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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

FROM the action last week OF quite a
large number of Republican County
Committees, in various parts Of the
State, in electing delegates to Don
Cameron's s third term State Convention,
which will meet at Harrisburg next
Wednesday, we are afraid that the tail
will wag the dog, and not the dog the
tail or, in other words, that the con-
vention will run Cameron instead Of
Cameron running the convention. \
spirit OF rebellion against Il third term
of GTantism has developed itself with
remarkable pHanimity in the Republican
household from the Delaware to the
Ohio and from Bradford county in the
North TO the Maryland line. The Re-
pubhcans almost everywhere in the
State have instructed, and are still in
str1cting, their delegates to the conven-
tioh to vote fer Blaine as their candi-
datc for President, and it looks now as
ifthey would control the convention. -
If this should prove to be the result,
gameroDism in this State viii at last
have found q grave from which there
can be no resurrection. Cameron <
Grant balloon went up beautifully at
the beginning, carrying, as was then
announced and believed, the forty-six
delegates from Philadelphia, but its
ballast has of late escaped so rapidly
that it viii probably pass off into the
regions OF space and never again be
heard Of. Weare sorry for the political
wrecking Of the son of Simon and for
the deep damnation" of Grants sud
den taking of as candidate by the
Blaine men OF this State, but cannot
fail to recognize the fact that Cameron g
discontinue at Harrisburg next We'd
nesday, if it takes place, viii sound
Grants political death-kueu. We had
other and quite different hopes. but
such are the glorious uncertainties Of
political life. y slice Of bread is apt to
fall upon the buttered side.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

WHAT has become os Gov Hoyt's
portion of the sixty millions of u.s.
about whom he telegraphed or wrote to
the Grant reception committee at Chi
cago, as anxiously waiting for third
term in 1880 and fourth term after
khat9 There don't seem to have been
any of his big crowd around last week in
any part of the State at least not at
IN, OF the meetings OF Republican
s5f,unty Committees. II any committee
4 that kind in any part of the State has
elected Grant delegates to Don Cam
seron-s Harrisburg convention, it has
been kept remarkably quiet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30
4 HUMAN MoSsTROsTTY-A Kokoruo
LIul- \ tnLacraln ~ ra-a-t aat. :. ~.

(lnd.) telegram OF recent date SAYS:
The Disgafc5 or this city will tomorrow publish
q highly sensational article the recent birth in
this county OF 2 well-deveOped. sharply defined
monstrOsltF. being belf huma and hall coon. Tire
truth Of the statement s vuUched FOR by rever- Of
the best farmers in this county. who the T1-ra
1Gtura and who's testimony cannot be impeached.
At the very urgent request Of the parents Of the
Tupnstroslty. their HaIucs viii. FOR The p.BEeuI
least, be withheld from publication.
About two weeks 1gO q woman living IN Iavior
township, this county. ahout i've miles frou 70
kOno, gave birth 70 twins, Of which q we'll
developed boy and ths other hideous monster.
half human and hsll coon TIE reclarl2 form ed
child Is now living, but its twin frosty lived
only . ieW hours after birtn- E-erv ono vino saw
u st clce retna1 Eed tho striking resemblance
coon It's isce pointed, ana looked Ii ike a coon >
we're great sharp nails. Il had TelI-iehncd tail
four Inches long. L had eyes and It's arms and
limbs looked ike the limbs OF tho animal o so
strikinSly rcsemhied. Its body. OF trunk -lous
bore marks Of human nature.
our medical men are greatly excited over the
this rare and wonderful feat OF The theory
that human moHstrUsities, emhcdyiug marked
characteristics of the human and brute creation.
may result from fright or strong mental aversion
OF the mother during the period OF CESSATION. has
received pretty strong proof in this This
markable phenomenon is accounted for these
facts: The husband has followed 'coon-huntinz
for = livelihood for years. Hiz wife hiss always
evinccd decided dislike for the basincss and
pleaded IN vain with her husband give it up J.
together. Several months previous 70 the birth Of
the twins the husband had brought home a dead
coon, which almost paralyzcd the wife with NOR
bid fear snd unconquerabie aversion. In the light
Of science and medical history there is nothing IN
reasonable incredible in this strange TisrE Nc
tuG. II has parallels IN history.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

