The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-10-28

IsITA GHo.T I'VE have mystery Cit
les and towns of more prelcntioIs than our
/ ouiet little borough cannot surpass US In this
/ n, ,TficuinT line What is il is now the theme
| of conversation among the lovers OF the sehsa
! tjonal 1t is, repeat, a mystery. III aP
pens only at night, and the ngh' must oe
| moonIess at that. 1t assumes the form OF
| nreternaturally tall female, with very aten
| nated fsure which enables it to screen itseli
| behind tree boxes the better to carry out its
| shostly intentions. ItspToneness to chase un-
J protected females along untreQuented streets,
casts strong suspicious upon its legitimate right
to female tog.erv. Who ever heard of
woman standing behind tree boxes, on dark
nights Just for the satisfaction of pursuing
other women and hearing them emit ear perc
ing screams from their dainty throais Again,
some helated wanderer of the sterner sex
while passing his devious way along the streets
will suddenly find himself casped in the strong
embrace of this mysterious female what is it 7
Not one of the gentlemen thus unceremonous
ly huggeu has remained for anV length of time
with his strange companion. Not one of them
will admit that he remained to exchange the
common cOurtesies OF the day. but all confess
thar they returned not the mysterious stran-
gers embrace, but released the mselves without
a moments delay, aud then travelled. Each
one remembers Lots wife and looked not be
hind The general Impression among those
who have been so fortunate to encounter
this mysterious being is that Ii Is some eccen-
trio male genius who is thus self sacrfcngiy
endeayoring 10 throw q little romance into our
matter of fact life
We are sorry to say that we have never vet
been favored with glimpse of this mysterious
parsonage But We saw boy who saw a man
who said he knew man who had seen the
ghost This same bov tells us that he knows
a nice girl who is acqunnted with another nice
girl who WAS raced around square by this
uVs 60 ba bt,f, in,
it it.-Hollidaysburg - Standard.
TERRIBLE RAIL ROAD COLLISION
500 600 The Monday evenings Pittsburgh
Chronicle gives the following particulars of a
collision between the Pacific Express east, Mr..
p. Doran, of Sum nmerhiIl township, engineer.
and a freight tram, at Houston station, on
Sunday night last
"A very soriOns collision occurred on the
Pennsylvania railroad Yesterday morning noar
Houston station. SOuTe sixty FIVE miles east of
this city, The Pacific express east. which lett
the Union depot at one o'clock yesterday morn
ing, was proceeding At the usual rate of speed
aud at the point nlmed ran into the rear part
of an eastward bound freight train, which WAS
running iE on the siding to give the ex
press s clear track The shock vas so violent
that tho engine was completely wrecked
were also some passenger coaches. Several
OF the freight cars, which Contained liquors.
were set on fire. and were burnt. Quo OF the
passenger coaches was also burned. Mr. NJ
Ciellan, a resident of this city, and who was
fireman the Pacific express engine, was Sc
riously injured. having been hurled from the
engine on his head. The passengers the
train escaped without serious mi ury.
The cause of the collision has not been def
niteiy ascertalned but it is said that two of the
torpedo sig nsls, placed on the track by the at
taches of the freight train, failed to explode.
There are also extensive fires in the mountains,
and the smoke and fog together. it Is said. pre-
vented the engineer of the express train from
seeing the signal to stop, given by the brake
nan of the freight. The accident will involve
loss of upwards of sIaU ,9UU, even IL it is not
attended by loss OF life -
DEsTRUcTIvE FIRx.-On Tuesday evening
about half past six o'clock, the large three
story frame building located on the north side
OF the Rail Road and about two hundred yards
east OF the depot, was discovered be on fire.
The TWO lower stories ere used by MIR. George
J. Rodgers in manufacturing broom. hoe and
foIS handles, brush blocks, stair posts, balus-
tiers aud variety Of other articles.
The upper story used by Mr.. j. Alex.
Moore planning mill. The building, to-
gether ~itn large amount Of lumber and
finished work, ready to ship. belonging to Mr..
Rodgers, we're entirely destroyed His loss
on the building. lumber ard 6niahed material
W i'll amount to about 81 6 0UU on which there
was an insurance OF 81 SO. All OF Mr.. Moore's )
planned stuff, which in II shed some dis
tance from the factory, was saved. His plane
aud other fixtures Which were destroyed were
valued at ST. 900, on which there was no in
surauce.
The usual precautions to prevent any acci
dent from fire were taken by the engineer when
be and the rest of the hands lett the mill at
halt past Ave O'Clock. The fire no doubt
caught from the furnace heavy lin storm
had prevailed during the forenoon, which pre-
vented the frmes reaching vast quantity of
timber belonging to other parties, which was
piled up along the rail road southwest of the
factory Messrs Rodgers and Moore have the
sympathy of our community for the losses they
have sustained.
The PRRESoLoatoAL JOURNAL-One of the
very few Magazines which published at the
present day for the radical benefit of readers
is represented on our table by it's November
number The contents should interest eyery