The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-05-23

single fact that one may oppose to all
the wit and argument of infidelity, that
( no man ever repented of Christianity on
his death-bed Hannah More tkan that
needn't be said on the subject.
"A Reading man has thirty-eight
hens, white LeghOrn and Dominique
mixed, which, he says, have laid 1000
/ eggs since New Year. BE afforded them
warm shelter during the winter, and fed
. them thick milk, corn, and occasionally
wheat bran mixed with thick milk.
Great excitement exists among the
oil men in Mexican county over the dis
coVerv Of a well at GObbler City that,
after having been bored three bits in
the sand. showed seven hundred feet Of
oil in the hole. This test is about one
hundred and forty rods southwest Of the
Gearv we'll
The Ancient Order of Hibenians
: in convention at Cincinnati last week
reelected John Halt, of New Jersey,
national delegate Thaddeus Flanagan,
OF san Francisco. national secretary. and
Bernard Doyle, of Rock Island, national
treasurer. The convention adjourned
on Saturday.
The West Chester NcrS says that in
1923 the first tomatoes were eaten in
that town. \ gentleman in 1910 brOt
them in his ward. where they We're look
ed upon as a curiosity. and for their
beauty. Tomatoes were then called
Glove apples. "
Jacob Yant. of Washington county.
turned up the other day after being sep
aTated from his family for about twenty
six years, which time he spent in wan
dering through Kansas and Texas. lie
owns a large tract of land in the latter
State. upon which he proposes to settle
with his family
In the court at Franklin. ind, Oh
Friday, Judge Hood granted Mrs, Hat
tie DanfOrth a divorce from her husband,
Charles DdnfOrth. both being present.
Immediately thereafter Edward wilson
took Mrs. Danforth by the hand and re-
qUestcd the Judge 10 make the divorced
woman his wife
Wellices = HawkinSOu'S : livery sta
ble- with seventeen horses and several
garages. kTopt ; dye works, Morse :
bank. and Billings caTpcntcrshOpadj join
ing, at Galesburg- III. were burned
Monday morning. The cause is believ-
cd to have been incendiary. Loss, SO,
OOG, insurance not stated.
Mayor Tyson has informed the
druggists Of Reading That they viii not
be allowed to sell soda water or cigars
on Sunday. The EGgje says THAT under
one OF the laws now sought to be en-
forced Thomas Saule was on December
+, I196- fined two shiIImgs for kissing
his wife I'm pUblick'' ON Sunday
The Bangor tomueTcjHl of May i4th
says that a remarkable sight was wit
messed at Blanchard. the terminus of
the Bangor and PiScataquiS Railroad
the day previous. At the depot the
thermometer indicated 90 degrees in the
shade. and vet adjoining cliffs aad val
leyS We're buried under Il mantle Of snow.
a dog and cat in Hartford. Vt.
have grown up together and are very
fond OF each other one day the dog
came in from the garden completely COW
cred with burdocks, when the cat, per
ceIving his condition. placed her fore
paws on him and with her teeth picked
oft one at time until the whole were
removed.
"A fisherman fell into the water at
Little Falls. Mimi and. on getting out
hung all his clothes over q fire to dry.
They were iguitcd and entirely consum-
ed. leaving their owner naked and three
miles from home Seeing "a woman ap-
pr0achmg, ho submerged himself TO the
neck in the stream. and haTgaincd with
her To lend him some of her skirts.
Blacksmith John Bcddoe. strong in
the arm as he was was killed by mus
tang pony in a pastUTo-iicld at Column
bus, O., on Thursday He took the
pony out in the field to Craze. wrapping
the halter strap around the right wrist
The pony frisEcJ its tail. started on a
Tt3u and dragged Bcdd0e around the pas
ture as though the man were q tin can.
While a number Of children were at
play i'm SomeTyilIc. Mass. ON Monday
last. one of them. }u-yyar-old daughter
OF William II. GOOd-pocd. picked up a
ball which several of them had been MS
ing. Upon refusing to return it to one
OF the boys several of them pclted her
with stones, one of which struck her ON
the temple. causing her death early next
morning.
As Mrs. James II. Rushing was
washing clothes in lake near Palestine.
Texas, the other day She was attacked
10y a Catamomt, which spraug upon her.
vt first She was almost OyerpoWered.
but, being a woman of strong muscle
and nerve. she finally drew the fcrocious
brute into the lake and drowned it.
That what might be called a Rushing
business.
During the progress of a thunder
storm on Thursday evening at Fredcr-
IckSbuIg, Indiana. Samuel Bmrill and
Josiah Mourning. two Young men Who
had been working in a field and had
taken refuge under a large sycamore
tree, were struck 10y lightning and in
>taHtly killed. Mourning was knocked
INTO the I.EeI ana DuTill was found sit
ting up against the tree.
-prnce Gallitzm. q Young Russian
Hoblemau, Who is said to have been con-
yerted by Bible gwen himat the Paris
Exhibition. is going 10 build thirty Bible
EosESand 10 equip seven Bible carriages.
lie has engaged Mr. CIough. Paris Sec
f@talN of the Monthly Tract Society. to
travel with some OF these carriages in
Rus 3ia- and viii go with him for seven
months to help in the work.
Southern Indiana has experienced q
terrible storm. Near Fredericksburg
several farm houses and barns we're
blown to the ground and two farm
hands, named John DumeH and ~iias
Moran. Instantly killed beneath syca-
more tree where they took shelter
Near LavouSldC three farm houses were
struck by lightning and completely de
moilShed. three persons being killed.
w hen Lafayette. with the French
allies, were on their way 10 Yorktown
IN 1881. they marched past mano1.
house that had been built in 1872 and
accidentally destroyed il by fire. J,ouis
NJ !. then rebuilt the house out of bi,
private funds, the only house in VIRGINIA
built by reigniug sovereign. Until a
lew days ago, when it was again burned
II was uNeJ is a residence bv the prasi-
dents of William and Mary College.
Il. Longbehm. d German. living ON
a vegetable rancho about five miles from
AhtIch. tohtracOSta county. California.
took his little boy and girl, aged respec-