The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-09-26
NEWS OF THE. WEEK.

lit is said that lead ore has been dis
covered in the hills back Of Wellsburg, in
this State
"A two headed snake was captured
near Bethlehem, Ky, few days ago.
1t was about ten inches in length.
One of Maximilian officers, Baron de
Lisle, who had escaped sentence of death
in Mexico, died of fever in New York n
few days since.
The deaths from yellow fever at
New Orleans still reach from forty to fifty
daily. The disease is spreading to the
interior towns.
In Washington, D. c., last week, a
couple were married at the grave of the
mother of the bride. A queer place to
light the hymenial torch,
"A piece Of land, sixty acres in extent,
was made opposite ST Louis by the last
flood in the Mississippi, and a lawsuit is
pending as to the proprietorship.
In the course of excavation at Hull,
England, oak trees in a horizontal position
have been discovered imbedded in the earth,
nineteen feet below the surface of the river.
The wood is hard and strong.
NIli tiAt 1flh" pHJ SIiIftu W tuC
name of Chas. Pertholdy, Pole, violat-
ed the person of dying child in Chicago,
and made his escape, which has very
properly caused great Indignation.
Two boys robbed mans watermel-
on patch in Crawford county, Ind, the
other day. The stolen fruit had been
poisoned by the owner. One of the boys
died from the feast, and the other is in a
dying condition.
"A young lady at Monroe, Iowa, who
had probably been set up with too late at
night, recently dis!c Gated her jaw by gap
ing too severely. She got it fixed, and is
now ready for another ''ieller," provided
he don't stay too late.
The steamboat Chipola exploded her
boilers, eighteen miles below Columbus,
Ga, on Thursday. Six persons, two
white and four colored, all employees on
the boat, were kille but the passengers
are all safe The boat is a total loss.
In Louisville, on Tuesday evening,
Charles L. Taylor, was shot dead by
John NJ. Greenslade. Taylor had fre-
quently gone to Greepslade's house and
attempted familiarities with his wife, and
was in the act of entering the house when
killed.
Two colored men whilst cxcavating
the ground in Alexandria, near the canal
basin, exhumed tin box containing S67,-
600 in Alexandria corporation notes, to-
gether with a win Of the testator who,
upon inquiry, was ascertained 10 have
fallen in the battle Of Seven Pincs.
"A young man named Regan died in
Albany recently, from having a mole or
wart on his face cut by a razor while
being shaved. The wart was on the left
cheek and while the whole right side was
paralyzed, tie left leg and arm became
rigid, and the face turned over the left
shoulder.
-Surratt is now confined in cell in
the City Jail with Henry johnson, charg-
ed with the murder OF Thomas Smoot, in
June last ,Fhey have separate cots, and
are well provided with books and papers
Su.ratt seldom refers to the charges
against him, and when he does speaks
hopefully Of an acquittal.
The camp of Thomas Parker, Rail
road Contractor, foriy-six miles above
Fort Hays, was attacked by Indians, on
the 18th, at noon. Forty men were in
the camp at the time of the attack.
Parker and five of his men were killed.
Parker's body was pierced by fifteen bull
lets, lance, and arrow wounds.
- = clerk III New Haven, Conn,
named Charles W. Snow, has engaged in
the elopement business on an ext usiYe
scale. On Tuesday last be left for parts
unknown, taking along with him two
charming ladies, Mrs. Read and Miss
Minnie Nj. Morley, both of Bird , Jrt.
Snow will melt when the officers Of ju. =
tice get hold of him
A serious riot occurred at Manches-
ter, England, on the 10Th Whilst a strong
police force was conveying the FeniaDs,
Col Kelley and Deasy, to the depot, the
peope made an attack upon and overpow-
cred the escort. One policeman was kill
ed and several badly wounded. The
prisoners were rescued. A large number
of arrests have been made.
"A farmer living four miles south of
Corinth, Tennessee, lately drained off a
swamp and set fire to the brushwood.
Tie earth therupon took fire and has been
burning for two weeks. About foot in
depth of the soil has been consumed. 1t
is supposed that the bottomless pit lies
round about there and that Satan is burn
ing out vent through which to convent
emily visit his good friend Brownlow.
On Tuesday afternoon at farm
about six miles from Louisville, Charmer
Smith shot and killed his son-in- law,
Wilson McIniire. Smiths daughter COM
planned to him of brutal treatment Mt the
hands of her husband, McIntire, and he
had gone to the house for the purpose of
taking her away. A quarrel ensued.
McIntire assailed his father in law with a