The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-26


ject of prayer how ne saouid vote in The late
election. lie put the two tickets in his vest
pocket, being still unable 20 decide on ciec-
ton day, and dr." paper out hdphaZard
and voted t. When he went home EC exam
iued the contents of his pocket to see how lie
had voted There were both tickets still,
and he had put in the 9allot-boX an order for
4 barrel Of cider
"A lriehtful accident occurred at the Am
ericau Hotel, Allentown, ahuut ten O'Clock
Saturday night. The tbree-yegT-ud sOE OF
Z. L. Jones, during tAefmuug ntcTy absence
O! the mother crawlpd cut % bed, and. in
attempting % play with cleck on the man
teipiect, its clothes came in contact with q
gas let and the child was burned To death be
fore assistance arrived.
The Port Townsend (W. T.) 4rqss says:
Last saturday IL lady residing ia this city
completed three months Of subSiStiH1 upon
cows milk alone. Her extraordinary fast
was taken voluntarily three months ago fox
the purpose OF checking . tendency 20 Clc-
sity Its successful cOu>ummalicn is 4 mat
ter OF local comment The milk was taken.
pint at time. every two hours.
The old apprenticeship system has been
revived 10y a manufacturer at Springfield,
Mass. The boys bind themselves for SIX
years, and are To received from Eve cents
an hour at tha beginning 60 twelve at the
cud IN addition, two cents an hour VIII be
placed 30 their credit and paid on their dis
charge, thus providing each about $500 for q
start on his own account. The employer
stipulatcs FOR flty-cight hours Of work =
week, and uiue for study.
In Dobbinsyile, one of tire suburbs of
New Castle, Del, on Friday night jose ph
tsaFIne- slipped from q roof upon which he
was Sitting gravel ana .ieH into a bucket Of
boiling pitch. Half craZrd Nith pain ne-ran
homo. When Eiis. Gardner. who was under
the Influence of liquor, saw her husband en-
teriHg the house she seized n table fork and
stabbed him jn tho arm, punctu-iug an AZ
tsTy- GaTineTs wound was dressed lin time
to save his life and Mrs. Gardner was arrest
ed.
Before another Presidential election
comes around it is highly probable there viii
be no August. September ard October states
t0 indicate which way the political tide IS
running. Alabama and Tennessee Legista-
lures viii likely change their State and local
election TO November The holding OF two
general elections in Presidential year is q
needless expense. and tends 20 make oUr
qU9rdrenu3i contest too long. It VIII be q
great relief When all the States vote IN No
vcmhcr.
A brakeman on Maine Central freight
Irajn, by thc name cf StaIStt. IS deaf and
dumb. He is about jwcnty-four years old,
ana his home is i'm Burnham. For q number
of years past lie has been employed on the
train and il now considered one II the best
}TakwPn cu he road. tt there is any tTCu-
bic with any part Of the train Staretl IS one
nf tae first to discover it, ana he is always at
lis post when the brakes are wanted. How
lie can tell just when tie bra akes are required
IS q mystery, but he never fails.
William Martin, a convicted murderer,
was lying under sentence of death in the jail!
at Lebanon, No. There was TO hope ot
repfieve and the prison was too strong TO
break. No ordinary way of escaping the
gailOwS was possible. So Martin made deS
Perate love TO Martha Wilson, the Sheriff 8
daughter. He was yeUng and handsome,
and his suit was successful. One night she
unlocked his cell, gave him clothing, money,
and weapons, aud elOped with him. The
sheriff offered 500 Tor their capture, but
they have not been found
One of the victims of the burning OF the
Minnesota insane asylum on Monday night
OF last week was Jonathan Abraham, an eX-
member Of the PENNSYLVANIA Legislature
and former resident Of RaduOT, Delaware
county. lie was a brother Of the late ). =.
Abraham, Of > &orIi>tOwn, and first gave eyi-
GeuCc Of uuSoUud mind during visit to the
Centennial. lie was kept i3 confinement at
N0IIistown for some time and Afterwards
forwarded to the asylum 1T st Peters. lie
having moved TO Minnesota after his retire
ment from the Legislature many years ago.
tie was about 20 years OF acc.
AS John Miller, toll gate keeper in
Adams county, went out 80 collect toll OF an
old man who was passing through the gaze,
q Hvstalder remarked that the two men
looked enough alike 10 be twins. lnvestisa-
tion proved that they were twin brothers,
born in 1916, who had rot seen each other
for sixty years When they were & years OF
age then mother, poor woman, sent them
into separate counties TO live am oug friends
This was the last they saw Of each other IN
til this adventure. Daniel Miller had lived
within twenty miles Of his brother, but had
10 knowledge of the iatter's existence.
"A special TO the Baltimore NC,cs from
lIaTpeT's Ferry says q romantic marriage
took place on the railroad bridge there on
Thursday afternoon. A gentleman from
NeHm2JEet, Va, was taking his daughter
westward to prevent her marriage with
young farmer. While The father was in the
depot writing 10 his wife. informing her Of
his safe journey 10 that point, the young
lady's lover, who had sccurcdsa marriage il
ceust and minister put in an appearance,
and the twain hUrTyiuE over the bridge, past
the State line, were married. They then re-
turned to the station and informed HEr faith
er, Hho left at 07ce>fCr hOPe, disguised, the
N0ung cOun!e lo.lUMing The next dav.