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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

WHAT 4 WOMAE CAN Do.-The follow
ing story is true in every detail:
A milliner of -respectability married =
dissipated tailor, who abused. neglected
and abandoned her. Several years having
passed without clue 10 his whereabouts,
her Il lends advised divorce and her accept
auce of au advantageous offer of marriage.
The woman persistently declined eveCy Of
fer, and when she had accumulated suf-
ficien. sum, started OF in The direction her
husband was supposed 10 have taken when
be left her. At H0sifax, \. s., she recei we'd
slight clue, aud tODk The steamer 10 Port
land, where she ceased for mauy months
/ to hear of him. Finally, she found that he
was working in Albany, for winch place
she started nme6iately. she was about a
week too late he had been discharged for
/ drunkenness. Spending her DAYS at lucra-
tive work aud evenings at detective servic +.
the unwearylng vile at length disc0velsal
that he was employed by large firm in
! Chicago. She wiOte there and was an
: swsred that her husband had gone away,
/ nobody knew where. Not SATISFIED with
/ this, she travelled TO Chicago and ransacksd
every concern interested in the tailoring
/ business there, until she met a fellow
cOuutfyman, who said that her husband,
I when last heard from was in Omaha City.
She wrote there, but got no answer, but
/ went ons Then size hCard that he had GER
iainly left FOR San francisco, vhere-be had
/ obtained a fine place as cutter in q large
/ firm. She OF course went thither, only 10
be told that her husband had been several
Gays away FROM work and was drinking
hard. lie had not been even 20 bis boal d
! ing house. This led her 70 visit the St.
tion-honses, and in one IL them she aseer-
tanned that her husband was in jail for ten
days. lie was released and prevailed up "a
to return home after SIX years absence.
All this occurred eighteen ysais ago, an q
TO day the prodigal husband of yOre is a
strict temperance man and in independeu {
circumstances. q model husband aud faLher
and a respected citizen. N. =. sun
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

Mr.. Dennis Bronin, an employe of the
Blair Iron and Coal CO., At Bennington, was
struck by locomotive at the east end of the
tunnel on last Saturday evening. His right
hand WAS cut off, and he received an ugly
cut in the scalp. The unfortunate man was
removed to Gallitzen, where the stump Of
the arm was properly re-amputated by Dr.
G. G. Miller. Fears are entertained thatth
wound in the head will prove fatal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

OFF FOR BRAZIL. Our stalwart friend OF
long standing--iu his boots az well as in the
matter of time--Mr. Peter Z. Collins rush
ed in upon MS about the hour of nine We'd
nesday night, looking haggard and careworn
from recent travel aud urgent business and
before we knew the purport Of his visit he
grasped MS by the hand and babe us fond
aud feeling farewell. stating at the same
time that he was to leave for Brazil on Sat
urday o-mCrrow) for the purpose of assist
ing his brother Thomas in the management
of the great railroad contract which has
ymous throughout the civilized world with
unbounded energy and unequaIled enter
prise. Pete" as we have always taken
the liberty to call him. gave MS to under
stand that he would rather not be expatria-
ted from his native land in such way, but
when daty calls he is one of the last men to
shrink from its performance, even though in
so doing he has to part for a time from de-
voted wife and two lovely little children.
We have long known Pete" and while we
bave never experienced n brothers. love we
are sure that ii partakes no more of the ten
der aud true than do the sentiments of
friendship which for more than a quarter of
century have existed between the subiec
of this sketch and the writer thereof In
commemoration OF which lasting friendship.
we bid you, Pete" n public and cordi al
farewell, and trust that God will preserve
you from the dangers aud vicissitudes which
must OF necessity await you in the land of
torrid heat and attendant miseries Fare
well and may Heavens blessing go with
you
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

PEREIs or NEVADA TRAvfI. .-Atravel-
er WI lie crossing the White Pine Muun-
taiIIs recently came lsear losibg has life bv
s waterspoui that descended in that Eicin-
iiy. lie was Following a tTail on horseback
down the mountain side, when he beard a
rumbIing nuiSe above him, and turning
discovered thar vast volume of water ast
least ten feet bigh was rapidly approach
ing him. Th5Te vas now only one chance
( of escape, and that was 20 Jump from Ills
animal and climb one Ct the steep banks
which rose abruptly On either side Of ahe
Z trail. which he did Just in time 10 save his
+ lie. The horse vas taken by the fio.d
4 and rolled and tumSled down the ravina
some hanared yMos. where the ousier
found hlm. after the water lad subsided
lodged among the rocks and rubbish deaa
The poO- animal was bruised and torn IN
a frightful manuer. and stripped of every-
thing Sut the ropo that was fastened abort
his neck. Il was naff0e esoape.-Tel.
i (NsT.l oUa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

