The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-23
NEWS AND OTHER EOTINps.

- DtutdIlin hlliEE. Ol EIl6- "tillC hC-
lirious, jumped out OF bed, ran into the
street and dropped dead.
The body of John Siney, the labor
agitator, was followed to the grave by
procession over q mile in length.
A little girl named Ida Irish, Of
jefferson. ! ork county, died last week
from over exertion in rope jumping.
DR. Hostetter, Of Pittsburg, bought
in one day last week l, 500, 600 barrels OF
oil. which he will carry until better pri-
Ces prevail
"A COW belonging TO Mr.. F. II.
Gheen. of West Chester, gave birth to
calf one day. and was delivered of an
other the next day.
The forests fires in Pike and Mon.
roe counties, after burning over about
&c, 600 acres of ground, were extingulsh-
ed by rain on Friday night.
Bishop Elder. Of NatcheZ, arrived
at Cincinnati Sunday morning, and i'm
mediately entered upon his duties as CO.
adjutor of Archbishop Purcell.
Mr.. Balser Weber, of Howard, Cen
tire county, tells OF a hen that got
wedged between boards in his stable and
existed four weeks without food or wa
ter.
On Monday last little boy named
COker, residing at Roswell, Ga, struck
his brother on the head with stone,
suppOsing it TO be a ciod of dirt, and kill
cd him.
Somebody must have hung a horse
shoe on the limb of tree at Council
Bluffs. Iowa, many years ago, for 1t was
lately found imjedded out of sight in
the wood
In an attempt to arrest desperado
named Harry English at Caledonia, Pa,
Il constable named Weurth was killed
and his assistant dangerously wounded.
English escaped.
An old farmer named AshbrOOk was
shot and killed at Jacksonville, Greene
county. OF Monday, 10y some fishermen,
who were tresspasSing on his farm and
who had been warned off.
A Lebanon county farmer the other
day when plOWinK turned up perfect
multitude Of seventcen-yeaT lCCusJs, the
ground being literally alive with them.
He collected bushels of them.
Judge Jeremiah Black accompanied
bv his wife and his handsome and ac-
c0uplished CTaud-daughts Miss Skunk,
will sail for Europe Saturday next by
the White Star steamer Celtic.
The Commissioners Of Elk county
offer a reward of $500 for the capture Of
Harry English, the desperate who shot
two officers Of the law in that comfy
the other dav while resisting arrest.
Smith y. Harkness, of Springfield,
Bradford county. lost his wife on the
5th instant, and this loss so preyed upon
his mind that he went into q barn, and,
setting fire 10 Il, peusAcd ia the flames.
In the struggle to capture q party Of
coIonists bound for Kansas by two rival
railroad passenger agents at Rochester,
the fare was reduced from S3961 10 %,
one agent selling ninety-three tickets
and the other forly-four.
John Spcrry, New I ork' s ''milliOn-
aire boOr-bidck," " was married in that
city on SUNDAY to Miss Mary Br0Jme.
sherry still carries on the bOo5-blacElng
business. though he is said to be worth a
round million made by stock specula
tioa.
Marshall 3. Shaw. Of Chesterfield,
\. H., has a eve that gave birth to
three lambs. all ewes. Before the lambs
were year old each had q lamb, while
the old eve brought forth twins, making
q flock Of nine from one mother within
a years. time.
A farmer named Myles residing
near Marshall. H.. on Friday night,
shot and killed one Touslcy, a bachelor
bgaTJer, whom he suspected Of intimacy
with his wife. who Is over fifty years Old
and q grandmother. Myies then sur
rendered himself.
\ baby was recently born to Mrs.
Downs, Of Harmony, Warren county,
which measures 81 inches in length,
weighs 3 pounds, has hair an inch long
and head that will 90 in q wine glass.
The parents are each about forty years
Old, and this is Their first child.
An Illinois gentleman counts among
his choicest treasures, and very rightly,
Z
Lincoln. It shows u Cauut and aWk-
ward man Of 81 seated in an old rush
bOttomed chair and dressed in weii-WOrn
dark clothes with an Old-fashiOUed stock.
his uncOmbed hair standing out in all
directions.
One Of the brokers at the Pittsburg
oil exchange is Mr.. Cooper, a Young
gentleman not over IS years Of age
who, but a short time ago, was q mes
senger boy for tie Western Union tele-
graph company. Tie is said to be one or
the heaviest as vel as most successful
brokers doing business in the exchange.
He engaged in the trade about four
months since.
a well known citizen Of London
derry, Chester county, on a recent Sat
Urday night, was presented by his wife
with fine baby boy. On the same night
his mare gave birth to colt. his COW TO
n calf and one OF his sOWs 10 a litter Of
pigs. The most wonderful part Of this
influx OF new life is that all the births
are Of male persuasion.
A Polish Jew peddler named Travnk.
4 resident Of Pittsburgh. was arrested
in JniOnjown, on Friday last, on sus-
picion Of being the murderer Of Mrs
Rachel Smith, near GreensEUrg- on the
: Friday night previous, but later deyeI-
opmeEts point to another party, for
whom the detectives are now on the
/ lookout. and leaves but little doubt
about Fravuk's innocence.
; Lewis county, g. Va, is excited
over the d1ings Of some uunO wn mis-
cTeant or niscTcantS. who commit nvs-
terious murders. Last Friday a man
named IofRer was shot by an unknown
. person while sitting on his porch, and
now the news comes that Z man named
John Shreye has been found dead con
cealed in a fence corner. The citizens
are talking Of forming q vigilance com
mictce.
-Catharine Hill lcolorcdJ has fled
al application for a pension on the
F ground that she enlisted and served in
the Union Army for three years She
received three or four wounds. one Of
+ which kept her in the hospital for sew
eral months: and although her sex vas
at that time discovered. she was per-
mitted 10 remain in the service, and
vas h0HoTably discharged at the close OF
. the war
/ The Pittsburgh Post says that the
New York Herald is getting returns
from its 500, GOO Irish famine douation.
He that gIveth to the poor Iendeth to
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