The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-03

&C. Is. Hitchcock, a prominent farmer,
came to Santa Anna. Cal, last Monday week
with his wife and acknowledged the deed
to his property to German named Anshag.
They then left for home, but not having
been seen thereafter neighbors grew sus-
pIcIous and a serch resulted In finding their
dead bodies buried together along the road
side. 1t was evident Anshag had murdered
them to repossess himself OF the money he
had paid them and the party lynched him
before the officers could Interfere.
A 10 year old boy OF Saunders county,
Neb.. by his presence Of mind saved the
lives of five children during the storm two
weeks ago. he went to the school house
after them with sleigh On the way back
the team he was driving, mules, refused
to go. He unhitched them and turned
them loose and dug hole In the drift and
put the children in and covered them up
with blankets and turned the box OF the
sleigh over them. TneY passed the night
safely and got to house next day all right.
-Clarissa jackson, q coIored woman
living near Findley, Ohio, last Wednesday
week became q grandmother at the early
age OF twenty-five years. Mrs. Jackson,
who is a comely little colorsd woman, was
married when but eleven years old, and In
her twelfth year gave birth to q daughter.
The daughter married when twelve years
old and last week. when thirteen years old.
gave birth to daughter. who, IL she lives
and does as her mother and grandmother
did. will make Mrs. jackson a great grand
mother before she is thirty-eight- The
parties are all respectable colored people.
The year 1717 is memorable in the his
tory OF New England on account OF the un-
usual quantity of snow which fell February
20 and "a OF that year. In those two storms
the earth was covered with snow from 10 to
Is feet dsep. Many houses OF one story
were buried. and In numerous cases paths
were dug from house to house under the
snow drifts. The visits were made by
means OF snow shoes, the wearers having
first stepped Cut OF their cham Der Windows
One Maine gentleman, wishing to visit Ibis
lady love-" is said to have walked three
miles with snow shoes, and entered her reg
idence as he had left his own, by the cham
Der window. he was cordially received, as
he was tie first person the family had seen
from abroad for week.
One OF the oldest trees in the world, and
probably the largest, is situated in MascolI
Italy, near the foot OF Mt. Etna. 1t is called
the Chestnut Tree OF Hundred Horses. -
Its name arose from the report that Queen
Jane OF ArraRon, with her principal nobility,
took refuge from a violent storm under its
branches. At one time it was suppos ed
that it consisted of a clump OF trees united
but on digging away the earth the root wa:
found entire at no great depth Five enor-
nous branches arise from one great trunk
which is 212 feet in circumference. a par
OF ths trunk has been broken away and it:
interior Is hollow, and is large enough Il
contain q flock OF sheep or two carriage
driven abreast through it. II still bear,
fruit. Collectors of relics have built a hu
within the trunk.
There Is one kind of railroad blockade
the world knows little about" said q Wes-
tern arrival at the LscIede hotel, St. Louis
land that is a cattle or sheep blockade
Along the Union Pacific these b!ocksdes are
not infrequent during the blizzard season.
When a blizzard strikes Kansas prairie
the cattle make for the railroad cuts, whict
afford the only protection they can gel
against the fierce wind. As soon as they
reach the cut jam occurs, one steer piles
on top OF another and soon the blindly des
perate herd is heaped up in one struggling
mass. OF course. those underneath are
soon smothered to death, when the snow
drifts in upon them, and I have seen a trair
stalled for several days among these frozer
beeves. The same thing occurs with sheep
only they pack In more solidly than cattle. =