An Indianapolis barber who abandoned
his business aud went into the ministry,
was suddenly called upon one Sunday 10
baptize three candidates. He got alou &
very well, but after baptizing the hrsi as
tonished his congregation By lustly shout
| inc. ~Ncxtns 49,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

GAUTION-Having on the IIth OF
~ July, 1873 purchased the forowipo
described property from a. r. Litzinger of Cbesi
Springs borough, and left the same in his nos,
session during my pleasure 1 hereby caution Ali
persons against interfering in any way vii n sail
property, to wit: grey horse. sorrel horse i
COW. | wagon pillow, harrow and harness a tot 80
grain, hay, corn and potatoes.
ELIZABETH LIBBY.
Oct = ltTs-@s
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

The Sahm farm sale, in SummerhiII
township, will commence at | u. m instead
10 a. IN. on Thursday, Oct 31st, as stated in
Advertisement elsew here.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-04

INLAY good luck hit ye. $
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
Five Dollars per Annum

to the necessity of COM
bat with any one, for he was
fully aware of the inequality of our
situations. Knowing that, accord
ing to the tone Of public sentiment
here, a coward cannot live except in
disgrace and obscurity, | did not
hesitate as to my course, nor shall
| have cause ever to regret it; for |
find that, although / fell in the
combat, | conquered even in my
fall. Yes, / conquered the preju-
dices and extorted the admiration
of my foes themselves, whilst | am
established in the esteem and ap-
probation Of my friends. And
now it affords me pleasure to add
further that, although l was very
severely wounded, | have entirely
recovered from it, For a descrip
tion of the wound itself | refer to
Mr.. Turner, and also for particu-
lars relating to the combat"
1t will be seen that the above ac-
count, written a short time after
the duel, corresponds in all impor-
tant respects with Colonel viii
loughby Williams interesting chap
ter Of "reminiscences, published in
the American, a few weeks ago.
Though writing of events that had
occurred nearly fifty-three years,
his memory retained their details
with remarkable accuracy. One OF
our old citizens takes issue, how
ever, with Colonel Williams in re-
gard to Anderson's galloping across
the bridge and into Nashville with
the first news Of the duel. He
says that Anderson was killed in 4
duel seven or eight years before the
meeting between Houston and
White.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
A London show.


A London letter says: It seems
that people, as a rule, shave them
selves in this country, and / am
sure if | were to stop here long /
would buy me a razor and learn
how to do so myself. There are
very few shops in London not one
where there are a dozen in any
American city. In these shops very
little shaving is done. The BARRIERS
business is principally hair-cutting
and dressing. They have none Of
the American conveniences. They
are generally small, dark rooms in
out of the way places, having hard
ly any furniture.
The chair is a common wood
seated, straightforward dining
room chair with high back, on
the hard edge of which the victim
lays his head while undergoing the
torture; which, thank fortune, is
generally shOrt-not over two or
three minutes. The latheris made
Of plain unperlumed soap, and as
often applied cold as warm. The
razor rips down one side OF the face,
then the other and then the chin
few finishing strokes, and the Job
is done. The villainous barber has
no bay rum, but slaps on the raw
smarting face a cold wet rag and
washes off the soap, rubs the mois-
ture off with the roughest side of a
crash towel, his "tuppencep or
'thrippence" -four to six cents),
and turns the wretch out into the
street with his face smarting and
only half dry, and peculiarly sensi-
tive to the cool air.
"Wax ?" no, he has none. "But
my hair needs brushing" "0h,
yes" A half dozen strokes with Il
brush; GA penny more, please"
and that is the end of it. The man
who has just shaved me says that
he does not believe in the lazy
American style Of barbering, and
that he is sure that there are not a
dozen American barber chairs in
london.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
MEMPHIS. TENN MONDAY EVENING. JUNE IT, 1878.

