The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-17
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.

William Miller the Oldest Mason in the
United States, died in Caldwell, Ohio, aged
9s years. He had been q Mason for 81 wears,
A twelve year old son of Mr.. A. +. Gra-
/ ham killed a lad named Hopkins with a club
/ during a quarrel in Keokuk, Iowa, on Fri
day.
/ The Albany Journal thinks one of the
/ prize medals should go to Hon. Paddy RYAN
f as he has won one IN the usual way--that is
being beaten.
| "A boiler exploded at Kirkham's old mill
/ at Doctor Town, near Jessup, Ca. on Satur-
/ daY, by which seven persous were injured
| and one killed.
! Sebastian Norwarth, said to have s'ac-
] companied Napoleon Bonapart in the march
/ to Moscow died near EastOn, Pa, on Sun
! day, in the Goth year Of his age,
! One evening, last week Mrs. Iavton. of
/ Derry, was slightly wounded by pistol shot
while on board the JOhnstOwn Accomada-
! tiOn. The affair will be Investigated
| The wife OF William Mover of Bern
/ township, Berks county, committed suicide
! on SATURDAY ei 3y cutting her taroat with "a
"A widow of Shelbyville, Ind, aged 36.
induced her daughter to discard lover. aged
a. and then wOOed him herself, and with
/ such success that the wedding-dav is fixed
! While coastiug at CohOes. n V on Sat
I urday, Charles Richmond, aged six dashed
into hole in the ice In the Champlain canal
and was drowned. His mother witnessed
| the accident.
Sergeant Bush, of the Tenth cavalry. at
: ConchO, Texas, having been reprimanded bv
his superior officer and ordered to be taken
/ to the guard house, secured a oun and bIavV
/ OF the top OF his own head.
An s-year-old boy died at Point St
| Charles, Canada from excessive use OF Iio.
/ uor. The coroners jury on Friday last brot'
in a verdict of wiful murder against the upr-
son who gave him the liquor.
( On Sunday night, near Stamford XIV.
John Carr, highly esteemed cOlOred man
was shot dead IN his own house by an unseen
person while he was playing with his little
/ chilo. No clue to the murderer
/ Miss Seed, until two weeks ago postmis-
I tresS at LawrenceYille, III. was on Friday
last found in dying condition from the ef-
/ tectS OF chlOrofOTm taken through desUon-
! dency at being sIpeTceded i'm Office
Peter Holman, an old German, before
dying IN Harrison county, confessed to hav-
ing committed three murders, one in Ger
many and two in Harrison. The story is
cOTTObOrated by other testimony
y ne remains or nine persons have been
taken from the ruins of the fire in the old
World building, New York. There are still
quite number of persons reported missing
who were employed in the building
A strong guard has been placed over the
Nestmoreland county jail to preuent outside
friends from releasing the Galloway gang
the members of which have been sentenced
to the penitentiary for rape and burglary
"A Jewish refugee who arrived at Liver
pool, Eng, on Friday from Keif Russia,
says be recently saw a number Of Jewish
maidens stripped naked and fiOgged through
the town. The police refused to interfere
"A new horse disease has appeared in
. Plttsbnrg. An eruption appears on the skin
( above the hOOt. Soon the hoOf corrodes and
drops on unless care is taken in the treat
ment, It is said to be caused by dirty streets
"A dispatch from st. Petersburg to the
Dd1ty Telegraph says a Jewish family. con
sisting of a mother, daughter. aged seventeen
and son aged fourteen, have been massa-
; cred by peasants in the district of AUpneiT
Near Nueva Laredo, Texas, on Sunday
TWO -SmuggierS named AugnpudepUi shot
and killed two grass cutters whom thev sus-
pected Of stealing their goods Officers shot
and EliZaTdO and another horse thief named
Las Rusias
During a fight in Clinton. No. on sat
urday, John GROCER and Jack McKenzev.
miners, pulled their pistols and began shoot
ing. Mckinney killed one bystauder and
abdomen by GROCER
Mrs. Doty and Mrs. Sennett were I'm.
stantly killed on Monday. on the track Of the
Bee Line railroad near Indianapolis. In
! getting out Of the way of a train they were
: caught by work train on the other track
I Both have families
There is something soft and tender in
the fail of single snowflake, but II ALWAYS
, reminds Us to look after our bottle of Dr.
l Bulls Cough SyTup--Our old standby in the
. days of Coughs and COlds-for we have al.
D ways found it reliable.
Information has been received from
Sringfeld, Tenn, to the effect that Wood
Hight, cousin to the notorious James broth
e-s, had been arrested at Cross Plains and
taken to Missouri, where a large reward
had been offered for bis arrest.
Mrs. OStrander, Of Pond Eddy. Pike
= county, died Of smallpox the other dav. and
, as no vehicle could be had for love or money
heF husband and the nurse tied rope around
, tie collin and dragged it to the cemetery
where the interment was made
! Hon. James Kelly, member Of the Legis-
? lature from Fulton county, fell dead from
, his chair on Monday morning. While sitting
: in MS residence, at Burnt Cabin a week or
two ago he fell down stairs and broke his
. leg from which he was suffering.
"A man murdered his brother without
: mndTance at SaXeville, Wis, but Immediate
, " encountered a fierce avenger in a big dog.
Made furious by seeing his master slain, the
brute set upon the slayer, biting him. and
hanging TO him until he was captured.
Kate Miles, cOlOred, aged "A years, COM
mitted suicide by drowning in a mill pond
: / near Columbia, 5. c., on Friday. Her moth
er had been beating her severely for Esoms
time past, and after the infiCtiOn of punish
> ment on Friday the girl drowned herself
On Friday, in BrOOkviile. Ont, Willie
BnTke a little boy seven years of age, was
shot in the head with pistol by James John
son, aged fourteen. Whether the shooting
{ was accidental or intentional has not vet
} been made clear. Johnson has been arrest
ed.
: Ellen Means, the second Victim Of the
- Franklin township, WeStmOTeland outrage
, t in November last, died on Tuesday morning
from the effects Of the wounds then received.
James Ward is in Jail for the commission OF
r this crime, as well as for-causing the death
Of her sister Mary.
The funeral OF the late Rev Father Far
reilly, pastor of St. JOseph's Catholic Church,
: New York, took place at that edifce on Sat
uTday, and was attended by upwards of SIX
hundred priests from New I OTk and neigh
boring cities, besides large congregation
May ne rest in peace.
1t is said that young man in Raleigh,
I North Carolina, having invited a young lady
to attend public entertainment, employed
= two cOlOred men to clean dozen street eros
' sings between her house and the hail, that
must be very cheap or hack hire very high
l in Raleigh.
. "A swindler is beating farmers in some of
the southern counties Of York State by buy
I ing produce of them, writing a receipt with
, a lead pencil, breaking of the point, and
: handing the farmer a fountain pen to sign
, his name with. He then rubs out the pencil
writing, makes note over the signature and
sells the note.
"A SNOWFALL stopped an elOpement in
. Louisville. 1t was thrown by a boy in the
: street, knocking off the hat of the driver of
: the carriage in which the runaway couple
were riding to a railroad station, thus cads-
ing Just enough delay to make them miss the
train. Thus hindeTed, they were caught and
separated by the girls father.
AT Scranton, Pa. on Friday, while Sher-
: if Stevens and deputies Finch and CarmOn
= were in the act of dispossessing Darby Mel
vile of the premises he occupied, they were
! ! attacked by Melvin and wife with revOlveTs,
' Deputy Finch was fatally wounded in the
: head by Melvin, and Carmon knocked sense
J less with club Nplviu Malvfn