RAILROAD PROGBEss AND BEOsPECTs.-
The figures showing the total miles Of rail-
road built In the United States for the year
1879 are now complete. The report says:
Last year there was a marked increase in miles
built over any year since 1873. The year ISIS show
ed total Of 9l6 miles built In that yesr bringing
the miles ui railroad In al the StEtes and Terri
tories up 20 81 .s4l Large the total OF 1873 was
it:has been greatly exceeded BY 1872 which amounts
70 45SO miles. swelling the grand total - o,26s
miles Of railroad nov IL sf-Frafirs.. me whole
railroad II niirsse world a little more than
Sso,5uU miles. OF this Europe hRs about IO0, 900
milez the United States 50 600 and the rest OF the
world some G0.0OO We RAPIDLY spprozc ching
one half Of the world railTosd mileage. The dis
UlbutiOn OF the new roads built in 1879 is worth
beyond tho construction OF short local lines or con-
uectous. Tho whole Of New England built but
fSrty-twO miles oi road IN the year Against this
one-h3f OF the whole, or 22C0 miles were bulk in
Nebraska and Dakotah TerrltoTy-all west Of the
Mississippi river. OF tho roads built last wear
nearly UucQUarter OF 55 miles were narrow -euazc.
q ieet uE lrss). lc show sIli further how tn
roads OF 1872 were distributed between the States
east and west Of the Mississippi We have 1.555
miles in the STATES east Of that river against g. Is7
miles In states and Territories west Of Il. During
tne year 1879 the cost o. railroad construction has
advanced nearly thirty per cent. and the prices
still tend upwards. But there is a limit even in
these good t3InyE railroads
The new roads IN the west Sua northwest
opening up lor settlement fertile territory.
But. until this now vacant territory j. occupied
and cultivated. 2 thing requiring time the rail
ming expenses. Iuere Il such y thing as building
railroads too East. W. say this because great as
The prOgress In railroad building in 1879 has been
1t promises 70 ue greater In 1850. And u ls ossi
other directions.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30


CAUGHT AT LAsT.-The Pittsbdrg Dispatch
Of Tuesday furnishes the following particu-
lars Of the arrest in that city the night pre-
vious of q postal clerk on the 7. X. X named
Bumbaugh, who for some time had been
suspected and has at last been caught IN the
very act of robbing the mails. The Dispatch
says
On the arrival of he Fast Line OF the Penpsyl-
vanis Railroad ~ The Unioa Depot las s. n.s D,
the Posto1ice Depa rtnent. arrested J X Bum-
oaugh, postal clerk on the Psnnsy iraoin % nS,s III
road. He was employed as clerk on the llne o.
tween this city and HarrisnurE and has served IN
demennor and had won the confidence Of bis sup
eriors much 80 that there vas even no suspleton
be was the guilty psrty for = long lime atsr be
commenced his stealings.
Numerous complaints have been made to the
postal authorities by business ren, OF money lost
Al different times and detectives we've set to work
the case. II was very difficult to trnce the
was stolen and quite a number or clerks are EN-
ployed oetWeen these points Ihe eIort o. speeisI
i agent Camp was 81 last successful' resulting IN
The prisoner carried on his operations In 4 man
that made I dif1eult to detect him while
his route was only from this city Harrisburg,
/ he d ID not eonfne his operations between these
I from Chicago and other western points 10 New
I York so to avoid suspicion. This through mall
posed that by rifing these letters suspicion would
fssten on the clerks upon whom deyoivedithe duty
mall only at local points, let alone that hetween
! Chicago ana the east. BY conhntng his oPeratL
vince TO handle, he thus succeeded In carrying on
his stealing quite while, but he afteruard became
4 emboldened. and at last commenced TO extend the
business 90 mail between local points
As 20 the extent OF hls operations nothing de.
finite is known, but the special agent is satisned
4 the aggregate amount stolen - large. As his
stealtngs have been carried on quit. a time and
the complaints Of msney lost were frequent, there
are grounds for Tuch belief When the train ar
rived at the Union Depot Dir. Camp ordered all
the clerks 20 be searched, although he was So It's
s he knew who the guilty party was. The ssaIch
. resulted In the arrest Ot Bumbaugh and convey
inS him 10 the lookup. Oh his person WAS found
twenty dollars Of marked money which had been
sent ia dccoy letters BY the detective. On Sun
day night the detective had alsO sent decOy let
. teri containing money which had not reached It's
destination. When arrested the prisoner was
cool and collected. and did not show the slightest
I sign of anxiety. He was perfectly selt-possessed
hut said little He is about forty years Of age,
and has been employed as postal clerk many
yesrs. He was ranked by his superiors as among
the best clerks in the service, both account OF
hls industry and steady habits. The special agent
} deserves great credit for the manner IN which he
has conducted this case showing tact and skiil IN
3 bringing bout the arrest
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

