The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-12-06

wiie aud thrashed her during the secont
hour of the honeymoon, thrashed her a
night again after clubbing the wedding
guests out of the house, spent Monday a
the tavern, selling all his clothes except hi
trousers for drink, and on Tuesday wa
sent TO Jail for month.
At the lynching of four negroes a
Mount Vernon. Indiana, on October 11th
an old man named Harris, i'm iail for tn,
murder Of Sheriff Thomas, disappeared
and 1t was reported that his body was Gu
IN pieces aud thrown into vault. A man
who aeows his connection with the lynch
ers, now says that Harris was taken by five
masked men five miles into the country
tied TO stake and burned to ashes with
Indescribabe torture.'
Mr.. II. +. Mann, of PITTSBURGH. ba,
completed plans for cannon that will
have bore twelve incqes in diameter. and
ihe total length Of wlIikh viii be thirty six
feet. The total weight will be sixty tons,
and the charge will consist of Il projectilt
weighing seven hundred pounds. that viii
be driven by ifty pounds of hexagonal
powder, with sufficient force to penetrate
an iron plate eighteen inches in thickness
at distance of thirteen miles.
Jacob Scholle, of Indianapolis. took a
room in he Germania Hotel and Ioadiuo a
double barrelled gun with water distributed
his skull and brains all over the ceiling
and walls. lie left n note forthe landlord
apologiziDg for tie act, and concluding
surrender my body to the doctors. This
Is my last will. BY the delivery Of my
body to the doctors the funeral expenses
VIII oe paid. That is as much as | want
10 say. do not want to he buried at al -
Solomon Hazard, Of Norristown. went
10 W est Chester, couple of weeks ago on
business. Wien he returned he found his
residence all topSy turvy and his f. miss
ing After searching for some time he
discovered clue, and upon following if
mp be found his wife and part of his
property at the residence of a man named
Joseph Gideon. Hazard immediately
made complaint against Gideon for grand
larceny an0 The latter being unable to pro
cure bail was sent to iail.
"A gentleman entered n grocery store
at North Vernon, Ind, the other day and
asked for gallon of mulasses. Having
Drawn It the stoI Iekceper asked him what
he would take it home in. In nv hat :;
promptly replied the customer. calmly
holding out new silk hat, into which the
grocer, not to be OUtdcne in srug Fr0f9
poured in tbe fluid. Then the customer
Jammed the hat on the rrucer's head. and
having thus occupied his attention. took
what money there was in the till and de-
parted
Anthony Quinn, a carpenter employed
= -'-S D''i''Al.'B tA 81 4hiCllGGl church al
Chester, Pa, received terrible fall FIJI
day morning, from the effects or which he
died 'he same evening. He was standing
on what Is called the collar beam. near the
lid8e OF the roof, nearly forty feet above
the ground. The anger handle. the oulv
thing he could hold on to. split. and End
ing that be could not stop himself from
iaihng, he Jumped. It was thought that
TINS Jump had saved his life, but his inter.
nal injuries proved fatal
The great Cathedral fair in New Yorl,
closed on Saturday evening last. The DAT
Iy average attendance since the fair onoued
ON tuesday, October %. has been ab,ut
., UUO, the largest numb Der Of visitors having
oeen present on the opening night. when
IL was estimated that fully p O0O persons
passed I'D and ont of the Cathedral doors.
y icar General Z Iiun states that before the
lalr began 1t vas calculated that SIGO. 600
would be raised but it is believed that the
total receipts will reach fully $3.50 600. -
MS Will be almost clear pI oft, the expen
Ses being veIy small
The officers Of the steamer Charles
Morgan from Cincinnati reported in New
orleans that at four O'clock sunday morn
I'S coHl>Ion occurred at Biingieu's PoIt. /
a. opposite Donaldsviile, La, between I
y ne M1Egan VI, and the Cotton Valley, of the .
ited River transportation Cumpany's line. .
5y which the Cotton Valley was sunk = +
wenty l'"es We're lost. principally rcnsta-
25uts. The boat aud cargo are a total loss.
he Cotton Valley left New OiIeaps ON
for the Red river with n ruI as
,nrted cargo and number OF I,assrrgers .
ne io!i""lng among the latter are known
o be lost Sol Nyer, Henry Levy and
Mrs. Sanford, all of Alexa IdIia, La.
"A destructive fire Occurred in Butler.
a. at an early h"nr on Saturday morning.
: d -
'ilgIn@lcd IN Duflny's building, on Main
iieet, aud burned rapidly. The losses are .
IS follows Duhfy's building, loss 81. 600:
ID insurance. Stillan's clntIiDo store
oss 50, 300 insured for 81. ESQ. BickcI &
tud shoe store. loss, s.. 600 insured f,,r
- 9O0. Wuller's dry goods store. loss
'e'Voo no insurance. CreIey's photo
,IaPh gallery, loss, S4O0 no insurance.
y aIur'h dentist rooms, loss, S400 no i,,-
uraHce. c. +. Henry and = man 'na,,,od
A'klhs"h' both OF them recently employed
cigar factory ia tina. place. have been
fFested on suspicion OF having started the
ire. ''''
Joseph Allen of Elm Grove. in this
ounty, says a Reidsville, y. c.. despatcb
L Nov 5tih, Is charged with a shocking
flme, that OF committing an outrage on
is own daughter Nloliie, beautiful girl
1 niteen. He was lodged in The Went
ant sworn 2uS by his wife. In the exam
nation before the magistrate il appeared
has the wretch had proposed to N6Uie to
un oil with him and got married. This
ne eGl Indignantly declined to do. and
Old her mother The inhuman fatbereot
ngly because she told, and the next time
e found her alone seized her and succeed
q IN his hellish purpose. Mrs. Allen is fif-
years Ole, while her husband is only fo1tv.
The New York Sun says that Frank
runs, a cICarmakcr, was present at a
thanksgiving supper where wine flowed
TeeIy. lie had been singing aud LAUGHING
'udIy with his companions but he becane
pet when he arrived at his house at 119
est Third street, in that CITY. early on
- DAY morning. Deciding not To disturh
ie eslumbers of any one, he sat down ON
ne door step, took off his shoes. and
y, 'ded to bis rooms in the f;tb story
! ne 'oor was locked, his wife being aslean
NoS Wishing to compel her to unlock ;he
80 occurred to him that she could
pen Ite chamber window without ouittinT
nc pea lie climbed to the loof. leaned
'Eet We theedge, aud shook open the blinds
y niIe ra9plng on the panes to awaken her
e ioSC ms balance and fell to the ward
,on''aiY ,',rl. TO he surposi ION Of his neigh
mo-