right by me. She looked at the
couple in the box long and earnest
ly; her face, which we could see
from our position, gradually
changed to an expression of the
most fearful and vlndictive passion
l ever beheld. Accustomed as l
was to every phase of human emo
tion, it appalled, me. AT last she
arose and left the theater, followed
by an attendant. Now was our
time. got up as quietly, and was
by her side when she reached the
street. | was determined ON a
stroke of policy, which, if | read
her countenance Alright, would
place the man in our power. If |
was mistaken it could do no harm.
Actuated by the impulse, | placed
myself in front of her and raised
my hat.
" Madam, pardon mew
"What do you want, sir, and
who are you%"
:" My name is -. This is nv
friend, Mr.. -. We are detec-
tives, and in search Of the robber of
the Havana jeweler. We believe
you con point out to us the man.
+" | can | can't
" 1t was almost a shrek, SO fierce
and bitter were the words.
"'Come with me-come with
me!'
st is useless to detail what fol-
lowed. The next morning the
fashionable world was shocked by
the intelligence Of the arrest OF
Don D r., but it was still
more surprised to hear that he was
betrayed by his pretty wife. We
recovered nearly 100000 in iewelry
and gold. But to the poor woman
the result was terrible, She was
but the victim of his perlidy, but
the moment she saw him arrested
all the old love that had ruined hel
returned. She clung to his neck
with a wild, frantic despair thai
was terrible to see. The anguish
of that young face will haunt me tC
my dying day. The next day shC
disappeared-no one knew whittier
but a few days afterward the body
of a beautiful, unknown woman wal
picked up on the lower coasts
suicide"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17

my step-mother turned out to be
frst-rate, and l got to like her
splendid. Then papa seemed to
get infatuated with another woman
that he got acquainted with, and
she wheedled around him until she
made trouble, and the result was
another divorce, and papa soon
married the woman that made the
trouble. When the second separa-
ton took place | went with my
step-mother because loved herand
because my services were necessary
to help take care Of the baby. Then
what does she do but 20 and get
married? | declare never saw SO
much marrying in my life. 1t only
happened little while ago, and my
new step.step-father-I suppose he
is-treats me in a very kindly sort
Of way, as if he felt he couldn't
help himself; but didn't exactly like
it, and | don't like it a bit. l can't
go back to mamma, because she is
mad with me for going with papa
in the first instance, aud l can't 90
to papa because Of that wheedling
woman, and ] can't bear to stay
whore | am. 1t is too bad that a
girl should have a father and mother
and two step-fathers and two step
mothers all living at once and not a
home that she can feel at home in.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17

Austin New ReveilIe.l
Really, my boy, it amt season.
able. Let's 60 over to the Oosmo-
politm and take q hot Scotch and
sit down by the stove. 'Pon my
word, it makes my bleod run cold
to hear you talk about hunting and
fishing, and picnics, and other sum
mer luxaries, and the thermometer
on the down grade like a runaway
stage team"
"0h, but this is honest; just as
two and two make four"
81 don't doubt your word, my
boy, but honest Indian, your sub
ject is not appropriate to the eli
matte conditions"
"But this is on the dead square,"
swell, if you must you must;
but be quick about it, for | am
freezing to DEATH"
swell, you see, he went down on
Reese river one of these hot days
last week, and to which the frigid
atmosphere of to-day is such a
striking contrast, taking a gun
along in case he should see q
feather or so. You know snipe
amt usually plentiful in this coun-
try, but, you may believe it or not,
the bank OF the river was just COW
cred with 'em. He blazed away,
and blazed and banged, and kept
shooting at them till his ammu-
milton gave out, and when he came
to count his birds he had just 113
of 'em."
"You don't say? l did not be-
lieve there were as many snipe as
that in Lander county"
"Sure's you live ! Well, he
brought 'em home, and met him
coming up the street, and he asked
me to 90 up to the house with him
to see his game, and he would give
me a few snipe for breakfast. lie
had the birds in two barley sacks,
and !, wanting to be obliging-be-
ing as he was going to give me
some snipe-packed one of the
sacks up to the house for him.
When we got there we went into
the kitchen and he commenced
emptying the sacks out on the floor;
and, you may believe it or not, just
as you dunn'd choose, but of that
hundred and thirteen snipe every
blessed one of them, all but two,
were mosquitOes--two snipe and a
hundred and eleven mosquitoes"
"0h, yes, of course ! believe it.
And you're the man that intends to
go on probation in the church I?
Oh, no, / amt a bit dry; I've got
IN engagement; | want to so down
town and borrow prospectus OF
the Paris Exposition, and study up
tho schedule OF premiums for the
best American liars"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17

