The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-11-27
NEWS AND OTHER S0TIN6s.

uou need sbleP and more eloquent than any Z
ever before spoken by that woudertul man.
"A dispatch to the London Times from
Calcutta says that 600 people have been :
drowned. and $50 villages submerged 10
Orissa by a cyclone.
An apple tree on the farm Of Wn.
Frock. In Warwick township, Chester coun-
tv, which is known to be over 100 years old.
bore "a bushels OF apples this season.
Special prayers were again offered mp
last Sunday in all the churches In the city of |
Galveston in behalf of the sufferers by the
fre. and blessings were invoked on those
who came to the relIef of Galveston's home
less.
-Jonn Howell, who murdered four OF his
children at their home In Starucca is thought
to be thoroughly insane oy medical ex-
perts. He has not eaten or drank anything
but once since his Incarceration in the
Wayne county Jail at Houesdale.
Willie Gruhn. IL wears old. picked up
loaded shot gun at Plano. Ill. and, calling
his 15-year old sister, pulled the trigger, and
the entire charge passed into her side. She /
died In about thirty minutes. The boy did
not know the gun was loaded
"A white man recently died in Georgia.
! leaving an estate worth S4Oo QUO to a negro
! woman and her two children. The woman
/ had formerly been his slave and mistress
/ To his twoi ephews, his only white relatives,
| he left very small bequests.
An Ohio farmer few weeks ago be-
| came insane because of firm belief that
| the world would come to end In a few
months Woriment about her husband has
now unsettled the wife's mind. They will
| be taken to an asylum together.
a a oil
buek belonging to Mavor Jtfferis, at Lock
Haven. having no regard for official dignity,
knocked that gentleman down the other day,
and would probably have made an end of
him but for the arrival of timely assistant
-PottSviIle is now said to possess the
dPppest coal mine in America. Through its
shaft 567 feet deep 200 cars holding four
tons each are hoisted daily. The time occu
pied for lifting full car through the whole
length of this shaft is only little over
minute.
-Reuiamin Fl. Lnngnecker. Director of
the Poor of Lancaster county. diSappeared
last March after embszzfng $4,000 of trust
funds. A body found in LIS ALeeies county
Cal Recently has been identt6-d as that
of Longnecker The cause of his death is
, unknown
=
men of White comfy, Ark. met at fox
hunt yesterday week. and engaged to feht
: out an Old feud with knives. Kirksey was
stabbed fourteen times and died the follow
ing dav. LyIes escaped. Both are well
! connected
: A hoy in Cleveland fell from a tree and
dslocateG his neck A surgeon was sent
: for. who replaced the disjDinted vertebr& 50
skilful'y that the hoy recovered and Is to
: dav we'll ss ever. This operation has
been frequently attempted, but very seldom
with success.
United States Consul NRwcnmb. at By
. one has sent 10 the Secretary ef State ~
= port upon the use OF a mixture of stacked
# lime and Suiphate OF copper as a cure for
# uiltew or rot upon grape vines. This rem
n edy ls heIae extensively used in France
10 with favorable results.
IS "A Maryland farmer has a tame crow tha
m is very wise The other day 1t entered 5
r room unObserved, tore mp novel lying or
T. n tahlp. opened copy of the Bible. as if Il
nj incuIsate the wisdom and value Of that work
" and ended its days 'ahor by stealinga watci
r. and hiding it in a haviott.
ms -Courtsbip among the Piute Indians 4
~ attended with d'fficnity. If a maiden doe
Sn rot Iikp her lover she tells her erandmother
A. and when the young man comes again IN,
It old lady takes a shnv.lful of hot ashes ano
n. throws them in his face This is equIvsien
uI to giving him the mitten.
A Co'umhns, o carpenter, while a
work on a school house hast week fell dow
Vs rhe CHIMNEY. IS feet high. breaking both o
o' his l,gs. He was rescued Ivy cutting n hot
~. IN thp chimney at the bottom large enoug
fs, Am ct rxirh al
'- In his DESCENT saved his life
IL The old controversy IA 10 whether q
~ not the east coast of Greenland was settle
nv the No.'ittnen who huit thriving cnlnnie
:" on tIie west coast in the early middls AGE
-" has hepn decided negatively bv Danio
20 G va-nmpnt exp dit'on sent out IN 1888
eNplnre the coast. They found no traces
= previous occupation.
p g. Kirkland. cashier nf the Farmp
w and Merchants Bank. AZ Oxford. Kausa
pN iaet week. took all the fnnds he couId fin
t4 turned the time-iork of the safe forty eip
bonrs ahead and ahsconded Kirkland WI
deserted his family. wss treasurer for So
rraI secret so,.Ieties. and their money is go
nSe with the rps'
'ar -Mre Rhode H"vsrd died on Tuesd
i'm in Ra.h c,.r'v K .ntnckv at the alleged p
'" Of 116 wears Sh4 was wonderfully W
ard rrazervod and rataired her facuitieS to :
"ns Iast She u-ae tNree 'iunee NOR rriad ami n
'Ne ~ her hus>,a~ds ~ * satd was ~ the Re-
WV iu'Io-arv war She srookad pipe a
rrpp never tOnt . dose OF medcins
Bradford - Tho champion honey COM
ne cf the sra+e O~p huotnr eu' a hsf tree
edV which he Fouod ovor nnn hundred rounds
horav. enne NJ the cornhs haino five q
" Ioro Another Iuckv individnai strucL
tree that contained seven feet Of solid hon
,ept vveichinp nna hundred and seventy {
last pounds MANY similar finds have b'
Jail made
Hing D.. F~othir"hen one nf the host kn"
uhie nhvsrc,ans IN Now YnrE committed su'c
nee ~ shootino himself through the head in +
,nps cItv IN F-idav. II is supposed that the 4
mar. vas dnre an-'nu q Temporary attack Of
a nd sart+v D- F-o'binoharn the phvsic
The fbat hrouoht Charles O'ConnOr hack fr
he deaths aonr vghsn everybody else had g
> in M al homes
VJr- The fnllovvinp shows how easily doc
nrnt are made IN Texas: A phvsicisu to,
sIx honr rId~ with vi'Iseer Uho asked
q great rnanv questions about the rame'
usad for certein diseases then prevailing
ties the locality. On The following week ne
E &C. occasion tn visit nPiChhoring Wills
en- where he found his recent cOmpanion '
ars - p shir,cle ont az fuF f1edged doctor
rted hs n Ora rqduetod in that sFx-miie ride