The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-07-24
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.


locusts.
Hunts kidney and Llver1 Remedy |
has been used over thirty years. and saved |
thousands from lingering disease and death. |
The tracks of the Lehigh Valley rail- |
road expanded so much from the heat near |
Easton on Saturday that travel was delayed
several hours.
Not a particle Of calomel or any other
deleteriOus substance enters into the COM
position of Ayers Cathartic Pills On the
contrary, they prove of special service to
those who have used colonel and other min
eral poisons as medicines, and feel their in
furious eff ects. In such cases Ayers Pills
are Invaluable
While broodinP over calumny hircu-
lated against her hy neiehbor, Mrs. Mary
Matchall. of Erie, Pa. lady of consider.
able means, hung heaself last Sunday even
ing, after marking passage in the Bible
denouncing the SANDER Her little child
was found screaming at the skirts Of the
swaying body.
Superintendent Fox has instructed the
Conductors at the Mint in Philadelphia to
remain on duty twelve hours each day
They are now expected to report for dnty
at A. VI. and remain on duty until P. VI.
The hours of labor 10 some of the other de-
partments, 1t is said, will also be increased
shortly Thursday four Of the female en-
ployes resign their positions.
"A large storage tank connected with the
asphalt works in the upper part of oledo,
o., exploded on Saturday. The tank was
thoroughly wrecked and took fire. The su-
perirtendeIt OF the works, Mr.. John Has
kins, his son and two workmen who were
standing near the tank were badly shake
up, but none of them were seriously injured.
The fire was quickly extInguished, and & e
damage will not exceed $500.
Fifteen million horses are now owned
in America, and more than one million a
year must be bred to keep up the supply.
The largest portion Of these are used for ag-
ricuItural and heavy draft purposes, and
such horses bring from sl75 to s2yO each. 1t
would be impossible to breed them If 1t
were not for the importation of Percheron
horses. Five hundred stations are now an
nualIy imported from France to the United
States.
Miss Anderson, young lady. residing
in New York city. was passenger on the
afternoon express for Atlantic City on the
Camden and Atlantic railroad on Saturday.
While waiting for the train to start a neatly
| dressed man took a seat by her side, and
| acting in too familiar manner, she indig.
/ rantly ordered him to leave the seat He
complied. few moments later she found
/ that she bad been robbed of her port
/ monnie. containing S140.
Joseph F. COttringer, OF Philadelphia
/ ex-Secretary and Treasurer of the Centra
TRANSPORTATION company, OF Pennsylvania
/ charged with the embezZIement of S147 500
and foregoing certificates for 112 shares ot
! the company's stock and altering and pub
! fishing the same, was arraigned before
/ Judge Yerkes Saturday afternoon and
/ pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to -four
yesrs' Imprisonment, a plea for mercy being
made in his behalf. He is sixty-eiGht years
of age.
/ The express train from Atlantic City or
+ the West Jersey railroad ran off the track
at Newfield Station on last Saturday morn
| ing. TIE engine was demolished and The
/ engineer, George Murphy, residing In Cam
den, received injuries from which he ex-
pired in a short time. A number of pas
sengers were slightly injured. The engineer
was a married man and leaves a family. Il
his post averted more disastrous results
I The accident was caused by a misplaced
switch.
[ -Fhe engine attached to regular freight
/ train plunged into an open draw over the
Railway river, on the Long Branch division
of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
1 on Friday morning Jacob Cole, the enPi
neer, was buried in the ruins Of the locomo.
| tive, and had one leg cut off and was other.
wise fearfulIy injured. Fireman John Cis-
co was hurled into the water, but crawled
out badly burt and walked to Elizabeth
/ The rest of the train CT four cars remained
on the tracks. All trains are running OF
the Pennsylvania road.
The Eufaula (Ala.J Times has seer
Captain X. F. Kolb's big watermelon patel
and says it Is a grand and wonderful sight
There are 80, 600 hills that will average mo-
less than four MELONS to the hill, and tberI
are now in sight not less than 100, 600 melon;
varying in weight from ten to thirty anC
forty pounds each. AS vet but few of th
large number are ripe, as the planting wa
purposely late. in order to avoid the frs
melon glut of the Northern markets. It /
estimated the Captain Will clear $40, 900 OF
this crop.
Michael Potter the Cumberland county
n. J., centenarian, recently celebrated hi
1O1st birthday. He is the oldest living Demo
crat. President Cleveland wrote him let
ter of cOngratulation In which he said anon
other things. 1.-THE fact that adherence T.
the principles and faith of that party ha
not, in Mr.. Potter's case been incoBsisten
with wonderful longevity, ought, think, t
reassure those of our fenow-citizens who be
leve Cif their professions are reliable) ths
Amer lean institutions are in danger froI
Democratic supremacy"
"A tramp was given dinner at the res
dence OF Owen McCarty at Catasaueua o
Tuesday afternoon of last week. aud after
ward went to the stable on the same prem
ises to cut wood He lit his pipe, and ha
an hour later the building was destroyed b
fire. together with the stable belonging to .
Hazard, superintendent of the Crane Iro
company, an ice house adjoining, and Il
residence of Timothy Mullen and j. Morgan
the stable Of Henry Davis, and many sma
lei buildings. a sick child of John Mo
gan nearly pershed in the flames Los
SIS 900
-Barnum's large performing Aslat
, elephant Albert who killed his keepe
James Sweeny, at Nashua, n. Y, on Sa
urday, was taken to a ravine in the suburb
of Keene last Monday and killed. He wa
chained to four large trees and the location
, of his heart ana brain were marked wit
chalk. Thirty-three members of the Keer
Light Guard were then marshaled in line