The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

/ Jurors IN the Mallsv-Cramer murder trial at
} New Haven, who the other day held a reun-
/ ion and picnic at Savin rock where the un-
/ fortunate Jennie Cramer met her death.
"A fight occurred on Friday neat the lines
! of Denton and Dallas counties, Texas, be
/ tween three brothers named Steel, who op-
/ posed the marriage of their mother with a
man named Green. Two of the Greens and
f one of the SteeS were mOrtaly wounded in
( the fTacas. One of the Greens is since re-
/ ported dead.
/ "A coored man from Campbell county,
I who was accused OF OutTaeing a 15-year-Old
/ white girl, was taken out of Jail on Wedues-
/ day night at Newman, Ga, where he was
/ taken for safe keeping, and hung by party
| of seventy-tive men. He was tried by the
/ crowd and confessed that he and another
/ man had committed the deed.
john MetZgar, Columbus 90. mould.
I er, was murdered late Friday night by his
/ stepson, Charles Wagner, aged Il, during a
I FAMILY quarrel which originated between the
/ parents, the boy taking his mothers part
1 Inc mother was very drunk, and all were in.
| toxicated. The boy killed his father instant
/ ly by stab in the heart with penknife.
by the accidental explosion on Sunday
/ iastsof a barrel OF gunpowder in trades
mans shop near school house in GrobenO,
/ Russia, almost all the children in the build
| ing, who were Jews. were killed. A large
number of bodies were taken from the ruins.
! WINDOWS and doors of the church and other
/ buildings In the neighborhOOd were shattered
On election day in Pi ke county, XIV. a
/ bloody anray occurred between the McCOv
/ and Hatfield families. in which one of the
Hathelds was shot and cut so badly that he
! died. His friends banded together cauph
three OF the McCOys and tied them to trees
ana shot them dead. More bI6odshed IS ex-
pected, as the members of the families are
/ numerous and vindictive
Z -for seventeen yeaTs-since the close OF
the great rebelliOn--it was thought that
Samuel Miller, at one time a resident Of
TleaSahC Gap, Centre county, was dead,
nothing having been heard of him during
IDaI period. a few days ago the wanderer
put IN appearance, to the surprise and de-
light OF his relatives aud friends Weary of
tramp life he viii now settle down and
become good citizen.
An Englishman named Cook, a married
man, recently scOoped in $500 Of his wife's
money and elOped with Young girl at Rev
nOidSYlile. The deserted wife followed the
parties to Pittsburgh, recovered the money.
ana refusing to prosecute the faithless nus
oand ne was sent to the wOrkhouse for thirty
days. He is much married. having two other
wives living, and is in the wife business
wherever he goes.
-On Sunday afternoon the barn Of Samuel
n. WetZell, near Lancaster, was burned bv
an lncendlaTy. While the fire was in pro
gresS the County Insane Asylum near by was
discovered on fire and was entirely DESTROYED
together with the furniture The building
Wa was erected fourteen years ago. Total loss
FtVVyUi insurance about $50 900. The in
sane inmates, ia in number, were all saved
after great exertion. The origin Of the fire
is in doubt.
The Philadelphia Times has sent out
circular TO Congressional nominees in fbp
state, asking for an answer to the fouT fol-
loving questions which are expected to come
before the next Congress : Are YOU i'm favor
or reducing the internal revenue tax, except
on whisky and tobacco ? Are Won oDD0Sad
to political assessments on federal officeboId-
ers Do you favor retrenchment in the
government expenses and are you in favor
or aoOlShlng the internal revenue offices
Jennie Merrill went from CHICAGO TO St
Louis TO visit her young daughter, and was
at once arrested on an execution for $500 and
consigned to the wOrknOuSe. She had 1900
IN st. Louis bank, and after " caring a con-
! wet garb Tor one day she paid the amount
OF the claim. While on the point of leaving
the point OF leaving the city she was arrested
on another execution, and the same process
/ was repeated on this and a third Judgment
Altogether the trip cost 500 and three days
. in the w0rkhOuse.
"A Fort Wayne, Indiana, special of Sun
( day says Policeman Doyle, late this after
noon, attempted to arrest George Alexander
and companion for disOrderly conduct.
The Two beat Doyle, injuTing him very Sc
TiOusly. Doyle shot George Alexander and
left him for dead while he took the other
rough 10 the statiOn-hOuse, where he himself
fell exhausted by his wounds and had to be
carried. Both rOughs are from Ch3Tlotuville,
virginia, but George Alexander has a mother
living at Newark, Ohio.
"A Chicago dispatch of August 11th, saws:
The propeller MenOminee is reported by her
captain to nave encountered in midlake, on
tuesday night, thick cold cloud which
burst on her decks, covering them with snow
and sluSh to the depth of six inches For five
minutes the atmosphere was like that of win
ter, but as the vessel was moving rapidly she
soon came into warmer temperature. The
event Is unprecedented here, but the accura-
cy of the facts is vOuched by other officers
and passengers.
Paul Talner, a Chicago machinist, who
had frequently QuarreleG with his young
wire, TOOK an heroic method of ending their
troubles Thursday afternoon. Taking her TO
one side in their dOmIcie he asked ''WiN
you obey me after this?' Receiving an
evasive reply, de pulled a 32-calibre revolver
and fired two shots into her breast, killing
her instantly. Stepping into an adjoining
room he then put bullet through his own
heart. They had been married two years,
and had one child.
While Mrs. Charles Mafett, and grand
daughter, of New Castle, Pa, were picking
apples from the ground in an orchard near
their residence, the granddaughter stood in
spot which interrupted a flight of bees. The
bees struck her on the head and she was fell
ed to the ground as if hit by a sledge hammer.
While prOstrate she received so many stings
that it was necessary to carry her to her home
and secure physician who with difficulty
sonthed the great pain from which she was
suffering and saved her life.
j. &. Holm, the Chicago Dane who be-
came notorious n couple of weeks ago through
having buried on the lake front several chill
dren whom he was charged with first mur-
dering, was acquitted of the charge, but fined
for the irregular burial. Becoming disguised
with Chicago ways, he started down the
South Branch on Wednesday afternoon in
small skif, with son aged fourteen years.
Before they had gone a great distance the
boat was upset and both were drowned.
Holmes family are in destitute circumstan-
ce5.
"A Princeton, H., special of the 14th says:
Two suicides occurred here to-day. This
morning Charles Harris visited Miss Belle
Mercer, to whom he had been afianced, and
because she refused to be reconciled. he went
out and hanged himself. This evening 9. 4.
WettOn, prominent railroad man and aud
itOr Of the Des MOines Railroad, blew his
brains out while an officer was reading a
warrant for his arrest on a charge Of bigamy
Last April he married here Miss Eva Gross,
daughter OF a wealthy farmer. The aiega-
tiOn is he had a wife and child in BROOKLYN
RumOrs are afiOat that he had five or six
wives.
"A Clay county CArk.) farmer named
Neal Harris took pistol and double barrel
led shotgun, one day last week, and calling
his little son, went TO the woods, Ostensibly
for a squirrel hunt. His wife prevented his
little girl from following, and fearing some
thing wrong, started after them. Harris saw
them, and placing the muZZle of the gun
against the boys breast, fired, killing him.
He then fired at but missed his daughter. and
Immediately pointed the muzzle OF the weap-
on at his own temple, fired, and fell dead at
his wifes feet. Harris had for some time
acted strangely, but his sanity was never sus-
pected before the tragedy
"A Canton (O) special reports that an
eccentric and probably demented spinster of
forty, named Minnie Kruger, has complain