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Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-07-29

The Democrats Of Georgia have
nominated Hon. Aleck. II. Ste
phens for Governor.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-07-29

A statistician estimates that tie
people of the United States have 10
pay twenty.thyee dollars minute for
Congress while in session.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

man. Now, which Jones is right Sen
atoT Jones appears to have the advan-
tage of his dusky antagonist, as it seems
that Senators Edmunds and Teller are
holding the Nevada Jones' hat, while
President Arthur stands by to spring
him off. 1t was reserved for Jones. of
Nevada, to fold up the mantle which
has long hidden the real sentiments of
the Republican party. Jones, of Neva-
da, be it remembered, is in thorough ac-
cord with the present administration as
well as the Grant and the Stalwart ring.
1t was Jones who sheltered Arthur in
his private residence at Washington for
weeks after Gar6eld's death, and during
the time when it was feared that anoth-
er Guiteau might seek the White House.
The Senator from Nevada has ALWAYS
represented the President, and his
words must be taken as expressing to a
large extent the views of the admins
tration. Senator Edmunds. the leading
Republican and representing the aboli-
tiOn corner of the country, is opposed to
the negro, and his words in behalf of
the State that gave birth to Chas. Sum-
ner are very significant. The present
Republican administration does not be-
lieve, as did former Republican admin
istrations, that this government and CIV
iliZation hinge on the coIored men.
In view of the recent utterances in
Congress the colOred people must begin
to realize that the policy of the country
and the party that deluded them into an
over appreciation of their powers and
possibilities, has been entirely changed
that their sudden squirt into power was a
political movement upheld by the bay
Onet, and that both the men and the
hour have passed. Colorado sent Teller
to say that the negro was not equal IN in
telligence and intellectual power to the
Caucasian race. and to state it twice
when the negro was under discussion,
but when the Chinese question was be-
ing discussed. But it was left for Jones
of Nevada, to fold up the mantle which
has so long hidden the real sentiments
of the Republicanparty. The mask has
at last been cast aside.
AN IMPORTANT ELECTION
The next election in PENNSYLVANIA
Will be an important one There are to
be chosen a Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Secretary of Internal Affairs,
Judge of the Supreme Court, twenty
five State Senators for four years, two
hundred and one members OF Assembly,
as well as many important local officers
in several counties of the State. The
result of the next eletion in Pennsylvan-
ia will not only be decisive of immediate
political supremacy in the State, but it
Will also prove breeder and forerunner
of policies in the larger field of national
politics. So important contest-One in
which there is such a very large stake
is not going to be fought in a corner.
Day by day it becomes more certain
that the desire of few politicians will
be consulted in nominating candidates
for State offices rather than the wishes
of the masses. 1t will be wise for the
Democratic leaders 30 consult the drift
of things. The people are awaking
from a sentimental confidence and be-
ginning to take their bearing for new
courses. G. y. s.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

IN his veto message of the Chinese
bill Mr.. Arthur, referring to the clause
in the act prohibiting Chinese immigra-
tion into this country during the next
twenty years, says ''I regard this pro-
vision of the act as d breach of our
national faith, and being unable to
bring myself into harmony with the
views of Congress or this point, the
honor of the country constrains me to
return the act with this objection to it's
passage" Mr.. Arthur wasn't quite so
sensitive about national faith" and
the honor of the country when, as
Vice President and President of the
Senate, he entered into coalition with
Malone to enable that State credit as
sassin to attain political control of Vir-
ginia, for the base and dishonest pur-
pose of repudiating one-third of her
public debt. After that shameless per-
formance, Chester A. Arthur is the last
man who has right to impute to Con-
gress breach of the national faith, -
or TO charge it with having tarnished
the ''hOnor of the country
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

