The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-19

Frazier, passed down the chimney through
stove pipe, knocking the stove to atoms, and
throwing Frazier backward on the fiOor.
Mrs. Frazier was also stunned, but not se-
riously injured. hen was sitting not faT
from the stove, and the fowl was thrown
several feet in the air and had her tail trim
med - though with knife.
An enormous pigeon rOOst in the neigh
borhUod OF Sparta, Wis, is attracting the at
tentiOn OF f.spOrtsmen. The rOCSt IS dense
pinery, and is about half a mile wide and ten
miles long. Every tree contains from TWEEN
ty 10 thirty nests The birds must number
millions. They leave their nests at about 4
A. N. in search OF food Their feeding range
is five miles wide and thirty miles long They
return to the roOSt in the afternoon. Hun
ters have shot and trapped thousands Of
them.
Simon Frazier, who died in Albany q
few days ago, was one hundred and Ave
years old. When be came to America as =
british soldier IN 1872, ne was thirty i've. he
had hard time Of Ct on the q. Lawrence
once when he was almost drowned, and
shortly afterwards, while helping to build
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad, he was blown fifteen feet into the
air By the premature explosion Of a blast.
Some years after lis recovery he was badly
hurt by boiler explosion on Hudson river
steamer.
A Kentucky COW, raised on the farm Of
ErastuS Ellsworth, of East Windsor Hill, has
q remarkable record. On April Is. 1877 she
gave birth 20 twins, one male and female
OF March 16. 1873, she gave birth to tTiplets,
+ two males and one female, making i've calves
in eleven mOnlhs and three days; on July Q,
1879 she gave birth 70 twins, both males on
October I, 1880, she gave birth to Uiplets,
two males and one female, making ten calves
in three years hye months and twenty-ODe
days. The calves have all been Of good size,
healthy and handsome, and have al been
raised on the farm.
A cable despatch from Rome to the New
York FreeHaons Journal announces that the
Holy See has ratified the request that the
Z Diocese Of Detroit might be divided. A new
Episcopal See has been erected for the -four
! iShing BOrOugh hencefOrth enthusiastically a
city-GTand Rapids The Bishop has not
been named who IS 10 be its first Titular
The city Of Grand RAPIDS, with population
Of nearly 40, 600, has three Catholic churches
/ in il and several Catholic Institutions. The
new diocese will have Jurisdiction over all
T the western OF Lake Michigan side OF the
3 lower peninsula Of Michigan.
"A singular incident occurred In the office
. Of the Commissioners Of LuZerne county q
! few days ago A man. accompanied by his
4 wife, applied fOr commission in luuacy to
[ inquire into his own condition, in order that
he might be sent TO the DanFille Asylum.
He stated that he was perfectly sane during
the day, but from six O'Clock in the evening
f until tour in the morning he was not ac-
cOuutable FOR his acts, and that he was per
/ fectly aware Of his condition An order was
obtained from the court. and after an eKaRi-
nation he was sent 70 the asylum. His state
"
J John Boyle. 4 Pennsyi ivAnia Railroad
I Tepairman, who was killed by q train recent
{ ly, Is believed by his friends to have been
/ unjustly Imprisoned for fourteen years tlro'
! the reveDgefui Vaccinations OF his wife
. Fifteen years ago he detected her in q shame
/ fui Intrigue with a West Philadelphia man.
J The woman and her paramOur are alleged 70
/ have trumped up plot by which Boyle was
; accused % a crime upon bis own daughter
and was convicted and sentenced 10 the pen
Z itentiarY. His term expired seven months
ago and he obtained work on the railroad.
! The perfidious vie Is said to have died In an
7 slmshOUse.
Mrs. Harney and her three daughters.
I Who reside at Cleveland, Tenn, have been
+ generally disliked by their neighbors, and to
/ get rid Of them plot was formed 70 burn the
! house while they were sleeping Atthe time
I set for the execution Of the crime, which was
. at an early hour on Friday morning, AL OF
. the lower doors and windows Of the house
were secured from the outside and the build
ing was fred IN several places. The flames
spread rapidly and sOOn afteTward the terror
F stricken inmates appeared at the upper win
( dOWs utteTing the most agonizing cries FOR
/ help. They were rescued moment before
/ the burning roof Of the house fell in. The
hair was burned from the beads Of the vo-
men and their faces and hands badly bis
tered. No arrests have yet been made
! Mr.. II. II. WdueT, OF Rochester, offers
/ the following astronomical p-iZCs for tie
( present year Two hundred dollars in gold
I Tor each discovery Of a sew comet made 1.-THE
discovery, not the COmet)in the United States.
/ Canada, Great Britain or Ireland 200 fol
any meteOrie stone fOuudin in auy of the above
/ countries during 1882 which Professor Henry
a. Ward, OF Rochester y. Y, Principal
Dawson, Of Montreal, Canada, aud J. Law
/ renee Smith, Of Louisville, XIV, shall unanf
msuslY decide contains fossil remains Of ami
NAL or vegetable life. thus proving the inhab.
liability OF other planets the sum Of $50 fOI
specimen of any meteOTic stone (whetheI
II contains organic remains OF nOt) seen tC
fall IN the United States during 1852
"A Few days age David Block, r well-to-
do merchant of PlatteYilIe, Wis, coRRhei uu
a musket cylinder He had suffered from
throat troubles for many years, but never
had suspected that they were caused by q
piece Of iron Nj Block was q soldier in
Germany during the revolution OF ISkE One
day he received what he supposed was shot
IN the eye. he was in the hospital for siZ
months, hanging between life and death
When he recovered one eve was gone, his
hearing was imperfect, and be was unable @
smell Nevertheless he got 10 be strong and
[ hearty again. he Is now convinced that the
shot did not come from the enemy, as he has
supposed heretofore. He believes that the
muSket In the hands Of his comrade on the
left exploded aDd that the cylinder passed
from his eye into his mouth and then into his
throat, where il remained thirty-fOur yesrs.