The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-08-07
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

Ine Gate city GUARDS, OF Atiantas tnFty-
two strong. Will attend the funeral of Gen
eral Grant. a public purse being raised to
send them on.
The axe with which General Gran. cut
cOrdwood when he lived on his Missouri
farm is on exhibition in St Louis. 1t Is OF
the usual pattern, with a very crooked
heive.
On July a, 1888, Jonn Adams and JEFF
ferson died, July 4. 1881, Monroe died
July 8, 1880, Taylor died in Office; July %,
1885, Grant died. On july 2, 1881, Gar
field received his fatal wound.
II feel bad 90 Hunts (Kidney and
Liver) Remedy encourages sleep, creates
an appetite, braces up the system and re-
pairs the wasted powers. S1.25 per bottle
at druggists.
Arthur saved SIS, 900 out of his salary.
He was credited with some wise invest
ments, nader through safer friends than
Grant had, which added to his fortune, so
that he retired to private life without the
fear of want before him.
Let me see,'' said minister who was
filling out marriage certificate and had for
gotten the date. This is the 9th IS II not!
''No, SIR" replied the bride, with some In
dignation, "this is only my second"
The most deadly foe to all malarial di-
seases is Ayers Ague Cure, combination
of vegetable ingredients only, of which the
most valuable is used in no other known
preparation. This remedy is an absolute
and certain specific, and succeeds when all
other medicines fail. a cure is warranted.
-Petrified human eyeballs are the mob
biest things in the way of watch charms at
Lima Peru. They are relics of the times or
the Incas, the process of preservation haV-
ing been lost and being undiscovered To
modern science. Tue eyes are yellow, and
hold light like an opal.
The attorney general, to whom the sec
retary of the interior referred the question
OF the power OF the interior department to
authorize the Indians to lease their lands
for grazing purposes, has furnished an
opinion in effect that no such power exists
under the law.
Nine men got into bucket on Friday TO
be hauled to the top of a shaft connected
with the new Croton acqueduct at New
York. When sixty feet up the bucket caught
on projection and tipped. Four men were
thrown out. Three cIung to the bucket, and
two were dashed to death.
The designs OF the new postal cards
have been adopted There is apparently a
| decided improvement on the present card,
and the Whole American people will with
one voice praise Postmaster General Villas
| for abolishing the Irritating and untruthtul
/ legend, Nothing but the address can be
! placed on this side"
/ "A heavy hail storm on Friday afternoon
/ in the northern part of Lancaster county,
Z do tn tnhappn
acres OF which were cut up. Many of the
/ hail stones were as large as hickory nuts.
! The barn of Jonathan s. Ste ward, of Lau-
! disville, was struck by lightning and de-
strOyed with its contents.
On Saturday William Neff, employed at
the Telephone mine, at Georgetown, Col
orado, complaining of being i'll, went to bis
cabin, laid down on the floor, placed a
stick of giant powder within cap and fuse
attached under his head, and while in this
position lighted the fuse, His head was
blown entirely from his body.
"A Western inventor proposes to sur
[ round oil tanks with several thickness of
wire gauze to protect them from lightning.
He also THINKS that a few sheets of the
gauZe a yard or two wide, run hastily
in the shape of a dam across creek or river
sflame with oil, would prevent damage be
low it, because the oil would pass through
and leave the flame behind.
"A A Munger, one of the richest mel
in Chicago. has sailed for Europe for the
purpose of investing $500. 900 in paintings
He proposes to build up great art gallery
for Chicago that will rival anything Of tbs
kind in America. Visitors will have FREE
admittaDce by ticket, and ultimately tn
gallery will be given to the city. Mr.. Nun.
gers wealth is estimates at several millions
The remains of Sir Moses Montehor
were buried at Ramsgate, England, on las
Friday afternoon. BUSINESS was suspende'
and the shops were closed. The weathe
was cloudy but the attendance was vast
The fueral rites were of an unOstentatiou
character and the coffin was placed besd
that contain ing the dust of the philanthro
pist's wife.
'In 1880, while practicing in Mad isor
, county, H., says a writer in the st Loui
Medical Journel 81 was induced by the rep
reservations of an old woman, TO make tn
trial in dysentery and diarrhea, of table
spoonful doses of pure cider vinegar, wit
the addition of sufficient salt to be notice
= able; and it ac ted so charmingly that l hav
never used anything else
The anchracIte coal trade is in stat
of disgust at the refusal of the combination
! To order a reduction in the August quota O
! productioB. The question of shortening
: the output for this month was reconsideTe
last week, Dut, owing to the positive refusa
5 of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Westerl
railroad to 10 In with the other cOmpanie
4 the matter was indefinitely deferred.
l An incoming passenger train at Lead
5 vile, Colorado, expIoped dynamite cart
ridge when about two miles from the cit
one day last week. The engine and teude
were badly wrecked and one length of tn
track was torn up. but none OF the passeI
gers were injured. The explosion was di:
o tinctIy heard distance Of ten miles. 1t
believed that the outrage was the work {
: strikers.
"A terrific storm eliminating I'm de
structive waterspout, occurred on the out
8 skirts of Catasauqua, known as Swinevill,
d on Saturday. About fifteen minutes hefoI
/ that time a dense cloud of a coppery ting
was seen rapidly approaching Catasanqu
,, from the north, and soon a swiftly wheelin
column of water, apparently fifty feet
g width, swept along Catasauqua Greek, owe
q whelming everything In its way.
e "A large mocassin snake wound itss
II around the leg OF little daughter of NJ
J. n. II. Anderson, of StauntOn, Va, who wS
l. bIackherrinp in field near her father
house With rare presence of mind the Ii