The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-01-31

Considerable surprise has been ccc1-
stoned in Pit sbureh by tEc auuOuucerrrt
that the viii Of the late r, ". Eaei-v
would be contested by a woman who
claims TO have been legally married to The
deceased some twenty years ago. The
claimant alleges that two children were
born 10 them in lawful wedlock, aud she
has placed her claim IN the hands Of rrrr
table attorneys. The general opinion IS
that Mackey was too shrewd 10 allow arr
sucb question TO remain unsettled at Dis
death. and that the claimant allowed Tie
matter TO rest too long. How1Fer. tie
contestant will file claims in few days
and until that .ime the attorneys decline
to give any particulars.
Mrs. Catharine Johnston and her h--s
band. Hugh Johnston, were out sleirbilr-
Monday OF last week, between kUteIsg.a
and Cata sauoua. While drivinC along lie
road Sic complained to her husband Fla. .
she was getting cold. lie covered her-ur
with robes and left her in that position ia
til thew got 10 their home in Catasslrra
Great was his astOnishmeut and gIs'
when the sleigh stopped, for be found
that his wife was lifeless corpse sitting
bv his side Mr.. Johnston said he spoke
several times to her on the way home bus
received no answer. He thought she vas
cold and did not care TO speak ard r1 Die
did not feel any alarm. The cause Of bal
death was heart disease.
The Springfield Mass Rspufft-r.
saws that lawyers frequently have aprli-
canrs for divorce who give singular grounds
for their petition, but the most singular
one came last week when a young woman
of " est field asked FOR a divorce from bar
newlv-made husband because Ee had rsFv
thick lips The lawyer told hcg that Size
could hardly get divorce on that gIalll'
and suggested that the wife usually knew
what kind Of lips her husband had before
marriage. TIE parties IN question ara
well known in town and were married -.r.v
n week or two ago, but separated the daF
after the ceremony. The husband is urt
I over f22, and though a member of Tie
church and never a liquor drlEgg. cot
! drunk soon after Incorporation and DOB dis.
gust has left town, wi ere he had lived
since a boy.
1 "A Utica n. y special to the Ciac.u-
natl Enquirer notes the death, aged sixty
six, Of Hayes Hinman, who lived tTe
] miles east Of that city. Although F0szsss
+ ing the faculty OF speech, be had no. Jt
. tered two consecutive words for fifty years
I When sixteen years old, hearing his faith
( er swear at a member Of the family. lg
made a VOW that be would ueTe. sazak
again. This vow was Kept Tor seven
wears He then met Ui-h the acc ieH-
which bruised the fingers Of his left hsu5
the pale drawing from him the eZclana-
ton. ''Oh - On but one other occasion
was he heard to speak. This time tie
word See was called forth by snake
that cTawled over sleeping child g
column might be filed by the recital q.
Humans eccenuicities. Some of DIS
devices to avoid conversation were Cra5.7
in the extreme. He was q close student
and he has left voluminOus diary dntiue
his fifty years Of silence. lie leaves f-r-
tune of $24 000 to z nephew, with the sd-
mOuitiou, keep your mouth shut" N1..
withstandiBg bis silence he was fa71-t1
/ in the ueighboThOOd in which he lived