The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-07-15
a fearful death by lightning occurred in


the town of CORTLAND. H., on Friday last.
Thomas Conner, an Irishman, IN the en-
ployment of Peter Young for five years, was
found dead in the road, near the field where
he had been at work. aud with him the pair
of horses that he had been driving, all killed
evidently by a stroke of lightning. All his
clothing was stripped from his person, and
his hair burnt off, This is the third time
that the lightning has struck near that place
during the past month.
The Meadville Republican says, a tsle-
gram has been received at GiTard, announc-
ing that Chas. White, the lion tanner. travel
ing with Thayer's Menagerie, was actually
eaten up by the lions on Friday night. IN a
little town in Michigan. II lie is said to have
been struck on the shoulder by the same hon
that came so near killing him at Rochester,
Knocked down, and the others at once
sprang on him, and before they could be beat
en- off had torn him 70 pieces and GevCured
the greater portion OF his body.
The famous Craig Sprague breach OF
promise case has been settled at Chicago by
the attorneys for the plaintiff, Miss Craig,
aGced;ug to the proposal OF the judge to take
forty thousand dollars as damages from
Sprague, instead of the one hundred thous
and dollars awarded by the jury, and from
which verdict the defendants counsel had
entered AN appeal. Sprague has now con
sented to withdraw his appeal and pay the
forty thousand as plaster for the young
schoolmarn's lacerated feelings.
The nomination of Gen. Rosecrans for
Governor of Ohio, by the democrats OF that
State, has thrown the radicals iuto spasms.
Some of them already give up the tight III
the Buckeye State. The ". Y. Sun says
that at this distance from the election, it
,bor1uI PnSacranS viii he Plectg1
cold Rosey" is a splendid canpaigner and
will pour hot shot into the ranks OF his poiit-
ical opponents. Ohio will return to the
democratic fold as certain as the sun will
rise and set on the second Tuesday OF next
October.
Mr.. Toney, whose name has become
familiar to the public of late ia Consequence
Of his marriage with Miss Surratt, and the
action our Government thereupoU felt com
PEELED to take, was detailed to 80 to tie
North with a commission to take Observa-
tions Of the sola- eclipse in August. This
shows at once the cause Of his discharge,
and leaves General Rawlins not loophole
Of escape. Hs was removed simply and
solely because lie married Miss Suratt, ''the
head and front of its off ftndIug, had that eX-
teut-no more"
The strength Of q regro's skull was
unmistahabIy demonstrated near Cham oers-
burg the other day. The negro was thrown
flom a mule which he was riding, but his
feet became entanged in the harness, and
the mule being frightened ran moro than halt
i mile before he was stopped, dragging the
man. head down, all the way, leaping two
fences, striking the mans head against sew
eral stumps and finally bringing up against
an apple tree. The man, marvellous to
relate, had 10 serious injary, aud was about
his work next day.
The London Spectator, in al seriousness
and with remarkable courage, proposes TO
have Archbishop Manning made peer. 1t
thinks that there is this in favor of its re-
coEnlneudation that he has no children, AID
there is need Of an authorized exponent OF
Catholic feeling and opinion in the higher
branch of the legislature. Seventeen years
ago Cardinal NIseman was hardly safe IL
the streets of London today it is earnestly
proposed by q grave journal 10 raise his sue
oassor to grade Of the highest honor within
the gift Of the crown. Truly, The age Is
progressive.
On Thursday evening Of week before
/ st three little Children of btr. Michael Muir
ply, residing at Minneapolis. while playing
with some matches, cot them iD their mouths
and eat off the phosphorus. Their parents,
not fully appreciating the danger, did not
occurred. and during the night one of them
died, and the next morning another followed,
while the third one is still lying in a dan
gerouS condition. The two that died were
twins-one q boy and the other girl-and
three years of age. The other is little giIl
only eighteen months old.
Two cases of infanticide have recently
occurred in Berks county. The first occur
red in Reading. The body Of newly born
male infant was discovered, on the morning
Of the SLh inst, in a cesspool, where it had
evidently laid for three weeks. The mother
has been arrested and committed for a hear
ing. The other happened in Ontelaunee
township, near Leesport. Tho body Of
male child, apparently four or five weeks old.
was found on the same morning, by little
grl, floating in the Maiden creek, with
cash in the neck below the ear. The dis
trict attorney and Detective Lyons proceed
cd to the spot the following afternoon 70
investigate the affair. ana it is reported they
have discovered and arrested the unnatural
mother.