The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-12-23

The handsome new station of the New
I York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
I at WashingtOnyille, Sussex county y. J
was totally destroyed by an explosion oi
/ giant powder Thursday night. The explo-
Z sion is supposed to have been the work of
parties antagOniStic TO the new COMPANY
. Several residences in the vicinity of the 6es-
troyed building were damaged by the ex-
/ ploSiOn.
"A few days ago a very mysterious box
/ was placed in the back yard of the house 90
] cupied by ScOvile, the counsel for CTuiteau.
/ It was supposed to contain some explosive,
and was not handled for several davs, but on
! Saturday was cautiously opened and found
/ to contain a coil of rope with moose on its
/ end 1t also contained a note saying ''With
| the compliments of the Garfield and Arthur
/ Club, of Meyersdale, Pa"
Aurora, III, is beautifully lighted by a
! system OF six electrical towers made of iron
rods and network, each $50 feet high. These
( are crowned with electric lamps of 20O0- can
die power each, or equal to 125 gas Jets, The
cost complete for each tower and apparatus
! is about 81, 900. One electric tower lamp
fed by soft coal at s. per ton, gives a 1000
candle light at 23z cents per hOuT-a ratio of
pa to 90 compared to corresponding use of
gaslight.
The city Of Caldwell, Kansas, was the
scene or terrible shooting affVay on Satur-
day between cowboys and the authorities in
which Michael Meagher, formerly mayor
and George Speer, a gambler, were killed.
wellington
posse had gone to the scene, and the cow
boys were understood to be surrounded in
the timber twelve miles south of Caldwell
There were vague rumOrs OF an engagement
in which four citizens and two cowboys had
been killed.
The story told of Miss Bates. Of Scituate
Mass, who died on Wednesday of last week
at the age of IS, is interesting. She and her
cousin Abbie, still living at the age of 80, hid
behind rock on the beach in the wear 1872
fu md .g..TE E1,, Ill
call, thus frightening away and putting to
flight several bOat-lOads of troops who were
about landing from a British man-of- war.
The probability of this incident is not its
least charm, and well may it bave been told
over and over again for nearly seventy years.
The New Bloomfield Times saws that on
Thursday last a little child of Mr.. Samuel
Bentzel, of that place, seemed fretful and
had been so the night previous. Towards
evening Mr.. B. took up the child and acci-
dentally discovered the blunt end of a sew
ing machine needle sticking out Just below
the pit of the baby's stomach He held the
child and his wife pulled out a Grover tS Ba-
keT sewing machine needle that had gone in
fully two inches. Where the child cot the
needle IS mystery as they haYe a Singer
machine.
-Rt. Rev. Bishop McQuaid, Of Rochester,
\. Y, addressed the people of his diocese on
Sunday last in strong opposition to the irish
National Land League. He said the follow
ing of a few priests with loose cOnsciences
did not Sanctty the "nO-rent' cause pointed
his people TO the position OF the Pope as on
posed to secret organizations, and concluded
his address with the sermon of the dav. tell
ing his hearers that between the revolution
lists of the League and all good Catholics the
lines were to be sharply aud determiuedlv
drawn.
Mr.. j. s. Weidler, of Salunga, recently
exhibited in the Lancaster Ni1U Era office a
young cOckeTel which, instead of walking
and standing like fhe other members of
stands bolt upright and walks
in the seme improper manner. While stand
ing he props himself with his tail, the latter
answering the purpose of q third foot Mr.
Neidler has a pulet that stands and walks /.
in the same manner. The cause is of course .
4 defOrmitY, but to see one of these feather i
ed bipeds stTutting around in so singular a /
fashion is novel sight. They are of the I
common 5arnyard variety.
The Denver Times SAYS that from twents {
20 thirty-fve miles from Denver between .
Cherry creek and Running creek, the Den A..
yer and New Orleans railroad fsrces struck +
IN unusual obstruction, it being nothing less .
han buried forest The trees are all petri- .
led aId agatiZed are of ali sizes and lie .
buried at various depths, from ten to twenty
I'VE feet, which Is as deep as any eXcava- .
ions were made by the wOrkmen. They .
,ame upon these relics of a by-C0ue age in at .
east half dozen localities, and have met .
With not little difficulty on their account .
The trees are very perfect and conld be taken
'ut nearly whole if suitable machinery was
employed