The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-10-23

Sixty million people speak the Germsn
language, As 900, 900 the French, and 1Oo,-
900. 900 the English.
Five pocketbooks that were den uded of
| money vera found in one of the special
trains from the Mount Holly Fair on Friday.
They had been discarded by pickpockets.
"A farm in Carbon county, for which the
owner paid $500 few years ago, was pur-
chased last week dy a syndicate for S27, 600,
on the report Of an asssyer that there are
immense quantities of silver and copper u n
derlying the farm.
"A little girl In WateTtown, n. Y, dying
of scarlet fever, wished to send kiss by
letter to former playmate. She kissed the
letter and had 1t sent. The little girl who
received the letter very naturally kissed 1t
also. From that kiss she caught the fever
| and died.
! John Lynch, a lad sixteen years old,
| was crawling under some cars at Renovo o.,
| Clinton county on Friday evening when they
started, aud four wheels passed over him,
man ngling both legs and one arm. His faith
er was killed by the cars at Driftwood about
| four months ago.
The following appointments we're made
/ by the Governor on Satnrnay: Furman
| Sheppard. of Philadelphia, to be Inspector
| Of the Eastern Penitentiary "a resppoint-
ment); Samuel Gay, Of POttsvile to be In
| spector Of Mines OF the Seventh anthracite
| district, and William Shine, OF Girardville,
! to be Mine Inspector OF the Fifth district.
! "A few days ago Mrs. Almanor, OF
| Xenia, Ohio, disappeared from her home,
| and was found wandering In the creek 10 a
! demented condition. On last Friday morn
| ing she jumped from q second-storv window
of her father in-law's house. frscturing her
skull. Her recovery is impossible She be
came mentally unbalanced year ago by
| the death of child.
MIR. Robert Perry, q citizen of PeTQui-
mans county. Ga, was buried with the cloth
es in which be 6ied. After that it was dis
| covered that though he vas known TO be
| well off in money, none could be found. 10
| was then suggested by some member of the
| family that perhaps money and valuable pa
| pers had been buried with the deceased, be.
! ing in his everyday clothes. The body WAS
| then taken up after being underground for
/ two months, and In his coat pocket were
valuable papers and 81 800 in greenbacks
"A will in which the testato-, a Bridge
port, Conn man, directed, 81 will that
| no one OF my connections snail pave dol
| lar; also that no one OF my wife's connec-
| tiOns shall have dollar" is now occupying
the attention OF the courts OF that State
| His will provides that two charitable be-
| quests shall be paid and the rest of his prop
erty turned into cash to De used dscretional.
| ly by the selectmen of Bridgeport for the
special benefit OF the worthy, deserving,
! poor, Democratic, American Protestant
widows" residing 10 Bridgeport A decision
! is expected this month.
| Two murders were committed in Fay
! cite county, on Saturday night. Two broth.
| ers named Tasker, while intoxicated, at
tackled the house occupied by Ira Tate, at
Haydontowu, and threw a club at Tate's
wife, severely injurinR her. Tate fred at
chem with a shot gun and keil Tasker was
instantly killed. Tate surrendered himself
to the sheriff TO day. The other murder
was also committed In an attack on a house
| occupied by Michael Borila, on the out
skirts of town. Borilla resisted and was
shot and killed by one of the negroes named
Robert Scott. The murderer has not been
! arrested.