LAST summer when the question was
in every ones mind whether the Cres-
cent City was again to he afflicted with
yellow fever, the whole country was
startled 10y the announcement that
among its half dozen or more victims
were first the lovely young wife of the
brave Confederate General J. B. Hood
followed by the death of the General
himself, leaving ten little babes to tie
cold mercies of the world The women
of the South and North alike arose to
this appeal 10 their charity and a sub
scription list was opened, but with no
great result comparatively. The late
warrior was on the point of publishing
his Narrative of Personal Experiences
in the United states and the Confeder-
ate States Armies. The book has Just
been published by his comrade General
G. I. Beauregard, the entire proceeds
going TO the sole use and benefit of '-The
Hood Orphan Memorial Fund. g" as is set
forth in another column.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

THE Philadelphis Record Almanac
for 1880, its first venture in that line, is
n very neat production and shows COM
anendable care in its preparation. 1t
contains a large number of well execu-
ted engravings representing scenes in
the national history OF the country, and
i replete with historical facts, political
statistics, and other usefnl information.
The Record claims an average daily cir
culation CT over $1,000 copies, and for
one cent. its price per copy. or 50 a year,
furnishes more news and general infor-
nation than any other paper in the
United States Its editorial department
is very ably conducted, and taken in all
its aspects az newspaper the Record
cannot be excelled-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

IMPORTANT DECTsJox N TIE RIOT
Es.-Judge McKernau. in the L. s.
Court, Philadelphia, on Friday morning.
delivered an opinion in the case Of John
Sherman Hall against the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Company. This was r test
suit tried in 1873 to fix the responsibjli-
ty for loss by the Pittsburgh riot. A
jury was dispensed with and evidence
submitted to the Judge TO ascertain the
facts and apply the law. After review
ing the testimony, Judge MeKennan
concluded his opinion as follows: Upon
the whole case | am of the opinion. and
so find, that the loss complained of was
caused by fire, while the PLAINTIFFS goods
were in transit by the defendant, within
the meaning of the exception in the bill
OF lading, that the defendant is not
shown to have been guilty of any negli-
gence by which the efficiency of the ex-
ception is in any way impaired. aid
therefore the plaintiff is not entitled to
recover. II was admitted al the trial
that the plaintiffs goods were DESTROYED
By FIRE during the riot, and the bill of
lading offered in evidence contained
clause excepting the liability of the rail-
'Poad company for freight lost by fire.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

A PRIEST Turns PROTESTANT A Balti-
more dispatch Of the goth tells Of q Bohemian
priest in that city who abandoned the altar
a day or two previous and embraced the
Lutheran faith. IL says:
4 detection from Roman Catholicism 20 Pro.
tsstaUtism i rare iu the history Of the Catho.
lie Church i'm this RrchdI Iocese, the last having
CURED several wears ao. creating 1t the time quite
sensation ip religious circles. Lste last eyrsI NJ
IL vas ascertsined that letter OF resignation hz
been sent 70 Archbishop Gibbons by The Rev 10.
ham HodIa. 4 Roman Catholic priest. pastor of
the bohemian Catholic church Of st Wenccslaus.
This church was erected = feW years ago for the
special use Of OhcmianS and al the request % te
Archbishop, Father HGdla came from Bohemia
some eight months ago and accepted the perna-
nent pastorship. Recently he determined u en-
brace tho Protestant faith. and day or two ago
hs formally renoUnced the Catholic religion in
Trinity St. German Evangelical Lutheran church
withwhlch denomination he has associated hi n
Father HodIa s aged about 81 year, and is ssld 70
4 learned man.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

