The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-28
Nc,vs ana Osner N-os,ngs.

An organized band Of boy-thieves has
just been broken up at Stuges, Mich.
-AsChicago baby began early to rise in
the world, having been born in hotel ele-
vatOr.
Its asserted that The Catholicchurches
Of Baltimore receive an average Of 80 con
yerts yearly.
The Democrats of Reading have elect
ed a cOlJred man constable, defeating a
Republican and two Independents.
Greeley, Col with \ population oi s.
600 souls, requires no police or constables,
has no liquor stores aud has only spent 81
Of its poor fund in two years.
None Of tho Methodist churches i'll
Chicago now use feTmented vine at the
communion table, and only a few churches
Of other denominations use it.
"A boy travelled from Quincy, H., to
Dead wood and back without a cont, yet
rode a}l the way. As an able deadhead,
ho rivals a member OF Congress.
"A Lynn man got a divorce from his
wife, married again, hired the first wife as
a hOusekeeper, and the two women live
under The same roof without fighting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Smay, of Beaver
Mills, Rush township, Centre county, lost
four children flom diphtheria between
the Sd and 18th Of the present month.
M. GeoffrOi, the Old Catholic cure OF
Courtemauche, Berne, has.Ie-entered the
Roman Catholic Church, aud many other
priests are said to mediate following his
example,
Miss Mary J. Wadleigh, of Sutton,
Mass, has no fewer than one hundred pet
cats, and when one of them dies she has it
buried aud its grave marked by neat
monument.
Manchester, Y. H, boasts of woman
with heavy, rich broTn hair, that measures
from - to 80 inches in length, and when
she stands erect, trails on the floor from
to - inches.
"A boy of thirteen, wrapped up in the
name George Harris Washington Boone
Palmer LIarrod, was recently left on the
steUs Of tie Secretary Of the 5. p, {. c. in
Philadelphia.
A man at Sonth Bend, Ind, buried
his wife III nice style, but after the crowd
had dispersed from the grave, be sold the
silver handles Of the coffin back to the un-
dcTtaker at reduced rates.
An old, respectable and rich farmer of
Iona county, Mich, recently went over the
hills to the poorhouse, selected a young
and go05-lookiug orphan girl, married her
and took her home with him.
The smallest pianist in the world, Sig
nor Luigi GUstayo Fazio di p Into da Cam
20 Basso, is now IN Rome. He is only two
feet high-2bout as long as his name. He
is said to be extremely clever.
--Noyes. the founder and chief of the
Oneida Community, New York, is a cousin
OF the man in the White House, and was
tho first person to present Rutherford B.
Hayes name for the Presidency.
Paul Boy:on delivered a lecture in
St. Peters Catholic church, Allegheny
City, On Sunday evening, for the benefit oil
the poor. At eight o'clock next morning
Paul started on his trip down the Ohio tC
New Orleans.
Mrs. Marion West, of indianapolis
Ind, has been arrested at Washington
Court House, Ohio, for raising r check o
twenty dollars to two thousand dollars
/ The check was given by farmer whom
the woman had 10 her tolls.
Mrs. Henry Smith, of Cincinnati, O.
4 who has been supporting her husband Will
her earnings, cuv her own throat and in
ficted cash upon each, arm in an endeavo
to commit suicide on Saturday last. Sht
now lies in q critical condition.
w dow Samantha Pierson, of Zanes
vile, Ohio, who sued John Blizzard fo
$15, GOO damages for breach of promise be
cause he had cour,ed her fifteen years anI
then married q younger woman, wa
awarded 50, coo damages on Saturday.
/ W illiam Stuart, of IToaton, o., whiIt
pulling q boat into shore the other day bl
means of vludlass, placed the handle O
the latter against pump that stood nea
By Tor few moments, when the handle
slipped of, striking him on the head anG
crushing his skull, causing death in half M
. hour.
On Thursday morning Mrs. William
son, living on Harrisburg run, near Brad
ford, attempted to quicken fire by pour
ing coal oil upon it. The can busted, auC
the burning oil vas thrown upon hersel
aud child she held in her arms She anC
the child were 50 badl, burned before as
sistanCe GANG that they both died the SAM
night.