The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-17
NEWS AND OTHER SOTINGs.

"A stone was found in the heart of a tree
recently cot down on the premises or Jacsb
CODnor, in East Coventry, Chester county.
-Erysipelas and salt rheum was driven
entirely away from Mrs. ]. g. Anderson,
Peshtigo. Wis, by Burdock Blood Bitters.
No equal as a blood purifier.
President Cleveland has commuted to
imprisonment for life the death sentence OF
Frank Miner, who was twice convicted Of
1882.
The Board of Public Buildings and
Grounds at Harrisburg on Thursday of last
week awarded the contract for lighting the
Capitol buildings and the Executive Man.
sion. to the Edison Company at e12, 900 per
annum.
"A free trial of Prof Harris PastilIe
treatment for nervous and physical debility
in men can be had OF Harris Remedy Co.,
st. Louis, Mo.
The late Hon. Thos. Hoge, or franklin,
willed that, "sbouid any of the officials of
the VenangO National Bank become con-
science-stricken and conclude to return to
his executors the $55, 900 they stole from
him. it should be paid to the Franklin
Cemetery Co."
In 1888 the tobacco crop amounted to
451, 545, ,61I pounds. of which Pennsylvania
raised sc, ,322, 099 pounds or about one twelfth
| of the entire crop. Kentucky and Virginia
! alone exceeded this yield. Pennsylvania,
therefore, ranks third among the States in
the amount OF tobacco raised.
"A box addressed to Prince Bismarck ex-
cited the suspicious Of the authorities at
Franz tort-on- the main on Saturday last and
! 1t was opened. It contained cIockUork and
| dynamite machine Of a new type and of
| skilltul cOntrivance. There is nothing to
| indicate by whom the box was prepared or
/ sent.
| Gold fields have be0n discovered in the
Santa Rosa mountains about a hundred
miles from Santa Rosa, Mexico. The dis
covery was made by the Davis brothers, who
were working profitable silver mine In the
same range, but have abandoned the silver
mines and located claims In the gold fields
! The gold lies in quartz, and is described by
old Californians to be the richest they ever
have seen.
1T lie said that six fast iron cruisers, of
the Esmeralda pattern. have been ordered
! from builders In Philadelphia ostensibIv by
| private gentlemen, but It is believed they
| are really istended for the Russian Govern
ment. 1t is also stated that the Gu1on, Red
! Star and American Steamship Com panie-
have been approached by the British Ad
miraltY as to leasing their vessels to the
! British Government.
Thomas J. Hogan, Lehigh Valley sta
tion agent at Penn Haven Junction, Lehioh
| county, was shot IN the breast twice at noon
On Thursday of last week by Hungarian
| and died few minutes afterwards. The
| hungarian who had a grudge against Ho-
gan, visited the depot and was ordered ont,
| when he drew a revolver and fired. The
murderer was taken to Mauch Chunk jail.
A crowd followed and threatened to lynch
! him.
The dead body of John Boyle, q citizen
I OF Darby, DelewaTe county, Pa, with his
] head cut from ear to ear, was found In ;
/ woods close by that borough by three men
| at an early hour on Sunday morning. He
| was about sixty-fouT years of age, a quiet
! citizen, bad left his home on Saturday morn
| Ing tor his work In Mount MOriah Cemetery
! and foul play was at first suspected. An In
/ vestigation revealed the fact that he COM
! mittrd the deed himself out of fear OF being
! discharged and the Coroner's jury found q
verdict of suicide.
| The other day truck driver tied his
! horse and wagon to the rear of a train of
| empty oil caIs on the West Shore track in
| Weehawken. During his temporary ab.
sence locomotive was booked on to the
/ train 1t started at a rather lively pace,
| dragging the horse and wagon with it, The
| animal kept up for about a mile, but the
pace proved too much for him and ne fell
| down exhausted. When Won Hagen re-
! turned IL took him three hours to find the
animal, which was badly injured. The
wagon was scattered along the track
| Hiram FaulkS, an elderly and eccentric
bachelor of some property, who lived alone
on farm near Independence, Kansas, was
| murdered last Friday night by some up-
known person who stole a horse and es-
capped. The crime was not discovered until
Sunday when Fauk's BODY was found in 9
well and the premises untenanted except by
an old watchdog, which had been sEot in the
leg. Fau'ks' assaiant bad shot him in the
head, thrown ,i- body into we'll and ther
ransacked the house. A bag was found
concealed on Faulks' person containing
S1,7O0.
Reverend Edward D. Kelsey, of the
Seventh Presbyterian Church, New York
runs a roller skating rink next door to hi.
church. A boy ia his employ on Saturday
last charged Margaret Welsh, an Is year
miss, with having cOncea led pair OF skates
under her skirts. The young woman wa.
searched and, although no skates wert
found, she was locked up all night. Polio,
Justice German discharged the girl the mex
| morning and said to the cIeT 0yman Gas
understand the prayer, it Is Lead us no
! into temptation / do not thinK that roller
skating rinks carry outthe sentiment OF tina
prayer"
last season there were 200 profession
al ball players engaged in the game. o
these the League employed in championship
matches 168 PLAYERS the American p ssocia
tiOn, 225; the Eastern Learue, 179; TIN
North wPrstern, 220. and the Union Associa
ton, 1876. The manufacturer Of the bas
ball alone gives employment to nearly nv
huRdred people Then there are the bats tn
bases. the uniforms caps and shoes. De
culiar shoe Is required, and costs an average
of 50 per pair. Some clubs paw a. high &
, per pair It is estimated that S24 600 900 /
paid yearly by persons who witness profes
, siOnal games.
Mrs William Bruekner rushed into tn
house OF Jacob Poorman at Muncie, Pa.
WI liutShh1 ulRbb VI ldNt week, NnTntln
and purging. saying her husband had poi
soned her. She fingered in great agony IN
r ! I'll O'Clock on Saturday morning, when sh
died She said her husband had given he
coffee with poison in 1t. This he denies
saying she made the coffee and drank IT, of
fering him some. He saws she thrPatpn led Z
kill him with a arasnr. He acknowledges bav
ing had fierce quarrel with his wife owe
her accusation that he had been intimat
with another woman. No arrests hav
] been made.
In the case OF President J. D. Fish, o
the Marine Bank, New York, the jury an
9 ! nounced on Monday that they had agree
I upon verdict. The foreman made know
that the defendant had been found guilt
on the nrst, fourth. fifth, eleventh, twelfth
e | thirteenth, fourteenth, ffte enth, sever
I teenth, nineteenth and tWentv-secOnd count
!. OF the indictments, In which be was charl
ed with embeZZlng the funds of the bank
Mr.. Fish WAS present and received the ar
nOuncement of the verdict stoically. Sen
: tence was deferred. The prisoner Is Ope
to sentence from five to ten years imprIson
! ment on each count.