The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-08

A list Of converts from the church Of
England 20 that Of Rome, just published,
contains the names Of Miss Stanley, sister
of the Dean Miss Gladstone, sister Of the
tx Premier Or. Anold's eldest son, Prof.
Paley, Prof. Barf, Adelaide Proctor and
Elizabeth Thompson, the military painter.
While on his way home from Tallahas-
see, negro named Andrew Wilson was
run over at Bel Air hill and killed. -Four
years ago his father was killed ON the same
spot i'm precisely the same manner one of
his brothers broke his neck last year while
playing bail, and in 1878 another was
killed byssa fall.
Thursday afternoon, Robert Fraz:eI's
Hurnpty Dumpty troupe gave a family
matinee at ;he Grand Opera House in OH
City, which was attended by little girl
named Kincsbury. aged about y years.
She was so frightened by the trick in
which a man is apparently beheaded that
she went into SpaSmS, from the effects of
which she died on Friday.
Frederick 4. Gardner, OF Buffdlo, has
recently patented a steam motor which
completely obyiates what is known as n
dead centre" The engine consists Of
three vaciIlating cylinders, tue pis.on Of
which connects directly with the central
crank, dispensing with the usual connect
ing rods and steam chests, one of the
cylinders always being under steam pres
sure.
A young man in Cincinnati desires to
marry girl Of thirteen. She Is willing
and so are her parents, but Ohio law re
fuses a license 80 one so young, aud with
ont license cleTgymen in that State are
forbidden TO perform a marriage ceremony.
The pair intend TO go beyond the reach of
such restrictions, accompanied by .heir
relatives, and to be welded in spite of all
obstacles.
The st. Louis Journal, in illustrating
the wonders of electricity, states that a
California man, temporarily in New York
city, received a telegram from home le-
Gently announcing the birth of a son. lie
Immediately telegraphed congratulations,
and the telegram reached San Francisco
three hours before it was sent and an houT
before the child was born. In ali such
cases kilograms should be dated back at
least four hours.
"A citizen Of Newport. r l., reputed
to be worth over 500 600, recently deter
mined to lave his house reshingled. lie
purchased he shingles. and. desiring to
know if they were all there, actually count
ed every one OF the fifteen or twenty
bundles. One Of them was found to be
two short, and Instantly he shouldered the
bundle, marched to the lumber yard, aud
demanded two more shingles. lie got
them aud 81 en- was satisfied.
Right Rev. Bishop Becker. Of the
Catholic Church, delivered an address at
Wilmington. Del, on Sunday afternoon In
the prO-cathedral, in reply to CHARGES
against the Catholic Church bv Right Rev.
Bishop Lee, Episcopal Bishop OF that
State, who has just returned from the
Pan Anglican Synod in England. The
controversy is the cause of mucb excite.
meut and comment. The church vas com
pletely filed, principally with Protestauts.
hundreds being turned away
"A dispatch from Chetapa Kansas
says that Theodore Munsterman. a farmer
was arrested there on Friday charged with
numbering a farmer named Hunt. who
lived some twenty miles from Chetapa. and
also mortally wounding his wife, last
Wednesday night. Hunt was shot throupb
the right eye, ard Mrs. Hunt through The
left eye. The latter recovered sufficiently
to state that Musterman committed the
deed. An old feud is said to have existed
between the men, which is supposed to
have been the cause Of the murder.
The wonderfully joined twin babies
from St. RenO.t, Canada, who were exhib-
tied in New York few months ago, have
been critically examined in PhiladelDbi.
by Prof. Pancoast. They are separate tn
the hips, but have only two legs in the 40
gregate- The Siamese twins were n dis
tinct pair, so are he negro twins calad
Millie and Christine, but the Professor saws
of the Canadian babies "They have sep
arate lungs and hearts, the union begin:
ming at the edge of the ribs, and forming
common digestive and generative organs. ;"
Daniel y. Warner was a hard m
young man of Boston and Nsthen B. Good
now wealthy but rather timorous banker.
Warner began by inuuendos (sent through
the post) to threaten Goodnow's life for
some alleged hidden crime. Weeks pass
ed, aud finally, ON Thursday night, Good
now agreed TO meet Warner at .he Old
South Church and to nav him $40. 600
with the understanding that the perseeu
tion must cease. Warner was, Of course.
arrested at the church, though he had
armed himself with slung shot and revoI-
yer, intending to resist.