The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-20

GOLDSMITH, SWede, VINO WITH hlS
wife has undertaken to circumnavlgate
/ the globe in a bit of a boat. The Uncle
. sam . sailed from Cape Cod, Mass, on
/ the 5th inst. and on the 10th was spoken
/ by the Wachusett seventy miles south
/ east of Cape Sable The report that they
were lost is thus shown TO be unfounded.
/ Meanwhile other fools mfurl. One Will
I liam Van COtt made a bet that he can
paddle from New Rochelle, Conn, TO
Boston in the tiniest of toy boats-a tup
that weighed twenty-eight pounds. lie
left New Rochelle on Monday two weeks
/ ago. reached South NOrwalk on Monday
( following, and has not been heard from
since.
Dispatches from southern points IN
Ohio and Indiana state that destruc-
tive storm of wind and rain passed over
that region from north to south, reach
ing points in Kentucky, on Wednesday
night of last week. doing considerable
damage to crops, fences, etc. Light
ming struck several dwellings in Salem,
+ Ind. Daniel Mitchell. at that place.
was killed by a stroke Of lightning
while standing under tree. The rail
road depot at Christiansburg. Ky. was
completely demolished and two hundred
! trees were uprooted. lightning struck
/ the house of John Hamilton, in Madi-
son. Ind, seriously iniuTing some of the
inmates.
Eleven persons were drowned at
Buffalo Gap, Dakota Territory. on Tues
day night, by a sudden rise and overflow
I of Beaver creek, caused by waterspout.
/ The names of the victims as far as can
be ascertained are as follows: Mrs.
Rhodes, Mrs. Moore, Oliver Rhodes.
Frank Reed, Clyde Rhodes Child and
four men who were en- route from the
TO
Two of the latter were team owners. one
a passenger and one a night herder
The persons whose names are given were
all emigrantS on their way to the hills
from Mills county. Iowa. In five minutes
from the time the first alarm was given
the whole surrounding country was
flooded and the water subsidized almost
as suddenly as il rose.
The head Of J. p. Ferguson. of
Clarence, Iowa. was drawn forward on
his breast by chronic rheumatism. Dr.
J. A. Carson effected a partial cure Of
the disease. and thought the patient s
head might he brought back into place
by means of an apparatus. This con-
triVance consisted of an iron bar. with
one end strapped to the waist, and run
ming up the back to the top of the head.
\ cross bar was TO be fastened to the
shoulders. and the upper end was finish
ed like a photographer head rest. with
Il strap to buckle over the forehead
Ferguson was stretched ON a table. and
adjusted. not without considerable
force. to the bar. His neck was
Strengthened, sure enough. but was bro
ken III the operation, and he died in
Stantly.
In Hancock. Mass. last week. =.
p. Perry was sitting in a neighbor's 5
Darn, in company with the owner. Mr.
Hatfield. to await the ending of a thun-
der storm. lie had hung on a peg. di-
rectly above his head, q tin pail fulI of
milk. just milked. y thunderbolt
struck the barn. passed down Hr0,tgb
The pal gt nrE, cutting a hole through
the bottom of the pail. and striking Mr
Perry ON the back of the head passed
down the back in two streams. one
striking round to his heart. He was
killed instautaneOusly. His friend
who had been sitting by his side. owes
his life to a singular cause. He had
somewhat suddenly raised one arm.
which SO frightened a calf. that stood
tethcTed in the stall, that the animal
made a spring and broke the halter
Immediately Mr.. II. rose to tie the calf,
and just aS he reached him the fatal bolt
came. 1t Frustrated Mr. IL. who lay
helpless. and set the barn on FIRE He
finally recovered the use of his limbs
= and escaped. but the barn burned down.
Mrs. Jane l.. d. F. Hull. aged fifty
- eight years. wife Of Dr. NlonZO + Hull
was found dead in her bed at No. lac
- West Forty-socoud street. New \ ork,
2 on Wednesday morning of last week.
- Her hands and feet were tied. she was
blmdfolded q gag was in her mouth
- and the trunk at he side of her he'd had
/ been opened and rifled Of its contents
4 The police were at once Informed Of the
I double crime. and an examination of the
- premises showed that an entrance had
- been effected in some way through the
! front door, as that was found open anC
- all OjheTPaTts of the house secure. The
fingers of the dead .v0mHuS bands were
E found 20 ho badly iarcera;ed. AID hei
, friends say that one large diamond ring
and one emerald ring had been torn
Z thyTefT0m. II does not vet appear that
' any other property was stolen from the
= house. The neichborhood was and still
I Is in a state of the Widest excitement
D and The police are at their wits end, a.
T there is uot vet the slightest clue 10 tn,
e perpetrators of the deed. The coroner
+ Office was not informed until after clev
) en- O'Clock.