The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-07
NEWS AND OTHER NorrNGs.

his family on 10 cents per diem, invested d
corn and beans.
| "A famine prevails at Epirus. Fond
have been started at Constantinople an,
Athens for the relief OF the sufferers.
1t is saidthe lightning rod ss relic o
| superstition. and will soon be regarded II
the same light as horseshoe over door.
"A heavy shock OF cart hquake was fell
at Buenos. Ayres. S. C.. at 1914 Toesda,
morning. 1t is not known whether AM
damage was Jone.
Mr.. Calvin /. Brice, who lead the Ohio
delegation 70 st. Louis, is said to be worsr
$50 ,ooo.eoo, which be has made in the lasl
ten years. BE Is now but AZ years old.
The Standard on Company is leasing
thousands of acres OF land In Perry county,
with view OF boring for oil. gas or coal
supposed to be hidden beneath earth's sur
face down there.
"A Dakota man who has announced
himself as q candidate for delegate to Con-
Rress Is charged by his opponent with having
sold coffee to his fellow prisoners while in
carcerated IN Andersonville at q q emp.
Andrew Grandstar, who o, Nav oath.
murdered Reuben Drake. his wife and two
children. near Viroaua, Wis. was lyncbed
at that place early Saturday morning. He
nao made confession and retractsd II later.
The log jam in the Menominee river,
Michigan. lie the largest ever known. 1t Is
estimated to contain 400 OO0. 600 feet. The
logs are piled from 25 to 35 feet above water.
where they may stick for several weeks
yet.
-Naturalizations In New York, during
the first four months of 1888, have been less
numerous than any presidential year since
the war. with the exception OF 1893 Most
OF the newly made voters are German and
Hungarian.
On Monday the Supreme Court of Mis-
souri, fixed July 18th next. for the execution
or Hugh N. Brooks. alias Maxwell, tn g ia
nous chioroformer. who murdered Charles
A. Preiler In q room OF the Southern Hotel
In April, 1885.
Mrs. Stokes. Chicago. wife of a pracsi>
cal plumber. tried to commit suicide Satur.
dav on account OF despopdepcy, because she
had sore ewes She shot herself twice, bu,
her corsets turned the course OF the bullets
on both occasions.
"A Kansas City dispatch says In one
hamlet In Washington county, Ark :, Satur-
day. seyen people were injured and twelve
houses destroyed by a severe wind storm
Evansville. place OF five hundred Inhabi-
tants, was also partially destroyed.
Judge Lambert Tree, our Minister tc
Brussels, has ordered bronze statue of the
explorer De La Sale as present to the
city Of Chicag o. 1t is the work OF Jacque,
de Lalainge, and will be cast in Brussels
and will he placed in Lincoln Park.
Miss Gracs Elizabeth Matthews, daugh
ter OF Justice Matthews, OF the Supreme
Court OF the United Ztates, and Mr.. Johr
Harlan Cleveland. OF Kentucky, nephew oil
Justice Harlan, were married on Tues day
at the residence of the BRIDES father.
Mike CopkIey. the Ithaca giant, has d.
nally pitted against a man OF his own size
viz. Joe McAuliffe. champion OF the Pacific
Coast. who recently knocked out FIanh
Glover. OF Chicago. The fight is for s.. SOC
q side and g 900 purse for the winner.
-Four men were caught by a caye-in In
the St. Lawrence copper mine at Butte
Mont. on Sunday. Men are now at work
digging through the debris in the endeavol
to rescue the entombed men. two OF whom
can be heard distinctly hsmmering on the
wall.
The GsrIbaldi monument. paid for By
popular subscriptions by his Italian coun-
trymen. was unveiled In Washington
Square. New York, on Tuesday Some
ceremonies. which were very elaborate and
interesting.
An unknown man dressed in the uni
form Of a private OF the United States army
committed suicide IN Ne Vsrk, Friday night
by springing 10 front OF an eastbound train
at the Astor street crossing of the Pennsyl-
van!s railroad. He was stuck by the en-
gine and instantly killed.
-DaEiel Wright. postmaster at Lake
Carey, usar Tunkhannock. died on Monday
from the effects OF an assault by an un
known person. Wright. although seventy
years old. WAS In trouble with woman. and
1t was through this trouble. 1t Is believed
that the attack was made.
Louis Kananovitz, q ged seventy, q patri-
arch Of the French army. who kept q little
candy shop on Christian street. PbiladeI-
phIa. hanged himself to a baluster Monday
because Widow Ruth opened a rival shop
across the street. KananoyitZ was six feet
tall and weighed two hund red pounds.
The sma Hest baby in Chicago was borr
q few days ago TO Mrs. Danske, the wife o
tesmster. The dIminutive infant weighs
16 ouDces-iust one pound avoirdu pois-and
Mrs. Danske rocks IL to sleep In the palm
OF her hand. The baby is perfectly
formed and has a healthy pair OF lungs.
The suit OF Sheriff Dixon against the
county Of Cumberland, which has been II
litigation for about u year. was ended IL
the Common Pleas on Mondsy by the jury
returning verdict for the plaintiff. Tn.
suit was brought by the Sheriff for bos rdins
prisoners. The verdict awards him s., 700
"A curious trial Is In proRre rs at Macon
Georgia. being q suit for $40. 900 damages
brought by Mrs. Moore against the city. be
cause of the lynchina or her husband two
years ago. Moore was accused OF assultins
Miss Little and was lynched therefor. but
4: was subsequently developed that she wa
5 black mailer.
John T. Ryan, ex-postmaster at Sandy
Lake, Mercer county. was arrested on
race track at Erie. Pa. on Friday by Dep
uty United States Marshal Hickerrell, on g
charge of embezzIing 1880 In the money
order department while he was postmaster.
When arrested he broke down. cried, and
admitted his guilt
Aaron X Dunkel. formerly secretary Of
internal affairs of this State. died about
midnight on the 3Ist ult., after q lingering
illness, OF consumption. He was born In
1887. at Lancaster. and had filled many
public offices, including that OF State
senator for two terms. He leaves Q widow
and two children.