The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-02-04
SEvs AND 0FHER KOTIy6s.

Two Philadelphians skated to Norris
town and back on Monday.
A Newfoundland dog serves as carrier .
for the Catasauqua DjsPotca.
-Hehe, the baby elephants sick mother, IS .
taking quinine pills that cost - apiece:
Tanner, the man who >tarVes mhseh
for living, is lcctuTiug ia Mexican coGhts.
Fortv-six men have been lost by the
wreck Of twelve fishing smacks IN the Bay o.
Biscay , -,
Mrs. Philip Bcos, foster mother ,, Of i Duke
Louis III Of Hesse DaTInstsdt, dled az I-aA-
easter Pa. on Friday
-" Ms w. q. Deitrick, Of Wyoming Pa,
cave birth to three giTis snd boy on Tues
dav night OF last week mn,
deIrhtau n Is dead at the age OF lh5 years Her
mother attained ths age OF 100.
Hughes the pedestrian, made score or
5SS miles in tine SIX days waking natch IL
New J 0Tk last week, pcatilS i.o"tsI icS'ie
the house in which William Penn con
yened the frst Pennsylvania Legislature IL
still standing ia Chester, and Is used Rs
PLA fire on Tuesday last damaged the
stespla OF St. NaTys Catholic church, C.eTe-
land o. to the extent of $1,000 Ihe origin
OF the fire is a JGystory.
killed on Thirteenth str e., New otN, on
Thursday afternoon, after 1t had bitten fo'r
men in q teTrlb manner 49,
-Nrs Sheppard killed her two little boys,
one AGED three yeaIs and the other baby of
seven uasnths, st WhiteTals, Ont, on Fri
dav, and then committed suicide
Through the efforts OF Dr heaEe, the
/ Catholic Bishop OF Richmond, almost every
( seller of intoxicating drinks Of that faith has
/ given his pledge not 70 sell on Sunday
( Col Thos. BufOTd, WHO eighteen months
! age shot and killed Judge ELLIOTT al owen
ton, XIV. waB acquitted OF murder on sun
dsv last by the jury, 0n the ground of insau-
During the temporary absence OF Mrs.
{ Bascoub from her EGnls NJ A!tOHa5 \. y,
. one evening last week. the house caught Ere
and four yauEg children were burned TO
/ death.
/ satisfaction that the Democratic members OF
/ The LEGISLATURE realize there Is nothing 70
[ gain ~ interfering - the Republican fight
! over the sfHatorship-
who is said to be teaching scl0Cl somewhere
in the Southwest, is also reported 70 have
married Mrs Blaine, the murderer OF her
husband, VIM. Blaine.
a urGH!inC furnace in the Phoenix Iron
Works. PLUuixYiie. near Philadelphia, eN-
pioded Friday evening, severely inIurlnE i've
men, two of whom, Michael H@cen and
. brother. are dangerously hurt.
Two pyramids bGilt by q king q tie
SIKH DYNASTY have been discovered t. the
. north Of Memphis They were buried be
. ueath the sand. The vaults and chambers
are covered with inscriptions.
-sfrS. + G. Moshsr, Of Bradford, answer
night when n tall Ean thrust = baby into
her srms and quickly left. The patcntage
Of the little one is not known.
An old farmer SAYS that farmers who
left their corn standing ont vii End il daC-
gerous huSkiTg in the spring. as the shocks
viii De full OF snakes, which arc said 10
gather in them FOR winter quarters.
William Ferguson, Of BaEtvil.e, LRncGs-
ter county aged so years. and a widOvrr,
has lust married Mrs. Barcsret W0udside,
Of " Wilmington, Del, who is n widow 20
years old. They were lovers in youth.
DR.. W. F. HarGaugh a dentist OF PiqUa,
Ohio. shot and killed his wife on Saturday
and Immediately ftsr shot and killed him
self lie was djssipated and many times his
wife had to flee from the house 10 save her
life.
