The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-05

went To California and in time became a
superintendent OF mines. In addition To las
fortune made from the Big Bonanza mines
ne ewBs nearly a hundred acres M various
parts of San Francisco He suffers from
rhuematism. He Is of medium height ana
heavy, with a large beard st!eaked with
Leonard Rupert and Edward Hartman
live i'm the same house in LaWreucevlile AL
iegheny county, anG for some tune tilc nicn
and their fanli!Ies have becn on very h"t
terms. There was general quarrel on sat
ur;iay night and Rupert says that Hartman
struck him. Then tiie former drew revui-
yer and shot Hartman iu the left side, and the
wound is believed to lee mortal. The ante
nortaut deposition of the dying man was
taken ay Deputy Mayor Porter.
Jacob Stoecklin, of Louisville, suffered
most of the tormentS that ordinarily come To
an old man when he marries young wife.
Resolving upon suicide. he made the piep3-
rati0ps carefully. lie dressed HIWSef Ii HIS
best suit shaved his face, brushed hiS iiiIr,
and laid himself QUO or a bed. with pistol
IN one hand and razor i'm the other. His
intention rvidentI.- was 90 cNt lis throat 1t
the bullet did not Kill, bat the prccaut!on
proved TO &c unnecessary.
- month ago Mrs Mary Mayer. Of 462
First street cgSey City, died OF typhoid fe
Vcr, aud was buried. The body appeared
hfc-hkc. and the checks after death were
highly cOlOrrd. This pTcyed upon the Dlito
Of Il dauuhte- ot the deceased to such de-
gree that she caused the remains to he c2-
hUmcd one day last week It was then dis
gINtItt tai tl4t NBtslitll 'i illt its wa ili't
face in the coffin, aud That in her struggles
she ha,l torn one ear almost of
Capt. Bates and his wife, formerly iac
giants of BarUum'S show recently Waue tHe
overland journey from san Francisco. They
are each nearly eight feet long, and thr
sleeping car bcrths ave only six. In order
to Secure = comfortable be,l they took the
. OipOSiJa sections connected the upper
hertliS with an adjustable piece, and laid
. themselves cTosSWi>c of the car, the other
( passengers kindly coHseutiug to the partial
obstruction ni the passage at night.
As the Southern Express ON tn" Pan
. handle railroad was nearing NOhC~tOvu.
Allegheny county, at $50 T.. 81. Saturday,
the pilot of thr engine struck woman
walking along the track. She NaS thrown
under the wheels and terribly manglcd, death
being ins+aufau -ous. The unfortunate lady
proved to IN Mrs. Louis Ricoyd, native uf
France, vino h9d been In t3IS country only
one week. She was twenty-seyen years OF
+ age and leaves husband aud one child.
An Intelligent dog E3H for lDH- time
: been sent every morning to a butcher shop
at Logan, Ohio, to huy meat for himself
lie always brought = tive-ceut piece 81 his
month Hnd i1Id IL d"TH ou the block. One
day lj,. dcpD>iied dollar Instead, aud wag-
grd his tail with unWnUted ViguU Is though
expecting q piopoIt.Juatyiy larger chunk of
meat. An Investigation proved that, his
master having gone away, hp had broken inf
the money drawer and helped himself To e,
coin.
Daring thc last VOYAGE Of t',g Livadfa TO
( Brcst uu accident - q startling character og-
CURED. \ man engaged rs q -tOkrr was
; asked To hold an electric lamp that was he
ing SWING for lighting tie >toileltole. Tie
inc9uti0U~lv touched iHr WirC with orc Of
D his hands. and with the other completed tLc
current hy graSping the brass rod surround
ing tie lamp. The force of the current
strucl, him dead. M efforts 10 revive him
were uUavLiliug, and the diSints grafton cf
the TISSUES of the body was found next day
to be 50 great that it was necessary to bury
, him at sea.
FT4 @
thrown into tie widest stat" 0f excitement
on Monday mOrniug ON finding that IL
, VesT-uld daughter of Samuel iSiteu5cndcT
had hcen murdered her head being pound
. ed tn Jelly. The giv! left her home sun
q dav afternoon 20 GO - TacrI Mav-h'S to do
= hOuSrwurk. Her little sisters, while ON their
way to school next morning. discovered her
BY the roadside with her brains scattered
over the fence and Stones WhaT' she lay.
