The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-12-10
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

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next morning During the night burglar
entered his room, chloroformed him and stole
his money, consequently his wedding has
I Deen postponed.
! The United States has 90 600, 900 miles
of fence, which cost the farmers and stock
men about 81 900. 600, 600, and have to be
renewed every fifteen years. Surely with
all this fence and expense the cattle ought
to be kept within bounds.
AT Trenton, Ark, jackson Brown, a
coiored man, had quarrel last week with
his wife, Lavinia. Shortly afterward the
woman picked up an axe and slipping behind
her husband, almost severed his head from
his body. She is in custody.
-Ubeziah SIayton, of Fayette county, Ca,
is the father of so many children that he can
not remember theiI names He has been
married twice and had Is by oB- wife and
IL by the other. He had 5 soas in one COM
pany of a Georgia regiment during the war.
Col. James A. Stratton. a welIknown
lawyer and formerly Judge Advocate of the
New Jersey National Guard, committed sui
eide at his home in Mount Holly, n. j., last
Friday morning by shooting. 1t is supposed
he took bis life while temporarily insane
from Illness.
Indian George, a Cherokee Indian, was
found dead recently on the Klasanine, in
Oregon. He had been hunting with his
pack of hounds and evidently had fallen
dead from heart disease. His hounds
guarded his body and refused to let any one
touch it for several days.
In 1852 Samuel Baker OF Wheeling, w.
Va. bet $40 with friend that he CBaker)
would live thirty-four years. The money
was placed in a bank, and on the 9TH Sam
uel walked down and drew it out with
interest. The Otner party and his entire
family of five are dead.
"A SenOma, Cal, hunter saw a deer under
q small madrona tree 200 yards away He
fired end missed the deer, but hit the tree
abOnt six inches above the animals head,
knocking off splinter four inches long
that struck the deer's head with such force
as to penetrate the skull and cause instant
death.
-Fr7 ncis Palms, one of the oldest and
weaIthis-; citizens of Detroit, died on Thurs
day morning. He leaves an estate supposed
to be worth over $4,000, 900 collars. He
was native of Belgium, and nearly e6 years
of age. He was the father of the young
lady of whom Senator Jones, OF Florida,
was enamOred.
"A wildcat weighing seventeen pounds
was KILLED in the Orange Mountains, in New
Jersey, OF Tuesday of last week by Herbert
LiRhthipe and William StaeckIe of Miiburn.
The cat was started in a swamp by a dog
and a fierce but short battle followed, In
which the dog was worsted. The wildcat
was then treed and shot.
In Cherokee county, Alabama, twenty
years ago. Joseph B. HsrGwick was killed
by Calvin McFee in a quarrel about q tract
of land. McFee fled and was not arrested
until few days ago. wheh he was found in
Southwest City, Missouri. He had been
caught by brother of the murdered man,
who rad been on his track for the last twen-
ty years.
Morton Freweu, one of the Western
cattle kings" lad an interview with
{ Canadian officials in Ottawa on Tuesday of
last week. de proposes to remove his
stock from United States and bring 40 OUO
head of cattle into Canada next spring, If
satisfactory arrangements with regard to
! grazing territory can be made with the
! Canadian Government.
A dispute arose one day last week be
/ tween j, w Vartenbe and William Ally,
/ cowboys on ranch of the Red River
| Cattle Company, near Cimsrron, n. NJ. as
| to which of them = - IN charge of the raucue
/ during the absence of the foreman. Both
men dew their Tevolvers and fired. Ally
was killed instantly and Wsrtenbe was shot
through the right breast.
"A young couple of Valley Ford Cal:,
ran away together, and we're married at
Santa Rose. The girls father chased them
vigorously and caught them just after they
had been made one, but. instead of shoot
ing bis son-in-law full of holes, he asked
him what in blazes he wanted to run away
with the girl for, when he could have mar
ried her at home for the asking.
The following notice in a Montana news
paper is not calculated to soOthe the feelings
OF the thief who stole Mr.. SIMPSONS bay
mare THE night of the IA inst. a dark bay
mare, fifteen 4ands high. small white star
on forehead, both hind feet white, was stol-
en- from the stable OF Ira Sampson the
undersigned. l will give the mare aud 500
in cash for full and reliable particulars re-
gardinz The funeral of the thief. That's the
| kind OF man am"
| AT Raleigh, n. C., on Tuesday afternoon
in q cotton yard in the centre of the city.
, 1t origininate0 from a cigarette and the
/ Flames raced across the yard and through
/ 200 bales of cotton. The water supply
/ wss poor and 1t was not until after four
( hours hard work that the fire was snbdued
/ but it " as not then extinguished and nearly
! all the cotton will be a total loss or damaged.
/ The value of the cotton was S4s, 600 and the
/ loss will be fully s36,0
DIR. j. B. Bradshaw, of LoDRview, Tex
/ rs, went to a bank in that town on Wednes-
! day of last week and drew 81 900 in cash.
! IL few minutes afterward be conc uded that
/ it MAS too much money to carry. and went
back to the bank and exchanged The raoney
/ for $1,000 in New York exchange and 81 ,OOO
/ il cash. The Doctor then boarded the
/ Texas Pacific train for Dallas, on his way
to Wazahache. In getting off the Texas
| Pacific train ia Dallas on his way to the
/ Houston and Texas Central train be was
! iostled against by three men, who we're
profuse In their apologies. The Doctor
thought nothing of 1t until he got aboard the
Central train. Then he remembered his
money, and when he felt for the wallet i;
was gone.