The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-30

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body is all right. It is now over two weeks
old, and as lively as any one of the brood.
Fannie ROOs, q pretty but ti1eNiSn young
woman, was discharged from custody at IA
ducah, Ky. Within block OF the JAIL she
met John Matthias respectable farmer, who
was visiting the city. Their acquaintance
/ began on the Spot, and before night they were
married. In addition to the usual ceremony,
the bride took solemn oath OF reformation.
August Ludeke was SO enraged by a
blow from a neighbOr at Morrow, Ohio, that
he swOre TO kill him. Having no available
weapon at hand, he drove 10 store I'VE
miles away, bought powder aud shot re
turned home, loaded gun heavily, walked
across the street to his enemy's house, and
fired at him through window, wounding
him seriously.
The official census Of the Second Dis
trict Of Kansas comprising fifty western coull-
ties gives a population Of over 33j 900, an
increase of 27J, 900 since 1870. The census
OF the entire State will probably show a pop
ulatiOn of ,OGJ, 900. All the counties in this
I district rs far west as PawDce have gained
from 100 TO ,, 600 each since the State census
of last March.
Mr. David Pifcr Of Henderson township,
jefferson county, has IN his possession d
1 cherry tree which was brought by his father
from WestmOreland county fOrty-nine years
ago. 1t is eleven feet in circumference, fifty
one feet in height, and the branches extend
over an area of siXty-five feet in diameter
This year it yielded eight bushels Of large
juicy cherries.
-Subp0nas have been issued in Harris
burg for witnesses in the cases of George =.
Smith, Of Philadelphia, and Christian Long
and Z. j. McCune, Of SnippensDurg, charged
with corrupt solicitation of members OF the
Legislature. The District Attorney is deter
mined, it is said, to have their cases tried in
October, and the remaindeTGt the : November
term Of court.
Pope Leo XIII, as described by cor
respondent of the Boston Adcertiser, is a man
of imposing presence. Ills manner, " says
the writer, els thOTougly regal, free, easy
and confident lie speaks with great digni-
ty and fiuency, and with long, almost heNa-
metric cadence. lie gives the impression Of
being man of tremendous viii, coupled
with gentlemanly prudence"
Mrs, SpaitS, of Manito, III. hal been re-
rarded for ten years rs helpless cripple, Uu-
able to move. Her husband, from whom she
had obtained 4 dCvOrce, was compelled 10
pay her alimOHy in proportion To her appar-
cnt helplcsSneSs. Becoming incTedulOuS, Hc
induced party Of re-hbors tI burst into
her house Unexpectedly, and they found Mrs.
SpaitS walking about without even iimping
The crOWno of William PENIS hat, which
IS to adom the taiTty-siE foot statute sur
mounting the lofty tower Of the new Phiia-
delphia public buildings viii be lust five
hundred an thiTty-iive feet from the pave
meut, The highest towers which have vet
been constructed are those Of the Cologne
cathedral, which have at present height OF
five hundred ard twenty-fouT feet eleven
inches.
F. &. Tibbets and J. B. Martin were
Suitors for the hand Of the same girl, nearly
fifty years ago. Martin was The victor. lie
went to Milwaukee with his wife, pTOspercd,
and left s. e0o.000 when he died. His dying
request was that his widow should marry
Ti6betS, who had remained bachelor, and
became banker in Philadelphia. The we'd
ding l. 10 take place in September Ti0bets
is 20 Years old and Mrs. Martin GS.
DR.. Tanner entered on the thirty first
day of his fast, in New York, ON Wednesday
last, and was apparently bright and ia good
spirits In the last twelve hours of the thir-
ueth day he consumed less than gill OF wa
r,'and on wednesday morning after rest
ing from his usual drive ne marched around
the enclosure in the haI twenty-five times
distance of nearly half q mile. His gait
was firm and his step elastic
Mr.. VIM II. Swift, Of tie firm of Swift.
