The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-06-23

AT New Orleans, on Saturday Afternoon,
John King, watchman on the United States
dredge boat Essayor, went out sailing upon
the river, taking in the boat with him ten
boys, sons of well-to-do citizens of Algiers,
the Fifth District While returning home
the boat capsized, and the following six boys
were drowned Thomas Mccormack, aged
10 George Mccormack, IA Willie ShOry,
10 Merry Megget, Il Daniel Kelley IA :
Charles Duplessis, Is.
The track of the recent tornado in Iowa
begins at Jefferson, 90 miles west of Grin
nell, goes eastward few miles, south and
parallel keeps that course TO Marshall conn
ty, when il turns southeast and goes straight
to Griunel; thence to Iron Ridge, IA miles
southeast Of Brooklyn, then took southeIly
turn TO Henry county, and thence to Mt.
Pleasant where it stopped. The distance
from jefferson to Mt. Pleasant is 200 miles,
and the velocity Of the storm was about 60
miles an hour.
The EufauIa (AIa.) Bulletin says that
Robert Hatfield, farmer of that county,
living on the upper Channahatchie creek,
about nine and half miles west of Eutaula,
died on Monday night last from the effects of
an accident that befel him some two weeks
since. He was sitting in a chair on the porch
to his residence and by some means the chair
slipped, throwing him verv heavily and
breaking the thigh-bone of his right leg and
dslOcating his hip. He fingered in great
pain until death came 30 his relief.
"A young woman namedi Iemina MOuter,
aged about % years, a native OF Sweden
last Sunday evening, and falling under the
wheels was run over and had her head sew
cred from her body and was Of course IN
stantly killed. Deceased had been in this
country only about three months. and was
employed as domestic in the family of Mr..
D. T. Caldwell. Another young cOuntrywO-
man who was with her at the time of the ac-
cdent fortunately escaped without injury. 3
"A slOop from Perth Amboy. y. J., at
1 anchor in the river opposite West Point, was
/ struck by lightning, on Friday last, and a
: colOred man on board was killed. At West
Newburg barn was struck by lightning.
4 Clarence Scarborough, aged eighteen, and a
D boy named Decker were standing in the door
I way when the lightning passed between
them and killed a horse. Scarborough was
rendered unconscious, but recovered. At
/ Highland Falls a house and a large barn
were burned by the lightning, but nobody
was hurt
The country will be greatly relieved 70
hear tbat "Mr, Cameron believes that Cen
eral Beaver is the choice of nine-tenths OF
the Republicans i'm the State for Governor.
He thinks that a new convention would not
| only be a needless expense, but that it would
| certainly result in the denomination OF the
/ old ticket and would prove a farcical pro
I ceeding. Besides, the calling of a new con-
/ vention would be an admission that the first
Z convention did not properly perform its duty,
/ an insinuatiOn that the SenatOrand his SfIiends
Indignantly repel.
"A special to the Pittsburgh Dispatch from
{ Ohio Furnace, June 10, says William Nash,
formerly resident OF tins county, was ar
I rested near here on the charge Of committing z
I a cold bloOded and brutal murder here near
. " eight years ago. The victim was a prom
inent farmer named CROWNS, whom Nash
and his father had called from his house the
! evening of July4, 1874, and beat him to death
with stones. No cause was assigned, but the
Z murderers were both drunk. They fed the
country, and the son Oh returning after seven
years has just been arrested
DR. Jarvis Gay, Of NewrOad, Mass, a
a. "a NHeaN ruH
Sunday morning te attend sick horse at
Canton. He stopped on his way at the house
of George W. Edmund to inq uiUe the road.
Edmund had recently moved there and had
been often robbed by burglars. Seeing GAY
enter the gate be ordered him to stop and tel
his business. Gay, hard Of hearing c0ntiu
ueds his approach and Edmund shot. Ed
mund dared uOt leave the house during the
night. Sunday morning he found the doc.
tors dead body i'm the yard, and his horse
hitched at the post