The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-12


Among our news items last week we
published an account of the destruction by
fire of Ming's hotel at Warrensburg, Mo,
and the burning to death OF Mr.. VI. E. Null
veLill, proprietor of the hotel, and two of
his guests. Since then we have learned
that the unfortunate gentleman named
above was son of AIr. Peter MulvehiIl. ST..
of Pine township, Indiana county, and that
he was married to a daughter of Mrs. Ros-
anna MCann, of this place, to. the latter
of whom the firstnews of the terrible dis
aster was conveyed by the Freenada of last
week. The deceased was also a brother of
Mrs. Thomas Kinney, Of Wilmore, and was
extensively related and well known thro'-
out tins and adjoining counties. He for
merry resided IN Washington City, from
whence he removed to White Sulphur
Springs, Va, but subsequently, about three
years ago, took up his abode in Warrens-
burg, where he has just met with terrible
death while heroically endeavoring to save
the lives of the other inmates by arousing
them from their slumbers. He leaves a
wife and two children, the latter aged re-
spectiyely six and twelve years. His age
was about 4S years. Inferred in the Cath
olic cemetery at Sedalia on Tuesday of last
week. May he rest in peace.
"A Barr township correspondent writes
to tell us that well-tO-do farmer and man
ufacturer of shook in Pine township, In
diana county, tried to get up corner in
horse flesh one day last week by taking in
charge and seeking to restore to its former
vlgor and usefulness an old mare which
had been turned out to die. After invest
ing one dollar in horse powders, which he
administered to the unfortunate equine. lie
carefully fed, curried and Uttered his Ro-
sinante, and then retired to bed to dream
of horse trades and big speculations gener-
ollv SaI- mo- bn,uaya1. tO lliS
chagrin, he found on going to his stable
that the old mare wasn't able to stand on
her ''pins''-in fact, that she was about to
give up the ghost. Here was go surely.
To call in the assistance of his neighbors
at this juncture was indeed humiliating,
but there seemed to be no help for it, as
out of the stable that old mare must go,
and as he was not equal to the task him
self, assistance must needs be secured from
some source. Finally he called in three
brothers upon whose discretion he could
rely, and after six hours of hard lifting and
struggling, during which time two stalls
were totally demolished and much profau-
ity was iudulgeG III, the old mare was by
the aid of ropes and levers elected from the
premises and once more turned ont to die
and now the woTld-be speculator in horse
flesh swears by Ulysses S. Grant thai he
will never again take stock in abandoned
cquincs, no matter how strong may be the
temptation for turning an honest penny"
in that way.
The Herald of this week tells a story
about the disappearance from his home at
Lloyd's station, in White township, this
county, of n young married man named
Jesse Hoffman. The missing man, in
company with another man, q comparative
stranger i'll that vicinity, whose name is
not given, but who is represented as a
Southerner by birth and 4 blacksmitll's
helper by occupation, left home on the
morning of Thanksgiving day, having a
considerable sum of money in his posses
sion, with the avowed intention of going
to Altoona for the purpose Of paying a
debt due to a certain party residing in that
city. Since then, although dilligent in
quiry has been made in Altoona and else
where, no tidings of the missing man have
been learned, other than the Information
vouchsafed by the man who accompanied
him, and who returned to Lloyd's station
in the course of a-week and that is that
| he parted company with Hoffman i'll Now
! York city. These and other circumstan-
ces lead to the suspicion that Hoffman has
been foully dealt with, and the Herald
calls for the arrest of the man who bore
him company when he left home, if that
has not been already done. There is GER
tainly an air of mystery about the whole
transaction, if the facts be as stated, and
/ if Hoffman has been murdered and robbed,
rs his continued absence affords rcasona-
| BILE grounds for concluding, the suspected
man should be afforded an opportunity for
establishing his innocence, if indeed he be
I innOcent. At all events the matter should
/ be fully investigated without delay and the
mystery cleared up, if possible.