The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-30


limbs: an ear started from the neck,
and at the extremity was split as if into
two ears. The neck was tapeTed from
the shoulder, and, measuring from that
point to the ends of the ears, was about
EIGHT inches. Mr.. Wehler thinks this
monstrositv showed signs of life at first.
The Santa Fe NeJC Mericdn says
that on the night of March 30 the peo-
pie of GalisteO saw balloon of peculiar
shape floating over the Sierra Colorado
Mountains. bound east The party in
the balloon seemed to be enjoying them
selves. as laughter and strains of music
occasionally were heard The balloon
disappeared in about twenty minutes.
The greatest curiosity prevails. What
a balloon should be doing i'll this region
is great mystery, as there isn't one
owned in the Territory.
Reports of damage to property. and
in some cases loss of life, from the
storm of Saturday night continue to
come i'll from various points IN Illinois.
At Taylorville two of AlCnZo Culler's
children were killed by his house being
blown down: Mrs. T. j. Langley was
killed John Gessner's skull fatally
fractured: Mr.. Watts and his wife were
blown a quarter of a mile, locked in
each others arms. and badly injured; 7.
W. BrentZ. Mr.. Elliot, wife and two
children, Ed. Leigh's daughter, and
Thomas Hill. were also injured.
A fire in the town of Hull, opposite
Ottawa. Ont, Wednesday afternoon,
destroyed 700 houses, comprising half
the town. and rendered over 1000 peO-
pie homeless. The fire, famed by
fierce wind. ragged from half-past three
O'Clock until seven, when the wind
changed and the cOnfiagTatiOn was got
,,,,lo, oD,+,.,l Tho bpnCpS bIlTyopd yvnrp
mostly of wood. Several lives are re-
ported to be lost. In one instance, a
woman who was confined the day before,
perished in her house. The loss on pro
perty is estimated at about s., 500, 600.
Thomas Mccarthy was arrested at
Pittsburg on Friday night while suffer
ing from deliTium tremenS, whereupOn
he accused himself of the drowning of
friend. Frank Pinkman, and subsequent
invest cation discovered that Piukman
was missing. Since then a body has
been discovered near the point deSigna-
ted by Mccarthy, and it is now believed
that the two went to the river, when
Mccarthy attempted suicide, but Pink
man endeavOred to prevent it, and, in
the struggle that ensued, was thrown
down and held under the water until he
was dead.
a heavy storm passed over Macon,
Miss, on Sunday night, totally destroy
ing twenty-five houses. Sixteen cars
were blown from the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad track. and seventeen persons
killed and twenty-five wounded. y
child Of Mr. and Mrs. James Horton.
who were both among the killed, was
found dead One-fOurth of a mile away
from the scene of destruction. One
house near the centre of the storm was
turned around and its front changed in
the exact opposite direction. 4 negro
woman was found dead in a field west
of the depot, literally stripped of all her
clothing.
The CIeburne Texas Ico7ancHc
learns from Mr.. f. Z. Capps, of that
county, that on Thursday week, whilst
Mr.. Henry Cooper was in his field. ten
miles south of ClebuTne. on Mustang
creek. in Hill county. there fell from a
clear sky a shower of blood and PARTICLES
and large pieces of flesh. Some of the
pieces were as large as mans hand,
and have been preserved to be seSn of
all men. Mr.. Cooper is q reliable man.
and if any one should feel curious enough
to visit him the AUolunche can assure
them. on the authority of Mr.. Caprs.
/ that this information is correct in all
respects.
Mr. Josiah lands. druggist, Of
Mannheim. Lancaster county. informs
the Sentinel of that place that week be
fore last one of his hens had among her
brood a chick quite out of the common
order of things. 1t was a menstrosity
It's head resembles that Of a cat it had
no bill, but teeth instead its legs were
short, and it had claws resembling those
of the feline race. 1t appeared to he
half cat and half chicken. lie attrib-
utes this mOnStrOsity to fright. as he
has known the hen to be frightened by
the cat, and he thinks it serves to Illus
trate a WeIl-knOwn law Of fright in hu-
man species. The chick lived but half
an hour, and was seen by many Of the
neighbOrS.
Professor Tice, the meteorolorist.
who went to Marshiield, Mo. to inves-
tigate the phenomena Of the tornado on
! Sunday evening of last week. repOrtS
that there IS evidence everywhere along
the track of the storm that a wave Of
water flowed in the rear of the cloud
SpOutS.' The wave flowed in the great
est volume up hills. y man and wife.
who encountered the tornado few
miles from Marshlield. report that q
wave of water, apparently fifteen feet
high, rolled in the rear of the point OF
contact of the cloud spout with the
earth, and they were caught and drench-
ed in the water. which was very cold.
. It is also asserted that r stone. estima-
ted to weigh two tons, fell i'm a field i'm
the path of the tornado. There were
additional reports of loss of life. Ten
! persons were killed in Crow Creek set
. tlcment, and six Oh Flat Creek. Arkan-
saS. The storm originated IN the latter
State.
-Seventy-eight ghastly cOrDSes were
dug out from the smOuldering ruins at
Marshfeld, Mo. Many Of them were
not recognizable, and by Tuesday morn
ing Of last week seyenty-One burials had
taken place. Twenty-Five other persons
. were reported as being in a diving condi-
ton, so that heactual number of deaths
viii not fall short of one hundred. The
number seriously injured is about one
hundred and fifty. y babe about eIgh-
teen months old, whose mother was
killed and friends all wounded. was
found in ravine north Of town. where
it lay all night. 1t is new doing well.
Another child two years old. as we have
already noted, was found in tree top
near Marshtield. where it bad been
/ nearly twenty-fCur hours. 1t was con-
sider3bly bruised. but Will recover. 1t
! has since been claimed bv its parents
who live two and half or three miles
south of the town. so that it's aerial
flight hence must have extended some
three miles.
/ WHATEVER else may he doubtful
about the intention of the authors of
/ our tariff laws, they undoubtedly meant
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