The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-24
NEWS ASD OTHER YOTINGs.

Malignant diphtheria is prevailing to an
alarming extent in the manufacturing suburb
of Frankfort Pa.
The best medicine of the age for quickly
curing indigestion, nervousness, etc, is
Browns Iron Bitters.
The appearance of fifty cases Of small
pox in eesouthwest part of Iowa has calts
ed panIcHu that locality.
Two children OF Mr.. Andrew Cl0user, Of
New Bloomfield, Perry county, fell victims
TO that relentless scourge, diphtheria within
a week
AT Skpwith Miss, on Friday night. while
b. Brewster was beating his wife, Charles
Robinson interfered to make peace and was
shot dead by Brewster.
Mrs. Melville, wife of Engineer MeIvile
left the insane hospital at Washington. Pa
Saturday evening for her home She has re-
gained her health complete.
=. +. Hayes, John Connolly and William
Walker have been arrested at PITTSBURGH for
robbing the jewelry store Of T. P. BadiIion
IN that city Of diamonds valued al 81 600
"A contest between T. F. Judge and T.
Shaughnessy, employees of rival railroads. for
a gold watch at church fair in Erie realized
S5,f33.SO. Jud2e secured the timepiece
John Landers, IS years of age. of Phil
npsDurg, Centre county, is said to be the
Oldest living eX-pOstmaster in the United
states. de was appointed by President John
Quincy Adams in 1926 80
. "A fearful explosion occurred IN, Eridav
az the powder magazine half a mile north of
GHayaqulL Ecuadore 1t is said that about
ten persons were killed. a church and sew
erai houses near were destroyed,
~ wo girls were killed and several r,ar
sons seriously blurred by leapine from the
WINDOWS OF Calender building, al Provi-
oence, Il. l., which cOught fire on Tuesday
bup " W as only partially destroyed.
LIE ne Chlcago inter Ocean groans over the
iast that the people OF Illinois have preferred
"a Ireethinker and a Democrat to a anrac.
Ilca+ Prohlbitionist and a Republican, FOR
state Superintendent of instruction.
,r.-At Lead City, Col. on Friday evening.
1iinothN Coleman and Boyd HicklIn eTrga ged
in quarrel and came to blows, Coiemsn
struck HlcklIn under the ear with his fist
breaking his neck and killing him ipstartIr,
a party or negroes insulted a number of
IaaieS on train between Weldon, \. C..
and Hailfax, and an unknown white Y,rs
senger drew revolver and fred seve-sl
shots at the negroes, killing one OF them
and wounding several others
"A new style Of postal card. with a 9ap
20 coteI IHe message, IS to be pressed on the
congress. This should be adopted. The
JOB OF lifting the flap will employ the Ieisrra
hours OF country pOstmasters
"A desperate and probably fatal fight oc-
cuLTed on Saturday between John Taliafarro
and Malcolm Palmer, two negroes of Central
Depot Montgomery county, Va Taliaferro
used spade aud Palmer a razor The for
mer was horribly gashed and it is thought he
cannot recover
-GOvernor-elect Pattison married very.
early daughter Of Edwin A Smith. of phil
adeIphia. His wife IS said to be beautiful
and accomplished lady of winning manners
who will preside over the Executive Mansion
gracefully. Two children a lfttfa hoy- 40
girl, constitute the family --f
Charles Gibbs, 81 years of age. residing
near Pittsburgh. met with his death in a sin
GUAR manner on Wednesday morning. He
arose cary IN the morning and while walking
no nrah Of hsa. ~ =. VI
a position that his head was caught i'm the
lattice work where he was held until stran-
gled to death.
The wife Of Josiah Dodge. Of Norvya X
conn, tried to hang herself on Tuesday
saying when rescued that life on two pota-
toes aEday had grown unbearabie. The vy0-
man IS SAID 70 be Sane,a nd COMPLAINS that
her husband, whose income is $500 a wear
mad Starved her so that in six months she
lost 40 pounds. -
"A steamship arrived at New York from
Havre on Saturday last hayingson board, as
pa ri OF her cargo fifty pure MerinO sheen
from the Southern part OF France. ThPV
are valued at $500 each, and belong to Mr.
Carp, Of Texas, who intends to experiment
with the stock and endeavOr to cross breed
the MerinO with the domestic sheep.
"A special dispatch of the 2Oth to ths
Philadelphia Times from Washington Pa,
saws that gossip continues concerning the al
legged miraculous cure by the power OF PRAYER
OF Richard Huffman, who for years was crip-
pied in such a manner that he was cou1ueI led
to crawl upon his knees with the aid of
crutches, and for year past was unable TO
get about except in wa gon. a.r -.#-F
"A serious conflict occurred d at Forest Citv
n. e., on Saturday between two of the most
prominent citizens of the county. During
the tight Barnes King shot William SuttIe
the latter in turn nearly blowing off the ton
Of Kings head with shot gun. He died
soon after, Gather Front then shot King
twice IN the body. JOHN HaTrell also dan
gerOusly wounded William Sutte
Miss Matte Anderson, belle of Chat
tanooga, attended the wedding of friend at
Gadsden, Ala, and there met ar admirer to
whose attentions her parents objected. They
concluded to marry. A minister of Chatta-
nOoga was telegraphed to meet them at the
train that evening. As the train pulled. in
they jumped OFF. were quickly wed and lust
bad time to catch the outgoing eastern train
-Wm. III. Cunningham, workman at the
Birmingham (Ala-) Rolling Mills, went b
the Alice Blast Furnace on last SATURDAY.
morning, ascended to the'mouth of the stack
and awaited the moment fOrcharging When
the bell was raised be threw of his hat and
leaped head foremost into the furnace. He
was forty years old and leaves a wife and
three children. He had been low spirited for
several DAYS :
A gentleman living on John street, says
the Providence Press, paid his grocery bin on
Monday all in pennies, there being 8 200 of
them, a water pail more than half full weigh
man 'kicked" at having to take the coin but
be received them and turned them into the
bank. The next day he was Skirmishiug
around among the stores in the vicinity to
get enough pennies to make change with
p Mrs. Mary L. Elstenbur2, aged forty
seven, the mother of nine children residing
in the east end of Louisville, Ky, took a
dose of poison on Monday and soon died
from the effect The cause is said to have
been domestic trouble Mrs. Sarah Carroll
aged eighty, WAS found dead in a els tern at
her home at the corner OF Ninth and Green
streets in the same city and On the same
morning. 1t is supposed shat she suicided.
The cause is unknown,
The Philadelphia Record says that Chair
man HeHsel ran cheap campaign and he
wants to follow it u with cheap iRauguTa-
ton. That is right let US get rid of all the
unnecessary fOl-de-rol we have TO pay for.
There ought to be no more ceremony swear
ing in the governor than about marrying a
milkmaid. Getting married for good and all
Is, in fact, much more serious matter than
inauguTatiug a governor, VINO only keeps his
place for four years if he behaves himself.
In behalf of George J. Reek who shot
and killed in a street fight at Eureka, NeV.,
on the Sd instant, James f. Anderson, of
Electoral Commission notorietv, a scit for
libel has been instituted gainst the Terrific
rial Enterprise published at Virginia City.
The damages are laid at SIS, 600. Reek had
a preliminary examination, and was exon
done in self-defence. 1t is alleged that the
Enterprise, in reviewing the testimony.
charged Reek with being pOltrOOn and muir
derer, Notwithstanding his acquttaI
Guy Smith, the 10 year old boy who with
a shOt gun blew out his fathers brains at ST