The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-04-06
NEWS AND OTHER xorINes

gun. The great majority are from Ireland.
Castle Garden Is kept humminR.
An impudennt boy in Augusta. Me-,
was fined IS and costs for saying rats to
an old gentleman.
The smallest people OF the world are the
Ahkas OF Central Africa. The average
height for both sexes Is feet 81 inches.
"A novel orange 161z inches in circum-
ference and weighing 80 ources has been
found Dy S. II. Bacon. OF San Matio. Fla
The ostrich farms at Los Angeles have
been quite as remunerative as a show for
curious sight-seers as from the sale OF
feathers.
On ". A. Renfroe's farm near BlufftOn
Ga. rattlesnake was killed recently that
measured six feet in length and was oyer q
foot In circumference.
The other day at Fresno, Cal, a eve
gave birth to three lambs, two white and
one black as the ace of clubs. When the
mother saw this off-color offspring she
stamped on and butted the poor little fel-
low until it was dead.
Frank Winnie, q Texas negro OF no ed
ucation, is said to be prodigy of mechani-
cal genius. He exhibited at the Dallas fair
recently steam-enRipe. OF small size but
remarkable power, which It is predicted
will work revolution IN mechanical ideas.
The King of Norway and Sweden is
said to be the only crowned head in Europe
who refused 70 send coneratu lations to the
Pope on bis sacredotal jubilee. According
to the census OF 1880. there were only $40
Catholics in Sweden. and q proportionately
m N in
Out in Douglas county. Kansas. they
have hit upon q new way OF DESTROYING
wolves large piece of beef is placed
where the wolves will easily find 1t, and in
the fight resulting for its possession, ex-
perience has shown that one or more of
them are sure to be killed.
The ducks OF Mrs. Joseph Cromwell OF
Xenia, . somehow got il into their heads
that Easter was approaching. and began
laying colored eggs. Up to date three Of
these natural curiosItIss have been pro-
duced- The shell Of one is pale green, an
other ashen gray, and q third Is perfectly
black.
The hiRhest-priced freak now travelling 2
in this country is Mile. Christine, the two
headed mulatto girl. She is paid about
stant attendance upon her. She is twenty
six years old, and has saved enough from
her salary to buy fine farm and a man
sion in South Carolina.
Indians Ia the United States last year
cultivated 227 .265 acres OF land and raised
724 .95s bushels OF wheat, 9S4. .972 bushels OF
corn, 4l2. l37 bushels OF oats and barley
52i OlO bushels OF vegetables and I0I ,s2s
tons OF hay. They also owned 35s, ,s3i
horses and mules, Ill, 407 head OF cattle
40. AL swine and ], III .273 sheep.
A Buffalo man. who draws a pension
for a wound received during the war, 1.
very conscientious. About three days be-
fore the time comes around for him tC
draw bis quarterly allowance, his leg get:
In very bad shape, and so continues until q
week after he has received his money. Al
other times he walks as well as other peo
pie.
The Detroit Journal having announced
a prize OF $500 to be given to the person who
should send to It before June 1st q correct
guess to the three hottest days Of the
coming summer in Detroit, General Greely
Chief of the Signal ServIcs Bureau. tele-
graphed from Washington on Friday tha
July IA. Is and 10 should be the three hot
test days
Thousands OF blind crows were seen II
the woods and fields near Chatta looga re
Gently, and people had no difficulty in ap-
, preaching and seizing them. No one know,
what caused their blindness. A simiia
! phenomenon was observed there three year
; ago, when so many blind crows were seer
! around the city that the ground was olacl
; with them, and thousands Of them died o
! starvation
Dennis Jacobs. of Elkton. OAK. owns
hog that burrowed into q straw stack ant
was buried by snow on or before Decembe
Is. 1881. After the storm Mr.. Jacobs. sup
posing the hog to be dead. made 10 effort &
get it out On March 20. after 90 days, bein
3 in need of dog feed. Mr.. Jacobs com
! menced digging. and soon extricated a YER
lively and savage hog. The porker had los
IS pounds OF fat.
The Government has already a yer,
. large school establishment for the indians
r Including agency, Industrial and bosrdn
- schools, 1t has an aggregate Of 227, with
g capacity Is. 766 pupils, an enrolment of II.
s 1888 and an average attendance OF 10. SIC
T On these schools the Government expende
! during the last fiscal year 81 ,166. .025. 81, be
L sides the expenditures for construction an
repairs OF buildings, the transportation O
? pupils and suudry miscellaneous items.
!. r.. c. Jopp, a schooI-teacner In Barron
= county, Wis, while walking from Ric
1 Lake TO Clear Lake, was chased by wolves
q and in bis flight was obliged to throw ava.
: his overshoes and overcoat in order to max
Q time. Fortunately for him he had a til
= horn which he was taking 70 the city {
= have changed for q neighbor, and when
: ever the wolves got uncomfortably near h
would blow the ho-n. when they would sto
b and he would run again, until he hnall
q reached his destination.
T Stories OF two bulldogs come from tn
:. West One Of tie dogs lives In Springfield
Mo, and wheI the fire burns low in the fire
place before which be is accustomed to II
he goes to the woodshed, gets a stick @
wood and puts IL on the Goals. The othe
e dog lived In Racine. Wis, and was not q
intelligent rs the Missouri dog. He tried {
q jump through a swiftly revolving fly whee
= and. 1t Is said. partly succeeded. A par
D OF him got through and other parts went oi
{ In different directions"
: Uncle Josh Hanes, of Joneboro, Ga
! has had his faith In mankind strengtheue
Ia remarkable manner. The other day
Z stranger came into bis store and said tina
% years ago he bought q suit OF clothes @
= Mr.. Hanes and never paid for them. TIL
o merchants books had been burned whe
}, General Sherman made his Georgia trip 2
z years ago. and he had forgotten all abou
the sale, but the stranger refreshed the oil