The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-06-04
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.

United States Treasurer, is quite i'll at Jack /
sonvfIe Fla. He is now 50 years old.
-"Quinsy troubled me for twenty years.
Since 1 started using DR.. Thomas Eclectric |
Oil, have not had an attack. The Oil cures
sore throat at once. Mrs. Letta Conrad,
Standish Mich.
Mrs, Mary chute. an iumate of the Elgin
cOunty cont. jail, claims to be ''the wife OF
the Lamb and a daughter of God" aud has
made VOW to starYe herself to death. She
has only taken Six meals In four weeks.
"A newsboy fell in the streets of New
Haven the other day, and remained insen-
sible for several hours. 1t was ascertained
that it was case of nicotine poisoning from
cigarette smoking, and physicians believe
he is still in a critical condition.
Ayers sarsaparilla is a highly concen-
trated extract of Sarsaparilla and other
blood purifying roots combined with Iodide
of Potassium and Iron. Its control over
! scrofulous diseases is unequalled by any
other medicine.
"A dispatch from Catania says the erup-
! tlons of Mount Etna have greatly increased
| and the destruction of the town of Nicolois
now seems inevitable. The entire district
! Is enveloped in darkness and showers Of
stones are continually falling.
! Forest fires are raging at several points in
| Wisconsin on the line of the Milwaukee,
/ Lake Shore and Western Railway. The
village of Coleman was partially destroyed
| and Westboro had narrow escape. Unless
rains ensue great loss will result.
Returns from the thirty principal wheat
| Of 70 ia ind "a
! if there shall be no serious drawbacks dur
ing the next month the yield of the State
| will reach go, 900, 900 bushels. A barley crop
of 80, OOO, 600 bushels is indicated.
The Czarina of Russia is a charming
woman of domestic tastes, fond of fine dress
es and dancing and holding herself entirely
aloof from politics and diplomacy. The one
great desire of her life is to marry her eldest
| son to a daughter of her elder sister, the
| Princess of Wales.
i had to comb back the hair from my
forehead and omit the parting to conceal my
badness. Since then Parker's Hair Balsam
has made my hair as thick and glossy as
ever. Ladies whose hair is getting thin will
find the Balsam just splendid.-Mary Swan
son Chicago.
"A year ago one Of a pair OF canaries
owned by young woman of Waynesboro,
Ga, died. and its mate, an excellent singer,
refused to whistle a note. 1t maintained an
unbroken silence for full II months, and
then the other day began singing and now
is a really remarkable songster.
The House of Lords by vote of 149 to 127
has rejected the second reading of the bill
legalizing marriage with deceased wife's
sister, The Prince OF Wales supported the
bill. The Duke Of Connaught, who was In
favor of the bill, paired. Nineteen bishops
voted with the majority.
Armour & Co., of Chicago, have just
executed o contract to supply the French
government with Z ,000, 900 pounds Of beef 10
cans, 10 be put up in the special can adopt
ed for use by the French army. This is
stated to he the largest Individual contract
ever awarded to one firm in the meat pack
ing industry.
Many suffering people drag themselves
about with failing strength, feeling that
they are steadily sinking into the grave,
when by using Parker's Tonic they would
find a cure commencing with the first dose,
and vitality and strength surely coming
back to them.
Western wind storms are getting per
. sonal. \ tornado started on George Larned' s
farm In Washin gton county, Mo, the other
day. and confined its operations entirely to
his pre- mises; but before it let up it unroofed
the barn and corn crib and blew Mrs. Larned
and the children about the place il a most
reckless way. None of them were killed.
At Mexicun bull fight just across the
bulls broke through the enc iosure and began
climbing up the benches. Women screamed
AMI tainted, men scrambled to get out Of
the way. aud a general fusulade began.
every man near enough popping away at
the bull, who succumbed with thirty bullets
In his body.
CLARK North, a blind man, carries the
mail from Claryville, Sullivan county, tu
Big Indian, L lister county, n. Y, a distance
of 21 miles, three times q week. The road
is so rough as to be impossible for vehicles,
end the route is accomplished on foot. He
has been the mail carrier on this route for &c
years, and has never missed a trip either In
summer or winter.
Mrs. Sutton is postmistress at Somerset
vt; she Is large, and has fiery red hair
with the pecUliarities of temper usually sup
pos ed to go Herewith. She has planted the
postoffice box close to her kitchen stove. anC
insists on locking the house and going visit
ing just when she pleases. The people have
tried all sorts of ways to expedia te the mails
but she insists that two days in the week il
enough time to keep the postoffice open.
"A woman (Mrs. Q. W. Howe), wht
served as drummer boy, disguised in mall
attire, In the civil war, rode horse as a di
vision marshals aid in the G. A R. parad
in New York, on Decoration Day. It /
stated that Mrs Howe served with plucl
and bravery, until she was compelled to re
tire from the army, after two years service
} upon her sex being discovered through
J wound she received at Lookout Mountain
"A prospector In New Mexico. with tn
honored name of John Quincy Adams foun
his Eaversaak on fire, bis prOspecto's gIas
! having focused the suns rays upon it. A
4 the haversack contained about doze
3 pounds of powder, he dropped It and 20
, out of the way In hurry. 1t fell into
= crevice, and large mass of rock we throw
= up. Adams returned mournfuIly togat be
> up what might be left of his effects. an
! found an exceedingly rich vein of ore whic
3 the explosion had exposed to view. He sol
3 third interest in his find for SIG, 900 an
/ very consistently named the mine 9TH
5 Nick Of Time"
j Mrs. Calhoun, 1O5 years old, lives IN tn
= one-roOm house which her husband buf
] when they were married, two miles fror
] CentervilIe Highland, in Ulster county, n