The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-05-09

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from her home because she was afflicted
with epilepsy. She was found in a
thicket, lying on the ground, her cloth
ing saturated with rain water She was
nearly dead. Friends are giving her
the needed care. A cruel lover is said
to have added to the girls misfortunes.
-"Auntie" Baker, an inmate of the
Widows Home, Allegheny, has records
and papers to prove that she is 112 years
old She was born in Shippensburg.
and went to Pittsburg sixty-two years
ago. Her family are all dead, except a
grandson. a number Of people visited
her on her birthday, April 30, and left
presents. She is in good health and
spirits, and expects to live several years
yet.
An inmate of the Columbia county
wis. jail named Wood. committed for
an attempt at burglary, escaped from
jail early Friday morning and the Sher-
IFS daughter, aged Is years. is also
missing, The Sheriff offers a reward
for the capture of the prisoner. and
speaks of his daughters absence as be
ing cansed by forcibIe abduction but
the general opinion is that it is an
elopement.
VIM. Lallanice and George Rhodes
who were on a hunting and fishing trip.
crawled into the drum house of the coal
works at New Haven, near Pomeroy.
Ohio, on Thursday night to Sleep
About one O'Clock FRIDAY morning the
house caught fire and burned TO the
ground, the sleeping yonng men being
consumed in the flames Their bodies
were found in the morning charred be-
vOnd recognition
There are off the coast of Kerry lit
tie islands called the Baskets. inhabited
by a very poor and primitive population.
whose nearest church is on the shore of
the mainland. On stormy DAYS they
cannot cross to 'hear mass but they
kneel by their rock coast bare-headed in
the open air. The progress of the cere-
mOny is made known to them by the
waving of flags and their prayers accom-
pany those of the priest.
"A man died recently at CAYENNE
who was transported for life from France
twenty-eight years ago for setting fire to
farm houses at IOngepierre. He left
behind him a wife and five children
The news of his deceaSe led to a confess
sion by his accuser, who admitted that
ne himself had committed the crime for
which another had been punished He
was arrested and committed to prison.
where he cOntrived to take his own life
The picllpockets who went through
Widow divers husband in Harrisburg
last week and three robbers of safe.
escaped from the Dauphin county prison
on Monday by working a hole through
the ceiling. getting on the roof and
jumping theTefTom. Two of them were
brothers. and as one of these broke both
ankles by the jump and was unable to 90.
his brother remained with him. and
both were recaptured while the other
three are still at large.
Several days ago two men named
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the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. at
Braddock. Allegheny county. had q
slight quarrel while drinking beer in Il
saloon. They went back to the works.
and five or six hours afterward Hammil
lay down and went to sleep Finner
seeing That Iammil was sleeping, pick
ed UP a bar of steel and struck Hammil
several times with it. breaking his arms
and inflicting several internal injuries
The doctors say that Hammil cannot live
At the same hour. almost. in Pitts
burg, on Friday afternoon. there were
two singular and similar accidents. one
Of which resulted fatally. \ six-year-
old little girl. named Gilston. swallowed
grain Of coffee and before assistance
could be rendered She choked to death
. The other accident was to Il SiX-yedr-Dld
little girl named Lunar. who swallow
. ed a grain Of coffee. and life was only
saved by cutting open the windpipe and.
in that way, removing the grain. The
operation was SO unusual and difficult
that it was witnessed 10y seven phvSi-
clans.
Harvey TriXler, aged Il years. resi-
ding about three miles from Bethlehem.
Pa. met with a singular and fatal acci-
dent on Friday. lie had climbed M a
tree to trim it. but lost his grip and fell.
striking upon the sharp edge of an axe
and sustaining q deep, gaping wound in
his left side. just below the lower rib,
some six inches in length. The axe al
most severed the liver. and portions Of
that organ prOtruded from the wound.
HemOTThages followed. and. though
supplied with the best surgical attention.
the young man died in the greatest
agony.
At II o'clock Tuesday an explosion
Of gas III the stanton shaft, Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company. severely
burned Morton Kerrigau. At midnight
while the men were brushing out an ac.
emulation of gas in the lower vein it
came in contact with a blower. causing
a terrific explosion. A large force OF
men were driving 4 tunnel at the time
Eight of them were badly burned. \
majority it is thought fatally The
mine was set on fire. and soon 600 feet
of solid coal was burning fuTiouslv. To
eNtnguisn the flames the mine had to be
flooded.
Samuel Havey and his son. Tyler
Havey. extensive dealers in live stock
were shot and instantly killed neal
Leesburg. Ohio. Saturday night, by IohI
Link, Hayey's Step-S0n. Link, who
surrendered to the police. states that hC
was engaged in conversation with his
mother at the gate of her residence
when the Hayeys came up. and, after
some words. attacked him with clubs
when, to save his life. he drew a revolver
and shot both of them. The cause OF
the difficulty was the ill-treatment 10y
Samuel IIaVeyO OF his second wife, who !.
Links mother.
A farmer at COllamer, y. i, NAMED
Bostwick some little time ago lost hi:
wife and being a devout Spiritualis
= anXiOuSly waited for message from her
but none came The idea that his owl
- taking off was near at hand took posses
= sion of him. With this solemn though
in his head he contracted with a SeXtOI
of the cemetery to dig his grave, paying
out SO for the labor. One day last weel
{ he made trip to the nearest undertaken
and on paying down $50 closed an agree
= ment with that parsonage to pTopcrl
= inter his bones. On the way hom
BoStwick fell from his wagon and died.
= A special despatch of May Sd to tn
: Memphis 1ppcdl from Eicksburg. Miss.
} says "In August last Robert Harrison
Page. ex-Sheriff of Claiborne county
killed the Sheriff and 4 DEPUTY Sherit