The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-07-25


/ Lowell a visitor to Boston from the
I West, took a sailboat at Cape Cod last
| Wednesday noon for a sail down the
harhor, and have not been heard from
since. 1t is believed that they were
/ lost in the gale.
The arrears of pensions law was a
godsend to widow Maria Lewis, of Pho
nix, New York. All her five sons join
ed the Union army and all were killed,
leaving her to be supported by charity.
She has now secured back pensions due
her dead boys to the amount of 81 300
and is also guaranteed an annuity of $50.
james HeatOn, who shot his mulat-
to paramour and afterward killed him
self. in Wilmington, n. c.. viii not
serve to point a moral for those North
ern journals who affect to believe in the
satanic quality of mankind below lati-
tude So 40. j. II. is an Ohio product.
North Carolina disowns him and his
crimes.
"A few days since, says the COving-
ton (Va.) Tribune, a spider of q curious
nature was brought to town. On its
back was the face of a man-plain and
distinct, each feature being an exact
imitation-and it was said to resemble
in a remarkable degree the gentleman
who had it. 1t was sent to the Univer-
sity of Virginia.
Patriot, writing from Warren, Pa, says
that mineral springs of wonderful cur
ative properties have recently been dis
covered near that town. Sixty cottages
have already been erected near the
springs, and five hundred persons daily
drink the waters. Persons afflicted with
ScrOfula and rheumatism are said to be
greatly benefited.
Mrs. EdminstOn, of Clinton. Ill.
? 10 5,,f no
handing her daughter out of a window.
The mother screamed, whereupon the
men dropped their burden and ran away.
The girl says that she was being stolen,
but she fails to explain why she made
no resistance, and it is thought that the
affair was an elOpement.
The HunterdOn On. j. Journal
says that horse belonging to :. G. Hop
pOck of Lambertville a few dayS ago
got its hind foot fast in its mouth.
This may appear to be a strange pre-
dicameDt that the animal was in. It's
shoe got fast in some way under its
teeth, and the shoe had to be removed
/ before the horse was relieved.
"A 800, 600 Washington widow, stop
ping in San Francisco has made herself
notorious in ScandalouS connection with
the name of Adolph Sutro. of tunnel
fame. She stopped at the same hotel as
Mis-. FDulIO. Clitt liiC Ollitl OlttN lilC
ed wife beat the amOrOus widow over
. the head with champagne bottle, and
5 a suit for divorce will follow.
Dennis j. Oliver, of San Francisco,
an Irish-American, has been given the
title of Marquis by Pope Leo XIII.
: Mr. Oliver has been noted for his attach
ment and hberality to the Holy See, and
was created a Count by Plus TX. The
bull comforting the title of Marquis de-
i. I -, y
t divers family, descending to the eldest
| son.
, "A man at Pawtucket, r.. l.. who
5 tends railroad crossing, owns a dog
worth having. At the approach of q
: train the dog will seize the signal flag in
his teeth, and, running out, vigorously
l shake it TO warn any passer-by. The
dog is said to be as faithful in this re-
spect as a man would be, and seems to
know at just what time a train comes
: along.
| Three female descendants of Mas
{ saSSoit, the Indian chief, are now living
at Lakeville, Mass. They consist of a
e mother and two daughters are very
. well educated and very proud of their
: lineage One of the daughters dresses
| in full Indian costume and says that if
= she had been Massassoit she would
never have allowed the pilgrims to live
! ] lDIOu8ll Jllt iitSt W HUI
q Near the Warren and Pine Bluff
. road, about fifteen miles east of Pine
f Bluff, says the Little Rock Ark Ga
V zette, q woman went out to pick black
berries. She did not return. After a
, long search, she was found near a briaT
f thicket, literally torn to pieces. Almost
: her entire flesh was stripped from her
/, bones. The opinion of the people is that
. she was killed by a panther.
WIN. Sawyer, aged II years. and
e Maggie Haggert, aged l. years, eloped
d a short time ago, from GlOversville, y.
e y. and were chased twenty-fOur hours
;. by her father and an officer, whom they
e eluded. and were married. Last Satur-
day the bride was sentenced to the
l. Western House of Refuge by Utica
o magistrate, on complaint of her husband
S that she was a vagrant, having no means
C of support.
d Bishop O'Connor has been talking
to reporter of the Omaha Republican
Il about General Grants DeS MOines
l. speech, which has been interpreted aS
r. inimical to the Catholic Church. The
e Bishop says he attached too much i'm
1t portance TO the speech when he wrote
It an article in the Catholic Quarterly Re
rjetr. alluding to it. In the light of the
? Generals explanation he thinks Grant
If should be acquitted of any intention t.
f. offend.
I. The following circular has been is
d sued from the Auditor Generals De
,e partment of this State: The attention
of company commanders is called to tht
le fourth section of the act approved Jun,
E. u 1873, which requires that they Shal
n file bonds in the sum of 81 900, condi
re toned for the faithful discharge of thei
re office. Until such bonds are filed, al
it issues of money and appropriations vii
be withheld from the companies 50 de
a linquent.
il The pretty little Church of the IIol,
lie Cross at Santa Cruz, Cal, has been pre-
o. sented by a worthy Catholic lady with
i'll beautiful large crucifiX carved in wood
at ( which is described as "a perfect gem o
art - The cross is twelve feet long
en and the figure of our Lord six feet. Tn
DO agonized expression of the face is 5
ld striking as to move the behOlder t
IN tears. This crucifiX was solemnly bless
n ed by Right Rev. Bishop Mora on tn
ed 18th of May, at the conclusion of Pon
tifical Nespers.
We "A prayer was answered by Wednes
~ days tempest. The story is vouche
n for that a Connecticut woman VIII
"a owns lot in the cemetery went to tn
IS. authorities the other day for leave t
I'M cut down a tree upon it, to make rOoI
for a monument, but was refused. Sh
IS asked a second time, with no better SuC
in cess. Then she said that she had pray
IL ed them to grant her request. but ha