The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-27

1ut the pipe aside without emptying the
,shes. In an hour the pipe had set the
house on fire. Mrs. Miller was burned
TO death and the house reduced to ashes.
A boiler exploded at East Texas,
Lehigh county. on Saturday, killing
about six men and wounding several
others. The engineer, who was among
the killed. before his death said that the
boiler was a rotten one, and that he had
notified the contractor to that effect.
The boiler was an old one, patched up
from a former explosion, in which eight
lives were lost.
The process of tanning a human
skin has Just been accomplished at a
morocco factory at Lynn, Mass. Two
skins. about one foot and half square,
of white and black persons who were
hanged, were furnished from a Boston
dissecting room, and the process of tan
ming was remarkably successful. The
skin. as it now appears, resembles a
piece of French kid.
Dennis O'SuIlivan. a violent char
acter living with his family at No. 1,914
Leithgow street, Philadelphia, cut the
throat of his wife Annie at their resi-
dence Saturday afternoon. Mrs. O'Sul-
Iivan ran from the house, but sank upon
the pavement outside and died in half
an hour. She leaves a family of eight
children. the youngest of whom IS only
eighteen months old.
The indianapolis NetrS notes some
dueerly-named pOst-offices in this coun-
try : South Toe, \. c. 4; COngruity, Pa. :;
Nance's Shop, Va. Cut Shins, Ky. !;
Democrat. Buncombe county, n. c. :;
Mutual Love, n. c.; Dismal, n. {. !;
Difficult. Tenn. Dirt Town, Ga, and
Tar Heel. \. c. There are eight Al
phas in the country, and precisely the
same number of OmegaS.
-People cannot marry for fun in
PENNSYLVANIA. as a couple found to their
sorrow at Bradford recently. y young
lady who was soon to be married got a
gentleman from Buffalo to go through
the services with her just for the sport
of the thing. Now they find to their
chagrin that they are legally married,
and as both of them are engaged to mar
~ other persons they are in an exceed
ingly awkward dilemma.
"A rejected SuitOr made a last and
Intellectual appeal to the girl Of his
choice as they were riding together near
Newark. Ohio. She told him that she
certainly would never change her mind.
''Then | want to die" he said. He got
out of the wagon, took the check rein
from the horse, walked a short distance
into the woods, and hanged himself.
The girl, after waiting awhile, went to
look for him. and found him dead.
Nelson Evans, whose home was
three miles west of North Manchester,
Ind. attempted to go down in a well on
Wednesday. When about half way
down foul air overpowered him, and he
fell to the bottom, a distance of thirty
feet. Another man tried to rescue y ell
son. and he, too, got down about half
way, when his strength gave way and he
fell on top of Nelson. They were both
fished out by ropes, but Will probably
die.
"A lady in White Hill, Burlington
county, y. J., is the owner of dog and
a dove. Whenever she goes out walk
ing. the dove perches itself on the dog s
head. and the latter trOtS off happy as d
lark. The bird holds its position until
the party return home, unless Towser is
attacked by some of the bad dogs of the
borough. Then it flies to place OF
safety. returning to its favOrite roost
when the tuSSle between the dogs j:
over.
The widow AshlOck, aged IS, LIVED
on her own extensive farm at Elizabeth
town. Ky. and one of her employee.
was William Lewis, aged Is. She fell il
love with him. and lie doubtless fell il
love with her money. The relatives Op
posed a marriage. and drove William
away from the place with guns but th'
determined widow joined him i'll Indi
annapolis. bought him new suit o
clothes, married him, and took hin
. home.
-Raphael'S Apollo land Marsyas. on,
of the finest works of that great master
iS,in private hands at Rome. and an effor
isnOw making to secure it for New York
As the World succeeded in gettinj
Cleopatra'S Needle from Egypt through
the libeTality OF some wealthy gentle
man advancing $4,000 the PittsburgI
Post wonders why the Herald or Sy
does not initiate the example and Secur
for the New York Museum of Art thi
great painting
William Blake. a son Of one of tn
wealthiest and most respectable men q
Monmouth county, y. J., is trying t
StarVe himself to death at his home j
Allentown. He is twenty-three yeaI
Old, and has spent two years in Prince
ton College, which he was compelled t
leave on account of a spinal diSeas
which has made him cripple for life
lie has stOutly rejected for sixteen day
all nOurishment, except water, and tel
his friends he is determined to die.
"A FELTON,, Del, special to the Wi
mington Erery EceRingof Friday tells {
a strange accident On Thursday aftel
noon, While ). b. Cooper, son of J. W
: Cooper, was driving near Uollindville. =.
bolt OF lightning from a passing clOu
struck his horse, instantly killing i
and threw young Cooper from the ca
riage, but he was not injured The a,
cident was a strange one, owing to tn
TACT that there was no storm at the tin
= and the sun was shining. Mr. Cooper
escape was miraculous.
The Lancaster Republicans al
! having some very lively fights anon
= themselves. Messrs. B. +. Eshelma
and J. Hay Brown have sued the Ne
Era of that city for libel The lib
suit is based on charges made in I'll
Netc Era that, during a local election
. 1873 the two gentlemen named solicite
the vote of one Michael Snyder, a SaloC
Keeper, who was indicted for sellin
| liquor on Sunday, and promised hi
that IN consideration of his vote thel
| should he no prosecution in his case.
john Powers, aged abont 20 year
and whose weight is over seven hundre
b pounds, drove to the Reading EdqIe o
, flee the other day and desired that pap,
. to state that the report now in circul
tion throughout the country that h
sister, weighing eight hundred an
eight pounds, is dead, is erroneou
Mr.. Powers states that his sister is jus
as well as she ever was and is gainir
steadily in flesh, and he is confident tn:
both himself and sister will tip the bea
, at 1000 pounds in the course of a coup
of years.