The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-04

"A. ShannOi. Il French miner employed
at the Hood Mines, near Youngstown,
Ohio, stepped into the car Saturday morn
ing to go down the slope. supposing it
coupled to the chain that lets it down at a
gradual speed. Il being uncoepled his
weight started it. taking him to the bot
tORl, two hundred feet. at fearful speed,
breaking his neck and killing him instant
ly. He leaves large family destitute.
New phase Of Enoch Ardenisn. In
1S47 McArthur of Ekfrid, Canada, went
West, leaving behind him farm, a wife
aud two children. In 1S49 his wife heard
that he was dead. and married one David
son, by whom she had seven children.
Davidson mortgaged The farm. the merit
gage was foreclosed and the family elected.
Macarthur returned after thirty years alb
sence, and nov the courts have z iven him
back his wife and the property, holding
that he was her lawful husband and had
done nothing to vitiate his right to the es-
tate.
"A new Invention has been perfected in
Paris-tlat of glass printing type. This
kind of type is made out of hardened glass,
and is as bard lead. They last longer
than the Natalie are not liable To be
crushed by the printing cylinder they do
not suffer in the least from sudden cooling
in stereotyping, and they do not injure the
health in handling, as lead types do. In
this respect they have great advantage.
The atmosphere in printing Offices is i'm =
pregnated with PARTICLES Of lead, aud
chronic lead poisoning is one of the com
plants of type settlers. All this is obvated
by the new invention, which has the merit
also of being much cheaper.
AT E5enburg, Clarion county, a shock
ing accident occurred fe " evenings ago.
Henry Grinager left his home and went
down town to make some purchases, leav-
ing his wife alone with their children
Harry, aged five, and Annie, aged three.
Mrs. Grinager had been doing some iron-
ing and had hot fire in the stove. When
this was Done she addressed the children
and put them to bed in an adjoining room,
where they were asleep. She extinguish-
q neigbbOr's house, about seventy feet
away. Five minutes later the premises
were discovered in flames. But il was too
late for assistance. The whole house was
consumed. Nothing but crisp burned
trunks remained of the children.
The horrors of war have been often
described, but the following from a CORES
pOndent at Plevna will bear repeating
He says that when the Turks made their
sortie they left a thousand sick and wound
ed starving and unattended. These un-
fortunates remained in this state three
days and hundreds Of them died. Over a
thousand have been already buried, and
dbout nuDuleO COFpSeS come from the
hospital daily. Undoubtedly many who
we're not quite dead have been buried -
Those killed in battle were unburied.
Turkish prisoners are encamped among
them and are almost starving. Plevna is
one vast charnal house, SURPRISING in hOr-
rOr anything imaginable. Let us hope the
Russians doing all they can to alleviate
the miseries of the unfortunate prisoners.
Patrick Quinn. convicted of wife muir
der. November Eth, was sentenced, at
POttsyille, on Monday, to eleven years and
six months in the Eastern Penitentiary.
He made statement giving his version of
the killing, and said he labored under an
apprehension that the Molles were break
ing into the house to kill him, and he rush
ed from bed for gun which stood i'm the
corner, and fred down the stairway. He
heard more noise, and, believing a rush
was being made at the door, he took his
pistol out of q drawer and Fl: ed again. 1t
then dawned upon him that he had shot
his wife, and he dressed aud went for the
priest and doctor. He insisted on his in
nocence, but The Court took no stock in
his story, and he was sentenced TO within
six months of the maximum punishment.
In the little manufacturing village of
Queecby, VT, a new breed of cats have
made their appearance. Several old fami-
Iy cats, al of them quite aged, gave birth
to litters OF kittens of very peculiar ap-
pearance. They were long haired, with
large legs and long claws and very heavy
tails. One specimen in each litter was
raised, so as to see this freak of nature in
maturity. AT six months of age they are
very large. Some of them are striped like
lion, others are quite black The fur is
from three to six inches in length all over
the body; tuft of long hair rims the
ears. The head is like that Of any cat ex-
cept the eyes of all of them have a wild
or scared look. at the neck the fur
stands ont like wide ruffle, the tail is
covered with long fur and would measure.
perhaps, six inches in circumference. All
OF them are very active, and will spring
from the floor to the top OF a room eight
or nine feet high with perfect ease. When
frightened, they are disposed to turn and
show fight, and they will not permit much
petting.