The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-10-29
NEWS AND OTHER NOTiNGs.


Among the passengers of the steamer
at New York from Rotterdam, on
Monday were fifty gypsies. They were in
very filthy condition, and we're ordered back
Miss Susannah Whitney, a New York
school teacher, has just resigned after fifty
years of service, forty five years of which
were passed as principal of public schools,
and thirty-five in a single Institution.
Rain fell for several minutes from
clear sky, at ROndout, n. Y, on Friday af-
ternoon. A dispatch reports that many
people witnessed the Gpusual occurrence,
and the sun shone brightly during the
shower.
The Secretary of War has directed Gen.
Sheridan to send Geronimo and fourteen Of
his band to Fort Pickens. Florida, to be kept .
until further orders. The other Apaches
captured at the same time are to be taken
to Fort Marion, Florida.
The people of Melbourne. Australia. are .
going TO erect statue in memory of O'COn- /
NELL the great Irish agitator. 1t will BE- like !
the one in O'Connell street Dublin, aud .
Mr.. Brock, an Irishman living in London, .
who was the sculptor then, has also been en- !
gagged for the work on the Melbourne mOnu- ,
ment
AT Boston on Wednesday morning of /
last week James A. l. Whitteer, the lawyer
who az a trustee OF the estate of Miss
Harriet D. Reid, is charged with embezz-
ling 500 600 worth of the Iatter's property
pleaded guilty to the extent of $50 900. He
was sentenced to 4 wears and three months
Imprisonment.
"A. K. Cutting, the Texas editor who
was recently imprisoned in Mexico for an
alleged libel, has it is understood. filed at
the State Department a bill for fifty thou
sand dollars damages against the Mexican
government together with a statement of
his side of the case. No official information
on the subject is yet obtained.
Winnie johnson. who ia on exhibition
in Cincinnati. is probably the largest woman
in the world She is FIVE feet eight and
half inches in height measures three feet
around the upper arm. four feet five inches
around the thigh eight feet nine inches
around the bust, and is said TO weigh 733
pounds. Winnie is black woman.
Hon. Joseph r. CLARK one Of the most
prominent citizens Of Manchester. n. H, has
committed suicide THROUGH political dIsap-
pointmen., He was 50 wears of age, and
was the late Republican candidate for the
nomination in the First New Hampshire
Congressional Convention, but was defeated.
He was found hanging dead in the barn.
Prince Napoleon and party, of France,
arrived IN the city OF Chicago, on Tuesday OF
Tuesday of last week, from San Francisco.
The party went to the Grand Pacific Hotel.
The Princes travelling companion and ply
sfc;an is DR.. VI. Michels He will remain
there 3 few days anG then travel eastward,
stopping at Niagara, en- route to New York.
-Wher George H. Potts, Of Philadelphia,
was in California some wears ago friend
offered him S. 600 worth Of stock in an
Alaska GOLD mine Potts refused to buy,
because he knew nothing about the mine,
although the friend said It was a good one
A few days ago the friend wrote that the
s. 600 Investment was paying $1,000 cash
each month
The land suit Of George A Fletcher
and the children Of Charles w. Mitchell
against the Philadelphia, Norristown and
PrnnixviIle Railroad Company. which
forms part Of the SchuvIkiII division of the
Pennsylvania railroad to recover damages tC
tract of land owned bv the plaintiffs
ended on Friday last by the jury rendering
a verdict IN faAor Of the plaintiffs, fo
So. OBJ.
Some time ago on immigrant, suppose,
to he without means. was buried in New
York at the public expense subsequently
the relatives abroad of the deceased wrot
TO Corporation Counsel Lacombe statint
that the decreased man had large amount o
money. Then the corpse was eXhume
and a belt containing Sc 600 was foun
beneath the underclothing. This was afte
the body had been buried five months.
? The family of Gen. B. F Butler ar
- greatly exercised over the disappearance @
2 tho Generals brother-in-law, Col. J. NJ. G
Parker a prominant resident Of Lowell
Mass. Coupled with the disappearance
the announcement that the unfortunate ma
is insane. It is feared that he has taken hi
life, as he has often threatened 20 do. He
worth $500 600, and has large family. II
was Collector OF the Port Of New Orear
after Gen. Butler captured that city.
q Senator Butler. of South Carolina. afte
{ a soi0urn of two months on the cnntinen
l. passed several hour~ in Washington en- roui
D for home. In reply to the query Of repre-
J. sentative Of the press. the Senator said: y o
) preparations for war seem to he going q
b, every where Everybody was speaking
war II was in the 3 ir, and on the tongU
> of all cIasses. don't think there will be
: war over the present Eastern troubles
\ Bulgaria, hut that Europe will soon witne
q a terrible conflict seems to me inevitable
II France is the most prosperous country
b the world, and it is a mistake to suppO
y that she Will be crushed by Germany"
6 Robert 6 IngersoII is suffering fire. N
throat trouble similar to that which aft 'ctt
h General Grant, and it is believed % be /
q curable An operation was performed
lie Philadelphia last Sunday. but 1t was d
20 succe full, and it is thought he will live on
D as long as be can fight the disease. II
le strong physique is in his favor he is vel
cheerful and as genial as ever. but his wi
saws that this is for the sake of his fami
g and that at heart he realizes the fatality
10 the disease.
le The thirty foot python which recent
got away IN the CITY Hall Park. New Y orl
d again escaped on Monday morning VIII
I'D being transferred from his box to a cage al
)n museum in Boston. Crawling under t
10 stage, the snake broke away several boar
~ entered the cold air box of the furnace a.
~ burst open its sides, the bricks flying in
directions Four men seized him, and af
ve a terrible struggle lasting an hour and a h
he they succeeded in ca aging him. During