The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-03


a box containing the body Of their
daughter. who had not long before mar
ried in Missouri and had died there.
Her husband afterwaTd explained that
she wanted to be buried at home, and
he thought the family would know
enough to bury her if they received her
"A young girl in Nova Scotia was so
shocked by a charge of theft made
against her by her mistress that she
took to her bed and died. To the last
she protested that she was innocent.
The inquest showed, according to the
evidence before the coroner, that death
was caused by paralysis of the heart, APP
paTently induced by strong excitement.
An old woman named Wagner,
living in the vicinity OF Scranton, has
recently become the subject of persecu-
tion. 4 number of young girls assert
ing that she was a witch. have on vari-
Gus occasions assaulted her. and a few
days ago pelted her with stones, inflict-
ing several ugly wounds. Two of the
aSSailants were arrested and are now
under bail.
The Ashley Belt walk in New Y Ork
was finished at 10 O'Clock Saturday
night. ROwell made $50 miles MeT-
ritt, 515 HaZael, 5004 Hart. 4S23
Guyon, All Weston. 4jj; Ennis. 45OI
KrOhne, 4505, and Taylor, 2504. Thus
eight men get into the gate-mOney limit
The total receipts were S17. 900. OF
this there was S4S, ,000net for the pedes-
trians. $24. 600 of which goes to Rowell.
"A barn in Oakland, Jefferson coun-
ty, Wis was recently burned by the
spontaneous combustion of clover put in
the barn in an uncured condition, and
covered over with marsh hay. which
tion of the clover from escaping, until
an explosion took place that was heard
a mile and a quarter away. and which
let the air so suddenly upon the clover
that it ignited.
A Kansas genius, representing HIM
self as a practical farmer, has lately
been visiting the fairs in that state with
a prize pumpkin. and he took the pre-
miums every time The pumpkin
measured seven feet in circumference
and weighed go pounds. Several days
ago a rival farmer attempted to tap the
pumpkin in the absence of its owner to
get some of the seed. and discovered
that it was made of wood.
-Westfield, y. j., has family feud
sensation. After a dispute between Mr..
Cassidy and Mr.. BendermeckeT, the
latter finding the goat of the former in
his yard. sawed off the animals horns
and striped him with paint. The next
day the CaSsidys whitewashe3 Bender
mecker'S jackaSs. When the lime be
gan to work the ass became fTisky. dash
ed into a glass conservatory, and finally
jumped down a well and broke his neck
Cardinal Manning did a remarkable
thing. on Monday, September 3. in the
way of ecclesiastical activity. He said
mass i'll Liverpool in the morning, and
bFeakfasted christened the Duke of
Norfolk's son and heir in London at
III the evening, and addressed large
meeting of Catholics in st. Georges
Hall, Liverpool, at 10 p. ". Not bad
days work for teetotalleT of seventy
one years Of age, says the London Horld.
Frederick Harvey, living near Mud
DIV Creek. Greenbrier county, ". Va,
went to hear a funeral sermon preached
a few mornings ago and, returning home,
after conveTsing with his stepdaughter
seized her by the hair and attempted to
cut her throat. She was horribly mu-
tilated. and after a desperate struggle
escaped. He tLen went into the yard
and cut his own throat from ear to ear.
The man is believed to have been labor
ing under fit of religious frenzy.
Nh. and Mrs. Henry Morris, of Va
linia township, CaSS county, Mich.
posed for the purpose Of obtaining mon
ey received from large sale of wheat
recently made by Mr. Morris His body
was found on the back stairs of his
house OH Monday morning with two
bullet holes through the neck. The
body of his wife was found in a bed
room closet. She had been shot four
times in the breast. There IS no clue
to the muTderers.
The smallest and Sharpest bank rob-
Der in the world has been detected in
Council Bluffs. Iowa. 4 long time ago
the cashier missed 81, - and So bills
frequently ont of a small pasteboard
box which he kept standing on the
counter Recently several wOrkmen
were engaged in tearing down the old
vault in the building, and in hole in
the inside of the vault. Just above the
door. they found dead mouse lying on
top of a large-siZed nest. The nest was
found TO he wholly constructed of small
pieces of 81, s. and So bills.
There is living in the Virginia town
of Marion a 12-year-Old boy with bro
ken neck. According to, the Enterprise
published in the neighboring town of
Wvtheville. the little fellows neck was
broken several years ago, at which time
iren and steel bars were run along the
spine and clasped on both sides of the
face The head is thus held in one posi-
ton Some days ago the framework
used broke and the head fell to one side,
cutting off the power of speech. The
mother put the head in a natural poise
until the clasp had been mended, when
all went well. as before.
The failure of the First National
Bank of Butler, Pa. makes a much
more complete financial wreck than
was at first reported. According to the
estimate of the controller of the cur
rencv an assessment of a hundred per
cent. will have to be made on the stock
holders of the bank to pay the creditors
in full. The stock held by the parties
who are able to pay amounts to about
SD. 600. while the rest of the stOckhold-
ers who have used the money of the
bank are reported to be bankrupt. 1t is
stated that criminal proceedings will be
instituted against the officers OF the
bank.
Rats did queer work in a South
Hadley house. In the passing years
they carried off forty pairs of shoes and
hid them behind some boards near a
chimney in the attic. They had also
carried off a package of letters to stow
away. one of which was written by a
lady in Aurora, \. Y. to one of the
BARRIERS at GrotOn, Conn, about CEN
tury ago. These BARRIERS were friends
of Whitefield. and that farmer divine
used to preach from the porch of their
house to the crowds assembled in front.
, These letters became the property of the
descendants of the BARRIERS. who moved
to South Hadley.
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