The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-09-05
NEWS AND OTHER NOTNGS.

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pounds, and has private park contain
ing 1000.
@Strychniue, taken as a remedy for
obesity, killed young woman at Rapids
Bridge, n. y.
A Chinaman is the cause of a divorce
suit between a white husband and wife
at Peoria, Ill.
The estate of O'Brien, the Califor-
MIA mining speculator, turns out to be
worth $4,000, 900.
Two hundred Icelanders have form
ed a colony called MinneOta on the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
Walter w. Stewart, who has neither
arms nor legs, has married the daughter
of the manager of Boston side show IN
which he is ON exhibition.
The six daughters OF Peter Siple, of
North Ferrisburgh, Vt, average 2ll
pounds each, and his entire family OF
eight weighs 1852 pounds.
Miss Porter of Detroit paid hack
man less than he demanded, and he
angriIy struck her. She drew revolver
from her satchel and shot him dead.
In Claysville, Western Pennsylva-
via. Miss Sarah Smith has lain forty
days without taking food or stimulants.
In taking down an old saw-mill at
Dingman's Ferry, Pike county, one
hundred and eighty feet of black snakes
had to be killed.
Edward Williams, a hack driver,
shot his wife dead in disreputable
house in San Francisco, on Saturday,
because she refused to go back and live
with him.
The Cathedral choir, of Baltimore,
which for the past two years has been
famous for its rendition of the grand
-. haa7,
diSbanded.
At a reunion of pioneer settlers in
Lee county, Iowa, on Friday, a young
couple were married in an old-fashiOned
log cabin. built for the occasion, 1000
people looking on.
William StinsOn, of Lower Oxford,
Delaware county, Pa, is the owner of q
Guernsey COW not two years old, which
on a common pasture made eight and a
half pounds of butter in one week.
John Campbell, while endeavoring
to faSten a rope or shaft at Cole
Creek, Mexican county, on Friday, was
instantly killed. His body was caught
in the cables and horribly mangled.
"A curiosity in the way of camp
meetings is furnished by Centreyille,
Chester county. There opened in that
place Sunday camp in which the ser
vices are wholly conducted by women.
1t is said by the Cologne Gazette
that a Kettwig woman has had five chill
dren-four boys and one girl-at a BIRTH
They only lived few hours. Though
very small, they were we'll formed.
A J.. Donaldson, of Baltimore,
brother of the late W. II. Donaldson.
the aerOnaut, SWAN from NorfOlltO Old
Point. Monday last. a distance OF fifteen
In - l.. hgL Int
"A Russian peasant woman recently
gave birth to female twins, with separ-
ate heads and arms, but a common trunk
and only three legs. They are healthy,
and at baptism were named Anne and
AntOnine.
-O'BTien, the California millionaire,
left most OF his fortune TO niece named
Isabel Coleman, who was married the
other day to a young May, Of Maryland,
a cousin Of the May who fought young
jim Bennett.
Tile Rev. James Anderson, Con-
gregationalist, has just celebrated. at
Manchester. VT. the liftieth auniVersa-
y of his installation. He is 81 years of
age. and is not now in the active work
Of the ministry.
Out of 50, 80, 600 English-spcaking
people of the world. 1T.TjO. 600 are
Episcopalians. 1900. 600 MethOdists.
13, 800. 900 Catholics, 10000. 600 Presbv-
terians, 5000, 600 Baptists and 1000. coo
CongregatiOnalists.
Up in Wayne county. Mrs. Utt had
fight with an eagle. 1t sank its talOnS
into her arm, tore her flesh and made a
desperate fight. But the madame Utt-
erly annihilated the eagle by choking it
to death, or a reporter lies
4 higr .lArr q q DhiIn n,lIlr.lt-u lrava-ar-,r
drinks from two to four quarts of lager
beer every day, and likes it 50 well that.
on emptying the dish, he licBs his chops,
and makes a noise that sounds like an
''Ah-h'' Of great satisfaction.
-IonahatchO, young Seminole, has
been attending the public school at Fort
Myers, Florida, and stands at the head
of all of his classes. He is bright and
intelligent Indian and appears to drop
readily into the habits of the whites.
There is in Sandersonville. Ga. a
blind negro who is a professional well
digger. lie not only digs and cleans
out wells, but can rive boards and
shingles, and nail them on a house in
as straight a line as though he had per
Feet sight.
The excess of exports of the United
States over the imports of merchandise
for the twelve months ended July 81,
1879, were S263, 572, ,0S9. In gold and
silver coin and bullion the excess of ex-
ports over imports for the same period
was s, $50. .0S3.
Mona TrOwbTidge, whose two sis
ters recently hanged themselves in Chi
cagO because they dreaded poverty. is
hopelessIy i'll. The shock of the tragedy
Frustrated her, and for two DAYS size did
not eat or drink a particle. She is now
insane and dying.
samuel Ham, q farmer Of st. Clair
county, No, was murdered by three
unknown hOrsemen, who rode up while
he was boiling sorghum and shot him.
lie was supposed to have a considerable
sum OF money, but the mUrderers failed
to find any, and rode away.
"A young lady of Bradford. who was
on her way to the depot, three times re-
fused to notice the attentions of a dog.
and at the depot kicked him ont of the
way. The canine then deliberately
threw himself before an approaching
train and was instantly killed.
Maurice Perkins, a Cleveland re-
porter, was caught by order of Henry
Chisholm, wealthy man, one night re-
Gently, and painted black-a decided
hint at the old remedy of tar and feath-
eTS. Perkins now eudeavors to black
ChishOlm's eye by suing for $4,000
damages.
in Brighton. Carlton county. y. B..
Donald Mcleod was employed by James
Page to protect his orchard from depre-
dation by boys. Late on Sunday even
ing a son of Mcleod passed through the
orchard to shorten his walk home and
was shot by his father. y fatal result
is expected.