The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-27
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

tising law in the United State.
A twelve-year-old girl plays the
cornet in the South church, Pittsfield,
Mass.
John Siney, the labor agitator, IS
said to be dying of consumption at ms
home in Schuylkill county.
A hen at Georgetown, n. j., has
distinguished herself by laying an egg
nine and one-half inches III circumfer-
ence.
An East Bridgeport Conn. woman,
who is insane over the loss of her child, +
dresses up cat and carries it about as .
if it were baby.
Robinson Howe, of Oil City, has
been arrested for the murder of his faith /
er. Samuel Howe The accused de
cIares he can prove his innocence.
Gen. Walker, who is to superintend
the United States census of 1880, esti-
mates that the population will be be
tween forty-siX and forty-seven millions.
Henry King. colored, aged 13 years,
residing at Salisbury, Md, claims the
paternity of II children. The oldest is
80 years and, the youngest two weeks
old.
Homer Lacy, of Fort Recovery,
Ohio, while playing with a broomstick
on Thursday. was accidentally struck in
the temple and died in five minutes
after
Among those engaged in digging
the foundation for the soldiers mOnu-
ment at SunbuTy is a man who served
through the war in the Confederate
army.
"A New Haven child's father eloped
B with another mans wife, and its moth
er eloped with another wOman's hus-
band. The little one goes to the poor
house.
Thomas Grubb, farmer who lives
down below Oxford, this State, has
COW which recently gave birth to calf
that weighed 154 pounds when it was
three days old.
Near Titusville, Pa, when Mrs.
James Devlin went to put her tive-year
old boy to bed few days ago, he was
missing, and twilight search found
him drowned in an eight-fOot oil well.
Captain Goldsmith and wife, of
Boston, who are bound around the
world in a small boat, arrived at Halifax
on Saturday They were to sail ON
Monday for England, via Newfoundland.
"A Fort Atkinson, Wis, merchant,
Thomas Brown, set a spring gun for a
burglar the other night. Visiting his
store early in the morning, Mr.. Brown
himself struck the deadly weapon and
was killed.
The residence of J. F. Reynolds,
near JOneSborO, was destroyed by fire
Sunday night. and his daughter and
sister-in-law perished in the flames.
Reynolds was badly burned and may
not recover.
"A healthy and well informed woman
has lived at LacOnia. y. H., for forty
two years. without going mile from
her home, and she has not been on
Main street, in the town, more than a
dozen times.
"A black-snake six feet five inches
long, at Rutgers Range, Pike county
| wound itself around the body of little
girl and held her Her cries brought
. her uncle, who cut the snake in two and
saved her life.
The Birmingham lAla.) Indepsnd-
eHt says that a lady named Crocker. IiV-
ing III the Linn neighborhoOd on Five
F Mile Greek, about fifteen miles from
, that place, is thirty-Six years of age and
has eighteen children.
A little girl, ten years Of age, has
arrived at the residence of her uncle in
f Mt Carmel, Schuylkill county. after
having travelled unaccompanied by rel
ativeS or friends from Scotland to the
Schuylkill coal region.
= The younger of the brothers An
drews, who together crossed the Allan
. tic from Boston, in the dory Nautilus.
last summer, intends to return in heI
alone except for the cOmpaniOnship Of a
small dog. He viii start from Brighton.
: The village of Sandy Creek, i'll the
= eastern part of OswegO county. y. Y.
, has been the scene of remarkable TEN.
: perance agitation for several weeks
a Out of a population of about fifteen hun
+ dTed, over one thousand have pledged
- themselves to total abstinence
? John r. Miller. a hat manufacture
>. of Reading, left for New York on Mon
q day of last week on business. intending
! to return next day. Nothing has beer
o heard of him since. He was to have
been married to the daughter of a min
lister of Reading on Thursday.
Mr.. VIM. T.. Dean. the oldest prin
s. ter iii New York. and probably in tn,
Q United States. died in New York OF
! Monday. He was born November "A
- 11SS, and consequently was nmety-on
/ years old when he di0d. As early a
It 1Sllhe joined the Typographical Society
V In Lewisville. Potter county. ChaS
90 Gridley was handling a revolver in hi
fathers house, when it was accidental
discharged. the ball taking effect in tn
a breast of his sister. Her recovery j
t. considered very doubtful She is fouI
&c teen years of age and unusually promis
ing.
! Daniel Christman. of jefferson
l. township, Chester county, is the fathe
r. of twin sons who. at : years of age. ar
r so much alike in every respect tina
. their parents find themSelve puzzled Il
/ know which is which. Alike as tw,
h peas is said to be but a weak simiI
e when applied to them.
Il "A terrific explosion occurred at half
past > O'Clock on Saturday morning las
> at the ore mines on the land belonging
?, to stephens N ImOyer. two miles frOl
II Emaus, Pa. The boiler burst with teI
% rifle force, killing five men outright an
! seriously wOunding four others. one q
Il whom has since died.
?. "A French lady. on STOPPING to tax
# drink of water from the rapids aboy
q Horseshoe Falls. at Niagara. on Satur
II day, lost her balance, and falling wa
II swept down. Her husband was wit
D. her, and the two together were on
bridal trip around the world. He is
is manufacturer of firearms at Iiege. Bel
. gium.
Mrs. Potts, the woman who is walk
IL ing from Philadelphia to New Orlean
le and return in five months for a wage
n of >, 600 side, arrived at Atlanta. Ga.
~ at p. NJ, on Saturday. One thousan
" people awaited and eheered as she enter
i ed the depot. She says she is determin
IS ed to perform the feat, and is now %
d, miles ahead.
,o The Pope has conferred the Gram
Cross of the Order of Plus IX. on tn
II following Turks Khaireddn Pasha