THE election in Philadelphia on Sat
uIday last of eight Senatorial and thirty
eight Representative delegates TO the
Republican State convention, which
will meet at Harrisburg on the 10th of
May, resulted. as every intelligent poll
tician anticipated, in a practically solid
delegation in favor of the nomination of
CamerOn's man, Beaver, with Lieu
tenant Governor and Secretary of Inter
nal Affairs of the same stripe, and also
substantially solid against Cameron's
candidate, VIM. II. Rawle, of that city,
for Judge of the Supreme Court. The
opposition to Rawle was led by McMan-
es, the well known head Of the Gas
trust ring, who denies that Rawle is a
Republican in all that the name implies,
in his (McManes) estimation. Rawle,
however, viii be nominated, simply be-
cause Cameron has issued his edict to
that effect. a man who, in February,
1880, through his position as a Senator
and the government patronage he con-
tTolled. was able to pack the Harrisburg
State convention with majority of del
egates in favor of Grants nomination
for a third term, although the voice of
the Republican party iE the State was
overwhelming against twill not balk or
fail in the comparatively trihirg task of
nominating the man of his choice for
Supreme Court Judge. He will more
than make up for Rawle's loss in Phila-
delphia by the abject subseTyiency to
his demands of a sufficient number of
delegates from other portions of the
State. He has done the same thing be-
fore and will repeat the eXperimenl
now. Sam Butler, ex-State Treasurer,
who started out in the campaign for
Governor, under the captivating title of
the "ChesteI county farmer,'' will find
that a farmer per Sc don't count much
in Cameron State convention. Beav-
er will be nominated without IN effort,
but his defeat is absolutely certain un-
less all political signs utterly fail.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

ALTHOUGH the two Westmoreland
county Republican papers published in
| Greensburg, as we'll as several others in
adjoining counties, have recently re-
| ferred in the most fiattering terms 10
Col. George F. Huff, of that place, IN
/ connection with the Republican nom1-
nation for Governor, we do not suppose
that that gentleman has any serious as
piIations in that direction at this par
/ ticular crisis in the Republican politics
of the State. Col. Huff is too intelli-
gent a man and too familiar with the
present political situation, not to know
that even if he had his mind intently
fixed on the nomination, the ground has
been preoccupied, and the most vigorous
efforts that he and his friends might
make in his behalf would only result in
conspicuous failure 1t is but truth to
say, however, that Col. Huff possesses
many of the elements which at some
other time and under different circum-
stances would go very far in making
him formidable candidate for that or
any other nomination. He was engaged
in the banking business in this place for
a couple of years after the close of the
late civil war, and le eft a most favorable
impression upon our citizens asa correct
and honorable gentleman in all his
transactions with them. His present
extensive coal operations, in Westmore-
land county in connection with General
fighting Dick CoulteT," of
the late war-have extended over into
Cambria, the firm of which Mr., Huff is
a member, being largely concerned in
that business at South Fork, on the
main line of the P. R. R., in this county.
We are welded to tie Democratic party
from deep and sincere belief i'll the
honesty of its purposes, but that does
not prevent us from doing justice to
political opponent if in our judgment
he can fairly claim it. For Col. Huff,
whom God has blessed with a noble,
generous heart, we shall always enter
tain the warmest personal feeling, what
ever political fate the future may have
in store for him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14
.snO LIKEWYSE y,

DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, Y. Y. Five
years ago l was a dreadful sufferer from
uterine troubles. Having exhausted the skill
of three physicians l was completely dis
couraged, and so weak l could with difficulty
cross the room alone. / began taking your
'FavOrite Pre- scTiption' and using the local
treatment recommended in your Common
Sense Medical Adviser In three months I
was perfectly cured. l wrote a letter 10 nv
family paper, briefly mentioning how my
health had been restored, and offering to send
the full particulars to any one writing me for
them and ipc}OSinQ q stamped envelope for re-
ply. l have received over four hundred let
ters. In reply, l have described my case and
the treatment used, and earnestly advised
them to do likewise From a great MANY 1
have received second letters of thanks stating
they had commenced the treatment and were
much better already.
Mrs. E. F. MORGAN, New Castle, Me.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14
SrRANaE FArAI1rY.-A PhiIadelnhia tel.