I'VE 30 not know whose OK was gored at
the recent meeting of the Democratic Com
I. .nlittee of Cambria county. Indeed. il is no
part OF the suns business to criticise the
local management OF the gallant democrats
who are ever prompt to fling ont their banner
from the frosty submits of the eternal Al
leghenies. We are frank to say, however
that in our judgment it was mistake to pass
instructions committing the county to n
Presidential candidate"
The above extract is taken from an
article in the Altoona Daily Sun Of Fri
day last. No mans OK was gored, nor
was any operation of that kind thought
of. II the two visiting statesmen, -"
one from Philadelphia and the other
from Washington, 10 whom we briefly
referred last week, had not appeared
here on the day the Committee met,
and avowed that they came III the inter-
est OF sfr. Tilden, no motion would have
been made in the Committee instructine
the two deiegates to the State Conven-
ton In favor of Gen. Hancock. We are
very confident Of this, because it would
have been regarded as manifestlv i'm
proper for tsren,y-sie members of the
Committee, just one-hal5 Of The full
number, to assume 10 speak Tor the
Democracy of the entire county. For
the reason, however, above stated, aud
as q tittiag rebuke to outside pressure
and interference. the Committee deem
ed it safe to endorse Gen. Hancock. a
PENNSYLVANIA soldier and statesman, and
IL was proper to do sonnfier tha eircan,.
Stances, although we repeat, as we said
last week, that no man can say with
anything like accuracy who is the IA
yorite of the Democracy of this county
for the Presidency.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

3CDGE PATTERSON, of Lancaster
county, entered a rule last week on
hessrs. Steinman and IIenscl, editors
Of the Lancaster fptslliqencsr, who hap
zen also to be members OF. the bar or
that county, Is, show cause Why they
should not answer for contempt of
Court, and Why their names should not
be stricken from the Est of attorneys
The alleged contempt consisted III GER
1a,.,.ss s4rictures on the Court by the H.
sellsar,fr To- TO- Il reference to. the peculiar
manner i, ~. fnith a whis.zey prosecution
WA disnosel OF with the consent Of
.Tpsoe patte ttson. If Ills Honor belier-
ed tkat tbs T article in the Intslligcncer
vas libel,otf $, he had precisely the same
remedy at Iythat every other man has.
and il he wats AFRAID to submit his case
10 the judgns 'ent Of a jury. hesr-iif Ind.
7ye doubt nit, before he gets thfogxh
with his sVar chamber proceeding
AGAINST Steinlil pan and Heusef as cditors.
that he committed the greatest mistake
OF his life. If lawyers. can be stricken
from the roli Of attorneys simply because
OF their criticissn Of Court as editorss
that fact ought to be ascertained and
made clear by the highest judicial au-
thoriiy IN the State IN act Of Assem-
bly, Was rassed last May on this very
subject. Of which the editors Of the In
ssllioencer win, Of course, az the proper
time avail themselves, should 1t become
necessary Who Struck the immortal
Billy Patterson has never yet been found
ont, and the sreat IGestion now to be
determined is, did siesnman end IIensel
aeessaplish lie feat CT bringing the
Court q Billy's palaeaske into ridicale
and ceBle.att
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

