The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-09

The body Of an unknown man has
been found in the extreme northern p0r-
tiou OF Chicago near the artesian wei.
He was lying, with his face III the lnud,
with cut on the back of ms head anu
his throat cut from ear to ear. The
body was stark naked, but clothes of
laboringr man were found near. The
man had been murdered and taken to
that spot. his clothes removed and 9th
ers placed in the vicinity 10 conceal
identity His well shaped hand ana
cleanly appearance of his person lndlca-
ted that he was a professional gentle
man.
"A yacht containing a party Of four
teen persons capsized on White Bear
Lake, twelve miles from st. Paul. Mimi,
on Monday afternoon. They were struck
by 4 sudden squall. and having no COM
petent sailor on board the yacht went
over. Eight of the passengers were
men. of whom seven were unmarried.
The rest were women and children. The
seven single men swan ashore without
making any effort to save the lives of
the women and children, who were all
drowned. with one married man, Who
STAYED and made an effort to save his
family. Other boats went to the rescue.
but were not able to recover all Of the
bodies.
About nine O'Clock Saturday night
the ferry boat Argonauta. running from
Ridgeway park, an island in the Della
ware river, to Philadelphia, ran down
row boat, cutting her in two and drown
ing at least three of the occupants. The
boat contained John Orr, mechanic
/ Kate Mahoy, his sister-ip-law Robert
/ Ritchie, a boy representing the owner of
the boat, and Orr's four children. 1t
was dark and the row boat carried no
I IN fNv-s. M 70 l4f g--s
son James were rescued. The others
were not seen after the boat capsiZed.
7 The names of the victims are Mrs. Ma
hoy. aged y Robert Orr, aged - Liz
Ze Orr, aged 9, and Katie Orr. aged s.
Roberts body was found next day float
ing near the scene of the accident. No
blame is attached to the captain
"A horrible accident occurred near
Dunkirk, y. Y, on Wednesday after
noon. The boiler of a steam thresher
exploded, killing five persons and seri-
ously wounding four. The scene beg
CARED description. The dead and in
jured were scattered about the place,
and the air was flied with the grOaus of
the wounded and their frantic friends
. Richard Case was instantly killed. His
/ head was blown a distance Of one hun
( dred yards from where the body lay. and
the heart was literally torn out and
found at some distance from the trunk.
] George Piplc and Amasa Harden were
instantly killed. William Frederick
died an hour after the accident. Ruddy
4 Thrush cannot recover jesse Fl Iederick
, viii lose a leg. John MCN ely and y.
NJ. Bowen were slightly injured. The
cause of the explosion Is unknown. The
boiler had never been used before.
"A singular accident occurred on
Thursday evening in the Corning Mine,
on the Sandy Greek Valley Road, Ohio.
While at work in the mine one of the
men struck a VEN of water heavily
charged with gas. which drove a stream
with great force into their faces. Two
I men who received the charge Of impreC-
mated water directly in their faces were
taken out of the mine totally blind, their
eyes being destroyed. Some SIX or eight
other miners had their eyes more or less
injured, and it is feared that some of
them viii lose their sight. The names
. Of the unfortunate men could not be oh
tanned. Mine Inspector Roy visited the
. scene OF the disaster and says that there
is nothing in the history Of mining par
aIlel OF similar to this case. He has
brought some of the water (Which still
continues TO flow to the Stale UniverSi-
tv for ANALYSIS. The medical fraternity
are considerably interested i'm the affair.
"A novel suicide took place recently
at Goldsboro. y. G.. the victim Of which
was a monkey owned 10y Nh Rockwell
SyrOck. The animal was quite a favor
ite with all the children for miles around
and knew most OF them. For several
years past Jocko's owner has been in the
habit OF visiting all of the hangiugs in
that portion of the State, taking the
mischicvOUs animal with him, who al
ways seemed To take an especial inter
est in the horrible details Of such pro-
ceedingS. On the 25th of june Alex.
Howard, negro. was 10 have been exc
cuted for the murder 0f an Old man. but
the Governor respited him. The gibbeJ
was erected and all of the preliminary
arrangement made for carrying out the
negrO's sentence, when the Executive
Hterfered and postponed if. Syrock
visited the jail with the monkey and eN-
amined these preparations. The ami
mai seemed to be unusually curious and
watched the scaff0ld and traps with
wistful eyes. Since That time he has
been playing hanging in his masters
barn, and finally was found dead. sus-
pended by clothes line to one of the
TafteTS of the building.