STRANGE FATALITY A Philadelphia tel.
egram of Sunday says 4 strange case of IA
tality, in which three sisters died within half
Two Of the women, Sarah Watson, widow
aged - years. and Mrs. Cynthia WinsmOre,
aged 56 years, lived at 329 Wharton street
and the third, Mrs Elizabeth smith, at ,335
South Fourth street. At about 10 O'Clock
last night Mrs. WinsmoTe went to her bed
room to retire for the night, when she heard
a noise il her sisters room. On reaching
her room, Mrs. Winsmore found Mrs. Wat
son in a dying condition. Medical assist
ance was promptly summoned, and Mrs.
Smith was also sent for. The physicians
found Mrs. Watson in a cOmatOse condition
and administered ammonia, but she did not
revive, and expired in a few minutes Be
fore they had recovered from their astOnish-
ment, Mrs. WinsmOre was overcome and fell
to the floor i'm an unconscious state and in
ten minutes she died, and ten minutes later
Mrs. Smith, the third sister, was a corpse
The physicians were nonplussed, and the
greatest CONSERVATION spread through the
household. The only theory upon which the
deaths are accounted for is that Mrs Watson
was seized with cOngestive chill and died
from an attack of apOpleXy which ensued,
and that both Mrs Winsmore and Mrs
Smith died from nervous proStration, which
caused attacks of heart disease or apoplexy
There is no suspicion of fOul play, rs the
family lived on the most amicable terms
POSt-mOrtem examinations were made this
afternoon, and the result will he reported at
the Coroner's inquest, which will probably
be held tomorrow.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

THE President last week nominated
Henry NJ. Teller, of Colorado, one ofthe
L. :. Senators from that State, to be
Secretary of the Interior, in place of
KirkwoOd, the present incumbent also,
VIM. Z. Chandler. of New Hampshire,
to be Secretary of the Navy, Hunt, of
Louisiana, the present Secretary being
nominated as Minister to Russia. Tel
ler's nomination was at once confirmed,
and the Senate will act on Chandler's
and Hunts cases to-day Wednesday,.
Chandler was one of the goddess crew
who cheated Trden out of the vote of
Florida. and is a grand political scOun-
drel, but that only makes his confirma-
tiOn the more certain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

AN apparently well founded report
comes from Washington that Mr.. Lo-
well. the American Minister to Eng
land. is about to be recalled because of
his gross neglect of the appeals made to
him to interfere in behalf of the Irish
Americans confined in British prisons,
and that ali Ohio man. Judge Taft, will
be his successor. This substitution of
Taft for Lowell would simply be jump
ing out Of the frying-pan into the fire.
If naturaized Irishman, imprisoned
in British jail under the Coercion act,
without information, warrant, or hear
ing, has any rights as a citizen of this
country which Alfonso Taft would put
himself to much trouble to see that they
were respected, we are greatly mistaken
in our estimate of the man. We know
something about Judge Taft's stump
speech utterances in Ohio, and if he has
ever relinquished his prejudice against
aud contempt for foreigners, Dutch as
we'll as Irish, we never beard of it.
Taft will not be an improvement on Lo-
we'll, and neither of them are fit for q
position so important.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

On Monday last Judge Wylie, in the
Washington city criminal court, deliver
ed an opinion overTuling the motion to
quash .he indictments in the Star Route
cases, holding the ancient act of the
Maryland legislature of 1922 as obsolete
and not applicable to the cases, and chat
the indictments are good in law and
must stand. After the Judge delivered
his opinion the recognizance of Stephen
W. Dorsey, one of the defendants, who
took notion three weeks ago that it
would be good time for him 70 take a
"trip to New Mexico, where he has a cat
tie rancho, was forfeited i'll open court.
Bob Ingersoll, his counsel, stated that
he would have him in court as soon as
the power of steam could bring him.
All distractions being thus removed,
there is fair prospect that the cases
, will be proceeded with.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

THE mission of the noble and world
renowned St. Bernard monks, as the
rescuers Of mountain travellers in the
snowy regions of the Swiss Alps, will
soon be brought to an end. The rail-
road tunnel under Mt. st. Gothard will
Of course put a stop to travel over the
old mountain road, and, as an exchange
saws. twill close the doors of the monks
amid the grateful thanks of all civilized
people" Neither the monks, however,
nor their big dogs, nor their brave deeds
in saving human life, will ever be for
cotton
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

