The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-26
NEWS AND OTHER yOTTNGs.

lis, Minn.
A man who has lost $l5o, 600 in
speculation is now working as street
cleaner in Pittsburg.
"A woman who is six feet in height
and big in proportion has been elected
School Director in Middletown, n. \.
1t is estimated that one-tenth of
the children in this State under five
vears old have died of diphtheria since
the 1st Of last November.
Frank G. Falls, formerly resident
of Memphis, together with fournegroes,
WAS drowned at Walnut Bend. Ark, on
Friday by the capsizing OF skill.
-Auntie Graham, of West Chester,
was 1O3 wears old on Saturday, and vas
Given A dinner by u number OF ladies or
that nIace in honor of the occasion.
Hannah Thorndike, convicted at
RockIand. Ne. in December, 1873, OF
killing Uonora Sullivan, has inst been
sentenced to the State Prison for lite.
An extraordinary story comes from
New York OF a woman who charges tnat
She was robbed of her property by her
nenhev and then sent to jail as an habit
ual drunkard.
IN St. Louis, Mo, with population
of nearly half million, the entire mem
bership Of the Protestant churches IS
said to be less than 20,UoO, or about one
in twenty-five.
funnel is nine miles and three hundred
and seventv-seven yards, while that OF
the Mt. Cenis is rather more than milo
and a half less.
"A Durham cow belonging to Benia-
man F. HOyt. OF Bradford, y. IL,
droppad a calf last week that weighed,
when 81 hours old, 40 pounds, stood z
feet inches high and girted feet.
The draperies of the room IN which
+I,e rpu~ains of the late Recorder Sexton,
of Montreal, were lying caught IRE on
Friday from the tapers ground the cata-
Calnue. and the house Has burned down.
a dispatch from Halle, SaXony,
cave In a collision between two passen-
oer trains. at the railway station here,
seven Messengers were killed ana many
iniured Several railway carriages were
broken TO pieces.
The Shippensburg Chronicle SAYS
that a gentleman who left that place Tor
Kansas on Tuesday Of last week had ID
nurchase $500 worth Of tickets for his
family. 1t wouldn't pay Tor that family
to make many excursions.
THE lannon's Capuchin, Father Clio
--arni who posscssed = wonderful tenor
voice has lust died at Rome. His in
terpretation Of the works Of Pa.estrlna
and Pergolese stirred his auditors 10
tenrs He only sang il churches.
Mississippi has just passed Ia"
taxing all bachelors over twenty-five
wears OF age three dollars. II Miss IS
sippi and all other marriageahie females
in that State don't get husbands now II
won't be the fault of the Legislature
Mrs. Steck. an insane woman VINO
had refused TO take any food Tor two or
three weeks. died et the residence OF her
Darents on Perrysville avenue, Alieghe-
nv CITY. on Friday morning II was .
genuine case Of stSTva- ion N the MIDST
Of plenty.
-Richard Nield, n convict III the
Delaware county jail, attempted 10 es-
cane on Tuesday night OF last week, ana
in doing so broke a gas pipe and was
suffccated Nv the escaping gas. NIeid
was convicted OF stealing the sail from
2 boat at Chester.
The House Of the Good Shepherd
Catholic Orphan Asylum and House Of
Commitment for Women ut st. Paul.
Mimi. was burned on Sunday last.
Tweufv-five children were sleeping in
the building at the time, but All were
saved. Loss. So, 600.
-Ichn p. Smith was sent so the In
diana State Prison for whipping his
wife. who at once set about getting him
a pardon. While making long journey
afont. in cold weather. to get signatures
to the petition. her baby froZe TO death
in her arms. Such IS woman's love.
Joseph IIaulon and William De
laney. employees a tie State capitol
were arrcsted.at Harrisburg on Friday
for purlCiuing department reports and
disposing of them 10 g junk dealer.
The thefts have hccn going on for some
time and amount 70 several thousand
volumes.
As a big buzz saw in suffolk Va. J
saw-miil was tearing through 2 large
log. suddenly there was crash, a show
er Of sUarks, and 2, demolished saw. II
had run into piece Of shell that dur
ing the war had been imbeided in the
tree ard afterwaTd hidden by the bank.
which closed over it.
An instance of five children at a
birth has Just been published by DR..
Fraser OF New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Four died Immediately, and the fifth
lived only few days. Three were girls
and two were boys. They weighed
fourteen pounds in The aggregate, and
ranged from thirteen to sixteen inches
"a length
Mrs. Barty made her appearance
the other day at Lebanon, Va. with a
bloody club over her shoulder, and her
face and aEms terribly scratched. Il
guess ! won't he troubled 10y that Har-
mon woman any more. " she said. She
had hrutally murdered woman with
whom. as she believed, her husband had
fallen in love
John Quinn. aged 53 years, hanged
himself in a cell in the police station at
Buffalo. y. Y. on Sunday last. He
was one ~ the leaders Of the Fenian in
vasiOn $50 Canada in 1866. He was
captured there and was sentenced TO he
hung, but his sentence was cCmmuted
20 20 years imprisonment. lie served
six years in the Kingston Prison.
Jersey Shore, IvcOming county. was
the scene Of a tragedy Thursday night
which caused great excitement. Fri
day morning there was found hanging
in the barn thS1Uang!ed body Of Andrew
Miller. who is supposed TO have been
murdered before being strung up. The
victims wife and George Smith have
been arrested on suspicion Of committing
the crime.
"A Reading woman applied TO q
magistrate, the other day, for n warrant
for another 1srnan for making faces at
her. The two live neighbors. and it ap-
pears that part OF their time is spent in
making faces AZ each OF her over board
fence. The warrant was not granted
and ii is feared that the next thing will
be hairpulling match beCweea these
silly females.
The Lansdale Reporter says that a
short time ago a SOW belonging 10 Mr.
WimeTiick, of Francouia township. near
SondertOn, gave birth 80 q litter OF pigs,
and one OF the number, instead Of hav-