The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-21
NEWS AND OTHER NOrINGs


his cows which had choKed 20 death the
other morning. She had found it in straw
slack.
"A pe6dler fell into a stream OF water
near Aliensville NJ .fiin county, and was fish
ed out by two young men at the risk of their
lives He generously gave each a led pen
Gil worth about one cent for their brave act
There are AZ firms in the United States
engaged exclusively in the manufacture OF
chewing gum. Their trade is increasing
and IL is estimated that the value of their
product this year will be not less than sIo.-
500 900.
"A MIchisan court has been called upon
to decide whether a woman "A years old can
drive a horse 30 years old through mud ten
inches deep faster than the four miles an
hour permitted by law. IL Is a question to
agitate the whole State bar.
jessie. the daughter OF S. E Cooper. a
miller at WesIeyviIle. Erie county, fell from
a top story down a staff between a large
wheel and the wall. last Saturday. and was
so badly mangled that she cannot recover, IL
indeed she Is not dead ere this.
When the Etruria landed at New York
on Monday. Gilbert Larrios. q wholesale
clothier, attempted to smuRgle In s25. 600
worth of diamonds and they were seized.
He claims ignorance OF the law and says the
diamonds were gift to his fiance.
About 500 farmers, with 200 greyhounds,
organized a wolf hunt 10 Cowley county,
Kansas. day or two ago. They came up
on three OF the sought for animals, and
though the hunters formed a circle around
the wolves, two OF the latter escaped. The
third was captured.
AT Reading. last Saturday. Mrs. Kauff-
man and daughter Alma lifted a large YES
sci OF hot talIow to pour into q kettle con-
tanning a small quantity of water. An ex-
plosion followed and the hot tallow flew
over their faces and they were horribly
burned. rendering the condition of both
critical.
John AcPhiliany, Frank Shay and John
Tanning. serving sentences in the River
side Penitentiary for bur larry. made an un-
successful attempt to escape on Monday.
rney had worked their way out of tn pris-
on and were In the act Of scaling the outer
wall with a rope ladder when dIscoye red
and recAptured by the guard.
Telegraph operators. 1t seems, are de-
v-loping disease of their own. One or
two cases recently occurred abroad. IN
which the finger nails dropped OF. one after
another. The affection is supposed to be
due to the constant hammering and pushin q
with the finger ends required by the work
ing Of the telegraph instrument.
The jury In the case Of Wallace Walker,
a coIored barber. on trial for the murder of
his brother. Joe Walker, in Marietta in Au-
gust i.st. by striking him on the head with
q stone, ite result OF u quarrel, returned q
verdict Thursday OF guilty of voluntary
maDsiauRhter with a recon ne ndation OF
mercy. Sentence was deferred.
The process OF whitening sugar was dis
covered In q curious way. A hen that had
gone through a clay puddle went with nei
muddy fert into sugar house. She left hel
tracks on a pile OF sugar. 1t was noticed
that wherever her tracks were the sugar
was whiteped. Experiments were insti-
tuted. and the result was that wet clay came
10 be used In refining sugar.
-Sbarpers have added one more Arm
stong county victim to their list. Jacot
| Kroh, wealthy farmer residing In Cowan-
shamrock township, few days ago enter
| tanned two Strangers. one OF whom pro
fessed to be negotiating for the purchase o
Kroh's farm The two event uaIly worke,
| the card racket on their host to the extent o
about s4O0. Rroh Is very peuurious an,
wastes no money upon newspapers.
| 1t is reported at Chicago that Jay GouI
has secured control OF the Chicago. SAINT
Fe and California road. This road cost tn,
AtchisoD company over sl5 Oo0, 900 and ha
always beer a white elephant on its ma nd:
II It should prove correct that MIR. Goulc
has secured control of the Atchison's ChIca
| go extension. the road will be operated a
part OF the Missouri Pacific system, whic
will then have through line from Chicag
to Texas and Colorado.
Two young men cousins named Smit
aged nineteen and twenty-one res pectlvel
started to cross the Monongahela river O
Sunday afternoon at Bell evernoD. Pa,
an old skih. VIII en- about the middle Of tt
stream the bottom dropped out OF the Graf
and the young men were thrown Into Il
water. Their cries for help attracted stter
ton. bat before assistance had arrived the
had sunk for the last time. Their bodIs
were recovered and bur led on Monday.
Fl. W. Morgan, until recently one OF II
leading business men Of Erie, Pa. owner
the largest grocery business In the cit,
stepped out of the flee of friend G
Twelfth street In the business center of tt
city. on Friday OF last week. and. placing
heavy pistol to his TEL mpIe, nearly blew tt
top of his head of. Morgan failed tH
months ago and bis creditors stripped hin
leaving penniless. with an expensive famil,
He shot himself because he was discou
aged.
Under the new law which provides thu
executions for murder 10 New York sha
be by electricity, It Is made a misdemeano
to report or publish the executions. No
witnstsnding this fact the State and metro
politan papers have made arrangements {
publish accounts of the next execution
/ usual and ascertain what the officers wi
J do. The statute is held to be unconstitr
tional because II abridees the liberty OF Il
press, which Is guaranteed under the organ
ic law.
a Three workmen were injured by u
blowing out of Furnace b at the Edg
{ Thompson Steel Works on Monday mig
, and will die. When the accident occurr,
7 they were standing directly In front'of q
Q furnace. and the molten metal was throw
over their bodies, almost roasting the
= alive. Their names sre John Anderso
: aged forty>two years John Sullivan. ag
thirty-hve years, and a young Hungaris
' known only big john" The cause of Il
. accident Is not known. The damage "
; be heavy. but can ::bs replaced In a shc
!, time.
. u. A. Logue who went to WashIngto
. ID. C., few days ago from Pottstown. p
= and enlisted in the marine corps, attempt
to commit suicide on SUNDAY morning