The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

The family Gi =. H. Carl, q; liH2S3iii
valley, consisting ot himself, his vi!c 2nd
one tiild also NJ and Mrs. Woodward. gf
Mil Creek. together with q hired giIl ua5--
cd.lennio Powell. were accilt ntaliN pnisoi'rh
on sunday by eating cakes made "i corn
meal which had been mixed with arsenic and
set aside for the puIposc Of killing rats.
Ms Carl and AIr-. Woodward died next
morning, and Jennie Powell cannot live.
Tho others may possibly recover
Tho latest sensation In Northeast n
PrnnSvlyaniu is tie supposed discovery iiA.
vast quantities ci OH iie under tl" barren
wastes or Pike and Wayne counties : Cc.l
ogist OF some note while iuychHg Through
this section OF country, discovered tHuf TIE
northeastern counties are undoubtedly on
the same 'oil VEIN as bradford tH. great oil
centre. Prcu9Tatiuus are now making To
bore 20 tie depth % hitrop hundred tect
when. 70 no oil Doe found The venture viii DE
abandoned.
Although the conference of the two
wings OF the Democratic party i'm virginia
failed 90 effect q couurD~Ii~c UHTn q single
electoral ticket. tEa philadelphia E0cora
thinks there is little dnu''i ti1t tire state VIII
60 lur Hancock ami English in November.
i reconciliation viii be somehow made
such Republicans rs are calculating ON the
Garfield electors shipping in through the
breach reckon without their host, and count
chickens prematurciy. Virginia is q thor
Cughiy Democratic state
Sam Monroe was married iD Gale~5uTg,
H., - Miss Netic Chase, highly educated
daughter OF the hate Dr. Chase. rector uf tire
Episcopal church al that place. Monroe
HAD .l.-ri aS rOachWan for ti3c yuuug lJiy's
mother and induced the Girl to become his
WIFE When sam wanted 20 take liS i,ppub-
licau brothers iH-law iu fTatcrHal embrace
they h,azcd away at him with reyuivrg+. for
cibiy took away from him his bride and cN-
poet to "ijl flIc ui---.r' ON sight. This hap
pening in John 3 Ln--f'S state, not in Ben
lI:iis.
A special despatch from Galcshurg, IL
linpiS. saws society there is greatly 1giiated
uGnI-rf.sF.4 of f,-IHr-l -lHFfTfr-
most refined aud highly educated young Ia
dies tc colcrcd man who was servant in
the family. She is respectfully connected, her
father having been an eminent CINlGc at uie
time Of his death. and we'll known iu Epi~ru-
pal circles throughout tire northwest. The
Coupic ran away ON Tuesday evening OF last
week and were married. ON "Wednesday they
we're fauud several miles frrm Cal'SbUrg at
coipTed mans residence
An explosion occurred on Friday after
noon iu tlic Illuminating hujlcirg of ihc MON
Metallic CartTd-r Company, Bridgeport,
Conn. J. sullivan. AGED fifteen: james Ia
lin. aged seventeen Michael Dempsey. jr..
gcd tNcniy-thrCp: William Euerr!.iU.pr,
aged foltv-tivc, and Pniiau1pr CiarE. aged
fifty, were i'm the building at tHe 'Ag time,
ard all were Killed. Two al tie bodies were
found in = lake >uIne distance from thc bail
ding, one with his head and arms gone. The
report OF the explosion caused the gre. test
Consideration among the Geo persons employ
rd in the main huildiug cin-p Hy The cause
of the explosion is unkuoru.
a singular accident occurred iu Taucas-
GET on Friday night A the Ninth Ward
Democratic Club NaS passing along West
King street Il torch i'm the hands of FlmiTe
Boss, better known as Eimirc Gimpv. cxpI,-
dcd, and the burning oil instantly ran down
over his person. With crs OF alarm he
jumped tD the sidewalk, among number
Ot ladies' and children. ana Tor time She
greatest Consideration prevailed. Strong
hands seized him. however. and hr was
thrown down and the cluthjng WAS stripped
from thc upper part of his person. His back
and other parts of his body were harmed ter
Thly. His condition was critical yesterday.
A boy only II years old has hecu ~cnten-
crd To death at Culludgu. Ga. His name g.
Clayton IIillsman, D" is black, and his crime
was the most brutal murder Of an infant,
whom he W as set to watch The mCllcv
left them together while She took nap. ON
awakening the bahy was missing. and she
finally found it in n well iIi~man had
thrown u there, alter pounding II to death
with stones. No motive for the deed was
brought out un tie trial. and the prisoner
would give none, though he confessed Pre-
only Possible result. 1t Is supposed that the
sentence VIII he changed To imprisonment
for life, on account Of lis youtEfU!ucSs.
Willie q SHAFT of ten men were ascen-
ding the shaft of tie Consolidated Imperial
mine IN NIT-lulI CITY. Nevada, yU Thursday
right, the cable broke. The men were pre-
cipitatcd down The shaft, distance OF 800
feet, and 500 feet rf rope was piled upon
taetn- All were taken ont dead. except one
man named Frank Smith, who has no ester
mai Injuries aui may possibly recover. The
dead al@ John Reach, Patrick Murphy, I-ich-
ard Ryder Thomas Mrseher, Matthew IS ig-
Hje, Joseph llaTIahau. William CuIlit. Geo.
fauh0Ia. and Jeremiah Sullivan. Tie ra-
bic was Of the hest English make, four ana
haif~iucEcS by half AN inch thick. and lad
been in use only three months" Il broke
aJ the reel, ''aud Tor some iucEPlicabIe cause
the safe lies did nUl catch"
a terrible tragedy occurred at I.e resi-
dcnce of Andrew Tiffany, about two miles
west of GAINESVILLE, Ili.SlE'c county. Mich,
oH sunday afternoon. Henry Iiudlcy. a
hired man in the employ of Mr.. Tiffany, WHO
Is supposed to have conceived q passion FOR
his employers second daughter. Aiicp. cali
eel ON her and shot her. killing her Instantly.
LiHdIry tGi'n blew his own brains ont. fail
ing with the weapon under Lin. Tie uuiy
cause known To which the crime can DE at
tributcd IS uurtquited love. The murdered
eill was only eighteen years old She and
Lindley were alone in the huusC at the time
of the tragedy, the parents being in a neigh
boring county visiting the grave of dead
daughter. On their return home they found
Alice and Lindley both dead. Alice had Ie.
fused to marry Iindley, who had worked
former father for three years. She, il Is said
was already married to q man who Is in the
State prison, and when Lindiey shot her she
was in her own room M stairs engaged iT
writing To her husband. After shooting her
If seems Lindley walked down stairs and
ended his own life as stated.