The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-10-16
If Won would have appetite, hesh, color

If you would have appetite, flesh, color,
/ strength. and vigor, take Ayers Ssrsspar-
lila, that Incompatible tonic and b lood
| purifier.
| About It's. 900 German carp have be e
! placed in the ponds of the State fishery,
! near Allentown OF this large number only
1000 remain. The rest have been destroyed
/ In some mysterious manner. 1t is believed
| by some that the carp is a cannibal fish and
/ destroys its own species.
Charles Downs. sthree-year-msn in the
penitentisry at Columbus, Ohio. from Mont
Qomery county, received IN March last, tired
of work, deliberately placed in his right
hand on block and chopped three fingers
/ off. He was employed in the bolt shop and
took this means to secure rest
Three distinct shocks OF earthquake
we're felt at LYnchburg Va. on Friday last
I between II and y O'Clock A loud rumb
ling sound preceded each shock. The direc-
/ ton of the disturbance was due north aud
south. Many people, scared by the noise
and the shaking of windows and furniture,
rushed for the street, each iDquirine Of his
neighbor the cause Of the disturbance. This
is the first shock felt In this vicinity for ten
/ years.
The Minnesota 81 Northwestern road
I has completed its bridge across the Mis-
| sissippi River at St. Paul, Mimi. Work
! was commenced the first of last December.
( the piers being sunk through the ice, and
it has been finished in the remarkable short
I time of ten months. The bridge is of iron -,
1925 feet long. and the draw span, 412 feet
/ long, Is the largest and heaviest in the
world. The cost OF the bridge was $780,
10000
William H BastIan, of Williams port
Pa, has becom insane through re eIigious ex
itement. He tried to kill his ife on Mon
day and then went to work i'm the mill in
which he is employed There he bpcame a
Iaving maniac and four officers were sum
moned to arrest him. He broke away from
them in the jail. tore his clothes from his
body and ran naked into the corridor. Eight
men finally overpowered him and chained
him to bed. On Tuesday evening he was
taken to the DanviIle Asylum.
On Sunday afternoon while Robert
White, aged 55 years, an employee of Fore
pauRh's circus at Philadelphia, was in the
winter quarters of the menagerie with some
friends, the large elephant Empress struck
him fearful blow with her trunk, and threw
him against one of the cages with snch force
as to disembowel him. He died shortly af-
ter being admitted TO the hospital The
same animal killed young man at O'Brien's s
circus grounds few weeks ago while she
was being exhibited there.
The coal business has received a bio
hoist from some source in the CIparfieId re-
gion. SAYS the Phiipshurp Ledger, aud near
~ every mine in this district is running full
time, l. p, as full the supply Of cars will
allow, for as usual, when the demand for
coal is brisk. cars are cOrrespondirgIv scarce
The price Of coal is said tn he frmar. with
an upward tendency, and this is good news
for several operators in this region who
might nave ran full time, hut who have held
off and only shipped barely enouch to keep
the mine from lying idle, on account of the
very low price.
John FulDar rich resident of Nsz-
areth, was visited by threp-card monte
man. who claimed to be a sun Of Cashier
Hackett, nt the E4Stnn Nafinna; bank. and
in search Of pasture for thousand sheen
Fulmer'S harm was visited, and soon another
cfap came M search of bulls The cards
were produced Hackett won, and Fuln1pr
was induced to take hand in picking out
the lucky csr5- He didg't have the money.
but he agreed to accompany the mer to Fas-
ton, and draw 50 600 from the Eastrr bank
After getting the money he was driven two
miles from town, tried the game, and lost
all Hackpit and his cOnfedaratr. drnve
of the distance-f0ur miIPS-to his home
He has employed two detectives 10 find
them, and offers 81 600 for their arrest