The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-11


wife So violently that she has since died.
The woman was in delicate condition
at the time, and the child was killed by
one of the kicks. Coy has been arrested.
The parents of General Mite and
Miss Lucia Zarate. the midgets on exhi-
bition in Masonic Temple New FORK
City, have come to an agreement as re-
CARDS the marriage settlements of their
children, and it is expected that the
wedding Will take place soon. The
brides dover will probably weigh more
than bride and groom together, and viii
, not be III trade-dOllarS.
james W. AkerS, 10 years old, and
cOlOred. has become a hermit at New
Bedford, Mass. He has constructed a
room underground. into which nobody
ever gains access. ne meeting all callers
outside. Above the underground apart
ment rises a low. shed-lIke structure,
built of rough boards. and to this he is
constantly adding, as his means afford.
various small wings. He is a quiet in
offensive man, of industrious habits. and
suhsists by doing odd jobs.
Several large sums have been con-
tributed towards liquidating Archbishop
Preell's debt. In the current number
of the Catholic Telegraph, the organ in
, Cincinnati, An Eminent Bishop sug-
gests that there be opened list of per
, sons who will contribute q 600 each. in
yearly instalments. the idea being that
there are three thousand among the six
million Catholics in the country ready
to send in their names. The TelegraUb
viii open such a list this week.
In Warren county a clever rascal
has been playing new dodge on the
farmers. He pays each farmer a dollar
for chickens. writing a receipt with a
lead pencil, the point of which would in
variably break off just before reaching
the signature. Then he would produce
fountain pen from his pocket and have
the farmer sign III ink. soon after he
grasses all the pencil writing. and writes
promiSsory notes for 500 and 150, and
sold $500 of such notes TO a bank.
W. c. Martin. Philadelphia real
estate agent, was found in his Office sat
urday stretched back in chair. with his
feet propped up on a desk. unconscious.
and with a severe wound on MS left tenn
pie, seyeTing the artery. as well as a cut
on the back of the head. \ tin box in
the desk had been robbed of 81 600. but
the diamond rings on his fingers and his
watch and chain were not disturbed
The doors leading to the office were
found locked and the keys taken away.
Near Chapman'S Station. Iehigh
county. lives family 10y the name of
EisenhaTd. They have fourteen chill
dren, all living. ten of whom are girls
Their names are as follows: Emma An
gelina Adlet, LOvinia Serena COrnelia.
Alice Ellen Amanda. ToTvillina Susan
na Gorilla, FTancina TelaTa Cencillia.
Perlinia SybiIia Agnes. Christianna Eff
fibula Eliza. Annie Olivia Virginia Ida
Cora JOTine and Mary Anna Alecia.-
There, is, after all. considerable Ia
name.
Mrs. Rose M-Cusker. an aged widow
occupying with heTsOn the second floor Od
a dwelling III POuchkeepsie. y. Y. was
found Sunday morning suspended on the
iron railing in front of the house. The
sharp spikes had entered her abdomen
and she died as the officers were TemOy-
iIig her from her terrible position. She
suffered greatly from cramps in her legs,
and il is supposed that while walking
around the floor during the night to gain
relief. she was attracted to the window
and fell out.
Shortly after12 O'Clock Friday night
Harry Watt. cigar maker of Leaven-
worth Kansas. and his wfe's sister,
Louisa Filter. took prussic acid and
died within Il few moments 0f each 9th
er. Watt was comparatively young, but
had been married several years and had
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seemed perfectly pleasant Miss Filter
was twenty-one years old. and had lived
with the family for several years past.
a cOrOneT's investigation revealed that
improper relations probably existed be-
tween them.
AT Madison Indiana. john Appel,
a Young German bar-keepeT. is now en-
gagged in the extraordinary effort of try
ing to drink 900 big glasses of beer in
l, 900 consecutive hours. He commenc-
ed on Tuesday Of last week. and has
drank his glasses every hour since with
an apparent relish It viii require
nearly eight Kegs Of beer. and VII take
until the 13th.Of May next TO complete
his self-impOsed task. Three men have
been selected as watchers. and the effort
to perform such feat is already causing
considerable talk in that locality.
At o'clock Saturday afternoon
Catharine Dunsback maiden lady, fif-
ty years of age, residing on the Duns-
back road, three miles west Of Cohoes,
n. y. was found with her throat cut
from ear to ear. The motives Of the
murder were outrage and robbeTv- Che
sum of four dollars being secured by the
villain. A tramp who called that morn
ing. Ostensibly to procure work, and
subsequently WAS seen to approach the
residence after the departure Of Jacob
Dunsback. father Of the victim and the
only man on the farm. Is suspected of
being the peTpetratOT of the decd
Coroner Eccles assumed charge OF the
ease and is having the country ScCHTed
in search Of the murderer.
Murder in the first degree was the
verdict rendered Friday night in the
ease Of Frank Small. charged with siIoot-
ing c. r. Jacoby. in Pittsburgh. on the
night Of january 10. JacOby'S wife and
Small, an old EoveT. were enjoying them
selves in a saloon on that night. and ia
cOby found them. The two men fought.
were separated, and Jacoby and wife
started home. Small followed. and on
street corner siot Jacoby in the lett side
Death resulted in few hours Mrs.
JacOby. some years ago, had bug repu-
tatiOn in that city as the female 5culler.
Small is professional thief. and had
been released from the peniteuIiaTy on
the day preceding the murder. Jacoby
was an iron. worker, who made as high
as ten dollars dav.
Mr.. Joseph StutZer. Catholic, of
Pittsburgh, and Rev. \. Burke. pastor
of the Lutheran church of WoodVille.
Sandusky county. Ohio, are making ar
rangemeIEs to plant the former a Cath
Ollie, and the latter Lutheran colonyin
Arkansas The Catholics are settling
down in the Arkansas Valley. and the
Luther5n5 have bought about 1000
acres iRanotheT part OF the state. Some
of the Lutheran families are already on
the ground. They will be, in the centre
of rev county, whose name is to be
Prairie. county, and are tolay the foun-
dafipTf af the cpuntV Sp.sf- n fba ct