the several lots or tracts Of land mentioned in
said decree, to-wit:
First-Part of lot s. block 80. on Causev
street, in the city Of Memphis, Shelby county.
tennessee. and bounded and described az fol-
lows; Commencing atth northeast corner Of
lot ), block 80. map Of the city of Memphis.
thence running south aiOng the west line al
Caueey street 40 feet; trenee westwardly mar
allel with the north line Of said lot 10 the
bayou; thence along the east side or water 8
edge OF said bayou 10 the northern side OF
saia lOt thence east with the western line of
said lot TO tho beginning.
Second-One other lot lying on the west aide
9t Causey street, in the city Of Memphis,
onel0y county, Ienn., and being the part of
lot decreed to w. O. Causey by the Connfv
ourt OF Shelby county, November term. 1851.
and BY him conveyed to Samuel Toole. Febrn
ary /. 1867. by deed registered in Book So. mart
!, page 800, Register Office of Shelby county :
70 Whlch reference is made, which lot rs
bounded on the east by Causey street, and
commences at Mira. Jane d. Crooks south
east corner; running thence along CauseV
street - feet to NJ. J. Wright's northeast cor.
ner; thence westward with WrighFs north
line to Bayou GayOsO thence with the bayou
10 Mrs. rocks corner; thence eastwardIv
with her line to the beginning.
Ihird-AnQther lot, the east half of lot 62
Ot the John ID. Armour subdivision. fronting
81 ieet on the north side Of Madison street ex-
tendeu, 10 the cisy of Memphis, Tennefsae
and running back between parallel lines I60
ieet 10 an alley. being the same lot conveyed
w j: u. Heiskell and others to Mrs. lane ID
Crook By deed recorded in Book N. mage 16l
register .oihce of SAelby county, to which
reference is made.
Terms Of sale leash,
June IL, 1878.
JOHN IL FREEMAN. Clark
Il. Il. MCEARIAND Sol % 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
Tao Mary Psrents.

There is a young lady in st.
Louis who says she has more pa
rentS and step. parents living than
any one sho eyer heard of; "You
know papa and mamma could
agree, and 50 finally they got di-
vorced. Idon't say whose fault it
was, but mamma really did behave
ugly sometimes, aud even ! could
not get along with her. So when
the separation came / went to live
with papa. Shortly aiterward
mamma married again, and papa
was not long in following suit. !
did not like livery well at first, buI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17


Ten Brock VS., MOIIie MeCarthy.
Louisville Special to Cincinnati Commercial.
Mollie Mccarthy and Ten Brock
are training ON the Jockey Club
track. The public pulse does not
beat so much in Ten Broeck's favor
as might be expected. The splen-
did condition, fine form, and the
strong evidence of endurance to be
noticed in a survey of Miss Mollie,
shake Kentucky's confidence in the
son of Ph@ton, and while it is GER
tain no Baltimore apple can reach
him, for the reason that ever since
his defeat in Maryland he has re-
fused to eat apples, people of his
native cline are not in a mood to
offer odds on his success. An apple
played smash, (again) to be more
elegant than expressive, with a
gentleman some thousands of years
ago, and Ten Broeck's owner SAYS
his horse suffered from the effects
Of one at Baltimore. This is a new
story in the Parole-Ten Brock
affair. Certain is it that Ten
Brock only needs to have an apple
thrust at him to behave after the
style of old John Robinson's ele-
phant when a piece Of tobacco is
put in his trunk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
Mad Anthony'a UnIucky Days.

