The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-10-15
NEWS AND OTHER NOTIxGs.

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A duel has occurred in Thuringis be-
tween a military officer and a student, the
latter being killed.
Rupture instantly relieved By the use
OF the celebrated Fry Truss, for sale at
DavIson's Drug Store.
The total coinage at the Mints of the
United States during September amounted
In value to s. O7O O55, including 2s1O, 100
standard dollars.
Minister Jackson, on leaving the City
of Mexico, was presented by the American
colony with a hand ONE oil painting and
many expressions OF friendship.
Premier de Freycinet has Informed his
colleagues in the French cabinet that the
disputes betweens the Malagassys and the
French iu Madagascar are almost settled
The Rev. Stout, Wharton Ont. states:
AFTER being Intellectually treated by seven
teen different doctors:for Scrofula and blood
diseases. I was cured fby Burdock Blood
Bitters." Write him for proof.
An explosion of giant powder at the
Porter coal mine. near Denver, Colorado.
! or Tuesday Occasioued the death OF mortally
woundinR of three miners. The mine was
! badly shattered
Mr.. David Stripe. of Brothersvalley
township who was born and has lived in
Somerset county for eighty eight wears was
never in Somerset until Tuesday of last
week He then for the first time saw a
court house and judges on the bench.
My liver was so faarfuIIy dIsordered
and felt so feeble and IanquId that took
little interest in anything Tried all the So
called remedies without relief until I used
Parker's Tonic. which effected a permanent
cure. David Bash. Little Rock, Ark.
-Linia Shultz, bright little girl of
yrs. resididinV with her paren Is at Trump's
Mills. near Winiamsport, went up stairs
Yesterday afternoon to get some matches
On her way down the matches ignited and
SET fire TO her clothes Before assistance
arrived she was so badly burned that she
died.
"A citizen OF Newton, Y. j. noticed his
hens standing around a tree on which a
grapevine crew gazing upward intently
He looked further, and saw another hen IN
in the tree picking the grapes from the vine
and dropping them down for the fowls on
the ground. The citizen is said to be
truthful.
Reports from the tnhacco-growinp SEE
tions of Maryland, Virginia and North
Carolina show that the tobacco ernp has
sustained more injury than was supposed,
and that the WELD will in some places not he
moIe than 10 per cent. Of an average crop.
Tho hest fields will not WELD more than
two-thirds crop
A private letter from Warren, Ark.
states that Judge J. NJ. Bradley. of the
Tenth district of Arkansas, is desperately
i'll of sickness closely resembling Irprosy
the skin having peeled from the entire sur
face Of the bCdv, leaving the raw flesh in a
most painful condition. His physicians say
they never saw or read OF a case similar to
his, and grave fears are entertained for his
life.
"A Pittsburgh dispatch says The
freight trafnc in the west, on the Penn
sylvania. Pan Handle. Fort Wayne, and
Baltimore & Ohio railroads has increased to
such an extent 10 the last few days that it
has caused blockade. The yards are full
of loaded cars waiting to be moved. This
the companies are unable to do, owing to
the scarcity of locomotives, a condition of
affairs almost unprecedented in local rail
road history.
Mrs. Alice Tobin. who died in Arcade,
Y. Y recently, aged 100 years and months
was a remarkable woman. Until within a
month Of her death she retained all of her
faculties. and engaged in household duties
Her cheeks were rosy and her step elastic
She never used glasses during her life, and
could see To thread even the finest cambric
needles. Her mental faculties remained un-
impaired mp to the very last hour. She was
the mother of twelve children.
Reports from Moorebead, Mimi. say
that prairie fires are destroying considerable
property in that vicinity. Owing to the con
tinued drought and high winds, ires sre
more frequent and extended shan usual.
Hawley and Skree townships losses have
amounted to nearly So 900 in grain and
buildings, The country between Moorehead
and Barnesvile is burned over. Large
quantities Of nav and some wheat stacks .
were destroyed. Red River Is almost dry
and it is proposed to dam 1t below Moore
bead and Fargo. and thus secure a sup
ply of water for winter.
Father Caleote, the priest who killed
Mge. Isquierdo. the Bishop of Madrid.
Spain, on Palm Sunday. in revenge for hav- f.
ing been sileDced as a priest, attemp pted
during the progress Of bis trial to day to
read to the court long ma rrative of his .
grievances against the Bishop. The priest I
was much excited. The court refused to
permit reading of the narrative and ordered (
the manuscript to be left with the Judge for .
further consideration. The defense asked 1
for the prisoner acquitted on the ground .
that he was rot responsible for his actions (
when he killed the Bishop The court re-
served its decision.
The State Convention of the County
Commissioners met at Harrisburg on We'd I
nesday of last week, about fifty counties be
ing represented by 125 commissioners.
Capt. Cyrus Straw. OF LuZerne, was made
president, with half a dozen vice presidents /
and secretaries. An address of welcome
was made by Hon. David Mummp, to which
the chair returned thanks. During th4 af-
ternoOD the subject of legislation. taxi ton,
costs, etc, was discussed, and Governor
Pattison, who was extended the courtesy of
the floor, warmly defended the new tax law
which, he said, brought capital into the
State. Committees were appointed ou gen
eIal legislation. uniformity of tax law and
revenue of taxes.
The following hsndbiIl was distributed
along the line of the Kansas City, Spring.
field and Memphis Railroad for a week
before the date mentinned
To Be Hung.
Pat, BILL and James Simpson