The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-03-21
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4 WoSDRRFUI. DIsCOvERT-The Bls
ton Post has some details Of q wonderful
discovery IN teleQraphy which may revJl-
utiouize The business, especially that Of tie
cable lines between Europe and AmeriCl.
The American Cable Company of NsE-
York. new enjorprise-it says, has-zs
cured in London the exclusive right to tie
use Of r. new process for sending messages
by cable or otherwise. One party 10 the
contract guarantees to send Ten messages OF
tlCeEtg 5s0TGs each pr minute through the
conducting wire between Paris and Lon
don and New York. This is the minimum
speed stated IN the contract; but it is said
that at the maximum speed what could be
cent ia thirty minutes would be equal 20
the number Of words contained in one
number Of the London Times or the New
York Herald. And il is also asserted ths-
by this process al entire number OF either
Of the above named journals can be dis
patched through the Cabls from New York
TO London or Paris, or from London 90
New York, and be reproduced at those
points in fac siUsiie, on I stereotype block
or plate, complete and ready to be printed
from In thirty minutes, and at a tTitiuE
. expense. This would make an average rate
of about two thousand words per minute.
This almost takes ones breath away, and
like the Keeley motor, Edison's electric
light, aud JOues's success in perpetual me-
The Post, however, takes stock In The mat
ter, and as its namcsakc, the Pittsburgh
Post, from which we quote. thinks il las
truth telling name, We accept IFS precic-
tiOn that by the new methods the new Ca
/ BILE Company will be able 20 reduce tE5
| tariff for cable messages between New
! York aud the five different countries EL5-a
/ are to be connected directly by rs cable -a
| from three 20 fire cents per word, and pas
/ dividends uf from eight 20 twsuty per cent
/ on its total capital. Il says further.
/ The great Importance or this discovery DE-.
| perhaps re better appreciated from ~. a..
! the document Of transfer 10 TIE AlItf....
! Company through its Genera agent ttl iu- .--
/ as four hundred thousand pounds by he AuE
I ter Infsnuch al Il could u1r have been -s..
b. the Anglo Company for lack oi The pE.
! electric INSTRUMENTS the BENEFIT gt u ".-.-
/ of course have been lost to the world
A SHOWER OF BRINsTONE.-C
witnesses declare that during the storm .-
rain which fell in this city yesterday NOR.
ing, there fell with it considerable qual.f
ties Of powdered sulphur We have -e-l-
Of none Of the sulphur being gathered O..
tested by those who say they saw it, aa.
| VIC would be inclined 10 disCEcdit the s...t
were IL not that similar phenomena Hl.
witnessed 1t Reading, Allentown, E-s --
a9d ether neighboEing towns. where ---t
had . fall Of snow, instead of rain L'
patches from those places are % The l'.-
b lowing effect Beneath the snow F-.-.
fell there vas q sprinkling Of sulphur =
, birthstone. The roofs Of buildings "-'S
, | spriukled with the substance. The SD"
3 phur has lie color and smell oi ine -s.-
D inc article, and small quantities thar E'.5
b | scraped together anC set on fire buIneu p
T | readily as the common article and cmil..-
- | the same fumes. A lady N Altn-l"- -
e said to have become almost crazedr mag
D | ing that the end Of the world has al.'
d come. Advocates Of and believers DO ---
II orthodox hell OF Gre and birthstone "a
e now frmeT than tveT IN the beEei' -.-
: say the shower of sulphur was only 10Y.
b taste Of what is 10 follow on a gIauO'
d scale Lancaster InsslIigsDcsr, lSfs-
Is
q At Vicksbure, Miss, on Tuesday r2- /.
e shooting affair occurred between la.-
W. F. Fitzgerald, Capt. Andrews ana
II /. Greene. Andrews and Greene
n killed almost instantly, and t1LAE
g. dangerously wounded. The olne. B;
-e originated about Hibcgniau meellN-,
IL which Address was elected Bresl1e..-
NJ Fitzgerald claimed still 20 be Preslee.' IA
l. the Hibernan Society, and denounceu -
So election OF Andrews as a farce go 80.
N took exception to Fitzgerald's reEa-t-
m and attempted to draw 3 weapon. - -
- gerald drew his first. and shot ui1,
ly through the heart. Andrews ihe, - -
ly Fitzgerald, and Fitzgerald shot AlG-' 20, u
re Andrews was head Of the firm oi " ~
IN Andrews & Bro, and was PIesldenl ~ -, ~
I'd | Howard Association after koch"
or death last summer. Greene vas c',i-
Il. Address ,S Bro. FitzCeial IS .rr
at ueBt lawyer, and was AZ one time lle -'-
publican STATE District Attorney