The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-24

prieve in the Sunbury jail, has been interviewed
and says that the suspense he undergoes is terri
BILE. II almost wishes they had hang him with
NcManus, for he was prepared TO go at that time.
William l. Pyle, Of West Goshen, Chester
county. predicts a mild winter. He deduces this
from the manner in which the bees are conducting
themselves. He says they working harder
now than they did when the white clover was in
bloom, and have only just begun Kill the drones
of, which Is 4 sign that they don't anticipate
very severe winter. Mr.. Pyle says the bees never
make mistake is this respect; hence his conf
dence in the prediction.
jacob Reese. ofPittsburg, Pa. puts forth come
remarkable claims in regard to an alleged new
discovery in metallurgy. He says he is able to
melt instantly bar of cast steel inch in di-
ameter-Hhch cannot be fused in less than five
m Inutes in the highest furnace heat attainable-
simply by throwing against It. a column of air
having velocity of 25 600 feet 4 minute. The
instant the air touches the metal fusion takes
place.
Charles Young whipped his wife at New
Philadelphia, o., within a week after their
riage. She had been popular belle, and party
of young men. proDsbly including disapp0in ted
suitors, decided 10 avenRe her wrongs, They
seized Young in the street on dark night ear
ried him to the gas works. and pumped warm coal
tar on him until the substance cooling, he was
coated several inches deep. Then they took him
home, placed him against the doorpost and rang
the bell.
In May last Miss Helen HartwelI, school
teacher, left Mason city, Iowa. for the far West
and finally settled a homestead of 52) acres
near FiresteeI, Dakota, and began teaching school
to pay for it.. The example of industry and pluck
set by this young woman cannot be too highly
commended while thousands of able bodied men
in cities and villages holding down dry goods
boxes street corners and bowling at ha re times,
and discussing great questions Of finance and
free lunches.
"A singular accident is reported from Augusta,
Ga. 4 horse lying down found with hind
hoof completely locked in his mouth, that lever
had to be used 20 extricate it. several teeth being
displaced in the operation. 1t is supposed that
the horse threw his foot forward to strike aies
and at the same time his head backward, biting at
them, thus opening his mouth, literally putting
his foot in It, The entire hoof in the horses
mouth, the teeth being sunk into the flesh above
the hoOf 20 the bone.
Further inundations have occurred in he pro-
. viuces Of AImeria. Malaga and Alicante, Spain.
. Several persons have been killed and much da m
age has been done to property. In the Malaga
and Alicante districts two thousand houses have
been destroyed and it is believed five hundred
persons pcrished by the floods. The damage to
property is estimated at 80 O1o 600 francs, later
telegram from Murcia states that $40 bodies have
already been found. 1t is believed that over one
Thousand people have perished.
1t has been ascertained that Henry !. Gunn
who muir Tered his father at BUidgewater. Mass.
is a liar well parricde. His statement as
to his wanderings subsequent TO the preparation
Of the crime has been proven untrue, and it is,
therefore presumed that his account Of his shock
ing deed may also be false. The crime Of part
eide is one of the most horrible that can be con-
ceivcd and, even assuming Gums confession as
70 the manner of the homicide to be correct, it
will be hard for him TO escape the gallows.
AT the NIcHenry House, MendvilIe, Pa, there
is parrot which is source OF great annoyance
10 train men. When it sees a freight train com
ing it Will yell At the top of its voice. switch off
Switch OF = The enunc iation is SO distinct that
it not unfrequenily happens the train will be
switched to avoid supposed danger. The same
bird when & sees passenger train viii yell ''All
aboard ~ and thereby cause scamper among the
passengers, who after sitting in the for ten
or fifteen minutes, Will discover they have been
sold.
-Grandfathcr Edward Hatton was pillar o
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Noble, 1ndi.
ana, for the greater number OF the sixty yeart
with which his gray hairs crowned. Never
thelcss, few weeks ago he fell in love with th'
wife OF the Rev. " iIIiam W. Mckay, Of the sam,
: church. and though the woman is forty years old
with several children, they eloped on wednesday
night Of last week. The Rev. Mr.. Mckay ha
proclaimed his vife's unfaith fulness, the family
c wrath IN Noble.
t The SummerviIIe (GaD Gazette says tha
Miss Wilson an elderly lady. who lives near La
= fayette, while out at her cow-pen the other day
., by some mIshsp fell over rail and broke the cal
?, of her thigh bone. Soon thereafter she sent 70
C her sister, Mrs. Greer, or Chattooga county
' This latter lady went out next morning TO per
r form the same work and had the misfortune I
fall over the same rail. breaking bone just ex
a actly as her sister had done. They both now il
: in beds in the same room. without the hope {
v ever again being able to walk.
}, The worst drunkaTd in America" has bee
l. hooked in by the Times, Of Bath BE. He
5 sketched young tramp OF personal appear
that is rough and coarse TO the last degree
; But there falls from his lips the most beautifu
n language ever heard. All the standard works
If literature in the dead and living tongues com
e readily In quotations the most choice to his ip
> and imp-omptu verses are dashed of with sna
is and bubble. 4 Bath merchant offered the traml
who is a graduate Of Oxford, a clerkship but tn
Il Bohemian refused, aging that he wouldn't Civ
II up his whisky for Sl,0 o a day.
d The Appleton (Wis.) Post reports the diSco'
l. cry in Wisconsin OF curious plant, which pr
IS duces kind Of cotton and fax rom the saul
e stalk. 1. has already been woven into fabric
e and any article that viii make good cloth
can be made from this plant Will make good pa
is per. it has been called the paper plant. 1t can
10 ter. 1t bleaches Itself white it stands, an
n will yield at least three four tons to the
n From a single root that was transplanted la
c, spring grew twenty large stalks, with 305 pos
y Containing the cottonj, with ut least sixty see
in each. From this root were ohtain seye
re ounces Of pure cotton and over half pound
n fax. It IS a very heavy plant, and grows fro
&c six to seven feet high.
Id General 4. II. Bull was a wealthy citizen
m Kansas, and kept private park at Downs In tn;
n State. On Monday OF last EEK the General e.
n tered he park to care Tor the animals Jhere
corraIed. One of the three large elks OF his 20
or lection a huge antlerei male, made signs of no
Z tility. The General called Robert Bricknel
to George Nicholas and other servants 70 his al
5 All at once the mad beast lunged for the mel
N and impaIing General Bull tossed his form hg
" in the air. The elk then attacked Nicholas an
-d Bricknell, inhicting sixty four wounds upon II
a former and thirty-two upon the latter. Wilia
sherman. another employe. was seriously injure
nj in endcavoring 70 rescue the unfortunate me-
q. 1t several hours before the three dead bodi
1T could be taken from the PARK The elk is unus
CT ally large, weighing 9o) pounds.
cl "A horrible tragedy enacted at BLOOMING
ne ton, Ill, on Monday last. VIM. Hogg, enc Of II
40 oldest and most respected citizens Of BoOmin
J. ton but n most eccentric man, who had recent
been nfortunate in business, urning home
:. noon, shot his daughter. Mary, aged eighteen,
IL The parlor, calling his Willie aged tweIv
N who was playing in the yard, and hred pist
sy shot through his head. then stepping into Il
,h woodshed placed the weapon TO his own head al
re fired The ball lodged in his brain, and he fe
Tho floor vxbe-e he was subsepuep .lvf found