Mr.. j, H. Vanleer, of Nashville,
Tenn, a great-great-nephew of Mad
Anthony Wayne, has an old paper
containing the unlucky days" of
that furious soldier. From this
record it appears that he regarded
some thirty days in the year as
shadOwed by bad luck, and to be
avoided when important enterprises
were undertaken. They were the
1st, I'd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 18th and
18th of January; the 18th, 10th
and 21st of March; the 18th and
25th of April; the 10th, 18th and
goth of May; the 9TH and 11th Of
June ; the 10Th and goth of July,
August and September; the 5th Of
October; the 9TH and 10th of No
yember, and the 9th, 9TH, 14th,
18th and 10th of December. 1t
will be interesting for the student
of history to see what unlucky
events Mad Anthony was concerned
in on those days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17

The two girls made their appear
ance. They were only sixteen
tender, graceful and handsome.
"What do you know about the
murder OF Mile Sustenne?" said
the commissary to them.
The girls turned deadly pale.
They made no reply.
"Did you murder her?" thun-
dered the commissary.
They burst into tears, and con-
feSsed that, having had a violent
alteration with Mile Sustenne,
they had beaten her on the head
until she was dead. Then they
had stripped her of her clothes and
carried her in the dead Of night to
st. Denis.
The two beautiful murderesses
were sentenced in few days after
ward to be branded on beth shoul-
derS with a red-hot iron, then to
stand in the pillory for three hours
and to be confined in the house oil
correction for life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17

Spiders crawling more abund-
antly and conspicuously than usual
upon the indoor walls of our houses
loretell the near approach Of rain !;
but the following anecdote init
mates that some of their habits are
equally certain indication of frost
being at hand Quartermaster Dis
jonyal, seeking to beguile the tcde-
um of his prison hours at Utrecht,
had studied attentively the habits
of the spider; and eight years of
imprisonment had given him leisure
to be well ver5ed in its ways. In
December Of 1894 the French army,
on whose success his restoration to
liberty depended, was in Holland,
and victory seemed certain if the
frost, then of unprecedented sevcri-
ty, continued,
The Dutch ENJOYS had failed to
negotiate a peace, and Holland was
deSpairing when the frost broke.
The Dutch were now eXulting, and
the French generals prepared to re-
treat; but the spider forewarned
DisjOnval that the thaw would be
Of short duration, and he knew
that this weather monitor never de-
ceived. lie tried to communicate
with the army of his country and
its generals, who duly estimated his
character, relied upon his assurance
that within a few days the water
would again be passable by the
troops. They delayed their retreat;
within twelve days the frost had
returned-the French army tri-
umphed. DiSjonyal was liberated;
and spider had brought down
ruin on the Dutch nation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
Attachment Notice.

Before Thos. Fleming, Justice Of tbe peoeo
ior shelby County, Tenn.-Appless Ford VS..
his CAUSE AN NATTACHMENTH HAV-
4 inE cen sued out under section 1855 of the
Code oil tennessee. and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant by garnish-
ment on n. I. Ingram. who answers that he
mas In his possession one COW belonging to
John Smith, defendant. and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is indebted TO
the plaintiff in the sum of S25. due
oy account, and that the claim is lust, and
that defendant is q nonresident of the Staie
OF Tennessee ii is therefore ordered tl,af
sad defendant make his personal ap9ear-
1878, at my office, No. 80 Madison strest
Memphis, Tennessee. and defend said
attachment suit within the time nTe-
scribed by law, or the same will be- prooeeded
with OK parte; and that COPY Of this order be
published once a week for four oonseoutiVo
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the Sd day Of June. 1878.
S2-6S9i-lOO TH0S. FLEMING, J.P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
NO SO

animals than can be discovered
anywhere else in creation, and water
fowls in abundance. Mr.. Symmes
argues that the observations of the
open Polar Sea back up his theory;
that wild animals 60 north in the
fall from Greenland and return in
the spring fat and leading their
young; and that big trees, vegeta-
bles and flowers come floating down
from the north, and lodge on the
coasts of Norway and Spitzbergen.
MIR. Symmes recommends his ba-
mana zone on ice to the attention of
the Howgate expedition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-17
The Symmsa Hole Theory Roatnted

Mr. Americus Symmes has re-
Gently restated his fathers theory
of the North Pole, in which he
also has faith. He holds that the
explorer will find after he passes
the eightieth degree, the weather
will be milder; whenhe reaches the
eightysdrst degree he will find some
open water; when the eighty-sec-
ond degree is reached he will find
much open water and great quan,
titles Of wild animals, and some
water fowls; when the eighty-third
dogree is reached he will find the
open Polar Sea, two thousand miles
in diameter, and, if he will go ouI
into that sea when the weather il
warm and genial he will find the
country that the Symmes theory
says can be found of large forests
Of timber, large rivers aud rich
Hand, and the home Of more wild