The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-07-18

also assisted III SJOIlIiS IL III IIle DdIll- I
Mrs Diller is a very active, industrious
woman. and when it is considered that
she has reared family of seven children,
we think very few can be found to equal
her.
"A mulatto named John Breckin-
ridge overlook Miss Mamie Berry
iwhite) while she was on her way to
church, near Carlisle, KY, on Sunday
last forced her into the woods and
ravished her. He was subsequently
captured and placed in Jail, but at an
early hour Monday morning a mob sur
rounded the jail, forced an entrance, {
carried Breckenridge out and hung him !
on tree.
old Aunt Sarah Fields, a negro /
woman of Blue Ridge, Ky, firmly be- /
lieved that she must die, be buried, and /
rise again on the third day, in order /
that her race should be benefited. The /
accommodating boys of her neighbor- /
hood gave her chlOrOfOrm, and left her /
in graveyard, so that when she awOke |
she thought that the desired miracle /
had been wrought. She is now waiting |
for the good result.
"A singular and pathetic coincidence |
is that of the death of Miss Annie f.
Johnston, assistant editor of the Pitts
burgh Methodist Recorder, a few days
ago in Davenport, Iowa, and Rev. DR..
AltNdllutI AlSlIh- tNltlOI Oh IDt same
paper, at Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday
night Both being connected with the
same paper, both breathing their last
among strangers and in the same week,
makes the coincidence particularly sad.
Daniel ROuZer, a well-knOwn tenn
perance lecturer in the vicinity of Day
{ ton, o., was drowned in the Miami
river Monday afternoon, and his body
! at latest accounts had not been recover
/ ed. ROuZer was one of the most promi-
nent leaders in the Murphy movement
indeed as a temperance lecturer he may
be said to have been a ROuzer-but of
late has broken his pledge, and was
drowned while under the influence of
liquor
John \. Smull, Resident Clerk of
the Pennsylvania Legislature, was
| found dead in his bed, in the Girard
House, Philadelphia, on Thursday
morning last. He had retired the pre-
vious evening in apparent good health.
Mr.. Smull had rendered himself well
nigh Invaluable to the politicians at
Harrisburg, and he will be greatly
missed and sincerely mOurned. He was
alb out fOrty-seven years of age and was
unmarried
"A cat belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth
TregO. of West Cain, Chester county,
recently found two young rabbits in
the field and took them to the nest with
her kittens, nurSed them for several
days until one of them was given away,
and the other becoming large enough to
shift for himself ran away from his new
home and his adopted mother. Tabby
appeared to show as much care for the
little strangers while they were with her
as she did for her own family.
"A terrific wind and rain storm pre-
vailed III portions of Massachusetts and
. Connecticut on Wednesday last. OFF
Bird Island a small schooner was cap
sized and four women and boy drown
ed, the fireman at planning mill in BOs-
: ton was killed by failing chimney, two
persons were crushed to death and four
= others injured, some fatally, at Pittsfield,
and one man was killed and three of his
comrades injured. one no doubt fatally,
= by a stroke of lightning at Bridgeport.
The La Crosse wis. Democrat says
I that Samuel ChilderS has a rat in his
boot and shoe shop which he has trained
to tOwonderful perfection. The rat comes
to him at his call, no matter how many
r are present. It has been trained to
lump up on Mr. Childers' hand, where
D ! it eats its regular meals. 1t will run
. about Mr.. Childers while at work
/ jumping on his shoulders and head, div
ing into his pockets as familiarly as a
: pet kitten. When told it will sit up in
t the middle of the floor and squeal and
{ perform many more tricks.
s Irwin Gregg and Abe POmeroy, OF
2 Brownsville, were committed to jail at
: UniOntOWn, Friday evening, for the al
legged murder of Joseph Beedler, Jr.
:, near Brownsville, on July 3. They had
z stolen Jug of whisky from him. and il
: is claimed that when he went after il
k they killed him and threw his body il
J. the Monongahela river, where it was
: found on the 9TH, bearing marks of Sc
e we're abuse. They admit the theft OF
the whisky, but deny the murder. The!
:, viii not talk about the crime, furthe
Is than to aver their innocence.
il Mrs. Minta Barnard Hoffman, o
d st. Louis, aged 30. married an old gro
S, Ger because he was reputed wealthy
II and could support her in the necessarie
d of life while she worked for niche il
the temple of fame. In 1877 she pub
?, lished volume Of verse and othe
t things that showed her to be clever i
2. the literary line But recently her hus
to band lost money and health, and sh
er was forced to abandon her idea of he
Pr coming "a second Alice Carey, = and t
it work in the grocery for her husband
support. In despair she took mOrphln
S. and died.
es There is a large family of Bona
X parties living in Rume-the grandchi
ut dren of Lucien BOnaparte-all of whol
up are excluded from the line of SucceSsiO
es to the French empire by the law dish
re heriting the children of Lucien, who IL
CURED the severe diSpleaSure of h
&c brother. the first emperor. The eldeS
ar of the family is Cardinal Lucien Lou
m. Bonaparte. who lives a very quiet III
es in Rome, and is universally reSpectt
nd for his piety and charity. His brothe
he Prince Napoleon Charles, and his fOl
he sisters. all married to distinguish
italian noblemen, belong mostly to Il
ser Catholic conservative party.
N About two weeks ago the wife
ar, Horace Jones, a wealthy farmer, liviI
he twelve miles south of GreenSburg, Ind
lse went out to place pan of feed in Il
th chicken coop. AS she placed the pa
is in the coop an immense rat seized o.
nd of her fingers, biting through it, al
holding on with death grip. Before s.
TT could release her hand she had to chOl
he the rat to death. The wound healed
it a few days, apparently, but later MI
I'll, Jones was seized with symptoms of II
ol- drOphobia, going into cOnvulsiOnS al
led suffering intense agony. There are b
)g- little hopes entertained as to her 1
ley coVery. The case is creating some e
citement in medical circles.
nd Charles \. Carl, alias SwartZ, ali
is Norton, who is known to have one Wi
al in each of the States of Ohio, Indian
his Georgia, Maryland and Pennsylvani
raj was committed to Jail at Harrisburg t
l.. 4 Of boil