The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-11-14

a bout eight o'clock on Saturday night fire
broke out in the cattle pens attached TO J. W.
Gan Co.'S distillsry, corner OF Eight and Evans
street in .he west end OF Cincinnati, and go beef
cattle. most Of them ready for market we're burn
ed to death. The pens had been built on a frame
trestle so feet above the Erounl, and almost tho
hrst thing destroyed waz the bridge or passage
way by which they we're driven up. so that it was
impossible to get them ont. An adjoining struct.
ure, which was separated IRON the first by a brick
wall, was saved, with 80 cattle The loss is es:f-
mated at So eco; fully insured
A remarkable evidence Of how well 4 dead
body is sometimes preserved. says the Pittsburgh
Telegraph, was made manifest on Saturday at the
little German Lutheran church on Penn avenue.
opposite SchUrtzen Park. Mr. Samuel Harper
Of Lawrenccville. having occasion to raise the
body OF his father for re -Interment in the ALE
gheny cemetery. found that the remains we're
with the except ion OF the eyes, sound # they
had been buricc the day before. Even the clothes.
including collar cuffs and shirt looked new and
fresh Considering that Mr.. Harper had been
buried in 1854, the above facts are certainly very
singular.
The death Of 2Irs. Margaret l. Eaton. widow
OF General John Henry Eaton Secretary of War
in the 6rst Cabinet OF President Jackson which
occurred a. Washington, d. q, removes one Of the
last survivors among he actors in a famous epi-
code OF our national history and recalls the fierce
passions Which stirred Washington society to its
depths nearly fifty years ago. Mrs. Eaton.
maiden name was Margaret l.. O'NeH She was
born in one Of the Southern States in 17s5. and
was consequently in her eigty fourth year Her
iather was gentleman OF wealth and good social
position. and she received an unusually good ed
ucatiou for that early period.
"A special to the Galveston Nsl-s from san
Antonio says: On November ! Capt. Hall With q
squad Of rangers and several citizens anticipating
IN, a.4 ..-.r,.,
cosa county. concealed themselves in order to cap
turo the robbers During the night FIVE men rode
No and entered the store. Two Of them secured
the clerk. while the others began Plundcring the
store. Han and his party appeared and demand
cd the surrender orthe r0bbor-. The latter, how
ever, fret or the rangers. WCUndinz one citizen
Halls men returned the fire. killing one robber.
II Ortaliy wOunding another and slightly wound
ing third. The others escaped
At i5rty-fye minutes past twelve o'clock on
Saturday last the town Of StrGsburg, Blank
comfy. No. was visited by terrible cyclone,
wAieh came from the northwest, causing great
loss o property, hut no Ives were sacrificed. 1t
had boon raining all the morning, the storm being
acc mFanied by thunder and lightning, and
about noln heavy, suIICn looking cloud was OBJ
served in the northwest. The storm struck the
town hortly arterward, blowing down church,
three stores aud 4 blacksmith's shop. The town
was Gl important one. on the IIn- OF the Missouri
Pscihc Railroad, and the above builtIngs com
priseI the best part Of the village.
Tho PcnnsyIxauIa railroad company proposes
10 build new coal cars thar are intended to carry
about twenty tons. larger than any that have
been in use heretofore, being about six inches
higher than the hopper gontolas railroad men are
at present 90 familiar with One of these cars
vas taken 70 Shamokin, in charge OF .an employe
Of the motive power department OF the cOnpany
IN Altoona and was run beneath the several
breakers in that nelghborhooi in order to ascer-
tain whether or no. itz height was too great for
use In the anthracite regions. t was then taken
to Lykons, and also to Nant.cokc, W it'll the same
ohiec, in view the car successfully passing under
all The breakers at which st was tested.
The Columbus fGa.3 Enquirer says We have
been told Of many intelligent mules and horses.
one case We remember Of mule goin- into
blacksmith shop TO have nail pulled from his
foot only cquaIet by ste7y of religious horse
ths. We were told f yesterday. lie is owned by
M alexander, Of Oswichcs, Ala, who rides him
TO church on preaching days which Is twice
month ON other Sundays he is turned out 10
gra-7. and it is on these days he IS 50 religious
lie goes down 10 church, stops ot the tree where
NE 2 generally tied when there preaching. and
with his head toward the church, remains about
heur and a half. He then walks IeisursIy
home This is a fact, and VII be vcu,ned for by
any Of lie people of Dsw'chec-
n sgccial dispatch to the Philadelphia Times
from 'snousburg, Pa, Nov. :, says: number Of
men we're engaged this afternoon in erecting
bridge over Charters creek, near this place They
had rlisc ard propped one side orthc structure and
while :u the act OF raising tie other the props be
came IooscEcd and both sides fell. catching eight
men under the fallen timhars Samuel Cochran,
aged 20. a respected citizen vas killed Instantly.
john =. Roberts, contractor, had both legs and
his l.v broken ana injured internally and
viii t1ustlc-s dic before morning: Aaron Hen