The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-01-28

,loy last week while coastiHE Cu Haiedon
Hill. At Paterson. Sew Jersey All were on
3 long '.bob-' sled and, when near tiie bot
tom of the hill the sled crashed into teie-
graph pole and was Shivered 70 spilnteTs-
"A Harrisburg man was a"aAeheo IRON
his sleep ON Friday evening bN . severe pam
in his throat and was startled to fius that he
had invoIuntarily swallowed = set Uf artihclat
teeth Medical aid was snmnoued. but be
fore the doctor arrived the teeth mad passed
into the mans stomach. His case = cousld-
cred a critical one by the physician.
General Neal Dow, late Prohibition
Pres fdential candidate, is circulating petit
tious in Maine asking the Legislature TO sGo-
nit to tlls people at Inc next state election,
in 1852 an anlauinent TO the Constitution
stnb0dviuc in the fundamental law Cf the
State the principle OF the prohibition OF thc
sale OF intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
Philip i. kTcigcT WTecatG the ~ lpuih
hank Of which he was cashier, by stealing
its money and did not feel sufficient shame
to leave the city: he saw his father financial
" ruined in saving hila from prison, and dld
not show either reTrOrse oT grief cat on Tie
death Of the woman who lad ied him into
/ crime lie committed suicjde, requesting TO De
buried 10 her SraCe.
-Sharticsqille, BeT,<s county. has q seus3-
ton Squire ". K. iaags Justice cf the
Peace Township Surveyor and Schco. Dntc-
tor has disappeared, taking with hin Ars.
Caroline Machemer, woman with good
/ looks and four children. Worse Still, the aS-
sconding ILaag has IN his pockets several
thousand dollars that belong TO estates FOR
which he was agent
/ Jacob Floyd, Of Concord township near
Dubuque Iowa. set a trap 10 capture wolves
Monday evening of last week. Tuesday
morning ne went out 10 examine, aud found
I in the trap man instead OF wolf. One of
( his ncigi!lroTs tempted 10y curiosity, was cT-
/ perimenting with the trap, and had both
hands caught in il. lie Was nearly frozen
to death when found.
B -Nfr. Grady, Of St. Louis, on his way TO
/ business early one intensely cold morning
q fstf q
I hatchet and advanced upon him. Grady
said cody, ''N GU must be cold, and hastily
pulling OF his Oyerc0at, offered # to the Shiv-
eriug maniac. The gift was accepted, cnd
while the garment WAS being put orr Grady
secured the h&tchCt.
Sarah Shoemaker, Of Lancaster. was
granted a divorce on Thursday, with $500
aiimony, from j. il. ShoemaEer- She was
+ refused decree the week before, but prevail
ed upon the Court to give her second hear
ing and succeeded. This makes the second
tIm- she has been divorced from this same
. man. and makes the fifth trial they have
Jointly induced IN for separation.
-A7 DT. Rudolph SchaTirh, prominent
physician and druggist q Mexico, Stc.. and
his son Herman were walking OBJ the Chics-
60 and Alton Railroad track % their home
Sunday morning they ere run over by
backing train and instantly killed. Their
bodies were terribly maEs.ei. No blame
seems to attach to the railroad, IS the ergjn-
srr vas ringing his bell ~ the time 81 tue
accident. and could uot see any one on tie
. track in the rear of his train.
-Ahbie Howard was driven from her hclle
in Peudcr county, y. C., with ner baby in her
arms She wandered ten miles that dav aud
at night Vas permitted by farmer to sleep
on the bare floor Of an OutEUUsr, but he
would give her nothing r. eat, and drove her
aWav in tive morning. On the next evening
. she staggered into = house where q religions
meeting was being held, and begged the
wOrSLippeTs TO pray for her. She had killed
. Her child. being Unable 10 feed i.
"A farmer the lower and gf Clarion
. county before going 70 church took roll OF
Z mOuey containing $40 and placed il inside
tie folj Of lis p0cketbook. intending. when
. he returned. to place Il in a drawer again.
