The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-02
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thrown from horse that his father had
been working, and the boy S feet becoming
entaDgled IN the harness he was dragged
through the streets by the frightened horse
until his brains were dashed out against
the sidewalks and fences.
"A printer in Wellsville, Y. Z, who
has been deaf for many years, was placed
in a highly heated room recently to help
him out of a case Of chills. He was seized
with sharp pains IL the head and fell down
insensible. The whistle of a locomotive
woke him next morning, and be since has
been able to hear we'll and speech, which
had also about left him, has returned.
About u O'Clock Monday night Isaac
Hammil rode up to John Angelas' fa-m
house, few miles south Of jacksonville,
H., and asked to see Angelas' daughter.
Angelas refused permission, at the same
time ordering bis son Jason, aged fourteen,
to shoot HammiH. Tie son took down
an old shotgun loaded With slugs and dis
charged its contents into Hammilrs head,
killing him instantly. Father and son
were arrested.
Parties from the Silver Lake Mennon-
ite settlement, forty miles north from
GauktOn, bring intelligence Of a cloud
burst In that region on Monday, by which
a large portion of the country was sub
merged, and seven persons drowned. The
west branch of the Fermiliou river, ordi-
narily about two rods wide, was filed 10 a
width of over a mile, and depth from ten
to thirty feet. Much destruction Of prop
erty is reported
Some few weeks ago Mr. John Muir
ray, farmer in East Nantmeal township
Chester county, hung ont an old coat iu his
corn fields for the purpose Of striking ter
ror to the birds. Shortly after a little
wren espied the flutteTing garment, and at
once took possession OF one Of its pockets
and III it built her nest. Not being inter
fered with, she soon brought forsh a brood
of ten little wTens. and Mr.. Murray saws he
never saw happier bird in his life than
she was over her little ones in the old coat
pocket.
The code holds its own in Indiana.
On Thursday afternoon, as the shadows
heightened over Big Creek, near Mad isOn
General Thomas Green and Lieutenant
f. David Mcclure, standing ten PAGES apart,
raised each his shotgun TO his palpitatiug
collar bone and fired. Jacob GTeiner. sec
ond, caught the falling wink Of Robert H.
Humphreys, other second, as the other or
dered another trial The martial gentle
man again fingered the trigger and again
the woods resouuded. Then the Jolly sec
onds who substituted paper wadding for
/ bulle'sl declared honor satisfied aud the
duel off.
The three fastest mile heats ever made
by any running horse in the world was
Cleveland, on Saturday. The time was
2:141, 2:1j, 2:14. The quarter Of the first
heat was trOtted in 335 seconds. the half
IN i:tot, the three quarters in I ;4QA. and
the mile IN 2:i45. The quarter Of the sec
ond heat was done in 33B seconds, the half
in 1OI!, the three quarters in 1:4fk. and
the mile in 2:i5. IN the third heat Rarus
went 10 the quarter pole in 33 seconds. to
The balf IN l:UI, was at the third quarter
in l:40a, came like a shadow down the
hOmestretch, and passed uuder he wire in
2:14
The St. Louis Globe Democrat SAYS
I that most remarkable death from, bydro-
phU5Ia occurred on the 22d near Lamar. in
Barton county. The victim was urumi-
nent citizen, John Hallam. Twelve wears
ago he was bitten by mad dog and the
wound healed up, never giving him any
pam. and the occurrence had nearly been
( forgotten. Last Friday he was suddenly
/ taken with commissions Of terrible nature.
+ lie continued thus until he died. The
HIst two days of his cOnyulsions he was
perfectly rational, bat on Sunday became
crazy. His death and suffering were terri
Ole TO witness it taking four stout men TO
hold him. He leaves a wife aud two chill
dren.
-Tne abbot of the monastery Of Sent
Ponds, in France, a branch Of the most
| austeTe OF al The orders of monks. is A no
hleman by birth, and has bestowed c3lus.
sal fortune upon his order. lie is the
youngest abbot in the church, is strikinvIv
handsome, his ruddy complexion betrayiug
! no sign OF the severe ascetiCiSm of his life
/ hls dress is not dIstinguishabIa from that
! of the simplest friar in the monastery bnt
/ Tor little piece Of violet ribbon on the
/ breast OF bis gown, bet0keuiar his rank as
! abbot While hospitable in splendid de-
/ gree to visitors, especially foreigners, he
/ mas the reputation Of being as abstem ions
! as any Of the brotherhood.
"A Curtin township c0rreSnondent
I writes to the BeIlefonte WatcHJgqz, in r.
/ lation 10 child OF Mr. and Mrs. Nulboroer
/ two yeas and three months old, of shat
/ township, which is looked upon as some
thing or curiosity. lie saws the whole
( weight of the child is thirty pounds. the
/ mead weghlng nineteen pounds and the
! Oody and legs eleven pounds This cal
chi"tion leaves out the arns.} The bead
/ measures from the end Of the chin TO The
! top OF the head eleven inches. and around
/ the head the measure is tveuty-nine inch
/ es The length Of the child is tbirtv-siv
J lhches. The little one is apparently i'm
good health and still growing.
! The Allegheny Nail saws that on
tuesday the Cornish death signal Of TWEEN
/ y oeliS was sounded, $50 feet below the
/ surface of the Ward niae. II seems hat
/ the cable of a large bailinr water tsnL
! which contained 500 gallons at the time
/ broke suddenly, and the tauk went down
the shaft like leaden plummet $50 feet
! 20 the wafer at the bottom. Five mon
/ were working there, and when the acci-
! cent became known there was great terror.
! Inc sounding of the death signal seemed
/ 20 confirm The fears of the crowd, but after
an hour of work the men were rescued nm
/ hurt, They had heard tie tank crasl,iny
/ down overhead, and leaped into small
! compartment.
( - hoInas VI. jackson with his wife and
child arrived last week at NoTlistoyyn. Pa
the home OF his wifo's relatives. after a
lVe-mohths journey from Texas, the dis
/ tance travelled having averaged from twelve
to fifteen miles a day. The wagon was
/ a light, swo horse concern weather -bo,ta,,
win STAYED and broken wheels. The cover
scarcely extended the entire distance of
the box and part Of the material resembled
counterpane. The two medium sizeJ
pay horses on their arrival looked vvearv
and worn, although genuine Texas stocl