The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-02
Mrs Groesman nf Rerlin Canada

Mrs. GrOSSmau, of Berlin. Canada.
is 26 years old, and has been married
seven years Yet she is the mother Of
twelve children, which might be appTo-
priately described as two sOlitaires, two
sets of twins. and two sets of trip.ets.
"A murder occurred on Wednesday
night in Mason county, W. Va. Jesse
{ Arthur and William Ray, who were both
under the influence of liquor, quarrelled
at a dance about young woman. Ray
/ barred his breast and dared Arthur TO
/ shoot Arthur did, whereupon Ray
shot twice, one ball striking Arthur IN
the heart and the other in the bead.
During a recent thunderstorm, the
city hospital, located just east of Kan
sas City, was burned to the ground. 1t
contained eighteen inmates, several of
them suffering from disease and wounds,
and the scenes that enSued were hOrri-
bic. The unfortunateS were carried or
/ crawled out into the rain storm, and
some of them were unprotected for near
ly-two hours. None were burned, but
/ several will die from exposure. The
main building was destroyed and the
patients were taken care OF for the night
in the woman ward.
As Henry Clark, Of jefferson City,
Mo, was driving to CaSsville a stranger
asked to ride, and his request was grant
ed. The stranger proved genial com
panion, and treated Mr.. Clark to ci-
gar, which the latter puffed with enjoy
ment until he suddenly became dizzy.
and nearly fell out OF the wagon. The
stranger caught him and set him down
in the bottom of the wagon, and that
was all that Mr. Clark remembered IN
til two hours later, when he awoke to
find that his pOcketboOk, with S165, was
gone. Likewise the stranger.
A SDpcial diSDatch TO the ChiCaUO
Times from Cairo, H., dated March Is,
says During n gale yesterday the stern
line of the steamer Guiding Star became
entangled in the wheel, and three rOust-
abOuts. two colOred and one white, were
ordered by the mate into the wheel to
loosen it. While the pilot. unaware Of
their position, rang for the engineer to
start, which he did, and before the men
had time to escape. they were caught by
the revolving wheel and dashed into the
water. The colored men did not reap
pear and the white man was picked up
alive, but horribly mashed by the pad
dies Of the wheel. He is not expected
to recover.
The oldest bishopin Catholic Christ
endom at present officiating-JO Arch
bishop Of Tuam-entered his ninetieth
year on Monday, March -. He still
sails about the wild isles Of the West,
CHI Wig Ills CItLltI anu pltdtl4U1 II
the native tongue. lie holds his mon
ster stations on the hillsides and takes
care OF the interests Of his arch-episco-
pal province. His Grace. who has lived
and acted in more chapters Of NibsT-
nian history than any man OF the age.
is engaged in arranging his papers and
his literary notes in such Il form that
possibly early il the next cen
tury-he shall go over to the majority
his memoirs may easily be written
James Creese, "a native OF England,
came 10 this country Sven years ago.
leaving his wife. son and daughter be
hind him. His son and wife followed
him to this county soon afterWard, and
tile family settled at Bergen Point. y
, J. They intended to bring the girl from
England as soon as they could save mon
ey enough to defray the expense, but
when the sum had been saved. Mrs
Creese became sick and died-dOctOr' :
= bills aud funeral expenses ate up the
: fund. The son aud father accumulated
: a second fund for the same purpose,
= when the son died. and the money was
: again diverted. The father heroicalIy
r set himself to lay by another fund, End
had again secured within a few dollars
- Of the amount, when on Thursday last
he died. lie was buried on Saturday
"A special telegram from Kittanuing
2 to the PittsUurg Dispatch. dated Sunday
5 last, says: One OF the largest caves dis
= covered since the Mammoth. OF Kentuc
ky, was found on the farm OF Caspe,
. Flick, in Madison township, Armstrong
= county, by some ore diCGers in the eaTlI
j. part OF last week. ! party Of twent,
. from kitJanning explored it to-day, anI
J. pronounce it one Of the greatest natur2
Y wonders OF the age. The entrance L
the cave is between two. large rocks. ant
: it is almost impossible for man to Greer
C in. The height ranges from six TO twCnt
c feet. The cave is divided into rooms
q the partition being crystalliZCd iimestOn
z Of which the roof is also hanging full
; Five balls OF twine were unrayeled :
that the party exploring could not los
q themselves. 1t is thought to be four o
n five miles in length. a party from Kit
Il tanning will explore it to the end thi
d week.
: George Smith. confined in til
d WiliiamspOrt Jail on the charge Of kill
ing Andrew Miller. learning that Mrs
]. Miller and her children had made state
o ments charging him with the murder
re- has made a full confession Of his guilt
r He states that. having decoycd the oil
4 man to the barn by making noise h
q laid in wait with q piece Of hard WOO
edgings, five feet in length, and struc
# him a powerful blow on the back OF th
l. head. which felled him to the ground
at The old man only exclaimed: "Oh -
le few times, when he struck him agai
.. and ne was dead. He then went to I'll
IA house, got a clOthes-line from Mrs
IN Miller, which she had all ready for hin
returned and swung Miller up in tt
n barn all alone. He then went to I'll
H. house and told the woman all about i
Df She cautioned the children to say nOtl
n ing about their fathers murder The
st have both confessed, however. and the
if statements agree with thaC of Smith.
"A that the story OF the atrocious crime
complete. Smith claims that the ",
man insisted that he should murder h,
n husband, suggested the plan to deco
in him out OF the house, and propose
Of hanging him up with the clOthes-line
or allay suspicion and fixed upon that nigi
~ foI the commission OF the crime.
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