The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-27
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

1t Is said that japanese women have
never seen and do not know the use of pins.
The White House has been painted so
often that the wtite lead upon it is said to
be, by actual measurement, nearly quarter
of an inch thick.
M. L. Blair, Alderman 5th Ward, Scran-
ton, Pa, stated Nov. 9, 'S3: He had used DIR.
Thomas Eclectric Oil for sprains, burns,
cuts, bruises and rheumatism Cured every
time.
The original Cardiff Giant was destroyed
by the fire in the opera house at Huron,
OAK, on Saturday last. There were a num-
ber of other small fires and railroad acci-
dents, all occurring within tweuty-four
hours.
Frank Warner was found frozen to
death alongside the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road. seven miles from GAINESVILLE on Sun
day. He had escaped from jail on Saturday
and had gone to sleep by FIRE which had
burned out, leaving him to freeze.
Christopher Louis and Mrs. Snyder,
who eloped from Erie, Pa, on New Years
day and created such sensation. were dis
covered living in a suburban cottage at Syr-
acuse, n. Y, on Saturday. Erie authorities
are there, but the twain refuse to return or
be separated.
"A fire originated in a saloon on the
north side of Main street, Stanton, Mich,
at O'Clock on Sunday morning. By 4
O'Clock the entire block of 10 frame build
ings was 10 ashes. The fire was only stop.
ped by the streets. The goods were mostly
saved, but the losses aggregate SIS, ,oOO par
TALLY insured.
During an alteration on Sunday morn
ing between John Kollmsyer, brass maker,
and his wife Kate, at their residence, No.
2l2 Mulberry street, New York city, Kohl
meyer struck his wife on the head with fiat
| iron, iDfiicting injuries from which she died
that evening. Kollmeyer was arrested and
locked up to await the result of the coro
ner's jury.
Several months ago Cora B. Piquete. Of
| Syracuse, New York, witnessed an accde, I
| to a shopmate, whose hair became entanglc,i
in a shaft and was entirely pulled out. Miss
| Piquette has been made insane by the scene.
Standing on chair or sofa shs butts her
| head against the wall, and then seems re-
lieved. She has been sent to the Middle
town asylum
AT a. m. on Saturday last passenger
train bound west on the West Shore road
ran into a freight train at ConajabarIe, n
Y. Three locomotives were smashed and
the engineer, Andrew ShureT, of Frankfort
and Fireman Grover Penny, of Deposit
were mangled by the wreck and instantly
killed. Others were severely injured The
| loss is estimated at 800. 900,
Many teeth and bones OF extinct ami
mails and fishes have recently been discover
ed in cutting canal through Guy Ter swamp
near Savannah. They are generally found
from eight to twelve feet below the surface
A few days ago more bones were uneartheC
that are thought to be the skeleton of an an
imal OF tremendous size. The vertebre are
each about six inches long, and when intac
probably have been a foot across from side
to side and six inches from the outer por
tion to the abdominal cavity. One larg,
bone, probably a thigh bone, is about ten o
twelve inches in diameter at the point anC
about two feet long.
"A 4-year-old son of J. II. Miller, OF F.
mira, n. Y, tipped lighted lamp from th
table on Sunday morning and was burned t
death by the explosion and Ere which en-
sued. His mother rushed o his rescue an
battled with the flames until tie little on
died, when she ran from the house with he
garments blazing and fell in the snow on tn
street. N,.-@"ors extinguisned the fire
both on her garments and in the house, am
called a doctor to dress the burns, but sh
died, after great suffering, in the afternoon
Her clothes were nearly all burned from he
body and the fire had eaten deeply into he
breast, body and limbs. The child's bod
presented a sickening appearance, haYin
been roasted until perfectly black. Th
hair was entirely burned from the head an
the flesh from the hands, revealing tn
bones. The accident was one of the mos
frIghtful that ever occurred in that city.