The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-12
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs.

We depart from our usual practice and
recommend Hunts Remedy as a sure cure
for all kidney diseases Medical Gazette.
From Lycoming county comes the story
of the marriage of girl of fourteen. IL IS
hardly necessary to state that she has money
and no parents.
1t is now estimated that the total cost
of the new Capitol al Albany will be over
S21, 900, 900. Up to the present time SlI, ,5e2-
9O3 09 has been expended on the building
John Ryan, a well known farmer OF
Centre township, Butler county, and broth
er of Archbishop Ryan, OF Buffalo, was IN
stantly killed on Monday morning last by
falling from a hay wagon on which ht was
riding.
Rev. Father William Fennelly, pastor
of a Roman Catholic church at Oneida, n.
Y, for twenty years. was struck by the cars
at that place oD Saturday morning last and /
died within half an hour. Father Kennedy /
was Sc years old.
OF a car horse which died in Sacram en- |
TO, Cal, last week it is told that he was so |
well acquainted with some OF the regular
! patrons of the road that VIXEN they were !
| aboard the car he would stop In front of
/ their residences to let them of.
/ The first umbrella ever seen in England
was carried by footman named John Nc
/ Donald in 1777, and it is a remarkable fact
that it belonged to somebody else, and was
! taken by mistake for his own" and that
has been its fortune ever since.
Sylvester Sans a we'll known citizen OF
Pickens county, Ga, was two years ago bit
ten by rattesnake, and recently he ap-
pears to be afflicted with rabies, only in
stead of barking he makes rafting sound
and beats everybody who c0mes within his
reach.
An old and intimats friend OF mine is
Parker's Hair Basam. have used it five
| years, and could not do without it. It has
stopped my hair from falling, restored its
natural black color and wholly cleansed it
} from dandruff.- Miss Pearl Aneson, st.
; Louis, Mo.
Oscar Willy, of Davenport, Ia, is the
possessor of a horse of excellent build and
good gait, with five legs and every time it
is shod five shoes are required. The horse
is six years old, and was raised on farm
. near Moline, III. It runs as we'll as a four
! legged animal, aud to all appearances finds
! no Inconvenience in using the ffth member.
5 When the public school opened in a New
l Jersey town the other day, lad of 13 rose
= and called for vote of the pupils as to
: whether the teacher was capable of her du-
ties or not and it was decided that she was
: not, whereupOn the youngsters marched oct
= in a body. After this. never say that our
: pubic school system is failing TO develop
the distinctive traits of Americans.
7 The Wheeling Register says there is now
j. lying near Charleston cOIored woman
n named Clara Brown, who was u years old
I when the news was received at her home
q that war had been declared by the colonies
against Great Britain. Sne claims to be 12G
years Of age, never wore spectacIes and saw
: George Washington several times. Hel
health now is fair.
George WaterhOuse, hoy Il years Of
@ age, residing in CohOes, n. y, some sjl
Z, years ago was bitten by dog in Lansing
T burgh. A couple Of weeks ago the boy
}. showed signs of hydrOphobia. His condi
u tion became alarming aud DR.. Mclean, q
/ Troy, was called and administered all medi
y; cines usually used in such cases, but ol
- Tuesday night of last week it was deemet
- advisable to smother him.
- Albert Cooley, farmer residing at No
Gregor, Ia, with his entire family, consist
AZ ing of his wife, two boys and one little CIR
ye were all burned to death in their house las
IL Saturday night. The children had been sic
" and the parents had been up with them duI
le ing the night. Cooley took some Goals froI
20 the stove, placed them in a shed ad joinIn
~ the house and then retired. The shed too
/ fire, and finally burned the house and fau
- lily.
Il. The city of Erie, in this State. is elaine
ay to be the bealthiest city in the world, theT
be being only about six deaths in one thousau
IS. of population In Philadelphia the deaf
rate is twenty in one thousand in Ne
York twenty four and two tenths ; in Pari
re twenty and four-tenths; in Berlin, twent
an six and thre -tenths in Brooklyn, twent,
Ell two and eight-tenths in Baltimore. eiRl
ne ne teen in Liverpool, twenty-three and fly
,rs tenths.
to A few days ago the wide awake peop
OF of the new town of Dsnleith, Dakota,
osm fered $500 and town lot to the first ba
mt born within its limits. By the very frs
he conveyance after the offer had been ma
lily public there arrived from a point 200 mil
@ @eo away piucky woman, who found boar
bic ing house, gave birth to a lusty boy, collie,
me ed the money, received a deed of the pro
ed ised lot. and started home again all with
nc forty eight hours s.-Allgaukee Wisconsin
an An urrepealed law of New Jerse
er- passed while the State was British color
zen reads as follows That all women
whatever age. rank, profession, or degIt
whether virgins, maids, OF widows, "
= shall after this act impose upon. seduce,
Oh betray into matrimOny any of his Maiest
ar subjects by virtue of scents, cosmeti
are washes, paints, artificial teeth, false hair,
ing bigh-heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty
ipg the law now IN force against witchcraft a
90 like misdemeauOrs."
10 The exporting to China of Ameri'
any ginseng began nearly century ago, thoU
ana at ore time within the past 80 years the r
was so scarce in China that it sold in
poorest quality for S75 pound, while
old most choice was va lued at the almost IA
side lous figure of $500 pound. The price
al IL lot OF average quality has often brought
was weight in gold. Its use among the CHM
10 ga2 who are really the only nation who hold
,ear any considerable esteem, is for purely m
AXE cinal purposes. 1t Is most highly valued