The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-22
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGS.

st Patrick's Roman Catholic Church,
Norristown, has obtained verdict for SPA
Os2.50 damages from the Pennsylvania
SchuylkIn Valley Railroad.
Minnie Good. of Sharon, Pa, aged 10,
attempted to kindle a fire with kerosene
The can exploded, her clothing caught fire
and she was burned to death.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia
will arrive at Copenhagen about the middle
OF August with their family, and will re-.
main in Denmark for two months
Dealers estimate that thlrty-fve MILL on
grain bags Will be needed for this seasons
California wheat crop. OF which the State
mills can only turn out about three million.
Frank Lisbic, of San Francisco, has
worn silver assistant windpipe for 20
years, but as he is only a plain carpenter.
and not an Emperor, no fuss has been made
about it.
John X. Dunn, the lawyer concerned in
the Manhattan Banking Company robbery.
was on Monday sentenced TO nine years and
eight months in State Prison-the full pen
atty of the law.
John Frouendeiver. carpet weaver of
Conshohocken, shot and killed himself OF
Sunday morning. He had quarrelled with
his wife week previously, and had not
spoken to her since.
AT San Diego, in the State of Neuve
Leon. Mexico. on Saturday, railroad train
plunged and two Americans were killed
The accident was caused by the washing
out of the foundation Of the bridge.
-Thara is M nariod +ha o,r.or - A..
hustle that appeals so strongly to the SYM
/ pathetic side OF mans nature as when 1t
| just reaches far enough sbaft the weather
board of the umbrella to catch the sogging
rain drops as they sog.
Edward White. the ,oIored porter, who
accompanied the PittsbLIg Tariff Club, fell
from the train at Alliance. Ohio. on Mon~
| day evening. on the way to Chicago. and be-
! sides both legs being crushed he was so
badly injured that he will probably die.
Claus Spreckles, the sugar king. saws
that he will this year produce As. 900 tons of
beet sugar at his refinery in California,
and that the refinery which he is erecting
/ in Philadelphia at o cost of g., 600. 600 will
/ produce 10000 tons of sugar per year
| The Supreme Court OF Minnesota has
| decided that a passenger on a railroad train
has right to refuse to pay his fare unless
/ furnished with eat, and that even where
a railroad company has the right to eject a
/ passenger it NUT be done at a regular sta.
! tion.
The court Q. Paris, Tex, had to be ad-
/ journed the o,her day on account or the
dangerous illnsss of Hon. James A. Lyday,
1 District Attorney. Sunday night spider
bit Mr.. LYDIA, on the right side and be was
taken vIoIenly Ill from its effects, and is
now in a criacal condition.
On MoIday eyenidg, as Louis News
brecht was going up Elizabeth street in
Lima, Ohh. he was attacked by a vicious
cow, knoczed down and frightfulIy man
gled. Th left side Of mis- head was torn
open by he animals horns and the base Of
the breinexposed. He cannot live.
-Samiel T. Young. sentenced last Satur.
day at forristown 10 ten years in the Eas-
tern Psuitentiary for stealing two horses
and irng barn in which forty horses and
cows perisbed, has made a statement i'm
plicathR young man Of respectable parent
age vno has been missing since June H.
-nyriads OF grasshoppers have appear
ed b many parts of Southern Indiana and
are devouring all vegetation as they 20.
Thy destroy meadows first, then the foil
ag OF trees, and next corn, oats and gar
del vegetables. Thousands of sores OF
madows have been devastated by them.
On Sunday night VIII Flaners and JEFF
Bolton got into fight in a saloon at Buffa-
,olyed itself into duel B 9th men stepped
fell dead at the first discharge Bolton
crossed the Kanawha and disappeared in the
mountains.
Frederick Clause, who died at the city
poor farm in Pittsburg. on Friday was a
few years ago one OF the wealthiest men in
the county. His property was worth more
than half a million dollars. He was then a
member OF the great iron firm OF South &
Berg, near Harrisburg. and when they fall
ed he lost his mind.
John T. Andrews, of Knoxville, Ga,
has Panama hat that wa. worn by his
father at the Georgia Legislature. of which
he was a member in 1870 The has been
! worn constantly for As wears by the different
members OF the Andrews family, and yet it
Is sound, there being no hole In it, and no
breaks of any consequence.
An island sea serpent. having whiskers,
has been frightening residents, OF Thunder
Bay. Michigan. 1t was seen by boy, who
says it is about % feet long, over a foot
/ thick, and its body Is black. with yellow
spots and yellow tail. Where the snake
went under fence there was found some
dark hair abou. Is inches long.
John Garvey. OF New York, stabbed
his brother William in the neck in front
| of the latter's house. No. 41O East Sixtieth
street, shortly before midnight on Tuesday
night, killing the young man almost in
stantly. The brothers had tradad trousers
John found a rent in his, and a quarrel en-
sued. which ended in the murder
/ There is said to be a blind ieweler in
Bradford. Pa, who is able 10 repair jewelry
and watches entirely through the sense of
/ touch. The blindness came upon him after
/ he had become a proficient workman, and
then, b. cultlvatIng the sensibility of his
finger ends. he overcame in a great measure
his lack of eyesight. This is certainly a re-
markable instance.
"A London telegram says: Explorer
Ward Is on his way to London with letters
! from the Congo state. 1t is believed that
they will contain ths announcement that
/ Henry NJ. Stanley is dead. A Brussels tel