The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-03-12


teeth crunched powdered glass in their
luncheon at school. The mother con-
fes5ed that, wishing her relatives to die
in the most horrible manner possible,
she haG planned to xii, them with the
glass.
stephen Barrett. an old resident of
Buffalo, y. Y, and a fisherman by oc-
cupation, has rescued from drowning no
/ less than eighty-seven persons, besides
bringing to shore number Of bodies of
( persons who had been drowned. Appli-
cation has been made to the Govern
ment by his friends fOl a life saving
medal.
The daughter of Farmer Hawes, of
Clayton, Contra Costa county, Cal, lost
her voice three years ago from diphthe-
ria. She was a devout girl, and prayed
/ for the restoration of her voice. \ few
/ days ago, when at prayer meeting, and
thus fervently praying, her speech re-
turned to her. At least SO says the San
; Francisco Post.
John Knerr. of South Coventry.
Chester county, while standing on the
double tree of a lime wagon which was
being unloaded on his field, slipped and
fell between the horses. They started
to run away, when one wheel passed
over Mr.. Knerr's head, fracturing his
skull, and another wheel passed over his
body, breaking several ribs. He Will
. hardly recover.
While the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee are casting about for
place to hold the convention, attention
is invited to the peculiar fitness of Read
ing for this purpose. The Republican
. organ there says Here Democracy
is at rest. There is no Randall crowd,
10 Wallace crowd, no Bayard boom, no
Tilden threuOdy, no Hancock hoop Ia,
! no not anything"
About sixty Chinese arrived in st.
Louis from san Francisco on Monday,
and all but ten or twelve passed through
en- route to New York and other East
Crn cities, where they viii seek employ
ment in shoe and cigar factories, laun-
dries, etc. LaTgenumbeTs of these peO-
pie are said to be preparing to leave the
/ Pacific Coast, and VIII scatter through
cur the Northern and Eastern States.
Catholics everywhere will regret to
learn that a private letter has been re-
ceived at st. Louis from Paris annOunc-
ing the death, on February 18th, in New
+ Zealand, of Madame BandreauX, Vicar
of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart. She
left st. Louis last December with six
Sacred Heart nuns, and went to do mis-
siOnary work in New Zealand. Madame
BandIeauX was well known throughout
the Catholic world.
The following commission has been
named by the Pennsylvania Niillers' As
sOciaticn to look after the interest of
Pennsylvania exhibitors at the coming
Miilers' International Exhibition to be
held at Cincinnati. Ohio. in June next,
viz: W Latimer Small, York Isaac NJ.
Thomas, Wilkesbarre ). /. Levan.
/ Lancaster; f. J. SchOch, SelinsgrOve
john IOffer. Harrisburg; d. N, Bare,
Roaring Springs; Frank Hays, Lock
Haven.
An attempt to rob the sub-treasury
at Philadelphia, though made nearly a
year ago, has just been divulged 10y the
officials, who mistakenly supposed that
silence would lead to the detection Of
the thieves y wall more than two feet
thick was dag through. but the vault
containing $4,000 600 in gold resisted
the attack and the burglars secured only
few dollars worth Of pennies. Five
watchmen III the building declared that
they heard nothing.
-ROWland'S is a small station on the
Hawley branch of the New Y oTk, Lake
Erie and Western Railroad. in Pike
county. Pa. y few days ago the inhab-
itauts were astOniShed at the mysterious
disappearance of William kirkham, a
well-known citizen, hitherto regarded as
one of the model men Of the place. lie
was a deacon and pillar of the Union
Church, and the father of large fami-
". Mrs. Bangnier, the wife Of a neigh
Dor. also disappeared at the same time.
A H MunsOn, of Utica, and a
daughter of Capt. Anderson, of the Lake
ChamPlain Transportation Company, at
tempted. on Wednesday, to cross the
lake from Essex to the Vermont shore
in an icebOat The craft broke through
L !
with difficulty. They subsequently dis.
covered that the ice was breaking NJ
and their retreat to the shore was cut
Off After floating on cakes of ice OyeI
an hour they were taken off in an eX
hausted condition by boats from Essex
A Cairo (Ill. dispatch of March 7tl
says Two weeks ago George Kohl, &
farm hand, in the employ Of Fred
b. Whitcamp. Sr.. reported that WhitcamJ
- had been drowned by falling into the
Mississippi river. This statement wa:
at first believed, but later suspicion lee
, to an invest cation. which resulted il
= the arrest of Kohl, who to-day confessed
that he. assisted by Whitcamp's wife
| had murdered him. The body was
f found buried in the rear of a stable OF
= the premises. Mrs. Whitcamp was ar
] rested to-day.
Patrick LaEigan, a well-known resi-
dent of Pitisburg. was killed at Station
r street crossing. Pennsylvania railroad
OF Saturday morning. He was driving
across ,the track when the Cincinnati
} express. west, running at the rate o
forty miles an hour, struck the wagon
S hurting il and the horses some ffteel
feet distant. Lanigan was thrown for
e ward and fell on timber under the head
1 light, and was carried sixty or seventh
$ feet before the train stopped. He dieC
70 in short time after the accident.
- Indications point to trouble in tht
I labor market the coming summer
Strikes are unpleasantly frequent, anC
: combinations ON the wages subject art
being formed in all directions. Thest
| are mostly confined to the large cities
where great numbers of skilled mechau
: les are masSed, and where labor SOcietie
= are numerous 1t VIII be a matter fO
deep regret if any of these movement
/ tend to impede the steady progress O
] the country towards general employment
! at fair wages and assured prosperity.
5 On the 27th of January a tTemen
I dous explosion took place in the aTtiller,
2 barracks at Santiago, Chill, killing
2 twenty-four mLn. \ part of the build
ing was in use as a mandatory o
I shells, cartridges and other munitions o
I war, and it was supposed that some o
. the workmen employed had carelessly
l dropped a loaded shell, which, exploding
produced the catastrophe. Fragment
4 of shells and grenade arms and portions
1 / of the buildiDuS we blown in every g /