as Mrs.
| I. Z. Tracey. of Northampton, Mass, was
! descending the stairs at her residence ON
Friday, ring her right hand caught
on the gas fixtures pendent in the hall by
the side of the stair railing, and swung
b.r 1,,tN ., 6
several minutes by one finger, wreuching
her quite severely. Her little daughter
heard her cries and finally succeeded III
! lifting Mrs. Tracy SO that she removed her
! finger, which was very much lacerated. 4
jeweler was called i'll to file off the ring.
and Mrs. Tracy has not been able TO sit up
since the accident.
! Mercedes, future queen Of Spain, will
be one of the most beautiful sovereigns
in Europe. She is a very pretty young
woman of the pure Spanish type, with
. very black eyes and hair, fine features and
| full figure. She receives from the Duke
de Moutpensier, her father, a dowry of
$1,000, 600, great quantity of diamonds,
and magnificent trousseau. Her sister,
the Countess de Paris has sent wedding
gift of heautifCl suite of jewels. The
young king gives his bride loads OF jewels.
and his portrait set i'm brilliants; aud the
Pope sends a wedding ring which he has
blessed and a rose in diamonds.
"A new Pompeii has been discovered in
Italy. At the foot of Mont Gargano a
I buried town has been laid bare, the houses
being down twenty feet below the surface.
4 temple of Diana was first brought to
light, then "a portico composed of columns
without capitals, and, fiuslly, a metropolis
covering nearly four acres. The Italian
Government has taken measures to contiu-
ne the excavations on large scale, aud
has already discovered monument erected
in honor of Pompey after his victory over
the pirates. The town is the ancient ST.
pontum, of which Strabo and Levi speak,
and which was buried by an earthquake.
In the State prison at Charlestown,
/ Mass, is a man named DunauniD, who has
had an eventful career. When the war
broke out he was serving sentence of
thirty years. but was pardoned on the con-
dition that he would enlist in the army.
His bravery quickly won the good will of
his officers. who knew nothing of his ante
cedents, and after the battle of Fredercks-
burg be acted as spy, aiming important
information. He was afterward captured
aud sentenced to Libby prison and paroled.
fIe broke the parole, reenlisted, deserted,
committed burglary, and is back in his
old quarters, with twelve years more to