The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-03-04
NEWS AND OrHKR NOTISes.


Saturday night at Cincinnati, Richard Hur-
" killed John Sullivan.
An old man went insane with remorse
at Iaporte, Ind, becaise he bIunderlheiy
killed a neighbor while shooting at rabbit
A family in West Chester awoke Just IN
tine to save themselves from being suHoca-
ted by coal gas which was escaping from
defective hue. -
hanged on Friday in Shelbyville, kentucky,
for the murder of little soiored girl eoni-
mitted last July ~.
NCharles Merrill killed his mother at Chi
pe Nc recertly. and to hide the crime
chopped the body to pieces and buried what
he could not burn.
The anxiety about Paul Boyton has
been relieved by letter received Dy nIs
mother. dated the 9th of JapSaTy, Whlch
SD he had gone to the interior OF Peru.
Martin Ross and William Pickett, living
near WaverIy, Mo, exchanged shots 1nurs-
dav on account of an alleged insult oHefed
by Ross to Pickett's wife. PlcKett was XIII
ed and Ross cannot recover
There is a farmer in the eastern end of
Lancaster county, eighty-one years OF age,
ryho has ALWAYS dealt at one store. His flrst
visits were made when he was small boy,
and accom- panied by his father.
-Four strangers and the pTOprietors OF q
saloon near Santa Fe, Y. NJ, quarreled
while PLAYING cards few days ago. Pistols
were drawn and the strangers were shot
dead No arrests have been made.
Mrs, Edward Forrest, of SmlthVllle,
Bradford county, recently gave birth TO girl
twins who were firmly united in face-to-
face position from the breast bone to the ab-
domen They died shortly after birth.
At the WhippOTwill cOlliery, in Wilkes
Barre Pa, on Thursday Richard Williams,
aged sixteen years, was cut to pieces by
runaway car, and James Davis, William Da-
Wis, NJ Webb and Edward McRue were serl-
ousIy injured.
Can a legislative enactment make s-a-s
smell saw 2" They think so down in Ar
kansas, for the lie gislature of that State has
passed a oil defining the pronunciation OF
Arkansas to be Arkansaw. Kanssw i= still
to be heard from.
Mrs II. II. Ingham, of MonToeton, Brad
ford county, waited upon niece attacked
by scarlet fever. In wiping the patients
mouth the saliva came in contact with sore
on Mrs. Ingnam's hand, causing her death
The niece recovered.
Archbishop Laing, OF Santa Fe, IS IN
better luck as to worldly affairs than most OF
the clerical profession. He owns a gold
mine which Yields 81 900 from two bucket
fuls Of ore. One nugget recently taken out
proved TO be worth g, 600.
"A gent Charles II. Day, of Forepaugh's
show. Philadelphia, has received nearly 200
photographs in answer to his offer OF $4,000
for the services for the season Of the hand
soonest lady in the land. Thus far young
lady Of Bradford is the favorite
Thirteen of the victims of the orphanage
FIRE at HYDE Park, near Scranton were bur
led in one grave on Tuesday. \ miner, who
is much respected, is the man charged with
stopping one of the Sisters from going up
stairs, but he denies the charge.
-COngress has passed a special act plac-
ing Mrs. Elizabeth Upright of Rockland,
Iowa, on the pension rolls because she had
eleven sons in the Federal army. There Is
no other instance in the country Of mother
/ having eleven sons, all in the army.
Two brothers had lawsuit in New
Castle a few days ago 10 settle which " hOuld
pay for an eight dollar tombstone over their
E vii "a IL
crative offices under GaThcid's administra-
tion, or q record for meanness Is of little use.
Ellen Athey, a muTderesS in jail at New
Philadelphia Ohio, got cut of her cell, and
was met in the corridor by Mrs. Lyons, the
/ Sheriff's wife. A desperate encounter be
tween the women resulted in the securing OF
the prisoner and the fatal injury Of her cap
i tor.
