The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

when she became Miss. she clung to Cast9rfs.
when she had children. she gave them Cast'a /
For sale at James Drug Store,
Cancer Institute, ss1 Arch st, PhTlsdel-
phia. Pa Go to IT, I9-14.-Iy.I
President CARROTS estate turns out to
be worth s35 900 900.
Duck eggs 40 years old were eaten at
marriage anniversary in an Indiana town
last week.
in a brief wrestle with one of bis cows
a Connecticut farmer lost one Of his eyes
aud had his jaw broken.
Representative Carberry, Of Philadelphia,
Is lying at his hotel In Harrisburg seriously
III. He is not expected 10 recover.
Some remarkable cures in this vicinity,
OF long continued and obstinate diseases,
are attributed to McDonaId's Blood Purifier
-Nevada's Governor found some OF his
wife's diamonds, few days since, in a tin
box among some rubbish. The Jewels were
supposed to have been stolen years ago.
There is nothing like DR.. Thomas Eclec.
tic Oil to quickly cure a cold or relieve hoarse-
ness. Written by Mrs NJ. ]. Fellows, Burr
Oak. st. Joseph Co, Michigan.
"A Mennonite congregation in Reading
built itself frame church in four DAYS last
week. 1t was begun on Wednesday and
dedicated on Sunday.
Mrs. Betsy Wolf, whose residence was
near MeedvIIle, was thrown from a buggy
by a runaway horse on Sunday afternoon,
receiving fatal injuries.
Oliver Brothers & Phillips South Side
mill, Pittsburgh, is running as usual The
irm have withdrawn the notice of a reduc-
tion so far as the engineers fremen, and
dragdowns are concerned, but will reduce
the wages of labOrers 211 per cent.
"A fearful boiler explosion occurred at
WilliamspOrt on Monday afternoon in a saw
mill on the south side of the Sasquehanna
river. The mill Is located on what is known
as the Woigel tract, near the base of the
mountains. Hardly a vestige of the struc
ture is left. Eight men were in the mill, two
were killed aud the others severely, if not
fatally, injured.
Paul Korkeski, shearman employed at
Oliver Brothers South Fifteenth street mill,
! Pittsburgh, had the fingers of his left hand
amputated on Monday by the shears. He
tied the stump up in q handkerchief and
worked with his right hand until he was
forced through loss of blood to quit. He
said be was afraid of losing his place in the
mill il he quit work.
John McDevitt, aged 21 years, living in
the rear of No. 1133 Monmouth street. Phil
/ adeIphia, was found in the well of the water
| closet on Tuesday, hanging by rope. one
/ end of which was tied to his wrist and the
| other fastened to the door, It is supposed
that be went down into the we'll to recover
| some money which he lost and was suffoca-
! ted.
News was received on Monday Of anoth-
! er serious riot at the little mining village of
Eckhardt Maryland, where about one hun
dred foregH miners, Swedes principally,
have been located ever since the strike of
1882. This time riot occurred among the
/ Swedes themselves. Being intoxicated, they
used knives, pistols and stones. No one
was killed, but several are reported badly
! hurt.
George II. McFadden, the man who
planned and executed the Pacific Express
robbery in St Louis last March, by which be
and his accomplce, Prentice Tiler, secured
500, 900. pleaded guilty in the Crimina
Court on Monday and was sentenced tC
three years Imprisonment in the penIentia
ry. Tiller was sentenced for five years some
months ago. Owing to the blunders of Til
ler yearly all the money was recovered il
day.
in Norway and Sweden accumulation
of moss, often more than a foot thick, and
half decomposed serve TO make paper anC
miIboard as hard as wood, blocks of which
formed by the hydrauIic press, may even bi
turned in the lathe and polished. This sub
stance is said to possess the good qualitIe
of wood without the defects, such as warp
ing and splitting, SO that il is suitable 70
making doors and windows. Plant has, /
is said, been laid down i'm Sweden for work
ing up these deposits Of a hitherto vast
substance into a useful material
A diabOiical attempt to wreck traiI
on the East Tennessee. Virginia and Geor
gia railroad, near Rome, Georgia, on Sun
day night, failed only by a miracle. Th'
miscreants tore mp several yards Of Jht
track and drove pieces OF rails into the catsI
guards They thea piled cross ties between
the rails. making an obstruction that would
dash train down fIiVhtful abyss. Jus
before the train reached there, the engint
boxes became hot and the engineer stopped
the train to cool them, striking the obstruc
ton after it had sackeued speed The pi-
lot was torn off, but no other damage was
done.
The miners and laborers at the mines o.
the West End Coal Company at Mocauaqua
Luzerne county, turned out on a strike OF
Monday. A reduction in wages amounting
to % per cent. bad been ordered to 90 int
effect. and the men, on being informed, re
fused to go to work. They had a meeting
I near the mines and passed resolutions bind
ing themselves never to work at less thar
their former wages In all about four hun.
dred and fifty men turned out. The c0mpa.
~ has not yet decided SIS 10 its course, but
the officials state that the mines will be shut
down altogether rather than submit to the
demands Of the men, This Is the FIRST strike
In that region OF any importance for years
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