The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-10-13
"A sincnlar stor,. cnrnes frnn Irnner -

"A singular story comes from Upper MI
ford township, Iehigh county. A farmer
named WittimeT has a daughter seventeen
years OF age, whose abundant growth Of let
black hair was the envy of every maiden I'm
the neighbOrhOod. Some one antered her
room while she slept, and cut of toe long.
l moving locks and carried them OF On the
table note was left stating that no harm
was done 10 the lady and that the hair was
all that was wanted. There is no clue to the
perpetratOr of the deed
The desperate aud INSCRIPTIONS bosses
have been exposed in a Shameless effort IN
betray the Irish YOteUsOf the common vyealfI,
by ascribing TO Mr.. Pattison speech which
there is indsputable evidence he never de-
livered, and which he reDels with honest in
dignation. The whole conspiracy bears up-
on its face the eaUmarks of Ouav's boss
strategy. But lt won't 60 down this time
1t is burnt powder and however successful
ft was IN exciting race prejudice against the
Democratic candidate in 1873, il will fash
in the pan with the attempt to revive it, The
charge that Mr.. PattisOn spoke dispaTRging-
~ OF the lrlsh people ~ a falsehOOd from
beginning to end.
-On Monday morning Jacob Becker, a
young man in the employ Of Barney Farrell
q Co, lead pipe works Pittsburgh. Pa. met
with peculiar and horrible accident which
resulted in his death. He was standing on
a ScaffOldng cleaning the rust of a shaft
which was making one hundred and fiFtv
revolutions minute, when by some means
his right leg became eutanoled in a telephOne
wire. and, losing his balance, he graSped the
shaft In an instant he was whirled around
with fearful rapdity. and the telephone wire
was wrapped around bis leg until the limb
was severed from the body, when he fell
through hatchway to the ground below.
When picked up he was dead. His head was
a shapeless mass, and his leg was still dang
ling from tie wire.
News reached Springfield. NO, on sat
uTday of terrible accident which occurred
about hye O'Clock on Friday afternoon near
Mountain Store, Wright county. on the line
Of the Kansas City. Springfield & Memphis
kallroad, eighty seven miles east OF Spring
field. Men were engaged in blasting rock i'm
cut on the railrGzd, and put in ten kegs Of
powder when one of the men gave the lamp
ing rod a blow which struck fire from the
stone and caused the blast to prematurelv
explode. Four men were killed Instantly.
and six others seriously injured Among
the killed was Gordon Mcdonald, a foreman
His remains were forwarded to WilIiamsport
Ont, where his wife Nd relatives reside
The other victims were labOrers. except one
man, who was standing by, looking on.
The Pennsylvania Railroad anDounces a
pl anwhich carries dIsmay to the hackmen of
Philadelphia. Within a month they will be
excluded from the Broad street station. and
twenty hanson cabs and ten ''fGur-wheel- I
ers, owned by the company will take their
places. The vehicles will be let to response .
Die drivers at txed price per day, the rate
OF rare being prescribed by the company.
The price for hausom cab holding two per
sons VIII be p cents for mile and a half OF
less, and 10 cents Tor anv additional mile or
fraction thereof The charge per hour will .
be 90 cents, The price Tor the Flour wheel /
eTS' VIII be % cents for mile and a half Or
less, aud 20 cents Tor each additional mile or .
rfactlon thereof. The charge for a trunk .
cents.