The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-19
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs.


Protestant Episcopal Diocese OF Indiana,
died on Monday evening at Indianapolis.
Senator Mitchell had a touch OF diphthe-
ria some of his children are recovering from
1t and others are seriously III with scarlet
fever.
Lieutenant Governor Blacks little
speech to the Senate on Tuesday, on assum-
ing his duties as presiding office, was In eH-
cellent taste.
Miss Annie Logan, Philadelphia, says
II have taken Browns iron Bitters as ton
ic aud consider 1t an excellent preparation.
Two children OF Tobias Glimp. aged re-
spPctively four and six years, while PLAYING
with matches on Thursday at Ocala, Fla,
were burned to death.
Out OF 140 voters in Kinzua township,
Warren county, all but II have petitioned
the Legisla tuTe to adopt the prOhibitOrY con-
stitutiOnal amendment
Mrs. Catharine Condor had her skull
fractured and her little daughter was very
seriously injured Saturday at Cleveland, O..
by runaway horse in a crowded part of the
city.
An old woman named Bates died the
other day nesT Mt. Pleasant Westmoreland
county, in great destitutiOn. Her only at
tendants were an insane woman and an idi-
otic son.
Joseph Krout, living near Montgomery
square, Montgomery county, Committed sui
eide on Thursday by hanging. He was IS
years OF age. His daughter killed herself
about two wears ago.
7. / =.
attempted suicide recently by hanging. The
rope broke and party discovering him Of
feTed him another rope, but he declined, say
ing that he bad had enough.
On Saturday two sons OF Milo Balck, OF
Mansfield, Conn, aged respectively and
10 years. were cutting hay from a stack,
when 1t was blown down and they were bur
led beneath II and suffocated
The Paris (Kv.) Bourbon Netcs saws there
Is family in Milton consisting of father.
al oh 90.
chews and smokes tobacco. and the youngest
IS only two and half years old.
The largest and most perfect ice-bridge
tbst ever brdged the chasm below the Falls
at Niagara formed on Sunday night. It is
over mile in length, and viii probably re-
main during he rest of the winter
Joseph France, OF Washington county,
who distinguished himself few DAYS ago by
taking journey, wearing the American flag
Tor an oveTcOat auc carrying pitchfOrk FOR
cane, has been adjudged a lunatie.
Eleven shocks of earthquake occurred on
Tuesday in the town of Archena Spain.
causing the greatest CONSERVATION. Mass
was celebrated In the fields, it being eOnsid-
cred dangerous to occupy the church.
A Mt, Vernon, Ohio, telegram of Tues
day reports the death Of Mrs. Emma Still
well, who confessed to the murder Of so
many Of ber relatives. Up to the last she
maintained the truth Of her confessions
Mrs. Abigail Jones, a wealthy widow Of
Troy, n. Y, who was subject to fits was
round frozen to death in her room on Sunday
morning. There was no fire. and being in
her night dress she had ft with the above
result
During the performance at 3 circus in
Berdischeff, in Russia Poland, ire broke
ont in the building, and before the specta-
tors could escape the whole structure was
ablaze. Three hundred persons perished in
the flames.
DR.. f. Morwitz proprietor Of the German
Democrat. near Philadelphia, has an incuba-
- l. l..
The young chicks are cared for IN the ma
chine till they are able to care for themselves
with the assistance of an artificial mother.
-ReedeT Moore, OF Waterford, Erie couR-
ty, who killed himself few days ago, made
the confession before his death that his false
testimony convicted Charles Stafford eight
years ago Of rape, for which Stafford is now
serving a twenty-yeaT term Of imprisonment.
John Thomas, OF Pittsburgh, was found
on Sunday morning living on the public street
in pool Cf his own blood and with his skull
crushed. He had been drinking heavily and
1t Is not known whether his wounds were
inflicted by an assailant or were the result
of accident.
George Scheller. proprietor Of the New
hall House bar. Milwaukee, was arrested at
/ O'Clock Tuesday afternoon on a warrant
sworn out by Officer Hanni6D, charging him
with setting the FIRE which DESTROYED the
Newhall House on Wednesday morning of
last week.
Adam Weber dislocated bis neck in Ut.
lea, and large number of physicians and
students gathered 10 see an expert surgeons
attempt to set It right. Death was certain
to ensue il nothing YVES done, and WAS like
" TO follow the operation, which, however,
proved = success.
While Gsmhetta lived, says the Phila-
ceiphia Record. the policy OF the Republic
seemed To run counter 70 the policy Of the
Church Now that be is dead tho Church is
requested to pray for the Republic. This
brings to mind the familiar distich "When
NnasnI Ig..rsH - HnF.AH
Mrs. Mcdonald broke her legs so badly
while alone in her house at Mineral Point,
Wis, that she could not make her way ont,
She lay helpless for whole day, with fine
straved In. She caught him, tied note to
his tail and sent him home. He brought as
sistauoe
1T is probable that Francis Murphy, the
temperance advocate. now in England, will
return 70 Philadelphia in 2 few months.
His health is badly shattered, and, though
he spent last summer in the Scotch high
lands Dy the advice Of a physician, bis
health was not restored, and he is threaten
ed with pulmonary consumption.
Mrs. Hettie ICunninghsm Cwid6w), at
noon Friday, threw her three yesr-old boy
from the suspension bridge at FaiTmOunt
W V, into the MoDOnGa nela river, distance
OF iftv-tvo feet and then Jumped in herself
Both were rescued after floating over the
dam below the bridge, and were with diff
Guilty resuscitated. No cause is assigned for
the act.
The London ObssrUsr's Dublin cores
pondent telepraphs that the knives which
are supposed 70 have been used by the Pho
nix Park aSsssSins were found near the
premises Of Mr.. Carey, the member Of the
Dublin municipality who was arrested on
Friday night and aTraigned on Saturday,
with twenty other persons. on the charge OF
conspiracy to murder Government officials.
A body Of snow nearly quarter of a
mile long, 100 yards wide and 10 feet deep,
swept down the side of Mosquito mountain,
Colorado on Saturday, at great velocity.
carving everything in Its course. Two mi
ners unable to escape were caught in the
avalanche and hurled a hundred yards down
the mountain side. Though still alive when
found they were frozen in shocking man.
ner.
The Planters House, the largest hotel
in st. Louis, caught fre IN the kitchen on
last Sunday morning shortly before five
O'Clock and burned so rapidly that four per
sons lost their lives. The greatest confusion
prevailed when the alarm was given, ard
nearly all the guests escaped in their night
clothes. Erhe weather was intensely cold and
the firemen were thereby greatly hindered
in their work. 1t is thought that there were
not more than four victims The loss to the
hotel will not exceed $50. 600.
Rev. Geo. a. Gordon, who has been
called to the pastorate Of the South Church,
Boston, at a salary of IS 900 year and
parsonage, is less than thirty years Of age.
Ten years ago he went to Boston to learn
the trade IF a mechanic While there he
was induced to turn his attention to the
ministry and was assisted in the prepare
tory studies While pursuing the usual
course of studies he supported himself by
preaching, and after his graduation, n 1875,
he preached for year 10 Maine and then
went to Greenwich. He Is probably the