The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-12-01

Mr.. wm. StouHer, tenant on one Of Mr.. !
Benjamin DsaTdOrffs 5 farms in Franklin |
township, Adams county, informs Us, says
the Hanover Spectator, that COW on his
place belonging to Mr. DeardoTU gave birth
to "a fiue calf seven or eight weeks ago. and
on Sunday night last 10 another, small but
perfect and lively. The first calf had just
been Weaned. Truly, one OF natures strang
est freaks.
john GrIsmer had alvyrys been Door and
when he put $50 into the plate at church al
CUnueilYills, No, there was thought to bs
some mistake, but he said that be rea Iv DC
sired 10 make the contribution The note
WAS soon Identified by means of its number
having been recorded, as part of 50 O0G0 re-
Gently stolen, and then GTismeT confessed.
What he had Intended rs a relief for the con-
science led to ME detection.
William Andrews, negro was convict
ed et Harrisburg on sunday morning OF
murder in the first degree for killing hIs wife
near High Spire Oh the night of july T. 1881.
The ipTiSuner was Temanded for sentence
. The evidence showed that he first killed or
mutiIated MS wife in a cornheld, then drag
ged tier body TO their house, fired the house
and then stood by with childltwO years old
IL his arms and watched the body burn TO
ashes.
/ The Savannah NslCs says that Dawson
/ county possesses one Of the greatest living
7 wonders in the State-perhaDs in the South.
4 IL Is q woman twenty eight years old. meas
/ uring in height just 3455 inches aud weighing
-
/ seems to be endowed with as strong reason
I ing faculties as any one, and viii talk flu
/ emily when spoken to. Miss Seuey-Seuev
/ Seney Payne is her name-is no doubt the
/ smallest woman in the State
"A stove in the residence Of Adam FORSYTH,
! at Bellevue, Pa, exploded while the family
/ were at supper on Friday evening Fiyiug
I fragments struck Mr. and Mrs. FORSYTH and
/ their small child, infiicting severe injuries.
IhechIld died two hours after the occurrence.
The cause OF the explosion is unknown, but
4 il is supposed that explosives Of some kind
/ had been placed in the stove, BY whom or
/ with what motive is unknown.
The special census bulletin, issued last
week, shows that in the United States there
are 1928, ,451 persons Of 10 years of age OF
upward who are unable 10 read, and &. 2S9 q5S
who are unable to write. or the number OF
! persons returned as unable to write :. .Ol9 OsO
are white native whites unable to write,
2 255. 400 +; COlOTed persons 10 years OF age
and upward and unable to write, 8, ,22O. SIS,
OF 20 per cent OF the population. The illit-
eracy is confined principally TO the Southern
States.
-Zanesyiue, Ohio, was In an uprosr on
Sunday over the discovery that Owen J.
/ Turner, Jet black negro, and Malinda Rob
eTts, white girl were recently married in
that city by the Rev. Mr.. Balm, a colored
clergyman The license was Obta iued from
Judge Foley on Nov. II, by the party obtain
ing It swearing that they were both colored
The glTl comes Of a respectable family. The
police are looking for the Rev. Mr. Balm. but
he has left the city for parts unknown. The
married pair have also abscondsd
Anna Minerva Shearer, an object of cur
iosity to thousands Of visitors, died at her pa
rents home. StOneTsyille, Berks county on
SUNDAY. The child was ten years old only
weighed fourteen pounds, was blind ali her
life, and unable to walk or talk A sister
aged thirtsen years, weighs twenty pounds,
and in the same condition. The parents are
full grown, healthy, and strong, and the IA
I theT is a blacksmith. The children's only
sense IS that Of hearing, and they have 10 be
attended TO like infants.
The story OF the little cash boy in ROs
ton, who it was said had fallen heir to a for
tune OF two millions by the death Of a queer
old uncle in Australia proves 10 be far from
the truth as such stories usually are. The
story had its origin in the fact that the rich
ola uncle had given instructions to have the
/ LAD educated at his expense. The education
{ TO be sure, may prove s-better capital to the
I lad than the dollars, but the moral seems 10
I be that It is well to receive these stories of
/ unexpected descents Of wealth with consid-
I erable allowance.
The Cincinnati Gazette, upon what An
( thoItly we Know not unceremOniouslv de-
/ Ihot'SHeS the traditional romance respecting
J JeHeIsOus 5 republican simplicity IL has
been often told how he refused a procession
J ana carriage for his Inauguration, and alone
I rode ms horse to the Capitol, hftcbed il to a
/ Lall renee, ana went in smelling Of horse to
/ pe sWOrnand TO deliver his inaugural This -
says the G0sette, 'is specimen OF the romance
/ OF all the traditional character Of Jefferson.
! lie mad lnyeighed against inaugural parades
. as monarcnical, but he lad one all the same
rldlng IN carriage and four, escorted by
I military, and with artillery firing a salyo'
"A gentleman residing in the northern
part OF Philadelphia whose two little dauph-
ters were dying last Thursday of dipbtberia.
saw IN The Record Of that day cor1fnuniea-
ton commencing the use of sulphur in cases
/ OF diphtheria. AS a last resort ne made \
trial OF It, using washed flowers of sulphur
ana applying II directly to the membraneous
groWths I'D the thrORts OF the children 5v
means Oh common clay pipe. The effect
"as almost magical. Within two hours there
was complete relief, and in two davs the
cnliofen, who had been given up BY their
physicians had completely recovered. While
lt Is not reasonable TO relv entirely upon sui
phur IN the ills that beset childhood, it is
doubtful, remarks the paper referred TO- if
shefe has ever been proper recognition of
lis value as destroyer Of morbid or fungus
memoraneous growths in cases Of a diphthe-
rltio type. Distilled or sublimed sulphur,
known as flowers Of sulphur should be used,
not the powdered crude sulphur.