The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

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"A Waterford, Me. man makes TWO
hundred cords of pine into buckets yearly.
-Au TngliShman named David stanton
recently won wager on travelling thous-
and miles in six days with velocipede.
Hunter, In Jail At Camden, \. J., Tor
numbering Armstrong. offered q turnkey
5000 20 poison Graham, the wituess
against him.
"A man in Sheffield, England, has been
heavily fined for kissing the hand Of mar
ried woman. Served him right. She had
a mouth.
Clemens Lloyd killed his wife at Ches-
ter, Pa, on Friday, and afterward took
his own life. Jealousy is alleged TO nave
been the cause.
Miss Matte Frazure, Of Somerset,
Ky, was married the other day. She is
not quite thirteen. Her present address is
Mrs /. A. Wilson.
One of the building of the Steuben
comfy poor house, near Bath, n y. vas
burned Sunday night and fifteen inmates
perished. The building wRs set on fire by
an insane pauper.
Henry Campbell killed himself in
Greene, \. y, few days ago, because he
had been unsuccessful in his application
for a pension. and saw no other alternative
but the almshouse.
-Cephas Jones' colored, was sentenced
on Saturday at Washington, ID. e.. to
thirty years imprisonment in tho Albany
Pententiary for an outrageous assault
upon Miss Florence z. Smith.
The Sultan is evidently well posted.
About the first thing he did on the occa
sion of President Grants recent visit
at ConstantinOple was 20 make him pres
ent of one Of his best Arab horses.
"A negro born a slave. William y. Ste
vens, is one of the most highly esteemed
members of the Virginia Senate. He
worked his way through college, and is
graceful, fluent and logical speaker.
Edward Malviu is alleged to have bru-
tally murdered his wife while she was in
confinement on Wednesday night, twelve
miles from Goudsboro' station. He was
arrested and lodged in Stroudsburg jail on
| Friday last.
There is dog at Swift Falls, Mimi,
that keeps his masters family supplied
with fish He has been known to take out
as many as thirty pickerel in day. When
he espies a fish he will make dive and is
sure to bring it out.
Thirty frame houses in the lower part
of Harrisburg, Pa, owned by the LOchiel
Iron Company, we're totally destroyed by
fire on Saturday evening. Loss, $40, 900.
Insurance unknown. About one-half of
the houses were unoccupied.
"A. B. RobesOn has probably the larg-
est poultry yards in the State of New York,
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l 1,200 hens. They consume sixty bushels
of earn, two barrels of potatoes, and other
food daily. His fowl house cost 81, 600.
The Commissioners Of Lehigh county
have received information that will prob
ably lead TO the arrest and conviction OF
the murderers of telegraph operator
named Nick innev, who mysteriously dis
appeared from Alburtis about nine years
ago.
Mile Volante, who was fatally shot on
the Opera House stage at Pawtucket, Il.
! l., died on Sunday evening. The real
name Of the giIl was Lottie Maloy. She
/ was twsntY-three years old. Her sister
was the only one OF the family who knew
she was on the stage.
/ The oldest man now living, without
/ doubt is a citizen OF New Grenada, South
/ America. He is one hundred and eighty
years old, never was intoxicated, never
/ eats more than one meal a day, and, more
wonderful than all. never was Gen. Wash
! ington's body servant,
Parts of the body Of n woman who
/ bad suddenly disappeared from her home
/ at Apollo, Armstrong county, about a year
ago, under mysterious circumstances, were
found by some boys while fishing in the
. Kiskimiuitis river the other day. 1t is be-
. lieved she was murdered.
About five o'clock Saturday evening
fifty horse power boiler i'm the engine
room Of the Boston stamping mandatory
Of Seavey s. Co., Third street, Cambridge,
Mass, exploded. Three men we're killed
another was fatally injured, and six other:
more or less severely wounded.
AS freight train was passing around
the foot of lookout Mountain in Chatta
nooga, one Of the brakemen discovered
tramp in a car load of mules. The tramI
was astride one of the animals, and wa
asked what he was doing there. "Drivins
mules to Chattanooga, was the laconit
response, as he yelled out whoa" to tn,
animal.
Two young ruen, twins, OF Hart coun
", Ga, worked out their fathers debts IL
compliance with his death bed request
They were thirteen years of age when the,
began, and attained their majority befor
/, finishing. Although frequently told tha
, they were neither legally nor morall
! bound to do so, they persisted until tn
/ last cent was paid.
The body of George Richards, colored
, who has been missing since March .. an,
, for the murder of whom John Redheffer.
white. is now under arrest at PottStOwn
. Pa, has been found in a creek near Shan
nouville, Richards was last seen on Marc
, in company with RedneffeT, whose con
Trajectory statements in regard to thei
: parting led To his arrest.
; Tho Michigan lumber crop is likely T
! be light one this year The cut of log
: which are banked on the rivers ready I
drift to the lake is 900. 600, 600 feet less tbi
' year than in 1877. The season has bee
very unfavorable for getting the logs ont q
the woods. This nows will give some en-
f couragement to the PROSTATE lumber inter
a est in Central Pennsylvania.
D The Roman adage. that Cardinals a
I ways die in threes," has been again fore
= bly, illustrated the death of Cardinal Gu
), ! seppe Berardi, announced by cable, beiu
f that of the third Prince of the Churc
$ since the accession of Pope Leo XIII. o
: the Goth of February. Cardinal Brossat
e St. MaTl. died on the 9th of February an
n Cardinal Amet on the Both ultimo.
n Seven of those who were injured b
the oil explosion caused by the collision {
trains at Slatington, in this State, on Fr
!. day, have died, namely: VIM. Shoemake
S John Koher, Irvine Beers, Daniel Rebe
y Arthur Williams, Irvine Clark and job
J. Rohbach. Several are still i'm a critic:
4 condition. The bridge has been rebuiI
4 and trains run regularly. Tho loss of pr,