The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-13
NEWS AND OTHER SOTINGs.

Major General Hancock has gone to
Georgia, where Mrs. Hancock has been for
some time past for the benefit OF her health.
An unknown youth who was recently
killed by the cars at PenObscot, han the fol-
lowing on the bottoms of his shoes in brass
nails, /" A lucky boy you bet"
There is nothing like DR.. Thomas Elec-
trio Oil to quickly cure a cold or relieve
hoarseness. Written by Mrs. NJ. J. Fellows,
Burr Oak, st. Joseph Co. Mich.
The University of Cairo, In Egypt, Is
said to be nine hundred years older than
Oxford, and has ten thousand students who
are being educated as Mohammedan mission
! aries.
Under the delusive idea that she will re-
ceiYe large reward for !, 900 900 cancelled
postage stamps, female resident OF New
buryport, Mass, has succeeded in gathering
! half a million of them and is eagerly striY-
/ ing for another 500, 900.
"A lamp exploded in the Dunkirk house,
at Bradford, on Friday, igniting the building
and resulting in the death OF Barney Freel
a butcher, and James Martin, a saloon keep.
er. Several men jumped from the windows.
| Four buildings we're destoyed.
! The large saw mill OF T. u. Thompson
| in the western part OF WllIiamsport was
/ burned down early Sunday morning, togeth.
! er with two engines and other valuable ma
chinerS. The loss will reach $40. 900 /; insur-
ance, SIS, 900. Origin of fire is unknown.
| BY fire on Monday morning in the
! East Montgomery Avenue Methodist Epis-
| copal church, in Philadelphia, the building
was damaged to the extent Of $4,000.
/ There is an Insurance of SO 900 on the bsils-
| ing. The fire was caused by defective fues.
! The large saw-min of T. V Thompson,
/ in the western part Of Willismsport, was
| burned down early on Sunday morning, to-
gether with two engines and other valuable
machinery. The loss will reach $40 600,
with an insurance Of s29, 900. The origin Of
the fire is unknown.
Elizabeth w Soderini, wife of Count
Edouard S0derini, aud daughter of the late
! William A. Stokes. of Philadelphia. disd
! Thursday morning at Rome, Italy. De-
ceased was only twenty eight years of age.
and was we'll known in Philadelphia. where
| she was born.
! When County Treasurer L. d. Reed, OF
Wilmington. o.. went out of office be was
known to be a defaulteU to the amount of
4 about $40 900. 1t is now ascertained that
the amount is S35, 900. His successor having
| given Reed receipt before the last discove-
ry was made, now fears that lie may be liza
/ bic for Reeds missdOings.
/ "A horrible accident occurred on last
| Thursday on the Illinois Central, eight miles
/ south o: Granada, Miss. A mail train south
and an express train north coiliGed, wreck
! Ing both engines, two baggage cars. mail
! car and smoker. Both fremen and a party
stealing a ride on tender were killed, and
eight or ten passengers we're injured
DIR. Goersen, hanged in Philadelphia for
! the murder of his wife, Informed his spirit
ual adviser that be had concealed poison in
the cell occupied by him two years ago. The
jai;Ors were Informed and the poison was
| found. The general opinion is that he had
obtained the poison with the intention OF
taking his life wien all hopes for a reprieve
had gone.
Some people are born exceedingly lucky
as is shown in the case Of man from Hart
ford, Conn.,, who about five years ago, with
few hundred dollars, went to Kansas CITY
| and bought small strip of land which aft.
erwards proved to be a sand bed He
bought horse aud cart and hired some
shovelerS to-day his fortune Is worth over
| a quarter OF a million dollars.
Last Saturday afternoon William PauI.
| Of Stauntou, Va, while attempting to board
the passenger train on the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania railroad, as 1t was moving out
missed his footing, and he fell in front OF one
Of the cars, which passed over him, causing
instant death. The man was about 27 years
of age, son OF Robert Paul, of Staunton.
He had been on a visit to bis brother In
Frostburg.
The oldest specimen Of pure glass bear
ing anything like date is a nodded lions
head, bearing the name of an Egyptian King
of the eleventh dynasty, In .he Slade collec
tiOn at the British Museum That Is to say.
at the period which may be moderately
placed at more than two thousand years B.
C., glass was not only made, but made with
skill which shows that the art was nothing
new even at that time.
David Dickson. the richest planter in
the South, next to Richardson, OF Mississip
pi, recently died at Sparta, Ga, leaving an
estate OF $500 600. He had no children. but
large number of relatives, excellent peo-
pie. who expected to be handsom omeIy remem
Sered. His will, Just probated reveals the
fact that he has cut of his kindred with
small sums, and beQueathed fully S4OO 600
! IN property to Amanda Enbanks, a nepress
making her the richest negress in the world
There is deep disgust over the affair.
| William Donovan, the Is year-old lad
from Elmira, wan the hrst prize in a SIX
I days roller skating race at Madison Square
/ Garden, New York, on Saturday night. by
closing his lsbors with score of exactly
/ 1.100 miles. OF the tbirty-three contestants
started in the match. the three younger have
come in first second and third Boyst. who
is only ls years of age made only fifty
miles less than Donovan, and O'Melja. of
| Boston, who has nos yet reached his 18th
/ year, had score of 025 miles at the finish
Three men on Thursday last attacked a
| boy on Walnut street near Eighth, PhiIadeI-
! phia, and attempted to take a basket from
! him. Citizens prevented this and the men
/ walked away. The boy pointed out one OF
| them and he was arrested. At the hearing
the boys employer, James L. Tbaw, stated
the basket contained bonds and other secur
tiles valued at $40. 900. and he had sent them
to be deposited in the bank The prisoner
gave the name Of George Taylor, and was
committed in default of 81 600 bail TIE
police regard the men as expert thirves who
knew the valuable nature OF the BOYS
load.