THE New York World calls attention to
thegratifying and significant fact that by far
q majority of the immigrants now teeming
towards America, in greater numbers than
ever, are able bodied men who come here
with the certainty that their labor, being
productive and necessary, will be rewarded;
and that most of them bring with them more
or less capital, which is, however, scarcely
worth reckoning compared with the advan-
ia ges of their skilled labor to a country with
the grand capabilities afforded by the United
States. The objective point of our immi-
grant industry is almost entirely the develop
ment of our agricultural resources, and in
that aspect it is to be most cordially wecom-
ed. Agriculture is the basis of our wealth
and permanent prosperity. In it there can
be no dangerous competition, no disastrous
over-production. 1t is the independent, Sc If
supporting pursuit of man. The difference
between the immigrants who come in at our
Eastern gates, and those who are to be eX-
cluded at the Western, is that the latter
bring nothing into this country, and thes for
mer take nothing out of it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

THE attemptto revive the prohibitory
liuuor law in Massachusetts by submit
ting it to a vote of the people is declar-
ed unconstitutional by q committee of
the Legislature. In support of this
view of the question, the committee In
their report quote the opinion of Judge
Cooley, in his work on Constitutional
Law" in which that eminent law writ
er says zone of the settled maxims in
constitutional law is, that the power
conferred upon the Legislature to make
laws cannot be delegated by that depart
ment 20 any other body or authority"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

THERE is now very fair prospect
that the Post-office committee of the
House of Representatives will report a
bill in favor OF reducing letter postage
from three to two cents, the proposition
which the late POstmaster-GeneraI, Mr.,
James. brought prominently forward in
his official report at the meeting of the
present Congress. As the annual re-
ceipts Of the department are rapidly ap-
preaching in amount to its expenditures
the reason why the proposed reduction
in letter postage should he made be-
comes very apparent, and Congress will
not likely resist the popular demand in
its favor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

As THE PEOPLE have cOmmendable
curiosity to learn the personal habits of
the man who may happen to occupy the
White House as President, they will be
interested in reading the following from
Rufus Andrews, a well-known New
York politician, and personal friend of
Nj. Arthur, who recently paid visit to
Washington. He says:
He tArthur) keeps up his old habits to
great extent, and while l was in Washing
ton he started out at three O'Clock in the
morning to take walk, and made Tom
Murphy, Clint Wheeler, and another friend
go along. They walked around the streets
till AZ in the morning. Arthur was always
the last man 20 90 TO 0ed in any company,
and his habit in New York was TO stay up
till the latest, generally going home about 3
O'Clock IN the morning, and then he would
sit down on his front step and talk as long
as anybody dared to stay.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

/ IN the Senate on Wednesday of last
week, the day after the President sent
I to that body his veto message of the
! Chinese bill, a vote was taken as requir-
/ ed by the constitution on the question:
/ 'Shall the bill pass notwithstanding the
| objections Of the President ?'' The vote
/ stood Yeas, % {; nays. 81 and the
! bill failed, two-thirds not having voted
! on the Affirmative side. Twenty-three
| Democrats and six by Republicans made
| the %, and of the twenty-one mega
/ tive votes, twenty were cast by Republi-
| cans and the other by David Davis, of
/ Illinois. Seven Democrats who would
/ have voted in the affirmative were pair
/ ed with an equal number of Republi-
/ licans who would have voted in the neg
ative. Up until few minutes before
/ the vote was taken, Don Cameron was
| in the Senate chamber and devoted con-
/ siderable attention to the Democratic
/ side, but when the time came for him
| to face the music and to show of what
/ stuff he was made, like a coward he
! ouCdhCu away anu lclJ HIS l-ltiiu O0SS-
| ter A. Arthur to his fate The other
I Senator from this State, Mitchell voted
with his Republican friends against the
/ bill. Each of the two California Sena-
tors, Miller, Republican, and Farley
Democratic, Immediately introduced
new bills on the same subject, one of
which limits the prohibition of Chi
( nese immigration to fifteen years, and
/ the other to ten, instead of twenty, as
( provided for in the vetoed bill. Wheth-
er either of these BILLS can pass both
houses in such a shape as te receive the
( approval of the President, in the face of
I his late veto remains to be seen.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

