The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-12
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Win one mead and tWO DOolcs.
There were sixteen murders committed
in Allegheny county last year.
The bituminOus coal miners will ask the
present Legislature for protective legislation
A woman ia Charleston, S, C., can show
a 81 900 set Of false teeth when she gets mar
ried.
The Pittsburg Exposition Society Is un-
decided on tie question Of holding an exhib-
ition next season.
A family residing in Dover, n. H, con-
sisting OF three persons. claims 10 have con-
sumed 624 pies in the past year.
Albert ID. Wke, Marietta, Pa, says
"BrOwn'S Iron Bitters has given more salts
faction than any medicine / know Of
"A Detroit druggist has labored to eigh-
teen years to obtain pardon for q man that
he believed Innocent He succeeded last
week.
There are 1o5 widows in Woodbury..
Conn.,, whose combined ages amount TO s.
7o5 years, or an average OF So years to each
widow.
"A family Of three persons was found
dead, ten miles from David City, Neb., on
Monday last, but whether they were frozen
or murdered remains mystery.
"A brakeman on the Richmond Railroad
lost plate containing two artificial teeth. A
month later an old lady residing upon she
line found il Ia the craW of duck.
"A II 2year-Old girl, who has been acting
as lamplighter despite the protests Of citizens
Of Harrisburg, was badly burned on Friday
night while attending to her duties.
-OUElIk panic caused DIV Qfo on tue
alter Of the st. PatTicks Catholic church at
New Haven, Conn, on Saturday, many peO-
pie were brusied, but none were killed.
AT Cheney, Washington Territory, Sun
day night, eighty citizens took from the jail
Chlnaman arrested for killing and robbing
Chinese woman and hung him TO a tree.
Owen Lynch was killed and John Nc
Govern and John MeCarty seriously injured
on Sunday, at Glendon station, near Easton
Pa, by aslOcOmOtive backing up for train,
"A paupsr who has just died at the Suf-
folk county, Y. Y, poor house was 102 years
old, and had been in I'm the institution 40
years. His wife still lives at the age OF 100.
-A.Green Bay, Wis. man sold his horse,
wagon and COW in order to make a present to
his wife on Christmas. 1t was a timely gift,
as Il enabled her to elOpe with Milwaukean.
An aged lady in Philadelphia afflicted
with cold feet placed hot bricks in her bed.
During the night the bricks ignited the bed
clothing and the smoke suffocated the wo-
man.
"A violent earthquake shock was felt in
difTerent parts Of Northern Ohio between >
and A. N. on Saturday. People were soon
aroused from sleep and chimneys toppled
over.
Governor StOneman, of California, emu
lates the example OF Governor elect PattiSon
and Governor Cleveland, and will have no
military display on the occasion of his inagu-
ration.
Polly Guernsey, a nurse girl, of Mead
Vile, fell down stairs with q baby in her
arms recently. She saved the child, but re-
ceiVsd injuries herself which resulted in her
own death
Joseph Sanvlne and Miss RauIler, ia
crossing the river at Two Rivers, Wis, on
Thursday, broke though the ice and both
were drowned. They were soon to have
been married.
For nearly twenty hours before Gambet-
Ia became unconscious, says cablegTam
from Paris he complained that he ws5 tor
tured with pain, as II q ball Of red-hOt iron
were inside of bin.
"A young man OF Hamilton, o., borrowed
20 cents from his prospective nOther-in-laH
to pay for marriage license. He got the
license, but he had it filed with another girls
name and married her.
William Rodgers, OF Bates county, No.
Is l07 years old. In early life he ha0 beth
arms, both legs and several ribs broken,
The only indication he shows of failing Is
the loss OF second sight
Thomas Donahus a respectable farmer
OF WIlliamstOwn, Mass, has made personal
application to the authorities for his commit
al to a lunatic asylum on account OF an ire
sistiblr desire to kill some one.
The British ship Empire, from Shields,
bound for Bombay, has been burned at sea.
Ten persons are known to have been saved,
but threesboatssc sscOntaining.the captain, mate
and fourteen hands are missing.
Jenny B. Henry, OF New Castle, Pa,
sent up toy Saloon, with her name and
address attached, and req quesJed the finder to
notify her 10 80 days she was advised that
1t had descended at Stanbery, Miss.
William Kessler, while crossing the fur
mace dam at Emaus, Pa, on Friday broke
through the ice and was drowned. Frank
Dredkenmiller, who jumped in the water to
save kessleT, was rescued with great diff
Guilty.
Governor Hoyt will remove from the
Executive Mansion 70 the LOchiel Hotel on
Monday pext. Governor elect PRttisOn will
occupy apartments at the Bolton House from
Monday until after his Inauguration on
Tuesday.
-Four men were killed on Thursday by
the explosion of the boiler in the box factory
of the Peninsula Manufacturing Company
. at North MuskegOn, Mich, and as many
more were seriously injured, One end of the
factory was demolishedrt
Harry Saith, PhlladslPhian has Just
died of hydrophObis. He was cash boy
and was bitten three weeks ago by black
aud tan dog brought into the store by lady
customer The dog was eot mad and the
wound was very slight.
Two children. aged and 10 years, whose
father and mother had died, started on De-
cember 10 from Virginia, New, for North
Adams, Mass. They were without protee-
ton or guide, and nothing has been heard
f-on them since they started.
Charles Johnston, aEcolored mall agent
on the Peoria, Decatur aud Evansville road,
was arrested on Thursday, charged with riff
ing the mails. He has been in the Office but
six months. The robbery was com nitted
chiefly among registered letters.
Flung Oy, aged I'VE years, one OF the only
two Chinese children in the East, and daugh-
ter of the only Chinese woman in New FORK
died OF consumption on Tuesday. The fun
eral tomorrow will be conducted with all the
ceremonies of the Chinese religion.
Mrs. Hayes, of MantOn, Wexford coun-
~, Wis, goes hunting with her husband eY
cry fall, carrying ner own gun and shooting
her own game. She has just returned from
this seasons camping with three deer ssithe
result Of her individual sklll as a hunter
A family in a burning house at Ban
Francisco was aroused at night by the
screaming of a parrot. In the confusion
Polly was forgotten, and the fireman, who
afterward rushed into the smoke In response
TO what seemed = woman's screams, found
the bird dead in his cage.
Thomas Fitzgerald, proprietor OF the
Philadelphia ITEM, was accused on Saturday
of the theft of court records from the Pro-
thonotary's 5 Office in that city. Judges Fell
and Mitchell directed the District Attorney
to frame an Indictment against Fitzgerald
for trial at the Quarter Sessions.
Mrs. Carolina GrubeT, aged 80 years,
died on Thursday in the county hospital At
Reading, of acute mania. About year ago
spected by her acquaintances, was accused
by q grocer of the theft OF a small article, and
the accusation made her TaVing maniac:
Curtis Z. Burdck, of Brooklyn. has been
separated from his wife for three years.
Two weeks ago they were recOnciled BY the
kind offices OF q daughter. They spent last
week in hunting q suitable place to resume
housekeeping. On Saturday he cut his
throat almost severing the head from the
body,
John, Annie and Louisa Kadisch, of
Waterton, Wis, were held for trial in the
Circuit Court Of Jefferson county on Satur-
day'for numbering their mother December Is,