The next morning lie looked fer it. but found
it missing. As last attempt 10 find it be
went to the sled in which he had ridden 90
the church the day previous. The COWS bad
I eaten the straw out and II one corner lie
found bis money. che7ved to q pulp.
As sleigh containing six persons, con-
slstIng OF j. l. Taylor. wife and two Cbli-
dUen, and Mrs. SnaJto, . daughter with ?
. babe fourteen months Old, were passing
I Wi.iamspOrt street crossing the other day,
a runaway horse, dragging a pair OF shafts,
dashed up the other street and jumped clear
over them. The shafts caught in one of the
seats and overturned the sleigh, throwing out
the occupants Mrs. Taylor, Ars. Shatto ard
the babe were badly hunt, the latter fatally,
. il is feared
An express train was thrown from the
. track last Sunday morning near Iioga, y.
l, by the breaking Of the driving sxies on
the engine. Tie tender postal car and tTo
. baggage cars were burned Postal clerks
, Joseph RedingcT, Seybalt Ingram ard Fox,
. and Messenger Brown, Of the Jnitgd States
+ express company, were burned in the cars
/ and their remains are nearly unTecOCGiZ&ble.
. TWO coaches also left the track and wsre
destroyed by fire, but as they did not upset,
{ the passengers were all enabled to escape
uninjUred.
John Nf1lIvaney, aged %. was caught be
tween the bumpers while coupling cars at
. hesdviiie on Saturday afternoon and badly
/ crushed. He will losc his arm and probably
his life. &ulvGney was the only support Of
widowed mother his father and brother
having both been killed in the employ Of the
New York, Pennsylvania aud ONO Railroad
withinsthrce years. Ellsworth Pitts, aged Is
years, while engaged making coupling in
the freight yard Saturday morning was so
seriously squeezed between the cars that his
recovery is quite Impossible.
The Savannah (Gs.) NsJcs says that q
marriage took place at LaGTauge last Wed
ncsday which is described as sensational. 70
maRtic and remarkable bIr. p. Prophitt,
who is fifty years OF age and has been so
psTslyzed for number Of years A. to he per-
fectly helpless, was united to Miss Annie 3
Swain, a young, good looking, Intelligent
and ACCOMPLISHED lady. The cause Of this
remarkable marriage is believed to be that
both parties are SpiritualiSts and had receiv-
cd, SIS they supposed. a communication from
the spirit world desiring their union.
The PENNSYLVANIA Company, tor the pur-
tions, has decided to make the present issue
. of ten million Of AZ per cent. forty wears
, gold bonds. These bonds will BE- secured by
collateral trust by the pledges OF the Pitts
. burCh, Fort Wayne < Chicago and Cleveland
. & Pittsbug railroad leases, and by al aunu-
al sinking fund of 5000, COO. The principal
and interest Of the bonGs. and also the sink
ing fund, viii furthermore be unconditional
ly guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
+ Company. The entire present issue has been
taken.
The steamer Wsnderer. which reached
New Orleans on Monday, brought news OF
great excitement in British Honduras ove1
the shooting, by order OF President Barres.
Of Guatemala, OF the Jesuit Rev. II. Giiett
Of Baiize. Under the laws Of Guatamala ali
, JesuitS have been banished, and any caught
in thst Republic are Invariably executed.
Father Ginstt was visiting GuatsmaIa foI
his health. Immediately UpOn his arrival a.
, Livingstone he was arrested, heavily ir0nsd,
and sent 20 Gu2tamSl2 City, where he was
. tried sentenced and executed in the pres
ence Of the pOpulsce.
, A remarkable story appears in the Erie
Dispatch Brakeman SnOdCraSs, Of CORY
met with All accident At that place while
; making R coupling that has probably never
! before been experienced by any man wnC
: lived TO tell the tale. He had his head
! caught between the bumpers and was 50
; horribly squeezed that it was net deemed
possible that he could live, but he is now get
ting along finely. His head, which was once
I round, was pressed by the accident out long
! and slim. lie is also from One-ESlf TO three
quarters Of an inch taller. The terrible
} squeeze which his head received has made
: him cross-eyed, but, strange as it NAV seem
> his mind is SIS clear and bright as it evel