The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-15

inst before the frosts came in New Orleans
was a man who had deserted his wife and
five children in Indiana, disposed of most
of ber property and converted it into hard
cash, and then eloped with servant glil
employed in their house. The gnl hefseH
had died of the fever FIVE days before.
For the past two or three weeks near
sunset every day, says a correspondent OF
the Middletown Argus from State lllh, an
immense flock of crows, probably moro
than /, 500, 600, occupying an air region
mile in length and a quarter of a mile IN
width, are to be seen us they pass over this
place in their flight northward 20 some &C
customed roosting place.
A fire broke out Saturday morning in .
the Ocean House, Cape May, y. j. The +
building was wooden one, as are all the /
houses in Cape May. y high wind was
blowing. and in three hours nearly all the /
hotels and cottages were destroyed. The /
Stockton House is the only considerable +
hOiei standing. The amount of the loss |
has not yet been reported.
"A despatch from BimlipataE, Madras,
dated Friday. reports that the British ship
Fifeshre has been totally lost while on the
passage from Madras to Liverpool. Twen
ty two of the crew were drowned. The
Fifeshire belonged to the firm of Law &
! Taylor, Glasgow, and was commanded Icy
Captain J. St. john. She was built on
the Clyde in 1869 and was 200 tons burden.
If anybody in this vicinity, says the
EmpiIe City (Kan.) Echo, has a white COW
that they imagine has been robbed of her
milk, for their information we will state
that on last Saturday afternoon pig was
noticed to be deliberately sucking the lac
/ teous fluid from the udder of bovine Of
the above description on West Main street.
I This is fact, as number of the residents
of That part Of town will testify.
Mr.. Samuel II. Mason, late Greenback
1..fn fnr
ment on Friday, something over twenty
five thousaL I dollars in judgments having
/ been entered u against him. This could
( all have been ave. ted had Mr. Mason been
elected Governor aud a sufficient number
of greenbackS issued to give every man
enough to pay bis debts, according To the
platforms made for such enieTS encies-
Mr. Bowman, of OwassO, Mich, was
benpecked husband. He bore If as long as
he could. aud then took to the woods,
where lie built hut uudor the roots of a
fallen tree, ate nuts and roots, and bid
from his wife. He vas not discovered un-
til two weeks after bis disappearance, and
then Mrs. Bowman, made rePeuiaut by
sorrow at his absence, induced him 70 re-
turn home by promising TO henpeek bin no
more.
In Williamsport some days ago. Ms
Sarah Webb, wife Of Mr.. Benjamin Webb
was at the washtub, aud getting too close
to the fire her clothing was soon III flames.
She ran out Of the house 10 get the assist
ancc Of her husband, who was short dis
tance away, but this only added to the
icrceness of the fumes, aud before her
husband reached her she was So badly
t burned that she died in great agony. The
unfortunate lady was about twenty SIX
f years old.
J "A lady residing in Coatesviue, about
to leave tie house alone for a time, tl.t
10 Of hf,-h hest
: only, carefully placed her husbands wai cii
in the oven of the stove having no fire in
= it. This was done to prevent it being StO
: len by any trdmps EhO might break IL
= during her absence. The wa.ch remqiHcC
t there for several days, when a fire wa
It built in the stove aud the watch roaste'
aud ruined.
l.. Martin l.. Nissley, brother Of th,
=, cashier of the HummelstOwn, Dauphu
: county, National bauk. recently removed
Is from the latter place to FAnburE, JeifpT
is son county, Nebraska. Since lis lesdeuc
in the latter place, he has been singularl
$ unfortunate. He lost his tgo little Sons b
J. death, and then ne aud his wife took sick
% but are now recovering. WuIle in be-
D sick his barn took fire and was consumed
d together with all its contents, iucludiu
to three horses.
Governor Hampton, with some friend,
Of was hunting deer near Columbia. = {
10 was riding brcame frightened and. u
~ bride breaking, che Governor leaped froi
80 bis saddle, sustaining severe injuries /
IL his fail. His right leg was broken in tw
places below the knee, the bones pratruC
n ing, and his ankle was badly hurt. II
h. Injuries will probably keep him confined
ce his bed for a long time.
es Great are the virtues of the Jury tTi
-e as illustrated by the case in oLr i1sti,
sir courts last week, says the Carthage u. y
Republican. The amount Ia c0ntrovcrt
es was 81. To adjust the matter il require
ii the drawing of litty-twn jurors, the admin
es isteriug of nearly 100 u5sthS. the wiuda.
up of lawyers, the service of constable
nG tie consumption of . wiOic days ana
pie portion of 3 nights, the talking Of 90 on
pages of testimony. and all of this TO rcat
re- the conclusion, cause OF action.
Ter Two deaths from yellow fever we
til reported in New OIeans and two in Mar
he phis on Friday. The New Orleans RJa
nel of Health has discontinued its daily mee
nd ing, and viii take no note of new cases (
of publication. The Catholic Relief Associ
tion of New Orleans, organized to carry
/, is the work of relief, without respect TO ra
in or creed, after the suspension of the 9th
ZEN charities being pressed by applicants a
he nearly out of funds, soicits contribution
,rk to be made to Thomas Layton, Treasure
lth On Monday morning last Conrad Zin,
iys while drilling in SiIliman's 5 colliery. al NJ
hanoy City, Schuylilill county, had
the back broken by a fall of coal aud canu
md recover. Three men, two of them broi
16 erS, named Martin and John Murray a
ees James McHugh, were killed at Loct
ess Gap IN Spring colliery on the same day.
SIS Two cars that were being hoiSted tugetl
ed became uucoupled The hind car I
furiously down The slope and killed
, in three wurkmen before they could get aw
hat from tho track.
len "A curious case has arisen in the Cri
ing inal Court at Mdrshalltown, Iowa VIII
ide promises to produce some interesting ca
10 plications in law. Il jury on Friday nj.
she found man named Da<in guilty of
murder Of john K. Slough las March, {
olics punishment being Imprisonment in
ROY penileutiarY for life. Next day Fra
g of Ross, who formerly worked Tor Dakin.
ter the close of the trial made affiGa
ties, that he ROSS killed Slough. II is not
du- decided what the course Of The States
day torney will be.
John Peyton, wealthy citizen of
iar- anoke, Ind, died last Saturday week ;
o of was buried in the cemetery tyvo miles E,