The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-20

lantic City, and before the meal was
over seven of them We're violently i'll.
They had eaten bread from a loaf that
contained arsenic enough to kill a hun
dred men, and only the great size of the
doses prevented fatal results.
An odd exhibition of affection is re-
ported from Hickory, \. c. When
HOke Secret, the wife and child muir
derer, was told the jailOr was dead. he
burst into wild cries of grief, and when
allowed TO see the corpse he fell upon the
coffin and chung to it so hard that it re-
quired five men to get him away.
--Zachariah Camphor, colOred. quar-
relied with his sister, aged thirty-siX, in
Baltimore. Saturday morning. and beat
her numerically. She complained of
feeling badly afterwards and about II
O'Clock on Sunday died. CamphOr has
been arrested. The woman was said to
be very qUaTelsOme and annoying.
Miss Emma Abbott who volunteer
ed to give a concert to raise funds for a
second trial of Mrs. Smith and Covert
d. Bennett, under sentence of death in
Jersey City, made personal appeals to
several wealthy New Workers, and OBJ
tanned over 81, 900 in cash. She Will
also give the concert. if more funds are
needed.
Father J. W. Hayes, of st. AIMS
church, New York was recently indict-
ed for beating Frank CassaZZa. a scholar
in the parish school His trial was be-
gun in the general sessions on Wednes-
day and concluded on Friday with a
verdict of acquittal, the priest being the
boys teacher, and having administered
only slight punishment on him.
A Mt. Airy n. O. dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer says that a whole
family was poisoned near there the 9th
er day by eating wild honey Mr. Alon-
70 Bryant. a well-known farmer. discOv-
cred the honey the day previous, and
brought two gallons of it home. He
and his family ate it at breakfast next
morning. His wife and two children
are dead, and Mr.. Bryant is Tery i'll.
Archbishop Wood has received a
letter from Cardinal Simeoni. acknowl-
edging a draft for 100000 francs as a
testimonial of the devotion of the Cath
olics Of the archdiocese Of Philadelphia.
His Holiness. the Pope has granted to
all who contributed to the "Peter's
Pence his apostolic benediction. The
Archbishop has since sent. in addition
to the above, the sum of II, 500 francs
Several years ago there lived near
KernersvilIe, y. c., woman named
Pol Fitz, who was the mother of girl
named Martha. The girl lived there
until she was Is years of age, dressed
and acted like a woman. Directly after
the war she moved to Survey county
when she changed her name to Julius
Hall and assumed the garb Of man,
married, and is now the father of two
children.
The Mariana (FlaJ Co5uier says
there was a singular case of a land sink
in that vicinity on Thursday last. As
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ing on the Bryan plantation there. the
earth gave way under his horse, a vaiu-
able one, and his own property. He
managed to save his plOw and one trace
hut the horse, collar, bride harness and
other trace went down. never to be re-
cox cred again.
At Minneapolis. Mimi. on Thurs
dav. eleven little girls. four members of
one family and five Of another. engaged
i'm stringing castor beans for beads, were
led 10 eat q quantity. Finding the
taste pleasant. all ate of them. and were
taken with spasmS. with the indications
Of poisoning. All but three are out OF
danger. The others are SO badly poison
ed that but little hope is entertained fOI
their recovery.
"A lady in Madrid. Me, was in q
house which was struck by lightning.
4 valuable gold watch which she wore
stopped at the time. and. although jew
eleTs have repeatedly examined it and
pronounced il perfect in every particu
lar. il cannot he made to move. II is Sc
charged with electricity that watch ma
kers say no part of it can ever be made
TO do duty if taken out and put into an
other set of works.
a terrific hail storm passed east
ward over a tract of country SIX miles il
( la.
county New York. between eleven an,
twelve O'Clock on sunday night. Hail
stones fell and PaHes OF glass were de
mOliShcd i'm every farm house. FOW
We're killed. fruit of every kind was de
SJrOyed. trees were UpTOOtcd, fence:
broken down, and one or two houses
near Clermout we're unroOfed. Ih'
storm lasted only ten minutes.
The Anthony Kansas JUrpd
hears Of a very warm hearted. mOthcrl,
hen down on Bluff creek. She is regu
Iarly brOOding d litter OF seyen-pounC
puppies: she has to spread herself to d,
it, but she takes them all under he
wing and tucks them in nicely. Tht
youthful CANNES know and heed he
gentle cluck They get their victual
Of the natural mother, but their love
and attachment is most tender and af
fectiOnate toward adopted Mother Blddy
"A sudden termination of a weddn:
took plJceat Belph0s. o., Thursday. Th
bride and groom. Miss Lizzie Green an,
John NeemieT. with their attendants
were standing before thealtar in church
when Father Haeftel asked her if sh
would take this man to be her husband
To the intense aStOHiShment of all SIN
refused. Every preparation for a grea
wedding had been made. She had al
ways seemed much attached to Neemier
ana gives no reason except that Sh
changed her mind,
"A sad drowning affair occurred a
Sewickley, Allegheny county. Thursda
evening. Three little boys were in
Skiff on the Ohio. when an oar fell int
the water. One Of the boys was able t
swim and he jumped into the water T.
recover it. when the other two. name
Robert Murray and Wood ThoTnbury
fearing that the larger boy was going [
desert them. jumped over also and wer
drowned although strenuous effort
were made to rescue them. Neithe
Of the drowned boys was over ten year
of age.
At about two O'Clock Saturday ai
ternoon about $50 persons, who had a.
semblcd for a shooting tournament a
Boswell. Ind, were taking shelter iii
! low lumber shed during severe thun
der storm, when a thunder bolt struc
the shed, separating and passing dow
each side of il. instantly killing Nv
= men. named Mike Wagman and Ley
Shermes. John James and John Ian
were fatally injured, and Lorenzo IieveI
DR.. !. W. Green Simuel Cav and al