The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-02-06
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.
The Pope has sent 10000 francs to
the relief of the distressed in Ireland.

removed to the insane asylum ut Dan
vers, Mass, on Monday.
Ben Hogan, the reformed wickedest
man. is holding forth in Oil City, and
his meetings are largely attended.
The unveiling and dedication of the
New Orleans monument to Stonewall
Jackson will take place on February y.
Three deaths from starvation oc-
CURED last week III the neighborhOod of
ParsOntown, County Tipperary, South
Ireland.
Senator Blaine was fifty years old
on Saturday. He IS a handsome, stall
wart man, with grey beard, and brill
liant eyes.
Daniel Green, colored, of Bay Shore,
l. l.. has been in the Suffolk county
( poor-house for the past twelve years. He
+ is los years old.
J Alexander Gibson, known as the
/ Lumber King" of New Brunswick,
! has sent by cable from st. John dona-
/ tion of s.. GOO to the Irish relief fund.
/ Mrs. Hattie Baldwin, wife of Harry
Baldwin. who was so mysteriouSly muir
dered in Cincinnati recently, died last
. Friday. her death being the result of
grief at the loss OF her husband.
Mrs. Harris wasli, at Mitchell, Ind,
and deliriously insisted on getting out
! of bed, The husband tried 10y persuas-
: ion to keep her quiet, and then losing his
/ patience. killed her with an axe.
A fly having alighted on one of the
. classes of the engineers Spectacles on
7 the Union Pacific road, the engineer
thought it was a buffalo on the track
ahead. and turned on the air-brakes to
avert a disaster.
/ -Pittsburg papers report that new
/ oil we'll near Reynoldsville, jefferson
county. is yielding about 80 barrels a
( dav. This discovery has created an ex-
citement throughout the oil region, as
. il is new territory.
And now they say that newspaper
folded so as to have three or four thick
/ nesses and placed over the chest IS one
/ of the best projections against cold eX-
tant. 4 paper paid for IS much better
/ than one not paid Tor.
Dan Rice. the great Snowman, and
late a Moody convert, stopped off at
/ Greensburg a short time last week. He
/ INDUCED. it is said, in the usual-siZed
cocktail at the Dixon house, nOtwith-
standing his alleged conversion.
Gen. Grant has written to Admiral
/ Ammen that after a brief sojOurn in
I Mexico he viii 90 to Denver and Lead
/ Vile for the purpose of examining the
( silver field of Colorado. He expects to
reach Galena 10y the middle of April.
"A few DAYS since gentleman, while
attempting to light cigar at the rail-
road depot in WilliamspOrt, had some
/ difficulty in getting the fire to take hold.
/ He squeezed the end of the cigar, and a
lady's gold finger ring dropped from It.
On Saturday night. while Mr.. But
Ter, Of Pittsburg, was out visiting with
his family, man with blackened face
. surprised q young woman left IN charge
OF the house, and, after gagging her, Sc
cured about $500, which was in trunE.
About $50 were collected i'll Cath
oIic churches of Bradford, on Sunday
last. for the suffering poor of Ireland.
. 1t is proposed to hold relief meetings
/ there. and a number of wealthy citizens
have pledged themselves TO give 81, 900
each.
A grave digger had thrown three or
four shuvelS of sand on the coffin Of a
. smallpox victim at Ottawa, when he
fancied that he head noise. The cof-
fin was raised and it was found the per-
son still lived. He was taken back to
the hospital.
Or Tuesday night Frank FerrieT, a
Frenchmen, boarding with another
. Frenchman named LabOlli. in HOutZ-
dale, Clearfeld county. went into the
latter's room, and fight ensued, when
LabOlli was diSembOweled and killed.
FeTrier made his escape.
A California boy stood an umbrella
in a public doorway during a religious
meeting To this umbrella was attach
ed a cord, an end of which the boy held
in his hand. Eleven different people
are said to have carried the umbrella
TO the length of the string.
At Easton, Mass. early on Sunday
morning. John j.. Gardiner and wife
were burned to death in their house
which was also consumed Both had
been drinking with callers on Saturday
night, and it is supposed a kerosene lamp
was accidentally overturned.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor of Richmond, Ind.
undertook to escort young lady from
his church TO her home, in order TO pro-
tect her from the attentions of q suitOr
who was disliked by her parents but
the sUitor wavlaid the clergyman, whip
ped him sayagely. and eloped with the
young lady.
Samuel McLain, on trial at Pitts
burg for the murder of the boy Hunter,
ut Braddock's last March, was on Satur.
day found guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree. Samuel Gisal is yet to be
tried for completely in the same crime.
In view of the slight evidence OF guilt
the verdict was unexpected.
The great catch OF Congress is Mr..
Gabe BOuck. of Oshkosh He is rs
striking as his name. He is Eery dark
with straight black hair and smooth
face. He dresses in a blue coat with
brass buttons, walks about with great
dignity and looks wise. If he is not a
statesman it IS not his fault.
A Pittsburg dispatch tells tale OF
a little girl finding five men under the
bed one night, ali at once. She goes
ahead of some other and older girls who
have been looking under the bed for men
in hiding every night for twenty or thir-
~ years, and have not so far fonnd Sc
! much as pair of suspenderS.
General Joseph r. Knipe. who en-
tered the service in the rebellion as a
private in Pennsylvania regiment and
left as a bTigadier general is an appli-
cant for position as a special agent of
the treasury. The Secretary is disposed
to do something for him. and Joseph
will likely get what he wants.
About fifty ranclmen near Dead
wood started after a band of eighteen
robbers who had been stealing their cat
tie, and traced them to their roost in a
deep ravine at Wolf mountains, where
the outlaws, eighteen members, were
sur prised and killed before an opportun-
ity was given them TO return a shot.
Rev. Mr.. Cowley, the wolf in Sleeps
clothing who kept the Shepherds Fold
in New York. is now safely lodged in
the TOmbs, in default of the bail reduir.
ed for his appearance to answer the
twenty-five indictments foTnd against
him by the grand jury. and Will not have
another chance to beat and starve LOT
Of babies.
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