The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

themselves and entered the lodgings of a
Mr.. Webber who is over 60 years old,
and after knocking him down and gag
Qing him. blew open the safe in his
room and secured 81 800 in cash, after
which they escaped, leaving him secure
" fastened He was released the next
morning after night of terrible suffer
ing.
-Advices from Cherryvale, Kansas,
say the building occupied by the Globe
office, by sleeping rooms on the upper
floors, and by furniture store below,
burned Thursday night. and that K. G.
Henderson, foreman. and William Nc
Lain. printer, Of the Globe, perished in
the flames. An employe of the st.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad WAS
seriously burned. Three other men
were sleeping in the building at the
time, but escaped by jumping from q
window.
Matthew S. Stracy, farmer living
seven miles south of Columbia City,
Ind. sold several head OF stock at South
Whitley, and started home last Thurs
day evening with the money and has
been missing since then. On Friday
his coat and empty pocketbOok were
found under Sterling's bridge, across
Eel river. A hatchet and club, with
/ blood and hair on them, were found in
the water. 1t is now thought he was
murdered and his body thrown into the
! river, which, however, was dragged
J without success.
John Dyer, of Kendalville, Ind, de-
! sired to marry two woman-the widow
Myers for the sake of the S3, 600 she
/ possessed, and Belle Bly, because he loved
! her. He determined to get over the diff
/ ficulty by marrying Mrs. Myers, killing
. her, and then marrying Miss Bly,. The
( plan was partially successful, for he
married Mrs. Myers, and then destroyed
I her by poison; but he had talked to Miss
I Bly, in q way that aroused her suspicion.
and she started an investigation that has
resulted in his condemnation to the gal
lows.
! "A rat which had been adopted by a
cat at Brattleboro, VT, last summer,
was removed in June and not returned
for four months. As soon as the cat
spied his cage she sprang for him, but
ou recognizing her old p,otege made no
further effort to harm him, and the kit
tens, then full grown, enjoyed an old
time frolic with him. In the evening
the rat is let out and runs about the room,
climbing on to people, whether friends
or strangers. He appears to he destitute
OF fear and plays with young cat be-
longing to one nEthe neighbOrS with all
the freedom OF kitten. lie is perfect
ly harmless, never being known to bite.
Lewis Rockwell, aged f01 years,
lives in a little cottage about five miles
from LaxawaXen. Pa. His wife died
about a year ago, at the advanced age
OF 96, and the old man is now left entire
" alone. He has children. all of whom
are well to do, but these children have
so far failed to contribute towards his
support, and the centeuaTian has applied
why his offspring should not support
him in his old age. Mr.. Rockwell was
for u number Of years Sheriff and also
Treasurer of Pike county. He is pro-
badly the oldest man in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
There IS poplar tree. about eigh-
teen inches in diameter. in this city, SAYS
the Troy (Alabamal Enquirer, which
was standing erect ten years ago. =
short time afterward the tree fell and
lay prone on the ground for consider
able period, during which time part of
the top was cut MP and used for fuel
No hnman agency has since intcrfered
with nor in any way attempted to move
it, and yet it now stands erect and is
growing beautifully. This tree can be
seen near the City Academy. It is the
only instance we have ever known of the
violation Of the statement made in the
Scripture, that ''as the tree fall so il shall
lie"
As an instance Of the energy with
, which n Southern white man can buckle
down to work, the MurfreeSbOro N. c.
Enquirer tells of a small farmer in that
neIghDOrhOod who made last year fifteen
bales OF cotton. averaging 400 pounds
per bale, besides raising and killing ,
600 pounds OF pork lafter losing eight OF
pz- at ~ l,a .h,T
and housing corn enough for his this
years supply. His crop was made with
one mule, and he did all his farm work
himself, except 81 worth. His expendi-
ture for fertilizers was S44. This is a
good exhibit for that section of the
State. and shows that some things can
he done as well as others
Joseph Nestor. of Wapakonela. O..
made a frightful attempt at suicide in
his blacksmith shop on Monday last.
He severely cut his left wrist, and then
taking up smiths scribe awl with his
. full strength drove it into his left breast
To make sure OF his death. he placed
the awl to the centre of his forehead
and then with a hammer proceeded to
drive Il home. At this point his at
tempt at tself-destruction was discovered
and al alarm given. An attempt to
pull the iron from his head failed. but
when his wife appeared on the scene lie
himself wrenched it from his forehead,
where it had penetrated nearly two in
ches. There is but small chances Of his
recovery. Dissipation is assigned as the
cause
The Brainerd, Mimi. T5i6djte tells
OF a miraculous escape caused by the ac-
tivity of one man. The nighr passenger
train from the west, five hours late. at
about half-past ) o'clock Sunday morn
ing last. when'fve miles west OF Motley,
miraculOusly escaped q terrible wreck.
1t was being hauled by two engines, and
just at the foot OF Hayden hill the rear
engine jumped the track, breaking loose
from the front engine, and plunged into
the marsh from a four foot grade. The
engine turned nearly upside down, bury
ing the engineer, George Ames, and the
fireman, Terence Vane, in four feet Of
water, ice and mud. The tank of the
engine careened over, with the trucks
uppeTmnst. and tore the cab of the en-
gine to pieces. The plucky fireman
managed to get his head through the de-
bris OF the wrecked engine out of the
water. and feeling Ames, the engineer,
under him, reached down and assisted
the drowning engineer out of the peril
ou5 predicament.
LAST summer when the question was
in every ones mind whether the Cres-
cent City was again to he afflicted with F.
yellow fever. the whole country was
startled 10y the announcement that /
among its half dozen or more victims /