Michael Davitt, the land Lacquer, is the
son Of a tenant-farmPT or County MAY o. and
worked in Lancashire cotton mill until he
was Q wears old. Then his arm was crushed
. in the machinery and had to be amDutatcd.
Thereafter he turned his attention to educat-
ing himself, and at Is became government
/ letter-caTrIer
"A dover OF $3.50, which has been stand
ing against a property IN NoTJmaM t9h
/ county since 1926 and on which S2,6S3.3O in
! terest had been paid, was distributed recent
/ lv among the heirs Of an old lady who died a
/ few weeks ago at the age Of 1o4 years. Nine
children survive her, the Oldest being over so
/ years of age.
/ Oscar Trigg, Superintendent Of the Mad
isOn. Indiana, Poor Asylum, has q block Of
/ wood-a piece Of beech limb-iE the heart OF
which is a likeness Of a woman, dressed an
the style Of the period, the skirts being
f1ounced tucked, gathered and pinned back,
! the arms being carried Ia kangaroo. II IS
freak Of nature.
The Philadelphia Times says that ru-
NOR has been current for some days that Mr..
+ L. P Farmer, General Passenger Agent of
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company, in
tended to resign, owing to impaired health.
Mr.. Farmers friends express the hope that
he will be able To continue in the position
that he has filed with so much ability.
# The Columbia Spy IS responsible Tor the
. story that Wednesday evening large
. muskrat was attracted to the residence Of
Mrs. Rudenstein, on North Third street, in
that borough, by strains Of music from a
plano that he scratched at the door until
admitted, and that not approaching his pres
. ence the inmates Of the house killed him.
f A Child's dress made OF flint glass and
trimmed with lace made OF the same mate
. rial is now on exhibition in q show window
on Fifth avenue. PittsburC. The dress Elis-
tens like the finest satin, and is maTvelously
beautiful. The fabric from which 1t is fash
toned was spun and woven at the glass fac
tory OF Messrs. Attebury & Co, that city.
The wife Of Cyrus Hoffert, OF CumrU
township, Berks county, had lost her voice
two years, five months and six days, all OF
which time she was able to speak only in a
whisper. Recently, when she was trying to
speak through a homemade telephone con-
structed OF essence boxes, she recovered her
voice, and is now able to speak as well SIS
ever.
when Orin V. CroweU left Socorro, New
Mexico, for Lake View, \. J., the other day,
he kissed pretty girl goodbye, at the same
time noticing that her cheeks were plumpei
than usual. On his arrival at Lake View
he went among the citizens with swollen
face and his mouth oDen like that OF 4 FISH
The pretty girl had the mumps and by the
kiss Orin caught them.
Henry O'Connor, aged Il years, shot his
sister Annie, a girl OF 20, at st. Louis, OF
Friday night, while she was in bed in heI
room. He had previously been reprOved by
his uncle for striking younger sister, and
suppOSing Annie had reported him TO the
uncle, fired what will dOubtess!prove 4 fata
shot. Annie tries To shield him by saying il
was an accidental shot.
An old German woman died in q miser-
able hovel near Quakertown, Bucks county,
few days ago. in the midst of poverty and
filth, who was heIress to fortune of $40, 600
The money could have been obtained long
ago, but for the obstinacy of her husband,
who refused to consent to the deduction OF
some interest that was in dispute at the time
| of the settlement of the estate.
I The Philadelphia Press sums up the
I character of the abortive movement against
Eckley B. Coke in one sentence: 'To at
tempt to torture his voluntary seif-accusa.
! ton of oyeT-Zealous electioneering into ev
: dence OF such wilfui violation Of law as tc
forever disqHalify him from holding any Of
Z fee of honor or trust in the State is neither
very ingenious nor very decent"
/ AT Syracuse, y. Y, on Friday last
| Judge Riegle sentenced the Earl gang of tur
+ glars, thieves, and highway robbers Lean
and Charles Earl each to sixty-five years in
the State Prison, and Emma Earl, sister, re
I ceiver of stolen property to fifteen wears