The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-08-28
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.


in the vicinity of Rio Grand. Cape May
county, there is hardly a farmer whose hogs
are not afflicted with cholera. The disease in
Cape May county promises TO be worse than
!. was last fall
While out Cunning recently on the hill
back of Washington borough, Lancaster
county, Benjamin Reese shot a ground hog
weighing nearly forty pounds, it being the
largest one ever seen in that county.
DO you wish a beautiful comp lexion
Then use Ayers SarsapaIiIla. It cleanses
and Durifes the blood and thereby removes
blotches and pimples from the skin making
it smooth and cleaT.and giving it healthy
appearance.
There are womeL in this world" says
Rev. Sam Jones, "whe haven't struck
lick of work with their own hands for years.
They board and Law round about; all they do
IS shop shop. shop. That sort of women
cannot 90 to heaven
j. D. waldron a prominent cattle
drover of East SmithieId. Bradford coun tY,
stopped at Wilkesbarre SATURDAY. night at
Zeiunberg's Summit Hotel On Sunday
morning the door of his room was broken
open and he was found dead on the floor,
having been suffocated with gas escaping
from the open burner.
On Saturday an oil tank at Clarendon
and another at Farnsworth, Mexican county
were struck by lightning and ignited. They
were iron with a capacity OF 35 600 barr els
each and were nearly full. At the present
price of oil the damage will reach 500 600.
and if the burning oil spreads the loss may
reach much higher figure.
Ten pairs ot British spsrrows were let
loose in Ade laide, Australia. a few days
ago. and now there are 2 0OO. 900 Of the nui-
sances. clinying to the settled districts, and
living exclusively on fruit and grain IT'LL. -
says Colonial paper. 'fhe prospects are
that the colony will, in less than twenty
years. be reduced to a mere sheep-waIk."
AT Big Rock bridge crossing In AL
leghenv county shortly before noon on Mon
day. train on the Allegheny Valley rail-
road struck phaeton in which were three
young ladies, Instantly killing Stella Smith
and seriously but not fatally injurine Emma
Smith and Mary Dunn. The phaeton was
reduced to kindlinQ wood and the horse
killed.
Paul SusIeskie, Pole employed at the
Pennsylvania Steel Works, near Harris
burg the past two years, fell into the fur
mace Saturday evening while attempting to
adjust the belt which closes the top The
belt unaccountably descended. carrying the
man with it. There was gathered together
scarcely pound Of the remains, on which
the Coroner held an inquest.
An old resident of Jasper, Tenn. has
left a large property in trust to be used for
suppressing the habit prevalent among men
Of eating with their knives. He had al
ways felt the disadvantages arising from
his own early lack of training in such INST
ters, and had fairly become a monOman'ac
on the subject, stopping or calling stten-
ton to those whom he noticed indu lying in
he use of the knife ia lieu of fork.
Richard Carter was arrested at'St. Louis
a few DAYS ago and it has laakad out that
he was 70 be held for the authorities of
Pennsylvania on the charge of murder
Last December, in company with a con
stable he shot and killed a mansnamed
Jones atIfwin, Pa, near Pittsburg. He
was out on a s., 600 bond a man named
Shrum being his surety. He jumped tie
bond
"A large force of workmen are engaged
syIvania and New York State Red granite
cut stones are being used and are set at in
tervals Of two miles and At the intersection
of the line with travelled roads. On one
side is cut ''N. Y" and on the other ''Pa 8"
The line makes a difference in favor Of
Pennsylvania of strips of land a quarter of
mile in width in many places. and people who
heretofore supposed they belonged to the
Empire State are in reality PenusvIvanians
-Adiutant General Drum AT Washington
on Monday received a dispatch from the Of
4cer commanding in New Mexico. saving
that tho Southern Utes IN that Territory
were starving; that they had no supplies
and we're unable to procure any, and that
unless food was Immediately secured for
1 them they would 90 on the war-path. These
are the same Indians that few weeks since
were reported to be without food and in a
starving condition. Temporary relief was
afforded them by drawing on the military
stores.
"A special from Talldiga. Ala, saws that
in that county J. II. McGowen killed and
dressed a pig for barbacue last Friday.
His three children, aged respectively eleven.
nine, and four, saw the process Of butcher.
/ ing the pig Next day McGowen left home
/ and the children agreed to repeat the pre-
/ cess OF the day before. Having no pig the
4 two Older children proceeded to butcher the
! youngest They cut its throat and hung its
( body up by the heels as the pig had been
/ hung, and were beginning to disemboweI II
( when their mother discovered the horrible
I tragedy.
! On Saturday morning Leonard Gardner.
who spent the night in iai at Springfield
H., for wife-beating. procured bail and was
! released. He Immediately armed himself
with two revolvers of large calibre and be.
came loud in thfeats against Policeman w.
j. Camp and Fred Gail, who arrested him.
About noon Gardner saw the two officers
! approaching on Washington street Hastily
entering hallway he opened fire. Officer
I Camp fell dead. Gall returned the fire
! rapidly and in a moment Gardner fell
pierced with three bullets. He died in
start'y- Officer Gall fell with two bullets
in him. 1t is thought he will die.
jacob B. Moss. a farmer liviny eipb,
miles from Carlisle, Pa, near the village of
| New Kingston, committed suicide bv hang
| ing on Monday night. He attended a camp.
meeting yesterday in his neighborhood along
Win other members Of his family. He was
In his usual good spirits. no one noticing
anything strange or suspicious In his con.
duct This morning early his son went r.
! the oarn 10 prepare for the work of the dav