The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-04-20

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-Norfol 4, Va. claims the distinction Of
being the world's greatest peanut market.
IL disposes every year OF 1000 900 bushels
OF peanuts. most OF which are grown In Vir-
Rinia-
AT Conway, Ark. on last Friday. Mar
shal John 81. Howard shot and killed z. l..
Little. colored preacher. who bad knocked
the Marshal down with q can Of peaches for
some unexplained a1ront
Mcdowell Crawford. Q prominent col
ored citizen OF williamson county, Tenn.
has been shot dead In his buggy while
returning to his home by a lonely country
road. This was tha third attempt and
Newton Patton Is suspected of all three.
During dispute on last Saturday at
Pearl station. near Whitehall. Ill. between
Robert McEvers and william and Howard
Garrison. cousins. over q calf owned by
AcEvers, the latter WAS sta bbed five times
by Howard Garrison and Instantly killed.
In the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
yards at Montgomery, Ala. Saturday. 125
packages OF powder In sealed box car ex-
osoded. killing one man and wounding sew
eral others. The whole city was shaken MP.
houses unroofsd and windows and doors
smashed.
AT New York. Saturday, q newsboy who
was leaning against . telegraph pole was
seen TO fall rs 10 Q at. 1t Was found the
pole was wound with telegraph wire which
came In contact with An electric light wire
and shock from this connection caused the
BOYS death
Thirty years ago Q man named Black
wood left Hayward. Cal. very much in debt.
few weeks ago he returned 70 that place
hunted up such creditors as still lived and
the heirs Of those who were dead and paid
them the principal and interest due them.
How would BIackwood do for President ?
An interesting legal question Is likely
to arise over the finding Of q far containing
12.000 at Holman station, Ind, by Smith
Stewart, on q farm be had rented. The
landlord claims the money on the ground
that II had been buried by his sister, now
deceased The collection includes some
coins over 200 years old.
"A wedding took place at Converse. No.
recently under peculiar circumstances
The mother Of the bride died while arrange
ments for the ceremony were being made
and her dying request was that the marriage
should take place before her funeral Her
wishes were carried out and the couple
married while standing beside the cofin of
the deceased.
"A year ago the Legislature Of Michigan
passed q law authorizing a bounty Of one
cent per bead for every dead sparrow. but
the law has been imperative because no
fund was provided for paying the bounty.
The other day the city council of Detroit set
81. 500 aside for this purpose. because the
sparrow nuisance IN that city has become
intolerable.
-Attica. Wyoming comfy. N. 2. has a
woman named Emma Toms. who goes into
! frances. the duration Of which she can pre-
dict, during which she partakes Of no nour-
ishmept While In the trance she lies per-
fectly rigid and cold. the only warmth per-
ceptibie being In her face. which IS flushed
and feverish- She is at present In a trance
lasting since March II.
A novel and very successful method of
raising funds Is practiced In the negro Sun
day schools at HayDeviIle. Ala The scholars
were told that II they couldn't bring q
nickel they might bring an egg or two in
stead. The next week that Sunday school
bore q striking resemblance 70 an incuba-
ting establishment, and the farmers for
forty miles around began to complain at the
! scarcity of eggs
"A billy goat which for two years past
has been allowed to run the streets OF
Argentine. Mo-, at will. entered the council
chamber. one night last week, through a
broken door and demolished all the records
OF the city and all the city ordinances.
Mayor Enright called a special meeting of
the council for the next night to consider
some plan Of reproducing the records and
ordinances.
Frank j. Goebei, of Pontiac, Mich,
was arrested for illegal voting. He claimed
TO be of age. and his mother said the same
thing. She made sure of the fac. by
reference to q bed guilt that had his name
Inscribed on one OF the blocks. together
with the date OF his birth. The quiz: was
brought into court and showed that the fond
and certain parent was Just two years out
OF her calculations.
"A Grim, Ga, man. who believes In the
old saying OF See pin pick it up and all
the day you'n have good luck" saw a pin
In front OF the post-ofice the other day, and
while STOPPING to capture IL his hat fell of
and rolled ont into the street. two suspend
ers gave way In tie rear. his collar split
open. and his store teeth, which cost sl9
when new. iell out and broke on the walk.
BE picked up the pin, however.
Rosetta Washington. better known as
'Gnudma." living with her daughter in
an alley In Louisvilie.Kg., claims that she
will be one hundred and twenty -one years
old the middle OF this month. Her dau ghter,
who Is seyenty-five years old. makes the
statement. 'Grandma.' says. she twas
born In Washington county. Kentucky. and
her mother was half Indian. Her father 7.
she says, came from Guinea and could rot
speak English"
Belonging to prominent citizen OF Or
lando, Geo.. Is q dog who takes great de-
light In following bis owners carriage aud
always enters any house his owner does.
His owner Is church-eoer and this dog al
ways attends with him and likes to get a
place up near the minister. Last Sunday
having been In bad company the day before
and got himself full of fleas-the dog annoy.
ed the congregation by bis constant scratch
ing so much that be was driven out of
| church. His doeship determined not to
lose his sermon and immediately proceeded
10 another church, and one, too, that his
owner had never attended, and there paid
attention to the discourse. after which be
quietly aud sedately went home. . r.
Thursday afternoon Of last week, two
chiefs OF the Chippewa Indians called on
President Cleveland regarding matters af-
fectine their tribe. Fleet Wolf and Hound