The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-11-18
NEW AND OTHER NOTINGS.

More than one fourth or all the iron ore
I mined in this country Is the product OF
Pennsylvania miners
-'"The last wolf in Scotland is said to
have been killed by Sir Gowen Cameron, at
/ Lochiel. in 1880. Dive see 10
The Thanksgiving proclamation OF Gov.
| Long of Massachusetts,, is made up of four
| texts of Scripture and hymn
! The yelling of James LagUire. OF North
| Harrisburg. Vt, was burned on "Wednesday
of this week and two children perishedl
| Judge Sassaman, OF Berks county, has
decided that graveyard insurance companies
must pay policies at their full face value.
The PittsbUg Leader has been sued for
| so, 900 dana ges by woman who II alleged
said she was glad of the assassination OF the
( President
A Mas SachuSetts man who voted last
I week says that the first candidate for whom
he ever voted was James Madison, and the
year was 1903.
"A Young grav eagle was captured near
Marysvile. Dauphin county, last Thursday,
by John Dunn, a gang boss on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
All the Governors are following the
| Presidents example. and Issuing proclama-
/ tions for a day of Thanksgiving on Thurs
day November "a.
/ Some misehevOuS BOYS at Pine Grove,
took the sign Of one Of the graveyard insur-
[ ance companies of that place and hung il on
the gate of the cemetery.
Two cars containing thirteen passengers
I "ttt blOWl igOiil bllt CSllJldi OVlbid'ib bloth
near Georgetown. Col, on Friday, hut no
) one was dangerously hurt.
An explosion Of gas occurred on Satur-
day in a sulphur mine at Gessolungo. near
! Catanissetta, Italy Forty persons were
| killed ard fOrty-one injured.
/ Fifteen cases Of small pox have been re-
| ported in BiddefOrd. Maine, all the public
schools there have been closed and more
than three thousand people vaccinated.
/ Ed Partridge, coloTed. of Americas,
Ga. whipped his stepdaughter, Belle Holmes,
to death. The flesh was beaten from the
body. The citizens threaten to lynch him.
-Johiel Kent, noted turfman, of Sus-
quehanna, Pa, and the owner Of some fine
horses, while attempting to harness frac-
| tioUs horse on Saturday was kicked to death.
Mrs. ". VI. Evans, of POttstown, claims
to have the tOmahawk used by Sitting Bull
in the Custer massacre. 1t was given to her
by Lieutenant Ogle, to whom it was surren-
dered.
SNOW fell last week in large quantities
in Western Kansas, Colorado and New Mex
leo and trains were greatly delayed. In 9th
er portions of the West very heavy rains
have fallen.
While attending services on Sunday
morning at st. Bridget's Catholic church,
. MeadYille, Mrs. Mary Boiler an aged lady,
residing in VaiOnia, dropped dead from
heart disease.
A New Haven young woman has twice
postponed her marriage after the wedding
! guests had assembled, giving no reason. ex-
cept that she was not quite ready. The af-
I fianced husband is hopeful.
H G.. Potter. who three months ago
! eloped with his stepdaughter, Lulu Swartz,
I aged Il wears, from Moscow, Lacka wanna
| county, has been arrested He was appre-
I hended at Bethlehem and is now in jail in
I default of bail.
-Sylvanus Howe, a mattress maker at
J Detroit, laShsed his wifes throat with ra-
ZOr until he thought she was certain TO die,
and then poisoned himself with prussic acid.
, Mrs. Howe Is not greatly injured.
A four yea--Ol1 son OF John Fox was
killed at Wilmington, Del, on Saturday, by
a bulldog belonging to John Doran. The
! dog broke its chain, caught the boy by the
throat and horribly mangled him, causing
I aimCSt instant death.
Joseph Brown and Albert Smith, who
, claim their residence Is in PittSbur5, anC
I ! that their fathers are respectable merchants
D / were found in a mail car at SteubenYille
r. , Ohio, concealed under the bags, with sup
! ( posed intent to rob the mails.
