The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-28

Sydney Smith being ill. his physician ad-
sed him to ''take a walk upon an empty
stomach" Upon whose ." asked Sidney.
Still better steps to take would be the pur-
chase Of DR.. r. Y. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pei
lets, (which are especially valuable to those
who are Obliged to lead sedentary lives OF
are afflicted with any chronic disease Of the
stomach or bowels. By druggists.
"A New Orleans man has invented an in
genious machine by Whick he claims that be
is able to report over 200 woIds per minute.
The sounds of the language are represented
by mathematical permutations represented
on the instrument which can be readily
learned. The inventor is telegraph expert
and claims that the speed In messages can he
. increased FROM 30, the present average. to
200, and with a greater degree of accuracy
than is attained by the Morse system. The
machine IS the result OF three years labor,
telegraphc world.
Charlotte O'Nein. Of Buffalo, aged IA.
jumped over the cih near the falls at Mag
ara on Friday morning and lodged in pro-
jecting tree about thirty feet from the top
The only way Of rescuiag her was for sUme
one to go down over tne cliff, most hazard
Gus undertaking, there being sheer descent
/ of over 200 feet. with Jagged rocks at the
bottom. 4 hackmau named Metcalf vOlun-
teered To do 1t. The driving lines Of several
teams that were standing 10y were tied to-
gether and fastened under his shoulders. On
reaching the girl he fastened the lines 10 heI
in similar manner, and she was hauled up
. only slightly injured. Metcalf followed after
/ the lines were let down again. Temporary
insanity was given by Miss O'Neill as the
4 cause of her rash act.
/ In West SOmerville, near Boston. on
. Thursday last, Mrs. Mary Russell sraa spv.
enty-nine was killed by her son-in-law, Ed
win r. Prescott, aged siIty-six. Mrs. Rus
sells daughter, who is Presc0tt's second
wife, went to Boston Thursday forenoon. and
on her return was met at the door of her
7 hy- har nd rrfoo toll har Hsa hrs7
Just killed her mother The woman, hOTri-
fed, ran to the police station. Officers. 90
ing to the house, found in a back shed the
/ body of Mrs. Russell, with her skull fractured,
/ her face crushed in, and her throat cut from
ear to ear. The murderer was secured and
taken TO jail The tragedy created intense
/ excitement, the parties 70 it moving in the
/ highes. social circles Prescott was for MANY
years dry goods merchant in Arlington and
atterward IN Cambridge, and amassed for
tune
! John Gehring and wife and Louis Will
bert and wife, of Parma, near Cleveland. O.,
were committed to Jail in the latter CITY last
Saturday night on the charge of numbering
Alexander Hu1sbei, farmer and neiChb0r
TO them. Gehring keeps saloon and the
Wilberts live with him. Humbel got in a row
there several days ago while intoxicated and
was assaulted by the prisoners. He was
thrown out Of the front door, his head pound
ed to Jelly with a beer msllet, and his body
bruised frightfully with stores. He lived
several days, but died Saturday night, and
warrants were Immediately got out The
particulars Of the murder are horrible Hum
bells hands were held behind him by one
while his face and body were pounded by
others OF the party. The prisoners were
prominent in the village, and Humbel was a
hard working, honest man He leaves wife
and seven children.
Robert and Morris Andrews left their
home in Greenfield, near CarbOndale. Pa, on
Wednesday, to go into the Salem Woods on
a hunting expedition. They hunted without
food or rest until Thursday night On Fri
day morning, robert, hearing a rattling
sound in the bushes, which he supposed to be
game, took up his rife and blaZed away. On
visiting the spot, he found the dead body OF
Morris, the charge having entered his head.
Robert, in his excitement, took the body on
his shoulder, and carried it home and hid it
in the barn under the hay Inquiry was
made FOR Morris, and Robert declared that
he had not seen him since they left home.
The family noticed his uneasiness, and be-
lieved some great trouble proved upOn his
mind. 4 neighbOr's children, with Roberts
two small sisters, were playing in the barn on
Saturday, and one of the little girls, in at
tempting to pass from the hay NOW 10 the
ground floor, placed her hand upon the dead
face OF her brother, and carried the terrible
news to her parents. Robert turned deathlY
pale, and being asked as 70 the cause Of his
brothers death, related the story as given
. above. He is new out of his mind.