The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-16
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs.


eli. Mass, Tuesday night, Retted $1,000. (
There are 100000 houses in Phila
delphia- OF these 10000 are under
mortgages.
1t is said that weod saving is rem
dered much easier by occasionally olllng
the saw with kerosene.
"A man in Eeosick, n. Y, being
racked with rheumatism, took cayenne
pepper to relieve the pain and died from
the dose.
james Levy, a Shenandoah chick
en- fancier, is training chicken TO
dance, and is willing to wager Sl5O he
will succeed.
Hon. John Scott, President of the
Allegheny Valley rr iIroad, is said to
have made $50. 600 by the rise in Penn
sylvania stock.
Joseph WeiSeT, residing near STOCK
ertown, northampton county, was
thrown out of his buggy and killed on
Thursday night.
Mr.. George c. Hill, of Burlington,
wears the same hat now that he did fifty
wears ago. He has worn it continuous
ly and it still looks well.
"A pile of straw was left under
third story window of the Louisville
House of Refuge, and seven young girls
escaped by jumping down TO 1t.
of the Ohio General Assembly. was re-
fused dinner at hotel in Columbus the
other day on account of his color.
An aged woman at Calumet, Mich,
fell down and died on seeing some men
bring home the body of her grandson,
| who had been killed by an accident.
In a lawsuit at Rushville, Ind, in
yolving a question of paternity, n baby
was put in evidence, in order to show
! its resemblance to the alleged father.
John Hall and Brunell Smith, both
/ c0lorcd, have been sentenced to be hang
ed. at Nashville Tenn, foI the murder
Of Major PuGh, committed IN May
last
Eight masked robbers entered the
residence of Jacob Mishley, Oh Cones
toga creek. five miles from Lancaster.
on Thursday, aud by using threats OBJ
4 tanned $50.
J Helen J. Ward, arrested for shoot
. ing her mother while lying in bed with
/ her at her residence in Boston on the
night of December 30, has been dischaIg-
. ed from custody.
Bernard Connolly, who says he ,be-
came States evidence against his COM
panions in a robbery at Boston, was ar
rested in New York on Friday evening
. craZCd with fear.
of Connecticut, nearly ninety years Of
age was admitted on Sunday to the
Presbyterian church at Stamford, Conn,
on profession Of faith.
Miss Josephine Lee, residing near
BealsvIlle, Washington county, has
been subsisting for eight weeks on ap-
pies alone. She is afflicted with con-
traction Of the stomach.
Paul BOytOn has injured his health
to such an extent by his reckless habit
Of floating up and down rivers rs though
he were "A regular crocodile that he is
forced to 90 to Florida for the winter.
The Boston Traascrie,t SAYS That
biuehirds were singing in Stratford
Conn. on S.Trrriay, Jan. 4th, and grass
hQ}IA}1Iy5Tc,lIzS were seen in large numbers on
: Monday in the vicinity Of New Haven.
An Indian at Orleans Bar. Cal.
killed a white man when frenzied with
whiskey. Some miners tied the mur.
derer to a tree. and used him as a tar
get for rifle shooting until ne was dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Derr, aged eighty
eight years, died in South Easton on
Monday night, leaving behind q family
Of six daughters. whose offspring mum.
bers 1l9 children, nearly all Of whom
are living.
Three BOYS, whose names are un.
known, but who are supposed to have
belonged in Thompsouyille. Conn. were
drowned in the Connecticut river. neal
Springfield, Mass, on SATURDAY.. Al
had been skating
w onder who this is? 4 common
vagrant and drmkard. now in the chain.
gang Of Lcadville, under the assumed
name Of Sto1mont, is said TO have been
formerly United States Senator from
an Eastern State.
Henry Christian was recently con
victed at POttsyile. for shooting hi.
paramour, Jennie Britain. and was sen
fenced tc the peniteHtiary for 10 years
1t hardly seems right for 4 Christian tC
have paramour, much less to shoot
her.
Captain ". G. Wilkinson, leader ot
the band at the National Soldiers Home
at Milwaukee. W is. some time during
Sunday night shot and killed his wifi
and then killed himself Domestic
troubles is supposed to have caused The
tragedy.
Mary Connell, daughter Of well
known farmer cf Surrey county. Eir
glnla, was standing in front OF the fire
place few days ago, when her clothe,
ignited and She was literally roasted Ia
death. She was alone at the time OF Tho
accident.
Henry Clay has an Office. lie Ina,
been appointed Postmaster at James
town. Va. This is the oldest postoffic,
, in the old thirteen States. letter.
have been delivered there in some form
or other for 2S3 years. and vet the salar,
is only S51 per annum.
One of the most successful orchard
lists in New York is Q. c. Chapin. al
East Bloomfield. His orchards contair
iZ0 acres, and yielded last wear II. 90.
barrels Of apples and 263 barrels NJ
pears, for which he received SI7.G79. 60
while $1,000 were expended for labor
/ barrels. etc
Tiara kr0uSe, Of Glendun, a suburb
OF EastOn. sat her husband down on
Saturday 20 some pies that she had put
Paris green in. The husbands injuries
viii not prove fatal He ana his wifi,
had been upon unfriendlv terms. krous,
has served five years in Jail for stabbjuc
one wife to death
n gentleman who has been travel
ing through Chester, Delaware. Mont.
( gomery and Lancaster counties. savs
mat IN all those counties he saw a
; great many farmers blowing their fields
last week, which is certainly a most re.
markable occurrence north OF Mason
and DiXon's line at this season of tbe
year.
AT f>tatesyille, Oregon, recently. .
society wedding took place. the cbnrcl
beng iilled with large and fashionable
congregation. The names Of the p3r.
tics concerned attracted great attention
from tier singulaTiiy. Colonel Jobr
BnzZard married Eleanor Crow. Rev
DIR. Robin united the couple in D,arriacya