The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-01

Saturday afternoon, near Clinton, O.,
Philip Serfass' sons, Homer and Walter, aged
five and eleven years were playing about
n burning stump. Homer's clothes caught
fire and the two started for home, distance
of a quarter of mile. When half way home
he fell his brother running home and tell
ing his mother. The mother returned to the
spot to find her child dead, burned to q crisp,
not a particle of clothing being left.
John McClelIand, OF Patton, jefferson
county, was a Taftsman on the Allegheny
river. On Monday of last week he landed a
raft at the mouth of Pine creek. just as he
had fastened il by an inch rope to a Snubbing
post another raft came along and struck the
end of the one on which McCleland was
standing. The collision broke the snubbing
post in two and the piece attached 20 the
rope struck McClelland in the head, tearing
it from his shoulders. The force of the blow
hurled McClelland's body into the stream
The engine of the Fast Southern Mail,
due at Wilmington, Del, at so on Saturday
morning, ran into the open draw OF the
Brandywine bridge, near that city. falling on
and sinking a canal boat, which was passing
through The engineer, fireman and TWO
postal clerks jumped from the train and
were unhurt George IL. Goodwin, captain
of the canal boat, had his leg slightly tnjur-
ed The train became detached from the To-
comOtive and the cars stopped before reach
ing the draw. The draw tender claims that
his signals were all right
The Ellsworth (AIe) American says that
for several weeks past the Western part of
PenobscOt has been somewhat excited over
what appears to be a line of clothes about
two hundred feet high in the air The gar
mentS are clearly diStinguiSha|le, consisting
of sheets shirts and other articles usually
seen in washing. 1t has been frequently
seen. and it seldom appears with the same
variety OF clothing. The strongest thing
about this strange phenomenon is that 1t is
visible only through few panes of glass in
the house of Mr.. Charles Farnham.
"A circumStantial story, apparently well
authenticated, comes from Uniontown, Fay
cite county, that General Daniel Sturgeon
Jou0ert, Commander in-chief of the Boer
armies, was born in UniOntown in 1841, being
the offspring OF Jacob and Barbara .Joubert,
who emigrated to Fayette county from Hol-
land in 1910 In 1850 General JoubeTt'S
parents died, and the boy was adopted by
family who soon after moved West Young
JoubeTt ran away from them at PittSburG,
went TO New York, and worked his way to
Holland, and with his uncle ca sea captain)
made several voyages to the Boer country.
During the war OF the rebellion JOubert re-
turned to this country, enlisted in the navy
and was disabled at the bonibardment of
Charleston. After the war was over he
went to South Africa and there reached the
position he now holds.
"A special to the Pittsburg Dispatch saws
that Rev. Father MalOney, who is alleged TO
have raised Miss Quilian from the dead 4
couple of months ago, has taken up his resi-
dence in Erie, and Is reported to be working
marvellous miracles among the sick and
manned. His house is besiPged with hun
drcds of lame, blind, deaf, mute, paraIytic
and scrofu!eus people, all camorug to be
healed. The Dispatch reporter visited the
house on Thursday and saw the thTong OF
patients. Father MalOney was interviewed
and humbly diSclaimed any personal power,
but gave the glory 10 God who, he saws, an.
swers his prayers. James May, Ellen DOher-
ty and several Others declare that they were
instantaueouSly healed of disease. Two Grip
pies from Quehec arrived on Thursday for
the purpose Of being healed, Maioney was
formerly priest OF this dioccss, but has
Travelled over the world.