The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-06-07
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was recently bitten 10y a water snake and
died few days afterwards.
"A Pittsburgler named Keep walked
forty one miles at The exposition building,
Pittsburgh, last week, in eleven hours.
"A wealthy vestryman has lifted the
debt of St AIMS church, Brooklyn, New
er pull down such a vest-Iyman as that
The Pope has sent a dispatch to the
Emperor Of Germany expressing bis regret
at the recent atrociUus attempt on his life.
Miss IIanlOu, n sister of the Canadian
oarsman, offers to row any woman IN tue
country over three mile course for purse
of $500
There are only six families within the
limits of The once famous PifhOle. ut the
first municipal election l 200 votes were
cast in the town.
Mrs. Folds and two children were
burned to death Saturday in Merriweaiher
county, Ca, by fire caused by the expIo-
sion Of kerosene lamp.
While William Richards, of Berks
county. was driving across the railroad
track the wagon was struck by an engine
and he was Instantly killed.
The lower half of the village of Spare
land thirty miles from Peoria, III, was
destroyed 10y fire Saturday night. Nearly
all the business houses were burned.
] The recent cyclone in Wisconsin was
very disastrous in its results. IL is said
that over fifiy persons were killed, more
/ than two hundred injured, and millions OF
! dollars worth Of property destroyed.
On Saturday Vincent Stiles, aged
eight; Ernest Page, aged nine and Albert
+ Page, aged ten, while playing on raft in
Cemetery pond, at Waterford, \. Y, we're
. drowned. The bodies were recover ed.
-Edwa1d Cahill, of New York, has
been sent to the State Prison for three and
a bali years for snecziug in church. lie
committed the offeuse in the organ, where
he had hidden himself after rObbiug the
poor box.
! David Matthias shot bird near Amity
vile, Berks county, recently, about the
SIZE of chicken. 1t had feathers of three
different colors. On the top of the head is
a single feather 10 inches long, as white as
/ snow and as fine as silk.
The best Instructor in navigation in
New York is a woman, who supports her
self by teaching it. She is the woman who
brought a ship safe around Cape Horn.
home 10 New Ioik. after her husband and
the first mate died on the voyage.
"A poor fellow, named Graham, after
being confined in the Iowa penitentiaTy
for twenty five years. for a crime it has
Just been ascertaiued he never committed,
has been released, but found to be Insane.
How can such wrong be righted?
AT z. NJ. on Saturday the north and
south bound trains ON the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad collided in a cut on
curve near Louisville. Both were pretty
well wrecked and two persons were killed
and five Injured, two Of them fatally.
The newly elected Superintendent of
public schools in Titusville is a cousin of
Gen. Grants mother, consequently a sec
und cousin of the Generals, and a third
co1Siu of Colonel Fred's. This ought to
make educational fairs in TiiusyiIle move
off granoly.
Three men were instantly killed on
Monday last at the iron ore mines about
three miles from Topton, Berls county, 10y
the sudden caving in of an embaukment
about tif:y feet high. Two others received
slight injuries aud barely escaped with
their lives.
ON the farm of Robert Linn, four
miles from IIillsbo-o, Ohio, Friday morn
ing, portable saw mill engine exploded,
; killing three men and severely scaIding
several others. One man was thrown
, completely over n tall tree. The boiler
was foand 300 yards distant.
The resignation of Hon. Andrew II.
Dill as State Senator for the Twenty.
seventh Senatorial district was received by
Lieutenant Governor Latta on Monday last.
, precept for election to fill the vacancy
at the next general election viii be issued
by the Lieutenant Governor.
" hIle seven men were preparing tC
have fish fry on an island at Smith
. field, r. l., Friday afternoon, a thunder
= storm came on and they took shelter under
tree. Lightning struck the tree, killing
two ot the men. seriously iujuring two 9th
ers and stunning the remainder.
A female child was recently born il
5 Salem township, WeS morclaud county
: which is remai kable from the fact that i.
= eyes are located \ considerable distauet
: below their natural places, While the ear
> resemble those of a cat, and instead o
i hands the claws OF the same animal ap
9 pear.
y a man named Caldwell, near Ameri
Z Gus, Georgia, killed his wife, three children
u and his wife's sister, with smoothing
= iron, on Monday last. Failing to kill him
IL self by lcapjng into a well aud fIom III,
roof OF his residence, he finally suicidet "
q throwing himself from the top of his Oil
,e house.
lie "A dispalc ch states that while a serepad
le was being given to a newly married coul,l
\. named Sewers, at Alama, Fountain conn
N ty, Ind, on Thursday night, the bride wa
Is shot and ins antly killed by paper wa,
n from mnsket in the hands of one OF IN
y serenaders. Several OF the parties hav
ie been arrested.
+ "A curious partnership is related AS ex
e. lstlng at Chelsea, VT, where a turkey am
w a partridge are sharing a nest. The TN,
q Key continues To deposit her egg daily. a
II though The partridge began to set affe
+ laying thirteen eggs. During the occupa
tion Of the nest by The turkey the partridq
-, attends to feeding.
IA The State convention of the order r
5 Hiberuians held in Pittsburgh last wee
n adopted resolutions condemniug any mem
at Der wto takes paIt in organizations the oil
,e Ject OF which antagoniZes peace and CON
,r order, and declaring their purpose as Iov,
,e citizens to stamp ous anything having IN
to semb.ance of communism
~ "A grand Wedding was to have tsla
q place Few days ago at the Catholic clprc
"a IL Westtield, Mass, but the large assen,
I'd bly,, after waiting two hours, djsueyse
to without witn' ssiug any ceremony TIL
is bride was ready. but the bridegroom ha
t. peer, convinced by hls mother that he ha
re made mistake in lis choice
ne "A squirrel some time ago found its wa
INTO Longs church, near Stouesbur,
Berks county, aud c,ept into the oroa,
VS. where IT did damage TO he amount of &
be by nibbling at the reeds of the organ
is number of pigeons have also taken nosso