The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-02-06


day Of last week, and the Commonwealth
failed to sustain its case. 1t was ascer-
tanned that on the day of the murder
strange man was seen about the farm,
and it is now thought that this was the
murderer of the old man Howe.
The State prison contract labor sys-
TEN, which has long been practiSed in
California, will probably be abolished by
the Legislature of that State, now in
session. A bill providing for its aboli-
tion is now being considered. 1t de-
clares that no prisoner shall labor, ex-
cept directly for the State, county or
city of which he happens to be prisoner.
The long-standing suit of the St.
Louis, Alton and Terre Haute railroad
company against Samuel j. T1lden,
Charles Butler and others has ended at
last by virtual confessions of Judgment
by the defendants and the payment of
several thousand dollars. Judge Blatch
ford, of New Y oTk, on Friday last, dis
missed the case without costs to either
party.
Frank Leslie's sons are conteSting
their fathers will on the ground that he
was not of sound mind and disposition
when he executed the alleged will that,
If ever made, it was procured through
the fraud and undue influence of Flo
renee Leslie, known as Mrs. Peacock,
otherwise Mrs. Squier, otherwise Mrs.
/ Frank Leslie. They also deny that she
was the lawful wife of their father.
Isaac Mills, Sr., well-known citi-
zen of Western Pennsylvania, died at
Braddocks on Wednesday, 2Sth inst, il
his 18th year. He was man of won
derful activity. and four years ago had
a desperate encounter with two high
waymen. in which he received thirty
/ distinct wounds upon his body. Two
/ brothers named Jacobs are now serving
a lengthy term in the PenitentiaTy for
this attack.
Secretary Thompson says that he
/ saw Andrew Jackson at the time of his
inauguration as President. MY father,
/ who introduced me, - says the Secretary,
told me then that l was getting on the
! other political side already. Instead of
lecturing me. as / supposed he would,
Jackson put his hand on my head and
said: Whatever your politics, think
always for yourself, and let conscience
be your guide. -
Count Masenna, a son of NapOleOn's
Field Marshal Masenna, died in the poor
. house at Salt Lake City few days ago.
In an obi tuary of this man the salt Lake
Tribune goes around the maxim, 'Of
the dead speak nothing except good, >
and ascribed his low end to career of
meanness, and rapacity such as marked
his more notorious fathers life. The
wife of the deceased is now domestic
. in Salt Lake family.
A Chinaman presented himself at the
County Clerks Office in Red Bluff, Cal,
/ the other day and asked for a marriage
license. who's the happy maiden -
asked the Clerk. ''Ingee squaw,' said
John. explaining that he had fallen in
I love with Stoney Creek redskin-the
Pocahontas of her tribe. An interested
/ gang was present at the ceTemOny-the
, first marriage of the kind that las taken
place in the history of the world.
Pullman, the palace car man, trav
{ els about his native land in a cOmfOrta-
bic manner He has a luxurious car,
made after his own design and for his
/ own special use. which he attaches to
any train which he wishes to take --
Most of the railroad magnateS indulge
themselves in the same way. Mr.. ' an
derbilt's car attracted considerable at
tcution from the old Commodore when
( it was first built. Colonel ScOtt's is
very plain.
"A Washington dispatch announces:
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague gave dinner
party here last week TO few gentlemen
and ladies. among whom were several
members of the Supreme Court. Senator
Conkling and Mrs. COnkling were pres
ent. 1t is said by a gentleman well
qualified to know, that, Immediately af-
ter the affair at CanonChet last summer,
Mrs. COnkliug wrote q letter to Mrs.
/ Sprague inviting her to accept the hos
pitalitieS of the Cunkling house at Utica.
The celebra ed pigeon roost in Scott
county. Ind, is now, as it has been for
. seventy-five years, the rOosU of millions
Of pigeons. They fly away in the morn
Aas c,a.lf,,~r Il, ..F
them going TO such distance that they
do not return until midnight. The tim
her on thousands of acres covered by
this rOost is broken down badly, large
limbs being snapped off like reeds by the
accumulated weight Of the birds. Thou
sands are killed nightly, but the slaugh-
/ ter seems to make no diminution in the
vast flockS that cOngregate there.
A fOuT-handed exhibition game of
billiards of 800 points was played at st.
Louis on Friday night between Sexton
and Gallagher on ore side and Schaefer
and DAILY on the other. The former won
by u score of 500 to as. On Saturday
DAILY beat Gallagher by score of 200 to
lj3. and Sexton then won game from
Schaefer by 400 to 264 Sexton. Shaefer
and DAILY left last night for New Orleans,
where they will play for prizes 1t is
also announced that these three billiard
lists, as well as Slossen, are engaged for
tournament at Chicago the first week
ia March, 500 points up, balk line, for
prizes aggregating 81 500.
On Saturday morning Christian
Schaffer, residing at Bridesburg, near
Philadelphia, was arrested rs n public
nuisance. For two years Schalfer. with
his family, consisting of a 1G-yeaT-old
daughter, who acted as his hOUSekeeper
a girl of 10, and boy of years, have
occupied a miserable hut in the outskirts
of Bridesburg. Schaffer used 20 catch
/ stray dogs. kill them, sell the skins aud
it was his boast among the neighbors
that the meat of the dogs formed the
principal article of diet on which the
children subsisted. The children were
taken charge of by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
"A young couple called at the house
of clergyman in Boston. a short time
. since. and asked him what his pr ice
would be to marry them. He answered
So. They having no company, he called
in two of his servants as witnesses. The
services ended. the bridegroom present
ed $50 bill, and was given in change
SO. A few days after, having occasion
to use The f1fty-dOllar bill. the clergy
man found it TO be a rank counterfeit.
The clergyman, on reflection, now thinks
that they were two young Scamps, one
dressed in girls clothes, as the puTport-
ed bride never looked him in he face
while he was performing the ceremony.
In Little Germany, Perry county,
Mr.. Hoover, formerly of Cumberland
county had beeu out hunting had seen