A CURIOUS CLOCK.-The Boston Globe
says that jeweier and matchmaker of Mid
dlebury, Vt, has recently constructed a Gu
riOus clock, which acts out to perfection the
assassination of President Garfield. The
machine is common cuckoo clock, under
which is miniature depot At the window
is a ticket agent dealing out tickets, while at
another a telegraph operator is seen busy at
his work, and truckmen, pOTteTs, train des-
patchers, etc, are all flying around as natur-
al as life. All of these figures are of wood,
about two inches long. At the end of each
hour the cuckoo announces the fact, and i'm
mediately Garfield appears OIL the platform
on which the scene is enacted, accompanied
by Mr.. Blaine.
Guiteau is seen to follow him, having just
alighted from a truck wagon, and as he fires
at the President the latter falls, just then
a train of cars comes dashing in, and in the
confusion all the principal actors are carried
into the depot out of sight. After the train
dispatcher has given the signal and the train
has gone, small door at the left opens and
a priest appears, book i'm hand, IN the act of
reading funeral service, while at the same
time another door at the right opens and
GGiteau appears on the gallowS. The priest
Tetires, and shortly after the gallOws disap-
pear with Guiteau, and the doors close.
This is acted out at the end of each hour,
and takes about three minutes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

TERRELr DOMESTIC TRAe

TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.-A nor
TibIe tragedy was enacted near North Eaton
station a short distance FROM Cleveland. c. ..
about O'Clock on Friday evening Thomas
Fishburn, weiltO-dO farmer, killing his
wife and then taking his own life.
tiShbuTn was out ChOpplu- wood a4au
the horrible impulse to commit the deed
tfOr Impulse 10 seems TO have be=u) came
over him Picking up a stick of wood from
the pile he walked into the Kitchen where
his wife was, and dealt her q terrible blow
on the head, following it up with several
others. The murderer then drew from his
pocket broken bladed knife and began
saving his wrists in the endeavor 10 sever
the artery, as he did 50 leaving the house
and going out into the darkness. Mrs Fish
burn a. her husband struck her sank to the
hoOl, the blood from the terrible wounds i'm
.he head streaming over her face and blind
ing heI The children OF the murdered wo-
mana boy of twelve and two mere infants
were in another room when the horrible
deed was committed. Hearing their moth
eT'S screams they went into the kitchen
where the terrible SPECTACLE met their ewes
The tOddIrg ha5e, who can scarcely talk
when II saw its mother, knelt down by the
dying woman anL cried as il its heart wOuId
break, the warm life-bloOd completely satur-
ating the child's clothing.
NeghuOrs were summoned and medical
aid called, but Mrs. Fjshburn died i'm about
two hours. Search was instituted for Fish
OuTn, but his body was NOT found until sat
GgdaY morning. 1t was then found about
bali a mile from the house, cold in death -
railing lH cutting an artery i'm his wrist the
man had Jabbed the blunt end of tie knife
blade into his throat until death was pro
duced.
The affair has created Intense excitement
al North Eaton, and there are many theories.
IN circulation as to the cause OF the crime -
Ihe most plausible one Is that FiShburn was
insane The man had been a frequent vic
tim to fits OF melancholy. and was at one tirDs
an S ilnate pl an asylum The children say
ne had been acting strangely for several
days previous TO the tragedy, but ID does not
appear that there was any trouble between
the husband and wife. the latter being a
most excellent woman, greatly respected by
all her friends.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14

The Supreme Court OF the United
States granted a rule last week, return
able on Monday next, when it will hear
arguments as to the jurisdiction of the
Sergeant Mason court martial. In the
meantime Mason's wife, Betty, is ac-
cumulating , very large sized pile thro'
contributions sent to her from all points
of the compass. No one, we suppose,
will object to Betty's streak Of good
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14
Cambria Greenlatl.
EsENsBURc. Pa,
FRIDAY, APRIL IA, 1882.

Mr.. PARNBLL was released from Kill
mainham Jail on last Monday morning,
and he Immediately started for Eng
land. His release was granted in order
to enable him to attend the funeral of
young son of his sistar, who resides IN
Paris. The government announces that
he will be permitted to remain at liber-
tv for one week.