, ! Alexander McElwin, and wife, cOloTed
+ on Thursday night visited the store Of f
= ! Faircloth, near Albany, Ga, and because
: ! the woman was refused credit her husband
!, killed Fairc,oth by striking him with an aXt
! heive, and then made good his escape.
: At Blue Mound. H., on Friday Jane
/ T. Ward and Dr.. Roswell ". Shaw, age,
. about 90 years quarrcled and the difficult
. ( ended in Ward shooting Shaw, killing bin
2 instantly. Ward is at liberty; Dr. Sha7
n was practising physician at Macon, III.
The organ rolled its notes from tn
( growing diapason to the gentle flute, an,
the congregation accompanied by deep sep
uchral coughs to coughs scarcely audible
/ because they had not vet heard Of the won
! derfuI efficacy of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Q "A cyclone struck the premises of Mat
{: ! +. Ash. near Madison Station, Miss, l
i, / miles north of jackson, on Saturday, after
y / noon complrtpIV dem0iisuIDg and CARRYING
ii away all tile buildings and severely iujurin
IN Mrs. Ash, two of her children and four Othe
= | persons.
20 And now the Star route thieves are be
T. ginning To declare that Garfield never ha
OF any faith IN the prosecution" of them an
1t was wont to upbraid Mac Neagh for proceed
* ing on mere suspicious against homes
IA men and good Republicans whose tracts
n / carried Indiana.
il "A man named Adam StOneaIler obtdine
ls employment on the Pennsylvania RailrOa
=. at PittsbuTg the other day, and worke
he twelve minutes, when he decamped. .
he DaV-d,y Il check for two cents was mad
g, PAYABLE TO his order which is at the UnIo
~ ! Station awaiting him.
1t is remarkable freak or remarkab
lie by some newspaper correspondent thf
n the bullet shot AZ Guiteau by Mason, was
ln ! mere chance flattened into Jagged piece {
~ lead forming a perfect profile of Guitea
.d / readily recognizable 10y hundreds to who
- the iail warden has shown It,
lie "A New York paper says that the bod
81 { Of a T. Stewart was recovered week befOl
no ! last upon the payment of S3I GOO and
nj pledge that the robbers should not be pros
IN cute l. and that it was placed in Garden Cit
an / on Tuesday night. 1t is little over thrt
er I wears since the body was stolen.
to ; The burning of worthless graveyard il
he / ~urance policies, which was to have take
d, place in District township, Berks county, c
n Saturday, was postponed on account OF Il
no / rain. The ceit mOuy will take place G
a | Saturday. December 10, and 100000 wort
of policies will then ne cTemated.
IS A "crank, who had lost good deal
money i'm stocks in New York, was caug
Sunday in the act of sending threateniT
letters 70 Jay Gould. His name Is Col. ,
as Howard Welles, he is near relative of q
&c late Secretary of the Navy, and has many j
re 1uentia and rich relatives living. He
'e sixty years of age.
ne The troubles and scandals Of the Hay
% administration constantly increase, and no
an the wave OF corruption rolls up to the he
'ly of SchurZ's robe. The prosecutors of
ce claim for supplies lost by Indian depTed
er tions al!ege that they had to pay the chi
le clerk of the Indian bureau So 900 to get Il
he congressional appropriation
ed Prank HOTner and Louis Marietta, boz
n. aged fourteen and ten respectively, quarre
OF cd over q game of marbles ut ShelDyyllle, !
diana on Saturday, when the younger be
started to run to avoid fight. lie was caug
m and held by another boy while HOTneT r.
10 up behind and stabbed him in the back, pc
nj etrating the lung. The injured lad cann
he live.
no At Dunbar, Fayette county, the EXPIRE
,ic train struck VIM Tearney, miner aged 4
of while lie was attempting to cross the tracl
M His body was horribly mangled and his 2
ID trils were strewn for twenty feet along q
-er track. He was drunk AT the time he W
ek killed and had been drinking hard Tor Sc
to eral days. He leaves q wife and seven ch
dren.