The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-03-11
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The dead body Of an infant, nearly de-
{ composed and partially eaten by the crows,
I was discovered in the road in the vicinity OF
( the Welsh mountains in Lancaster county on
Saturday last 1t is supposed that the child
/ was murdered by some Of the disreputaOle
gang inhabiting the mountains, several mem
oers of which now occupy cells in the Ian
. caster county Jail fOT various crimes.
Austin MOTiarty went home TO his wife
st Putnam, Conn, and told her that if he
was not mistaken he had on the previous
day been married to Phoebe Brown at Proyi-
dcnce He had dim recollection OF going
with some friends TO a ciergyman's house
while drunk and becoming the bridegroom
in marriage ceremony. His memory proved
sound, for an officer soon arrived with a
warrant to arrest him, but his wife by STRAIT
egy enabled him TO escape TO Canada.
The Lancaster LlteiUqeHcer hears Of
big six fOotcr who is loafing around Harris
. burg, borne on the pay rolls Of the House rs
page at - per day, employing little boy
at 30 cents per diem to do his work and
pocketng the St.50 daily profits Of the fraud
. upon the State. His case is not much worse
however than the pastors and folders vino
get SO q day fer $50 days and never 90 near
. harrisburg except to sign the pay roll and
settle with the fellow whom they employ to
do theiT work for Sfg0 a session.
Mrs. Mary \. +. Everett Crawford, of
13J StuyveS0ut avenue, Brooklyn, the wife
Of Henry &. Crawford, compositor in the
Office of the New York W0rld, recently gave
. birth 10 male child weighing p Il pounds.
Mrs. Crawford. although only IS years old.
has given birth 10 twelve children. eight Of
whom are now living. One weighed II birth
l6A pounds, another lG pounds aud a third
4 Il pounds. The 2I-pOGnder has been named.
out Of consideration for his size. George
Washington Thomas Frederick Crawford.
The champion bee keeper lives, very ap-
propIiately, i'll BeetOn, Cal, and bears the
( not unfamiliar name OF Jones. In the year
1879, from 800 colonies of bees he obtained
10000 pounds OF honey, and in 1850, ftom
600 colonies he obtained -o,eug pounds, worth
3, 600 and the latter was a bad yearfOr honey.
DurNg the latter year he obtained 600 new
colonies from the 400, and commenced 1851
with 1000 colonies of bees valued at = 900,
Independent Of the cost OF the hives. Mr.
Jones says he Will clear at least Slo0oO this
year, unless some unforeseen accident occurs.
( -kecently Mr.. NOblett, Of Rutherford
county, y. g, employed negro TO help Hlm
kill hogs. That night the negro stole one
hog, and had gotten some distance on his
way home, when coming to fence, he laid
the hog upon the top rail, balancing it until
lie got over. Atterward, in attempting 10
shoulder the hog, it fell on the opposite side
Of .he fence, and the CANNON stick, which
. the negro had neglected TO take out, caught
him around the neck and held him fast.
Tic next morning he was found dead, the
hog on one side and the negro on the other
side Of the fence.
in Jackson county, Ca, on Thursday
last Jesse Cook, accompHied by his lHyear-
old daughter, went into the woods To split
rails. Cook told his daughter that If she Gid
not split as many rails Is he did in the day >
work he would Kill her After a hard day ;
work the daughter, on counting her pile of
rails, ascertained that size had not split tquitc
so many as her father. rearing the UEmcE-
cfui punishment TO which she bad frequently
been subjected, she did not - home. Her
father followed her up and Hailed her SO UNI
mcrcifuliy with a rail that she died soon
! afteTwaTd. Cook attempted TO escape, but
was placed in Jail
A marriage service was IN progress at
, st. Johns church, New Orleans. y closely
yeiled woman with an infant in her arms
walked up the centre aisle just as the cler-
gyman asked if anybody objected 10 the
union. Il do said the intruder, pulling
off her veil. and laying the baby at the feet
of the bridegroom. "HcTe iS your child.
You are my husband. ! am lawfully your
: / wife, and you shall not marry this woman"
, She made a furious attempt to attack MIN,
+ but was restrained by the U5hors, while Tie
: . bride screamed ana tainted. il transpircd
that the woman was not the mans wife
n . though he had for years made her believe 81
; by means of 4 forged certificate.
An explosion occurred Thursday night
: in coal mine at Almy Station, near Evans
n ton, Wyoming Territory, on the line Of The
Union Pacific road, while the night shift, con
10 Sistiug OF fifty Cinnamon and five whites
n was at work Two OF the whites were takcT
4 out in q crippled condition, and fifteen Chi
: namen We're rescued through the veHtiiatiul
+ shaft, all OF whom were more OF less injured
1t was believed at the time, and the suspicion
p las since been confirmed, that thlrty-hve Chi
: nameu and two white men had persisted in
: the mine. which was then on fire. The min,
v is owned by the Central Pacific Railway an,
!, was being worked to its full capacity. Tht
accident viii cause a suspension IF work fO
f year.
n The Italian bark Aiace, from Antwerp
. with Kerosene barrels, became wateTioCueJ
r off Rockaway Beach, on Thursday night
# The crew became demoraliZed when thc'
found tEe vessel was going ashore. and fUu
N of them cut their thrO3tS. The captain
4 whose name Is M0rice. was unable to cOntrO
Tho H1Fl- efrFlt fn Fsagl
/ away Shoals and went TO pieces by Z O'clocl
l. Friday morning. The crew numbered ft
teen men all told, anC all aut one wer
drowned. The Life Saving crew OF CauarSi
i went on board as soon as the wreck was dis
O covered and took of the one survivor an
# Italian, named Peter Sa.laCe, who tells tn,
N above story. ROckaVay and Concy Islam,
, . beaches are covered with wreckace
The New York World SAYS that man
u was discovered Friday evening Just befor
= dusk on a cake OF ice which was floating dow
= the North river, opposite the Weehawkel
- + ferry. Some 0t the ferry employees rowe,
Il out to the cake and rescued the man, VIII
T. said he was William Gray, a sailor and tina
. he had been on the ice since the night pre-
q vous. He had shipped on a schooner lyin
- at Fort Lee, and on Thursday night all hand
> got drunk. After time they became quar-
- Telsome and Q fight cnsued during which b
:, was knocked overheard He managed t
= climb up ON the icc-cake, bat the night bein
cold and his clothes drenchcd me was in grea
- danger of freezing. BY dancing and jump
y to keep up the circulation of his blood an
u thus saved his life
: EDWARD Young, son Of n prominent at
III tCrney Of Georgetown, Ohio. shot and kille
George Ashm0re about 10 o'clock Saturda
\ night and seriously, if not fatally, wOuude
'S James kshmOre and Clinton Campbell
~ Young and James Ashmore had pTeviousl
- had several quaTrels. The two Ashmore
p and Campbell were in Lavilie q Inskep
~ grocery on Saturday night, and rs they wcr
- going out they met \ 0ung entering. Hig
y words followed, and Young drawing a II
- vOlvcr, said Don't cTowG or III hurt you.
- He then fired three shots, the first KILN
=. George AshmOre : the second striking Cam
W bell in the left side and the third taking e
- feet in James AsnmOrc' head. It is though
- tine latter may recover but there IS no hop
VI for Campbell. Young is about cightee
"a years old, and James AsEmOre about Il
: same age. y Oung was arrested on Sunda,
- and will plead Self-defence.
MANS HAND CUT OFF by A BARREL-