The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-03

Governor Stafford, of Arizona, has Of
fercd a lie ward of $500 for the capture of Il
man named Sheridan, who is believed to
have committed eight murders 10y Turing
his victims off into the mountains under
pretext of showing them rich mines.
Including those ut Monroe Oh Friday
nine persons have been executed for mur-
der in the State of Louisiana within the
last three years. The death warrants of
three others have been signed. The rec
ords Of the Secretary Of States office show
that in the preceding fifteen years only
three executions for murder had taken
place by process OF law in that State.
They got up Il mock marriage for
amusement at a party in Portage county.
Ohio, the other evening, but ZEAL nIagis-
trate, who Was among the guests, performed
the ceremony, and 1t now appears that the
couple are legally married. At last ac-
counts they hadn't quire decided whether
to accept the situation or get divorce.
-Some young men near Centre Ridge,
Bucks county, while out cunning, n few
days ago, discovered n small opening in a
hill side, which proved to he the entrance
to 4 cave. Upon going inside they found
two stoves, lamps, spoons, forks, knives.
and other things, proving that it had once
been inhabited, No one in the neigibnr-
hood knew of It's existence before. and
from appearances 1t was abandoned years
ago.
During the fire at McKecsport, on
/ Tuesday night, lady named Mehaffv.
/ whose family lived near the scene of the
/ confiaCration, upon discovering the build-
I ings in flames called 20 her mother to come
/ to the window. The lady did As she was
/ requested, and upon looking out of the
window Immediately dropped over dead.
/ 1t is supposed she was affected 10y heart
/ disease, and the sudden shock caused her
/ death.
! "A woman, aged forty, named Wilhol.
nina Weik, arrested in Buffalo on
Sunday, charged with numbering her stem
son, ag"d fourteen, who has been nliSsin O
since the I'd ult. The body was found in
/ an old well on the premises i'm a nude
( state, except a shirt, and with a chain and
! other weights attached to his neck Pro
perty belonging to him. and revclting to
/ her own child in case of his death, is sun
/ posed to have been the cause.
Miss Elizabeth Collins. aged seven
/ teen years. of Allegheny county, was kilie 4
under the following circumstances on
/ Thanksgiving day A neighbor came To the
house where she stayed and asked for her
employers shot gun. lie endeavored to dis
charge 1t on the outside, but failing he laid
! 1T on the table and tampered with the ham
mer. While he was thus engaged the eirl
/ approached the table and was about to re.
/ move dress. when the contents of the
/ gun were discharged into her groin. cans.
4 ing death in short time.
| Now that the ''morntains of solid
gold in the Black Hills have turned ont
! 10 DC deposits OF mica, the papers which.
/ are so anxions that all the surplus male
/ population shall go West and grow mn
! with Dakota declare that the mica viii
readily find sale at 81 n pound There arc
mountains of mica in Mitchell county. y
o., within easy reach of railroad lines con
Meeting the mines with the Eastern cities.
where the material is used for lanterns.
stove doo:- plates, &e., and it is drug in
the local market at 30 cents a pound.
Recently Stanton Miller, of Crawror,,
county, found a buffalo robe on the road
and took it home against the advice ,,f \
farmer who told him that it bad dropped
: from passing wagon. The same nioht
the owner claimed S25 cS,mapes from,
Miller, vino gave him a hose as securitv
4 FOR the amount. Miller became ,lelirions
! next day and imagined that he was to be
punished Tor taking the robe a few DAYS
aferward, in the absence of his attendants
Ire partially dressed himself and departed.
since which time nothing has been heard
! ot him 1T is supposed that he perisheC,
/ in the woods.
For some time past n bitter animositv
+ has existed between Oliver Durbin aud
John Pettitt. in Richhill, Greene county
a., the ieud having originated in jealousy
about young woman. Several times
Dnrbin has threatened to kill his rival. and
about month ago attempted to shoot
/ HIM. Last "Wednesday evening the two
men met ut the house of James Daily
where party was in progress, and before
any one could interfere, Durbin attacked
fettitt and crushed his skull in with a
heavy stone, which had evidently been
Generated about his person and taken to
the ballroom to perform the mnrtcrous
work. The murderer was at once arrested.
auu IL required The most determined Of
forts on the part of tho anthofiiies 10 sa,e