Courtney & Beecher, extensive match manu-
factuTeTS Of Wilmington, Del. has been
S1rgt to Oner reward Of 8. 500 for any in
formation that viii lead 20 the return to her
home or his daughter Laura. who went into
the match business the other day on her own
hook by elOping with q Young man named
Matt. Hayden, farm hand employed in the
vicinity Of her fathers palatiai residence.
The smallest lovers ON earth were united
At the altar at odessa. about a month ago.
The Marquis q native of kiel, is Thirty
years old, and weighs only nineteen pounds,
while his fairy-like conSoTt. Young lady
born IN NeUmunStcT some twenty years ago,
first glance this tiny pair il is said, might
be taken for couple of scarcely weIued ba-
bies, dressed up rs joke in the CaTb Of adults.
On last Friday Miss Ada Wellington, Of
Erie, when about to make bed III the sec
Ond story of the house, saw q bird dog living
in her way. She ordered him away. when
he Spraug at her and fastened his teeth in
her cheek, taking in the entire side of hgr
face, throwing her to the floor and shaking
Hcr as he-would rat Her cries brought
nf mi 1s-i4g
her from the animal. The dog had always
before been quite dOciIe.
Andrew Wilson of HiIlSbOrO, No, took
no pains to conceal from his wife and neigh
horS hiS intention 10 clODe with Martha
ShuitZ. He announced a day for his depart
ure. and the cir. as openly made her pTepara-
atIonS. At the appointed time, the pair put
ther baggage into a wagon and started for
railroad station. In the,meautime, however,
Mrs. Wilson's father and brother had decided
what to DO. They lay iH ambush until the
runawayS came along and fired upon them,
killing both
The Sisters of Charity who have charge
90 st. Nncent's Hospital in this city. saws
the Portland, Oregon, CutE0Hr Sentinel have
again been awarded the contract for keeping
the United States Marine patients who visit
this port This Is the third renewal of the
contract with the Medical Department at
Washington, and shows that the services Of
the Sisters in caring for the sick sailors is
duly appreciated. The new wing of the hos
hf -
ted in a few weeks.
The Union Leader, of Wilkesbarre, has
learned that DR.. J. 6. Nought Of that city,
cOntempateS undertaking the feat of fasting
forty days, and states that it will be done
publicly i'm Cahoon Hall. ''The DOCTOR it
says, ''ls OF the opinion that he can OutdOsDr.
Tanner, 3S he has gone without food for the
length OF time designated upon several oc-
casiOnS within the last fifteen years. \ COM
mittee OF eight physicians will serve as wa tch-
erS during the last, and viii also fix the date
upon which the fast IS to begin
The Omaha Herald SAYS that an error
nous piece OF rock recently fell IN an mar
row canon between Rock Creek and Cham
berlain flats, in Clicikitat county, w. I. 1t
came from ledge above a road, and nearly
crushed a traveller and his horse. 1t then
went over a precipice, flying through the
air distance of some 200 feet, went thro'
band OF stray sheep below numbering
about scventy-tive, killing outright about
forty-tive of them, while the rest were hurl-
ed through the air against the surrounding
rocks and manned or injured.
AT II o'clock Monday night Jonathan
Mastery, superintendent, Frank Williams
inside boss, aud J John Reese, district super
ihtendent Of the Pike and Reading Coal and
Iron Company, descended the Kelly Run col
liery, in Schuylkill county, and were found
at O'Clock A. NJ. next day, dead from black
damp. ReScuinT parties went to work at
dawn, and many of these were subsequently,
taken from the mines overcome by foul air
The most intense excitement prevailed, and
all work III the neIghbOThOOd was suspended.
The three dead men leave families.
IL Nineland, New Jersey, special saws a
young woman named Jessie 4. Moore was
tried there for attempting to poison her
three-yedr old son. She was driven to de-
spair by poverty, and the hopeless outlook
her husbands deseTtion presented. She had
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