The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-02-25

The kenneOec AMe. journal ItCOfuS
the capture OF the spectre locomotive light,
the appearance of which on the Maine Cen
tral, near Hallowell, has given rise to much
talk lately. 1t proved to be a small reflector
lantern carried by a young man, resident
in that vicinity, and carried in such man
ner as to completely conceal his person. 1t
gave very large and weird light and would
readily be mistaken for a locomotive head
light. The young man allowed that he was
only having little fun, with no intention
of injuring anyone.
The attention Of a PRESBYTERIAN church
near Macon, No, was called during recent
pTotacted meeting TO the case of Ada
Whitehead, young woman of twentyOne,
who had been confined to her bed for five
years, unable to aid herself. A day and an
hour were fixed upon when all should unite
in prayer for Miss Whitehead's restoration.
When the time came all the ncighborhood
joined in prayer, and before the hour had
expired the young woman arose unaided and
declared she was healed. Such is the story
told by the Macon Register.
"A young physician settled at New Al
bany, Ind, with his wife and child, and un
dertook TO build up a practice, but he was
modest, friendless, and could not make him
self known. He had hardly paying pa
uent, but was himself a subject for treat
ment few DAYS ago. Cold and hunger had
made him ill., His wife, he said, had begged
him to kin her aud the child, and then com
NIT suicide, but he had refused. The case
has excited a great dea! of sympathy, and as
he is regarded capable and worthy, his
professional career looks brighter.
Mr.. Parnell addressed $4,000 people at
Clara. Kings county, on Sunday. He was
received by large crowds with great enthuSl-
asm at several railway stations on the route.
lie advised the people, especially tenants, to
I remain firm, and congratulated himself on
I having, by obstruction in Parliament, pre-
vented the suspension OF the haDeaS corpus
act for seven weeks. \ Catholic priest pre-
sided at the meeting and the Stars and
Stripes waved over him. Mr.. Parnell started
for Dublin after the meeting in order to be
in the House of Commons on Monday.
Bridget Murphy, born in Ireland, died
recently at Buffalo, aged one hundred and
one years. When eighteen years Old, during
the rebellion of 1I9S, she was sent seven
miles by her uncle to hide a large sum of
money in n bog hole. She was met by
British soldiers on the way, but suppOSing
she had nothing of value, they let her pass.
The money was recovered two years later.
She came to Buffalo in 1914. She leaves
seven children, the oldest of whom Is over
seventy. She has sixteen great grandclil-
/ dren in that city, and probably a number in
/ Ireland,
/ "A curious marriage took place at the
cantonment in the Bad Lands, Dakota, on
Thursday, between Frank VI. Shoppie and
Henrietta Louisa James the Rev. Mr.. Ste
vens, OF Bismarck officiating from that place
by telegraph Frank ;. Moore aud Engln-
. eer DeutSch were witnesses that the parties
{ responded to the electric marriage ceremony
at one end of the wire, while the Pioneer
/ Press correspondent and several others saw
I the clergy man perform his duty at the other.
/ The questions and answers were written,
telegrapEed, and responded TO, and bless
l ing was pronounced in the usual form.
The Cincinnati papers are telling the
i following story: "a little girl of this city
had spine disease so that her head hung
/ 70 one side. Her mother gave some bread and
coffee to a starving tramp and he rubbed the
child's neck while he muttered some inco-
herent words. The child was cured. The
/ tramp disappeared" Something similar to
this occurred recently i'm Chicago A little
boy had the diphtheria. His mother gave
+ some bread and coffee to a tramp. Just
/ then the boys father came along and bal
/ auced the tramp on the toe Uf MS boot. The
/ boy rot we'll The tramp has spinal disease
I Thirty years ago James Boyle left Ire
/ land for Australia with his wife and one
/ child leaving another child, Mary, with her
{ grandfather. He was very successful in
the gold fields, and invested his money to
( great advantage. His wife and child died
in Australia Mary married man named
. Glen, and moved to America, where she has
( been living in poor part Of Philadelphia.
BY the miscarriage of letters incidental to
! her moving at the same time as her father
they lost trace of each other, and each thought
7 the other dead. She now hndS herself, after
life of hard struggle, worth a million of
. dollars.
Two Titusville doctors-the Franklin
Spectator omits their names, for fear they be-
. long to the Cra wfOTd County Medical So
ciety, which forbids ertsing-removed a
. bullet from the head of a Mrs. Chrittenden
. on Tuesday of last week where it had been
/ lodged for thirty two years. When the pa
/ tient was only two years old she received the
. leaden keepsake by the accidental discharge
of a gun in the hands Of her father From
that day to this the wound never healed, and
: has been q constant source Of pain and an
noyance. The bullet was Clipped away by
piecemeal, the operation lasting three hours
when the last particle was removed. The
lady experienced instant relief and the pair
in her head ceased.
About two weeks ago a lady living in
Providence dreamed that she saw an acct
dent on the New England Railroad between
that city and Boston. 1t made such i'm
preston on her mind that she related It to
two persons in the morning, describing tn,
scene, locality and nature of the accident
. y few days after business called her to BOS
ton. When she was ready to return he
dream occurred TO her, and she hesitateI
whether to take the train on the New Eng
land road, as was usually her custom, or L
go by the Boston and Providence route. Sh
finally decided To 90 as usual. After pro
ceeding some distance on her way the trai1
was stopped, and on going forward to asceI
tain the cause the scene was exactly like tha
. she had dreamed OF several nights before.