The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-01-23


body was found with his skull crushed and
his nockets turned inside ou.. 1t is sup
posed he was mui dered for money which ,
il I'd been paid him when he left his home !
In a Detroit police court recently !
when a man was about to be tried for as /
sauIt and battery. he brought forward his ,
boy, ten years old, as a witness. The Justice
asked the lad if he knew the nature OF an !
oath, and the boy said his father had eN-
planned it. "What did he say?' asked /.
the Justice. ole said," replied the boy, /
'that if / didn't swear that the other fell
low struck first he'd tan the whole hide
off my back" He wasn't used on the
stand.
There seems TO be but little chance
for an adjustment between employers and
employees in the mining districts east of
the mountains. Both sides express de
termination to fight it out if it takes all
! winter. In the mean time suffering IN
/ creases among the poorer classes. In the
! Eastern cities the coal spectators have
/ seized upon the suspension to RAISE the
price of fuel, which sadly trenches upon
] the limited means of those upon the vergs
of starvation.
Five negroes were killed in a row near
Montrose, Alabama, recently. Two of
them got into dispute, and one shot tho 9th
er dead. A brother of the slain ran up with
an axe and split open the head of the man
who had fired the fatal shot. friend of
dead man NO. : klIled HlulutIeI NO
with An axe, and fifth negro soon laid
the last axe-man low with the same deadly
weapon. Before the fourth negro was
cold, another laid No. dead on the
heap. The surviving murderer is abroad,
-Four violent deaths occurred at and
near Olean, Pa, on the 9TH inst. Nelson
f. Church, brakeman, was fatally injur-
ed while coupling cars. Cornelius Pine
WIS run over by a railroad train, the
his head ring
the upper portion from the neck. A IAN
named Geisen fell tree upon himself,
breaking both legs and receiving such
other injuries as TO cause his death. On
the same day boy hung himself at the
village of Cuba, because his father whip
ped him severely.
The knitting mill of II. F. Bradford
at Bennington, Vt, was burned on Tues
day afternoon last, the fire being caused
by leakage of 4 gasoline pipe. The gas
: iguited from n boiler fire, and exploding,
demolished the adjoining sewing room
Nine women were at work there. They
were instantly killed by the explosion, or
were burned to death in the fire which fol
i, lowed, and many others were injured,
some shockingly. The card and sorting
. rooms were saved from destruction. Loss
800, ,0O0-partially insured.
w ashington city was alive with con-
ventions last week. OF these decidedly
JiC ilDSI lAlltlGStlIl "stS bilC COlNCuliOI
of the veterans of the Mexican war. at
which delegates from all sections of the
country were present. An address was
delivered by Gen. James S. Negley, of
Pittsburg, and poem read by Gen. Al
: bert Pike, of Arkansas. The principal OBJ
ject Of the meeting was to petition Con-
. greSS to grant pensions to the survivors of
the Mexican war, but it was less in
tended to have a pleasant, social time, and
10 organize permanent society.
Indian scouts who have arrived at
Duluth, from Nermillion Lake, ninety
miles north of that city, report the Indians
, At that place IN state of actual starvation.
, Eighty families, frenzied and dying with
hunger, are on their way to Duluth. The
, scouts state that up to the time of their
leaving the starving wTetches they had
eaten SIX children and one man. The
cause of this terrible distress is the failure
of the wild rice crop and the fact that
there is no grain, besides which the In
; dians claim that they have failed to receive
, their usual annuities and provisions from
! the Government.
: Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, has at
! last married ROsiua, Countess OF Mirafori,
long his mistress. He wanted to do so a
year or more ago, but his son and heir,
Prince Humbert, protested very strongly
+ against it, threatening to leave the king
= dom if the intention was carried out
, The young man did not want the woman 20
: be received at court. She may not prove
/ very troublesome n this respect, as the
marriage is a morgnatic one, the bride
not being raised TO royal rank, and the off
. spring, if there are any, being of no higher
station than their mother, though legiti-
. mate in point of law.
" : On Thursday last a terrific explosion
!, occurred at Dunbar furnace, Fayette coun-
ty. The tuceyere of the furnace had been
in leaky condition for some days and
gave considerable trouble. On the day in
question, the metal was run off earlier
= than usual, in order that repairs might be
! made, and the manager was examining
: the leaky parts, when suddenly there was
Y a loud report and the receiver was blown
into atoms, portions being carried dis
- tancs of nearly a quarter of a mile. The
o roof of the casting house was torn Off
The frame building where the engine wa.
a stored WAS completely torn away, and TIVE
= men, James Baughrey and James Long
% were killed and terrible mutilated Long
8 who resides III Allegheny, had his heaC
> completely torn from his body, which wa
= thrown away about twenty feet Laugh
- rey had his legs broken and was otherwis,
= mutilated.
/" The Pottsville Standard relates tn,
49, following strange coincidence One Of tn,
- strangest incidents that we have had oc
= casion to chronicle has come to our notice
- The facts of the case as sent to us are a
- follows Mr.. Patrick Breneman and fam
A lily took up their abode at hotel in Noun
m Pleasant, which was lately occupied by hi
- son Edward. Yesterday afternoon abou
= three o'clock Mr.. B., was seized with fl
IN of sickness and instantly dropped dead
,n His wife at the time was at Gilberton
NJ where she and her husband had previous
w ~ resided, to which place the sons of TIN
d deceased haStened to inform her of TIN
Ie sudden end of their father. On arrivin.
q at Gilberton, to their great surprise the
s found her in the same state. On makinl
of inquiries, they learned that she died abou
IN the same time as her husband. The oh
couple were well-known throughout th
as country, and were highly respected
n "A special from Richmond makes TIN