The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-05
NEWS AND OTHER sOTINGs.
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Peppers were given to the world by
America. Columbus carried them to Spain
on his return voyage in 1893, from whence
they were disseminated throughout Europe.
Postmaster VIM. g. Smith, of Haden,
Missouri committed suicide, Friday, by
shooting himself His books had just been
examined and his accounts found 5000 shor..
There is no railroad in Fulton county,
Pa, but the Southern Pennsylvania system
will soon supply the omission. The road
will divide the county into nearly two equal
parts.
A very active red insect has appeared in
some of the VINEYARDS of YolO county, Cal,
immense numbers, covering the ground in
places A vine attacked by the new pest
droops in an hour.
A Kansas man found dead hog, which
he threw into his hog yard to save the trou-
BILE of burying. The result was that thirty
four OF his other hogs died from eating the
diseased meat.
Over brain work and eXcesses reduce
the vitality and cause nervous exhaustion,
etc. The Pastille treatment Is radical
cure. Harris Remedy Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Send for free trials.
A Young man named McComb, aged
twenty-seveu years, of Welland. Ont, on
Friday jumped over the precipice just be-
low the new Suspension Bridge at Niagara
Falls and was instantly killed.
-Quinsy trsubled me for twenty years
Since started using DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil, have not rad an attack. The oil cures
sore throat at onca. Mrs Letta Conrad,
Standish. Mich, Oct. "a 's3.
In Bismarck, Dakota, beer is now sold
at cents glass, and the Tribune of that
place sees in the city's release from the
thrald0m of "15-cent beer" a sign THAT civ
ilzation is moving on with a lively tread. ="
"A village In Northern Hungary, Austria,
containing 400 houses, was recently destroy
ed by an incendiary fire, ard 900 persons
were rendered destitute. The enraged pop
ulace discovered the culprit and roasted him
to death over a bonfire.
Chicago was visited by heavy thunder
storm yesterday afternoon. Ira Montague,
watchman, was struck by lightning and
Killed, ard number Of other persons were
more OF less shocked. The storm on the
lake was very severe.
R. NJ. Reynolds, who was First Auditor
weeks ago, committed suicide bv jumping
headlonq down an air-shaft in the Southern
Hotel. st. Louis, Wednesday morning He
had previously failed to asphyxiate himself
No motive is known.
Eight tons OF cherries were recently
shipped from San Francisco to an Eastern
market. The fruit was put up IN baskets
and these were put into crates, thro' which
the air freely circulated. The ends Of the
car were left open, and we're protected by a
wire game.
OF the 20 volca noes surrounding the an
Client city of Quito, the lowest Is over Is 900
feet and the highest (Chimborazo) Is nearly
% 600 Three are now active CCotopaxi.
Sangai ard Ciohincha). ID are dormant and
the rest are extinct. TWENTY-FIVE summits
are covered with perpetual snow.
DR.. Douglass said on Monday evening
that the swelling outside and inside General
Grants throat had 40 far abated, that the
parts were now examined with greater ease
than a anv TIM since the Generals serious
Illness. The patien. his week has eaten
solids. asparagus and steak, in very moder-
ate quantity.
On June 1. 1890, the population OF the
3
the ratio of increase between 1870 and 1880
our population now Dune, 1895 is 5s .3o2.
zoe On June 1, 1890. should the country
not he overtaken by some great calamity,
the population of the United States Will foot
up Sc 452. $40.
! While the family of Jacob Holz5auer a
! prominent boot snd shoe merchant of Bor-
( dentown, Y. j., were watching the process
cfo <af fha lot TOD oil 40
/ bv hanging. Hoizbauer's mind had been af-
( fccted BY Family afiictIon a year ago and
/ he mad previously made several attempts t.
+ end his life
I Careful observations at various points
! throughout the Schuvlkm Valley Indicate
( that the apple crop will be extraordinarily
( small this season, which is regarded as an
''off year" Peaches, pears and plums
( promise fairly well. while ravvberries and
small fruit generally will be unusually
plentifHl.
There are few OF the members of the
( Confederate Cabinet who are wealthy. Bob
( Toombs, who lives near Atlanta, Is wealthy
Reagan Is worth something but not very
much. Watts, of Alabama. and Davis. OF
North Carolina, through pretty old men.
continue in the practice of law at their re-
spective homes.
At Kenosha, Wisconsin, last wednes-
day night, the u year old daughter of John
Surges fell into the river and Immediately
sank beneath the surface. Mrs, Surges saw
the child fall into the water and jumped in
to save it. She struggled awhile and then
disappeared, both mother and child losing
. their lives.
-Baiey's Dictionary, compiled and print
ed in London in 1741, and still in print, was
a standard work before Samuel Johnson's
Dictionary appeared. The present standard
dictionary in England is Oeevie's Imperial
though Stornonth's is much quoted. In this
country Webster's is authority at Yale, and
Worcester at Harvard.
"A very heavy thunder and hail storm
accompanied by a strong wind, passed over
the northern end OF Lancaster county on
Sunday afternoon. The wind tore strong
trees up by the roots and strewed then
across roadways, and IN several instances to
bscco barns were picked up bodily and de-
molished. Hail stones. which were very
large, fell to an unusual depth
The Indiana County Democratic Con
vention on Tuesday elected j. R. Wilson, OF
Indiana, and F. WorkheseI, OF Salisbury
Representative delegates, and R A McFL
hose, ofsHomer, Senatorial delegate and pass
ed resolution to the effect that in the
distribution Of post Offices the administration
should appoint only males. There are ter
male applicants and one female candidate
for the post office there