The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-03-25

A dispatch from Cav ker CITY, Kansas.
says that Henry katchcU, a German. living
alone III duC-uut FIVE miles from that place,
has been 1ouily murdered, an explosive of
some description having been thrown down
the stove pipr, dcmOshiuc the interior Of
the house. katchell rushed out, but was
fred at, when ne fell and was dubbed to
death with a gun. Two parties have been
arrested charged with the crime.
a portable boiler in Tyler & HarTod's
saw mil, on the Kentucky river. two miles
below Frankfort, exploded on Saturday, kill
ing ana WoundinG ali OF the nine men in the
mil, except one. John HarrOd was blown
forty feet and Instantly killed His brother
Lawrence IiaTTOd, died in an hour and Frank
Graham died in three hours. William Ar
moi Is J3w-bone was broken and james Red
ding, William Wheeler, Lewis Harrod and
Hugh Tyler were badly scaded.
CAPTAIN George :. Davidson. the man
who fired the first gun at the first battle OF
Manassas durIr 2 the late war, died on
Thursday last at Steelviile, Scott county, va.
The deceased was lieutenant in Latham 5
Battery during that memorable engagement {.
He has been IN moderate circumstances ever
since the close of the war, and enjoyed an
envabie reputation as an upright and honor
able man. His wife, who died a few mo nthS
ago, was the sister Of the renowned banjoist,
Joe Sweeuy.
The towboat John Means, en- route to
St. Louis, exploded her boiler on Thursday
evening near Osceola, Ark. and sunk out Of
sight almost immediately. Four of her crew
Fitzgerald, deck hand, and two fremen
(Grrmans) are supposed TO be drowned.
. Charles Purcell, pilot. had r leg broken !;
Tom Cannon, deck hand, had his skull frac-
tured William r. Woodbridge, second cook,
was scalded, and Captain Mcclellan was
slightly bruised.
"A Kentucky legislator proposes to pro-
vide every family in the State with weekIy
newspaper free of charge. ''It should be, -
he says, "a newspaper given to everything
good for bringing the people to a realization
of the progress of the age, and to the enjoy
Inent of the amount of blessedness that re-
suits from knowledge \ wise and prOvident
father looks well to the educational interests
of his children should the State provide
a first class weekly newspaper for every
family in the commonwealth, aud thus put
the rich and the poor on parity. This en-
terpriSe, if faithfully carried out, will do
more in removing iliteracy from the State
than any other one measure" His idea is to
start newspaper for this philanthropic pur-
pose.
A strange story comes from Florence, 6.
{ G. As James Best was crossing a field on
his farm he was instantly killed by a stroke
| of lightning which tore up the ground where
he had stood, and buried him from sight
stroke, and his disappearance produced
great CONSERVATION among those persons
who were watching him from their windows,
and several ran out to fathom the MYSTERY
They found large hole, surrounded by
heaps of dirt, but not vestige of Mr.. Best
After two hours hard work with shoytls his
dead body was found at the bottom of the
hole. The case is producing a sort of re-
ligious terror among the more ignorant and
upon II rs an omen OF some terrible calamity.