The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-09
NEWS AND OTHER SorrNes

peach seeds from North Carolina.
defense OF Mr. Parnell aud his associates in
meeting the charges brought by the London
Times is said to amount to a1I. 900.
: Abraham Yeakel, President of the Peo-
Piles National Bank of Norristown since Its
institution. seven years ago, died while sit
ting in a chair at Norristown on Thursday
of last week from paralysis.
Gen. James Craig. who died recently at
81. Joseph. Mo-, was one of the few men
whom history records as having been de-
feated by single vote. This happened
when be ran for Congress In 1850.
building blocks made of corn cobs form
the object OF new Italian patent The
eobs are pressed by machinery into forms
similar to brick, and held tightly together
by wire. They are made water tight By
soaking with tar. These molds are very
hard aud strong. Their weight is less than
oue-third that of a hollow brick, and they
can meyer get damp.
Thirteen members of the Harrisburg
base ball club left Reading recently without
paying their board bill. amounting to s26,
through misunderstanding. A Reading
detective went after them, and, while the
young men say they don't object to paying
the hotel bill, they are kicking vigorously
against the detectives claims for ''mileage, >,
amounting to SI25.
Milton Benner. of Trumbauersyille, Pa.
while out cunning saw fox squirrel mount
a high tree and fired at it. 1t fell, folio wed
by blacksnake six Zee: long, which caught
itself on limb. He called bis son and
they killed the snake by giving 1t another
shot The snake was not seen until after
the first shot. and was In the act of devour-
ing the squirrel when killed.
Mrs. Harris is the name of a widow In
Topeka, Kan. who has done an original
thing. She has pct up over her husbands
grave lasting memorial or the Illness
which caused his deatb-mania a. potu. At
the base Of a simple granite shaft is carved
q mass Of coilng and writhing snakes.
Above is cut his name and the simple SEN
tence: ''Died:of Delfrium Tremens.'
The curious spectacle OF two big bald
eagles engaged in a deadly conflict was wit
messed by Horace Townsend, OF Ocean
View. Cape May county. ". j., on Friday.
The birds were pecking savageIy at each
other. and the air was filed with living
feathers. Townee1d interfered, and one of
the birds savagelY attacked him. 1t was
killed after severe struggle. The other
bird escaped
"A farmer digging ditch near Higgins
lake, Roscommon county, Michigan, was
made almost delirIous when he unearthed an
old iron kettle nearly full of stuff that look>
ed like silver dollars. His Joy was short
lived, however, FOR the coins proved to be
counterfelts. and such bad ones that the
the fellow who made 'em had evidently
buried them because they couldn't be pass
ed on anybody. t.
Sarah Jane McIlroy. II year-oId girl,
OF kington, Ont, saw two toughs assault
ing citizen a month ago. Ipstead of faint
ing she laid her parcel on the sicewslk,
screamed murder. grabbed one Of the as
sailants by the neck and hurled him inside,
and gave the victim an opportunity to ban
die his other foe. When she modestIy told
told her tale In court she was given round
after round of applause.
Garry penny in your vest pocket IN
may save your life as one did that OF NJ. J.
Hogan. Hogan is a Chicago contractor.
and on Thursday night John Hopkins, a
DISCHARGED employe shot him. But the bull
let struck the bronze head Of the Goddess
Of Liberty on the coin and was DETECTED
Beyond bruisiD2 the goddess face and BY
force OF the impact knocking the contractor
down. no harm was done
Down in Maryland the other day wher
DR.. Fulton married Miss White the rim.
used was made OF a gold button that was OF
the wedding gown OF the bridegroom,
mother, and a msrvelously tattered sbo,
was sent by an old darkey along with tb,
Information that IL was one of the last pal
that ''marster," the brides father, bough
for him in slavery times, and so he wanted
it flung after young mistress to insure be
good luck.
Miss Jennie Quick. formerly a sewinI
girl in the employ of Lewis Naylor, a DIR,
goods dealer In Kansas City, was awarded
81 900 against him Thursday. Some months
ago Naylor rendered her a cheek for he
services. She wanted cash, and In tt,
quarrel which ensue6 Mayor elected tn,
girl, who is only seventeen years of age
Her arm was broken and she sued for SlO.-
900 damages. Saturday the jury returned {
verdict for 81 900 after ten minutes deIiber.
atioE.
"A san Francisco grocery firm were IL
the habit of putting the residuary cash a.
night In a bag and depositiug it in the oat.
meal barrel. The other day small bo,
called early for oatmeal and one of the firm
served him, giving him along with the mea
about $40. Since that time the San Fran
cisco newspapers have been printing ad
vertisements Offering a liberal reward {,
the boy If he would call at the store. A
last accounts the boy hadn't called.
Il. A. Duggan found and killed on hi.
place near Cuthbert, Ga, a few days ago,
real horned snake. The snake, he said
was about feet long and was very pretty
having a broad brown stripe upon its bacl
and small black stripes upon each side. ex
ending from head to tail. Its shave wa
somewhat different from other snakes IL
that Its tail was blunt and did not tape
nicely to a point, and its head was NOR
like that of the striped lizard OF racer
The horn was an eloneation Of the tall
similar to the rattles Of the rattlesnake,
about inches long and is sufficiently har,
and pointed TO penetrate soft supstapce.
A dispatch from Albuquerque. N. NJ.
| says: Charles Walker, a brick mason, wa
killed on Monday, and the murder /
charged to Herman Burns. also a brick
mason. In the morning the men quarrele
and fight occurred, in which Burns 70
the best OF it. In the afternoon Wake
went down to the brick-yard, followed b
Burns, and few hours later Walkers dea
body was found with one bullet hole throug
the back OF the neck and another in the ab
domen. Either would have caused deatt
Burns was arrested and Is now In iai