The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-12-02
NEWS AND OTHER NOFINsS.

hided at Cressona Schuylkill county, the
other day by one of his victims.
Ezekiel Smith, aged IS years, and wife
died at the same moment on Saturday in
Huntington, Vt Poisoning is suspected.
Michael Armstrong. Of Brooklyn, fell
down the stairway at his lodging house on
Main street, on Saturday, breaking his neck.
Matthias Berger, who has been hermit
on the Blue Mountains.for twenty I'VE years,
peTsistentiy refuses to give up his lie OF sc
clusion
The crushing of coke for fael is now car
ried on extensively in the coke regions and
it is being largely introduced as substitute
for coal.
The graveyard insurance cases to be
tried in the Quarter Sessions Court of Allie
gheny county have gone over 20 the Decem-
Der term.
Two small sons of James Sartin broke
through the ice at YOstville, LnZeTne ceun-
ty, on Saturday, while skating, and were
drowned.
Five persons were.seriously injured on
Tuesday at Rochester, y. Y, by an eNplos-
sion in James Palmer's Sons fireworks
mandatory.
Cora Meyer, of Chapman's Station, Be-
high county fell to the floor in her fathers
house last Friday, bursting an artery In her
neck and died instantly.
Miss Bessie Norris of WilkeSbarre,
whose lover. James Weller, ran away the
pay they were to have been married, has be-
come raying maniac.
Willie Blake, aged three years, Of New
York, pour ed kerosene oil over an infant
brother in the cradle, then set IRE to the
fluid and the child was burned to death
john Booths stone quarry at W ibur, n.
Y, caved in on Monday, killing Edward
Kearney and Michael GilheIm and seriously
injuring John Cassidy and Sandy Phalen.
The steam yacht Lucerne collided with
the Australian clipper DunGee, near Grave
seId, England, on Tuesday and the former
sunk. Seven persons were drowned.
DR.. Uriel Ferrell of Orange, Va, prob
ablV : the nl6aSt mar in pnhlic i'm he
United States. He is member of the new
Legislature, a Bourbon and in his 90th year.
The late Judge WILDER, of Troy, Brad
ford county, who died a week or so ago, was
thirteen years old when Washington died,
and had lived through the terms OF all the
Presidents.
"A beautiful young woman named Flor
ence Williams, from BinghamtOn, y. Y,
who went TO EaSton a short time since and
entered house of ill-fame there. has become
raving maniac.
Colonel King, who ran one the Republi-
can ticket for Governor Of Mississippi in the
recent campaign, proposes to contest Gener-
al Lowry's election. The latter only receiv-
I ed majority of 25, 900.
john Brodie andShadrack Hestor, color
ed, charged with murder of T. NJ. Lynch,
were taken from the jail at Oxford. n. G.,
on Wednesday night and hung near the spot
where the murder was committed.
Henry Somard Hubbard, of Providence,
r. l., arrested in Washington on Sunday
night on tbr charge of being crank, seems
to have been on a big spec, and was dis
charged as soon as he got over il.
-8OvernOr Hoyt has granted Teprieve
to Jonathan Meyer and Israel Erb, two Sny-
der county murderers, that their cases may
get before the Board Of PardOns. They
were to be hanged December 10th.
k-The dwelling OF J. J. FunerO, near Win
terset Iowa was burned on FRIDAY at mid
night. Three girls sleeping up stairs, aged
nine twelve and seventeen, were burned 70
death. Their bodies were burned to a Gin
der.
The largest taunery in the world is Just
being completed at Morris, Tioga county.
Three engines and ten thiTty-twO feet boil
ers will furnish steam and force the machiE-
cry. 1t will grind one hundred cords of bark
a day.
The new depot of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at Broad and Fifteenth
streets, Philadelphia, Will be opened on sun
day next. The first train to leave the new
station will be the Cincinnati Express at
9:1O p. VI.
jacob Seigrist, aged sixty-fve. of Mil
Greek township, Lebanon county, died sun
Gay night, after a brief illness. Seigrist's
lite was insured for over 500 600 in death.
bed companies by outside parties living in
the vicinity.
Joseph Stone, a painter, 80 years old,
was instantly killed at Springfield, Mass,
by falling sixty feet from staging on the
new convent school building. He lost his
balance while reaching after brush and fel
backward, breaking his neck.
Prince Leopold, the Queens Youngest
son, was born with only two Of the three lay
ers of skin to which common mOrtais are en-
titled. Hence, his health is precaTiOus, anC
all the medicine men in the world cannot
sdpplY the missing cuts Cerd.
, "A respite has been granted to IsTeal Ert
and Jonathan Mover, sentenced to be hang
ed this month at Middleburg, Snyder cOun
ty 1t is for indefinite time, the ObJec
T being to allow their case TO go before tht
, pardon board at the December meeting.
AT a recent concert it was the subject OF
: . remark that in what fine ''voice" the singer
were in commencing his good judgment
the leader will pardon us for whispering tha
n he always recommends DR.. Bulls Cough SyI
s up for clearing and strengthening the voice
= On Saturday four men with a wagoI
J. going to ArkOnsas, camped three miles we
of Aberdeen, Miss, and on Sunday evening
they were found lying on mattresses, cover
n ed with quilts and each with his head sIiit
!, open though with an axe. No evidence
of robbery was visible.
Miss Benson learned that Randall, who
was wooing her at Mount Vernon, q, al
: ready had wife. She waited until he nadt
e a formal proposal of marriage, and th'n ap
piled to Justice for his arrest on chfrge o.
= bigamy Being told that the crime O blga
my required double marriage, she Kept hel
e secret, let the engagement result ina wed
y ding, and then tTiumphantly sent hin to lai
V Immediately after the ceremony.
Z. james p. Weller was to have married
y Bessie Norris, at Wilkes Barre, Pa. but wa
: not there at the appointed time ind place
: Instead of him came note sayiGg that N
Il would not keep the engagement, laving de
: cided to go West as a bachelor. Two day
e later he returned, and said that he had agail
/ changed his mind The girl go out of he
{; sick bed and rushed iOyfully iIIo his arms
n but her mother pulled them apart and drov
r Weller from the house.
"A special from Willspoint, Tex, of Nov
9th, says The jury 10 the cas-. Of the Stat
far the rnurde .
OF of her husband by administering strychnine
a has returned verdict of murier in the frs
T. degree, and has fixed the punishment at im
rs prisOnment in the penitentia-y for life. Dl
a Ball, her accomplish and pei hsps abettoT /
Id the crime, was convicted and sentenced fC
u for life at the recent term of court but mad
u his escape.
IS While the congregation in Welsh vi
IS lage were recently assembling for divin
ce service, q huge dog bounded through tn
lg building and took possession of the palpi
an Obstinately resisting the efforts of the mini
" ter and several members Of the congregatiC
K to dislodge hin, In the end the mDiStt
had to conteni himself with the readI
desk leaving nae dog in undiStuTbed posse
il sion of the r0trum, in which he quietly n
NJ mained whilethe service lasted.
Is Arthur armstrong, q half-craZy negr
An was taken iito field at Houston, Tex,
d: three negroi hieves, Frank and Joe Rands
Id and Bill Hockey, who had employed him
on haul some 81 their plundeT, where the thr
on riddled hiu with bullets. cut hiS throat fro
eaI to Garland wrenched his head from &
body whie his still animatediips half artic
lated thesSord pray" They we're caug
al, as they we're about to place the mutilat
an body inBh6 BTaZOs river.
lal -Grensburg was greatly excited on Tue
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