"A correspondent sends this awful pun
10 the Philadelphia EyeuiHg Nttcs- ''it is
Growing doubtful oliver the State who
will be elected Senator have Hewitt fixed
in your mind, il so let Snow den who i is to
be"
There is hardly sny doubt but bill will
pass Congress At this session providing for
the removal Of the tax on matches, Savings
Banks deposits, hank checks, ana on al pro
preta.y articles except PeriulreTg and cos
metics
Tom Davis had some photographs taken
At GAINESVILLE, Ohio and gave one to Lizzie
Murray in the presence OF la BIid"eii, Who
wanted one too. Tom would not part with
another picture, and Ida at once committed
suicide
-Chss C. and Herman II. Zeis!er, broth
eTs, teiieTS IN the Detroit savings bank. st
. Detroit, have ejnbezz'ed over S25, 900 of the
: banks funds. The stolen money was spent
in speculationS and in the support of eI-
. tTavagant family.
While two dogs were gamboiing on the
/ frozen surface Of mill pond near West
Chester recently one Cf the CANNES broke
. through the ice. The other promptly caught
its Immersed companion by the ear and pulled
I it out Of the hole.
IL IL rr-E- -
thought to be hewitched Cone night it ap-
p-ared to stretch mp and bore a hole in the
' clouds. At another time i seemed to vab-
bic about and lean over, and its 'ast trick
was to appear - be on fire
/ In the course of a debate in the |. s.
I Senate or Tuesday last it was stated, and
no. denied, that the pension roll Of the war
Of 1872 contained the names VI ten thousa nd
survivors and TWENTY-FIVE thousand widows.
The war occurred sixty nine wears ago.
There * goose at Ljttlecote Farm, IN
Wiltshire, England, which * known to bc
nearly ninety years old, and may be a good
deal older. 1t was presented tc the father Of
its present owner on his tenth birthday Gn
1SaS). and i was then considered aged.
There Is belief among oil men that the
( Mexican county belt oriEi1stes in deep sea
. underlying that region, and stock company
has bren formed at Parker for the purpose Of
sinking well to test the truth OF the theory.
They expect 10 sink the shaft ? 400 feet.
in the PoorllouSe of the Middle Goal
part, is old man named Dagan, now in
his 1U6th year. He is a native Of Ireland
and says he wei remembers the Irish rebel
lion Of I79S as he was then p years old.
The barn on the famous Elizabeth farm
near LititZ, recently burned, was once
prison for captured HesSians. Baron Stei
gel founded the farm century and hall
= ago, and the Buildings were occupied by
Washnstons army during the Revolution.
The Jury in the case Of two brothers
. named Talbot, who we're on trial At HaryS
vile. Mo, last weak for numbering thei
father last Spring, returned a verdict o
murder in the first degree on Friday night
/ motion for q new trial was made mex
, morning.
Miss Sarah L. Weir. Of Washington
county. was wooed and won bV Joseph Bic
I Donough widover McDonough marie,
some other woman. Miss Weirs sued 70
? breach Of promise Of marriage and on Frida
q jury at Washington awarded her 81, 90
: , damage
: Frank Thomas arrived at Rochester
! 7 Mimi, on his wedding trip, and there say
: . the opportunity to steal mule If he fe
with the beast he must leave the woman be
: / hind. The mule was sleek, fat and hand
some, while the bride was scrawny and ugly
; He deserted his wife and stole the mule
Early Saturday night SIS freight trail
: on the Chica 90, St. Louis and New Orieau
I. Railroad was nearing McComb City, Miss,
: branch from tree burning near the trsc
fell and ignted fat carload of cotton
The FIRE spread to the adjoining cars and 20
bales of cotton, valued at 50, 200, were de
stroyed.
John Cummins, who was arrested nea
o Newark, o., for running a tack through hi
It boys tongue, was bound over to the Pro
l. bate Court at Newark on Friday His bon