, There were several trImrS seen in the yiriu-
ity early that morning and it Is supposed
they committed the crime.
, \ man named john II. Du@lH. who lives
in CrGton, a subur5 Of En,y Castle, tnc 9th
ar day found an iron pot full of gold coins.
They are all Louis duTS'' OF 1860 to 1896,
hein" roiued in the reilsus of Louis Nil.
and w. Tho coin seems 10 have been buT-
led for great many years. They are wOrth
S2.975. The queer part OF lie story is that
they were dug up ut midnight Hy Du-an.
who found the place where they were buIird
bv means or 81 "diviniHr rod obtained from
an old Indian This i Dumju'S story and rs
the coins are unqucstionahly genuine it il
, hard t0 Eud out the real manner in which
they were found
a miner had a wonderful ride I'm a tin
, pan in Colorado. Being at the top Of =
= mountain, and desiring to yet TO the bottom
Of the valley. ha knew that "a tedious and cir
! cuitoyjS walk Of iiftgpn miles was necessary
by the ordinary route while the distance
, straight down the snow covered incline was
only three. He had such pan miners
, use in washing out gold SuUHttiDg down iU
This no wont faster AMI fs-fa- T-rll
the solder pf the vehicle was melted hy fTic-
ton and ne was almost inseuSibc from lack
of breath. But the trip was quickly over,
j, without any mishap, and the passenger nOT
- declares that he enjoyed it.
= A sensation was created in Cleveland.
; O., on Saturday, by the issue Of Warrants
for the arrest for Illegal voting Of two men
- prominent in society and business circles.
: One is +. r. Chadwick. who married q
daughter of r. X Wns!Ow, Il large vessel
:, owner, last February and settled in ClCve-
: land. The other is Z. NJ Grant. who was a
!. candidate for the Senate in Clarion county,
o Pa. two years ago, hut who moved his faWi-
: " to Cleveland last May, heing now secrc-
. tarv Of the Crucible Steel Company. Both
voted the Republican ticket at the October
election. Grant was arrested but Chad
, wick had not been found at latest accounts.
n The Board Of Directors of the PeHnSyi-
!. vauia Railroad resolved on Monday to de-
: clare upon the capital stock Of the company
: out of the profits a Spmi-annual dividend OF
> per cent. and an extra dividend of / pei
.. cent. clear of State taxes for the purpose Oi
:. distributing portion of tl3c shares purchaS-
+ ed frnni the city of Philadelphia. The share
n holders have the option of accepting the eX
= ira dividend Of per cent. in scrip convert
r. bic into stock at par when presented in sums
:. of SO. provided that the privilege Of COnvcr
ting the scrip into shares expire December
, 2l next, after which all scrip outstanding
4 will he redeemed in cash at its face value.
. Ivory Simpson, aged elghty-Scycn years
y Cf York, Maine has been the father ut
twelve children, six boys and SIX girls, eight
f of whom are now living in various parts 0t
: the United States He has twenty y-ninC
grandchildren and twelve great gTandchil
: dren and reads without using -l7SseS. Dur
, ing the past summer he has regularly riser
\ at -four O'Clock in the morning in the season
;, he moved and Takcd hay every forenoon
= and later employed himself topping an,
!, harvesting corn and hc drives the cows e
N pasture and milkS them regularly. Mr.
Simpson and his wife have lived together foI
J., siXty-One years. Mrs Simpson is seven years
# Younger than her husband and still retain.
i full charge of the dairy. and attends to al
NJ ordinary affairs Of the household
ir samuel H. Everett was running for As
/ Sembly in Putnam county, y. Y. During :
is discussion the other day As TO the prUbabili-
tv of his election, man said: "Come. now
Il III bet my watch against yours Mr.
r Everett pulled out an Old-fashiOned fiat
# weli-woTu time piece and replied 'Oh, no
r even if / was a betting man wouldn't max,
I n stake of that watch" The reason was
p peculiar. Thirteen years ago he had hot
X dollar in the world He pawned that watch
and with the money started a little tpn-c