The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-26

H. ID. Gregg, who was General Sheri-
dams privite secretary from 1875 to 1880, I.
under arrest in Kansas City on a charge OF
horse stealing.
"A recent fire at Lu Chow, China, burned
% hours, destroying $1,000 dwellings, over
POO persons perishing Ia the flames, and
400 others were killed. Nearly 40, 600 peo-
pie were obliged to camp out without sheI.
ter. and were dying at the rate of 100 a day
| from want and exposure. The Authorities
are providing for their necessities.
Mrs. Samuel Grassland, who lives lust
across the river from Broadford, Fa, had
| her arm broken on Saturday in q rather pc
culiar manner. She was engaged about her
usual duties when q large toad. which has a
fashion OF making himself familiar about
tie premises, crossed the doorsiIl and came
hopping toward her. She paid no attention
TO 1t, and it was not till II was quite near
her that she noticed a huche blacksnake
which was pursuing It. Much frightened
she turned to run into another room and
falling sustained the accident mentioned.
The snake vas killed by the male inmates
of the house.
There is an old man in Washington
named Roger Evans, who claims to have
polished tie boots of every President since
the time of Jackson. He has been obliged
at times TO resort TO peculiar deYices to ac-
compiish his designs on the shoes Of a new
executive. Up to few weeks ago he had
rot been able to capture Harrison's feet,
but be met the President one day recently
oh IL
rison's shoes were dusty and in an instant
Evans had his box on the ground and, be-
fore the President realized what had hap
pened, had begun TO WELD his brushes
vigorously. Harrison had to submit.
"A party OF surveyors headed by Frank
NJ. Brown, LETT Denver, Colorado, May
23rd for the Iurpose OF exploring the Color
ado river with view to the building Of a
railroad by that route to the Pacific coast.
| On Monday the following telegram was re-
ceived from the expedition "KEnap,
/ Utah, July %. President Frank NJ. Brown
was drowned 10 the Colorado river in Mar
! bic Canon, July 10. by a boat being cap
sized while running the rapids. Five min.
utes after, while working our way down,
another boat was driven against a cliff and
| in pushing it off it was cspsized and two
| boatmen, Peter HasbOrOueh and Henry c.
| Richards. were drowned before assistance
/ could reach them. 1t is impossible to re-
/ cover any of the bodies.
Captain Travers, of the schooner Hes
/ ter A. Seward, from the Bahamas, told q
| Baltimore reporter that just before he left
the islands on July 1, the natives captured
| a shark Is feet long When 1t was cut open
a half barrel OF salt pork was found intact
! in its stomach, besides number of other
/ articles which the monster had swallowed
| Mr.. Miller also had a shark story. Two
months ago the body of a monster shark
was washed up on the beach at ADaco
/ Inside the hinge mouth was found small
! barrel 1t was wedged so tightly that il
would neither go up nor down. In the bar
! rel, the head of which was of, was found
! ell the food the fish had managed to get in.
! side its teeth. The barrel caught all the
! food and the shark starved to death.
"A most remarkable snake story comes
from Mad River township, not far from
Springfield. Ohio. The story is Youched 70
by Isaac Arrowsmitb. a prominent resident
of tLet township. and can be set down a
strictly true. It seems that Mr. Arrowsmitl
was out with his gun one day recently AT
while passing a large elm tree which ha
a diameter of several feet, saw to hi
amazement a bIacksn axe coiled around tn
trunk of the tree about 40 feet from tn
ground. he fired several shots at it an
finally succeeded in bringing it down.
measured nearly eight feet in length an
was one of the largest ever seen in that pal
of Ohio. AS there are no limbs on the tire
below where the snake was cOiled the won
der is how his snskeship ever succeeded
reaching his dizzy altitude.