The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

Three little girls had great fun in
/ ncfnIlbur', house at South Bend, Ind during
. the absence of the family. Thcy first broke
all the window paneS. Then they poured
several gallons OF milk on tie paTlOr carpet
Finally, they emptied six dozen cans OF Tasp-
berries and huckleberrieS into tub, ana
dyed all the fine dresses tney could una III JIlt
Juice.
An old man named Matthew Bowling,
living on Cubb Creek. twenty miles south
west of Golden, Colorado, hanged himself IN
a cellar on Friday. The cellar was not high
enough 20 allow him to hang clear; he there
fore i0Oped the rope around his neck and
held up his feet OF leaned forward until he
died Deceased was quite wealthy. Do
. mcstfc trouble was the cause Of the act.
The wheat crop of the present year VIII
f exceed 49,. 0u0. 900 bushels. with plenty OF old
wheat iu the bins beside. The corn II bound
less ia its promises and the same may be said
. Of almost every product OF the soil. With AL
this there is . good prospect FOR large for
eien demand. and millions now lying IN the
vaults Of the old world will find It's way into
the pockets of ourprOducerS the coming year.
The disbursng officer of the Interior DE-
. partment has issued checks 10 most OF the
. enumcrators recently engaged IN taking the
census Of the district of Columbia for the
amounts due for service rendered, and u may
be supposed what pleasure it was TO these
men, who have waited 50 long and patiently,
to receive them The accounts OF all emu
meratOrs will be settled now rs rapidly as
possible.
Doctor Tanner has demonstrated the fact
that he, at least, can live forty days ana
nights without food. ON saturday noon tine
forty DAYS expired, after which he walked
down the hall to the wash room, washed, put
on his coat and lat and then walked out TO a
carriage, which took him to the residence of
q friend, where he viii he fed TIL he RECEIVERS
. his full StreDeth. He lost thirty-SiN pounds
during the fast.
1t was 50 common for Freeman to whip
his wife at Memphis that the neighbOTS paid
little attention to the bruises which she con-
Stantly bore. She never complained of them
. and was seemingly resigned but few days
ago pistol shot was heard in her house, and
, her husband was found with bullet in his
/ head 81 concluded that I'd stood il long
. enough" she said, "and Lordy sakes, WASH [
! he surprised when / hauled out my pistol and
popped at him 90
"A novel election bet is reported rs hav-
. ing been made by Hartford political oppo-
ncntS. The loser is to black boots at deS-
igHated corner on given day, the proceeds
d of his work TO 20 to the orphan asylum. The
agreement also provides that all moneys col
: leCted should be given to the asylum that
. no change should in any ease be given to the
party paving for the shine, and that the one
+ who does the work shall provide himself
. with bottesUf dressing with Whchto black
. ladies shoes.
The three great windows of the pro:cs-
tant Episcopal cathedral in Omaha, Neb., are
. to be memorials of three great missionary
. bishopS-Snlwyn, Patterson and knmper.
. There are To be thirteen other windows in
the cathedral, with paintings of the Saviour
. is the Gift of the children baptized 10y Bishop
. ClarkSOn when he was rector of ST. james,
Chicago. The cathedral in Omaha was de
signed 10y Mr. Harrison, the architect Of the
Stewart memorial cathedral in Garden CITY,
/ i. 1.
The wife of Woodson l. Gunnells, a far
. mcr living in Webster county, Ga twenty
. miles south of Augusta. administered NOR
phia to herself and nine children ON Wcdues
. day evening Of last week. The woman died
from the effects OF the drug, butthe children,
three Of whom were her own, the Others he
ing ~tep-chlldren, are recovering SHE left a
. note stating that she clad deliberately ad-
ministeTed morphia to the children and her
self, with the intention of destroying them
all, and that she was not actuated by any do
me-tc trouble"
An old couple who were recently arrest
ed at Fremont Men. for some trivial offence,
. and whom reports said were soon after re
. cOgniZed aS members of the notorious Ben
der family Of Kansas the papers even going
so far aS 10 publish the Old Wumau'S alleged
confession OF "a number of terrible murders,
were taken To Oswego, KS, on Monday last
and exposed in tie court house for several
hours, but as dozens Of persons who knew
the Blenders we'll declared that the prisoners
We're impusterS they were discharged from
custody next day.
-Phils Anderson. a colorcd woman now
aged l05 years, who formerly lived with
Chandler Phillips when ue resided Al New
ark, Del, and where the old lady stiil lives,
performed remarkable feat of pedestrian
ism q day or two ago. She concluded that
she would like To see her old master, and
took the stage at Newark for Kimb.eviIle.
On arriving there and finding no conveyance
to take her farther she started of on foot
for AyOnGalC, the entire distance IF which
she Wa!ked-scveu miles. The old woman
was amply repaid for heTtr0u5le I'D the warm
reception SHE received from her friend and
former master.
Ulysses Grant. ir. or .'Buek'' Grant, as
lie Is generally called, Is now tWputy-Cight
years old and one Of the most successful fl
ar.FsfFlr n- assr. i'm yv
of his impending marriage tle great bonanza
firm of Flood x O'Brieu took him under its
wing. Mr. Flood tossed young Buck few
points. and Ee 80 mace u~p uf Lis -ki!IfUl
training That az the end Of two years lie had
$500, 600 placed to his credit. 1t was only
when this Sua was reached that the young
man proposed a matrimonial alliance with
The great firm. Buck has now associated
with MIN rs partner his brother, and together
they are pilinE up themselves and the ''ole
man.
The Cumming CGa.) Clarion tells Of n
case Of amatory buil-dUZjug rs follows Jas.
c. went TO Jacksonville and procured a Ii
cnnsc for himself and Miss Laura Il with
out consulting her or her fatheT-nCyeT hav-
ing said one word to her about marrying.
He showed her the license and told her that
her father hai given her up and hc was ready
to marry her. She said Il don't want to
marry, and if do / won't have vou." He
told her size would have To take linn then or
. forever be dcbaTred from the privilege of
marrying, for there could never be any more
license granted for her until be died. and if
she did not marry him ne would burn the Ii
censc and leave the country
\ fashionable Boston tailor has hit upon
a plan of gratifying his customers with as
many suits of clothes as they may feel in
ciued TO wear at very large reduction from
fashionable prices. He offers TO supply three
suits year for SlI7, four suits for S142, five
suits for 5l62, while for 5000 per anuum he
will agree to let them have as many suits of
clothes as they may choose to wear, the old
suits to he returned and the customer TO have
the privilege Of two suits at time. Under
the three first propositions the cost of each
suit would be $50, $50. 30 and $50 30, respect
lively, the customer retaining the clothes
Under the last proposition the customer may
have ten or more suits year at cost of $50
or less for each suit on the simple condition
of exchanging the suits that have been worn
for new ones