THE Church Of St. Peter. Hatton
Garden, London, on the 10th inst. had
been decorated for the festivals of Christ
mas and the Epiphany. and the 10 o.
clock Mass was being celebrated by
Father Backanowski, Polish priest.
just at the elevation OF the Host pis-
tol shot was fired at the priest by a man
in the body of the church and the bullet
lodged in the altar. The acolyte who
waS serving Mass Immediately fed into
The sacristy and locked the door behind
biE, SO thc priest il following was un-
able to enter. Here his assailant fred
two more shots. The priest then sought
refuge Ey going behind the ali ar. where
lie was followed 10y the would d-be-mur-
derer, and succeeded III getting round
10 the front Of the church and making
his escape. Two more shots were fired
after him, one Of them piercing the back
Of = chair. The man rushed to the
back Of the altar and seizing some of the
massive Candlesticks dashed them to the
ground, breaking them into fragments
and doing Othe damage which viii take
81 900 to replace. The Rev. Henry
Vincent ATl,ell. hearing the shots. rush
ed into the church and, to the great peril
of his own life, disarmsd and arrested
the assassin, one Alexander Schossha, a
fanatic
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

Two BOYS KILLED INSTANTLY. "A CORES
pondent Of the Philadelphia Record. writing
from Marietta, Lancaster county, under date
of the 26th inst, says
Yesterday afternoon two boys we're Killed bsre
in a singular way. They were PLAYING Under n
derrick mounted car that was standing near
watts urnace and used for hoisting coal from
boats. man climbed TO the top Of IL and The
timhers being rotten, * fell with crash WiIifam
EngWicnt, one Of the boys. sged 13 years and son
o. Emanuel EnCwfcht, an engineer At CHECKER
Rolling Mil, was horribly crushed and killed al
most instantly The other boy, tramp. IL wears
oi aee whose name is unknown. and VINO hailed
rom Little Rock. Arkansas. was killed Instantly
MS skull and legs being crushed. The man es,
eafed INJURY having jumped to the ground when
he felt the timbers falling
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

GRANT has been in Havana for about
ten days and on Thursday night OF last
week was pretty well shaken by an
earthquake, which paid its respects to
that city as well as to Cuba generally.
The shaking up at Havana was very
trifiing affair, however, when compared
with the political earthquake that
Blaine's friends got up in this State last
week, which has shaken Grant com
pletely out Of his boots. It's effects for
a few days were very shocking upon the
third tenn crowd, and even yet its NUT
tering thuIders can be heard in certain
parts OF the State. Grant will leave
Havana about the 18th Of February for
Vera Cruz, and from there intends 60
ing to the city of Mexico. His son
Fred accompanies him, as lie did all
last summer, when Tom Bigham's
greatest man the Almighty ever made
visited Southern Europe and Asia
Grants son is an officer III the army,
and it would be interesting to know
whether there is any truth in the state
ment that he never failed to draw b is
pay while travelling in foreign countries.
He played that game for some time
after he left West Point and was en-
gagged with John Sherman's nephew in
the banking business in Washington.
and also acting as master of ceremon les
at the White House, and the presump-
tiOn is that he continues 10 do So. The
New \ Ork San could shed a great deal
of light on this subject.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

1t affords us pleasure to once more
remark that away down east, in the
State OF Maine, peace still continues to
prevail, and that her two Governors and
TWO Legislatures are getting along as
we'll as could be expected. Towards
the close of last week, Davis, the Re
publican Governor, was deluded into the
belief that the bloody Greenbackers and
Democrats intended marching upon
Augusta and seizing the State capitol.
Gatiing guns were planted around the
building, and all the available military
called out The hoax was soon diseoy-
cred, the scare subsidized, and order again
reigned along the Kennebec. On Tues
day evening the Supreme Court decided
that the Fusion Legislature was not
legal body, whereupon Smith, Fusionist,
declared, IL reports be true, that he had
got through playing Governor and in
tended 20 go home. BY the time the
last act in this Maine comedy Is played
out. the taxpayers of the State viii have
learned how thoroughly absurd are it's
election laws, and will wonder how they
failed to discover the fact long ere this
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vREDAY, JAN. 80, 1880.

RANDALL L. GTBsoE, who at pres
ent represents the First Louisiana dis
trict in Congress, was last week elected
BY the Legislature Of that State to sue
eeed Kellogg, carpet-bagger. in the q.
s. Senate, and John z. George was elect
ed By the Legislature OF Mississippi to
succeed Bruce. the colored Senator from
that State. Both are men Of ability
aud high personal character, but having
been identified With the ''Lost Cause. .
the loyal yell about confederate briga-
diers will againresound throughout the
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