The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-13

1t wasn't exactly handsome of the
Chicago rector to dismiss couple he had
half married because the lady had been
divorced. He left them in dilemma
The man was married to the woman, but
the woman was not married to the man at
al. Such distractions in :he way OF mat
rimony are exceedingly iEconvenient. At
the latest advices the married man and di-
vorced woman were searching fora parsOn
who would pick up The dropped thread and
finish tying the knot
1t isn't every man who is lucky enough
10 have the editor of newspaper for a
wife. Mr.. Lewis Walker, OF lola, Kansas,
enjoys the sweet boon. Approaching his
modesty, she waited for his temporary alb
senee, aud then brought him Jut in her
newspaper, the lola Register, as p candi-
date for the Cnited States Senate, with
most touching editorial setting forth his
honesty, integrity, genius learning, incor-
Tuptibility and special capacity fer public
affairs. How Mr. Lewis Walker took this
sort Of thing when lie got home we are not
informed.
We trust that the Rev Mr.. Reynolds
Of Muhlenburg county, Ky, viii now give
up preaching. Ills views Of the paterral
relation are peculiar. lie has a young and
beautiful daughter and wanted her TO mar
~ young and rich man. She declined.
The Rev. Mr.. Reynolds fogged her until
she consented, but upon the evening fixed
for the nuptials she wrote to a gentleman
in the neighborhoCd, stating her foilorn
case. She was rescued by the neighbOrs,
and the next day legal guardian was ap-
pointed for her so that one of the occupa-
tions OF the Rev. Mr. Reynolds is gone.
A woman named Brink. while board
ing at a house in Port Jervis \. Y. gave
birth to 4 child. Whom she came to leave
the house she could not pay her board and
the child was kept as security. The moth
er went to get her baby several times but
was not allowed - have it until she paid
her board. She finally stated her case 70
officer Rurton, who went and dema.ded
the Child. AftersOme angry discussion the
boarding house keeper stripped the child
of all its clothing, and told the officer to
take it. He wrapped the disputed proper
" in a shawl and delivered it to the re-
joicing mother
In Harrisburg. on Saturday afternoon,
q colored man namel David Davis. fami-
liarly known by the name OF ''Black Davy,'
attempted to cross the railroad in front Of
an approaching train Of cars and was
caught Ivy the COW catcher and instantly
killed. His right leg was cut off near the
thigh, aud mangled badly at point near
the knee. His right arm was also crushed
and his face considerably hacked. dis in
teStines protruded, and he presented a
having become wedged in tho COW catcher
the engine bad TO be raised with jacks
before the mutilatsd corpse could be ex-
tricated.
A dispatch from Cunningham, Charlton
county, Mo, SAYS boiler in the saw mill
of Thomas Dobbins, situated on Grand
river exploded on Saturday morning, kill
ing Elisha Smith, engineer, Richard Wor-
thington, ard Jesse Thatcher, employees,
and badly wounded VIM. Simpson. Smith
was blown about six rods from the mill
His head. back, arms and legs were blown
off, his body rent open, and his brains
scattered over the ground. NoIthingtou
was blown two hundred and fifty feet
from the mill. Both his arms were torn
of, and both legs broken nsar the ankles.
The other had his skull broken, one of his
hands cut off by pieces of the boiler, and
was carried fifty feet from the mill. The
cause of The explosion is unknown.
The negro Wyatt, who was arrested
by Sheriff Alex. ii. Irwin on Wednesday Of
last week, for the murder of Mrs. Ryan.
the wife of a section boss of the Mount
Carbon Railroad, near Carbondale. Jack
son county, H., was taken from the jail at
Cairo, on Thursday night, by a'mob of 500
men and hung. The sheriff says the mob
hung him mp and then let him down, when
he asked them If they were going to kill
hIn. They told him Of course they were,
when he said '-Well, then, ] don't want
to die with lie in my mouth. l killed
the woman and took her money! He
had no more than said this when n man
jumped up and threw rope around his
neck and swung him up. His body was
still seen hanging on Saturday, and no one
was allowed by the mob to touch it.