The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-26
NEWS ASn oTHER NnTINGs.

George Gibson a slater fell from the
roof of the Eagle Hotel. at Lebanon. on
last Monday evening and dsshed his brains
out on the pavement below, dista nee OF
sixty feet.
The fact that you read the newspaper is
evidence that you desire to keep posted up
in what is going on. This paragraph is to
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Master James Bruce, aged IA years, OF
Chesterfield county, Va, a few days ago
killed three wild turkeys at a single shot,
and wounded the fourth which was captured
by another party short distance off. Who
can beat this
Two large pensions were granted at
Washington few days since. One was to
j. T. MOnOrist, an insane veteran. whose
first payment will amount to S12, ,224 80.
The other was to Josiah Brainard, whose
iFst payment will amount to s11, ,917 96.
A farmer OF this state who has been
troubled bs crows scattered peck of whisky
soaked coin in his field. The crows got in
ebriated, few away and never returned. A
Connecticut farmer tried the same thing and
now be finds the crows waiting for him every
morning.
About midnight last Saturday Elias Sim,
mons, good. law abiding and peaceable
negro, was murdered in his own home, two
miles from Minden, La, by a party Of
masked men who broke open his door and
shot him to death while he was sleeping in
his bed.
Mrs. Crmton, "a white woman) and
her little boy were gathering wood near
their home, a Randolph, Bibb county Ala,
on Sunday when two negroes sprsng from
the bushes, OIe threatening to kill the WON
an if she made any noise. He then brutally
outraged her, after which both fled.
AT Bonne Terre, Mo, two men named
Stockwell ane Bess engaged in a fight.
Stockwell raistd his quo to shoot Bess. The
latter's daughter sprang between her father
and the weapon just as the trigger was pull
ed. The contents of both barrels took effect
in her breast and omach, killing her
Instantly.
The steame- Oceanic, which arrived on
Monday at San Francisco from Hong Kong
and Yokohama, brings news of the founder
ing OF the steamer Normantore, off Pashima,
Japan, with seventy-two persons on board,
twelve of whom reached land. She was
laden with tea Tor New York and Canada.
The date of the disaster is not given
The storm which ragged on the lakes on
Wednesday aud Thursday of last week was
one of the fiercest ever known. Thirty
seven lives are tnOwn to haYe been lost,
while an equal number of persons are miss
Ing. Thirty vessels were wrecked or dam
aged, involving a loss of over S7OO, 900.
The crews of many other vessels suffered
severely from cold and hunger.
"A strOlling gypsy told a West Virginia
farmer that II he would pIaceS25 in a certain
hollow stump and bave it there all night
it would be doubled in the morning The
farmer tried it, and sure enough found $50
in the stump. Then the gypsy advised the
taru9r to put all he lad, S7OG. in the stump
and draw out 81, 400 in the morning, The
farmer took this advbe, and now is looking
for gypsy VINO he says has stolen 500 from
him.
"A few days ago William Schomi, of
Newberry, near WilliamspOrt, slew a bear
of immense size while cut on a hunting ex-
psditiOn near North Point. He fred four
balls into the animal frOm a Winchester rifle
before he fell, the last shot being made
when he was within 16 feet of the bear The
bear weighed 800 pounis after tie entrails
were taken out, and from these were secur-
ed 81 pounds of tsllow.
Many prohibition Bibles are in circula-
tiOn in Atlanta. The prohibition Bible Is a
very smart imitation of book which encIo-
ses a bottle of very good whisky. By
touching a snring at one end of the book
the end opens, and the neck of the
bottle bObs up serenity. These bottle books
are being sold there at S.. A man could
walk up a church aisle with one under his
arm without being suspected of anything
but deep piety.
"A Georgia newspaper illustrates the
average Southern neRIO's poor business
ability by telling of one who asked the price
of a coat in a store. The stole keeper offered
him various garments cheap for cash,
but the 6arkey would not buy, and finally
picked ont coat worth 81. IS and offered it
to him for SO, agreeing to take g in cash
and trust him for the balance. The custo-
mer jumped at the offer, and without even
trying on the coat, paid the 81 and went
away happy in his ability to owe IS. The
store keeper will not worry II he does not
get the money.
Ion Petuska, Pole, has been the OBJ
ject of a great deal OF curiosity at Louisville.
BE first made his appearance on Saturday
last, when he visited Seventeenth street
market and devoured IN the presence of the
crowd, four pounds of raw beef Since
then he has visited the market every morn
Ing and feasted on the butchers scraps
picked up off the ground. He feeds like
ravenOus wolf, and his unkemp hair and
beard, give him the appearance of a wild
man. He can speak English imperfectly,
but refuses to talk about himself further
than to give his name and nationality
Congressman Campbell, of the Seventh
Ohio district, is returned as elected by two
votes over his Republican competitor. Little,
who appears to have been defeated by the
foolishness of several OF his OWL importers.
In Beaver Creek township an euthu -isstic
Republican pinned Little's picture 10 his
ticket, and when it came to be codnted the
judges threw it out in the Fourth ward of
Columbus, two Republican tickets were
stuck together and were thrown out and in
the Sixth ward the same thing occurred. If
these voters had been more careful Little
would have been elected by one majority.
The elephant is believed by the East
Indians to live 300 years, and Instances are