The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-03
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs.

consumers was $4,000, 600, fully half OF
which was profit.
"A cowboy named Sweeney. in the en-
ploy Of the Hoshknife Company, Of Custer
county. Mon, recently performed the un-
| usual feat of lassoing a full-grown black
tail deer as it dashed by him.
Sidney Smith, OF Swartzwood, Y. j., got
up In his sleep and walked three miles
through the snow barAfooted. When found
he was still asleep. but badly frozen, the
thermometer being below zero.
Cedar Key. Fla, furnishes the bulk of
red cedar used in the manufacture OF lead
pencils throughout the world. Hundreds
OF operatives are there employed ana the
product Is shipped to European as well as
Northern factories.
The House Committee on Coinage will
report favorably on Mr. Maish's bill discon-
timing the coinage OF the three cent nickel
piece, and providing that as fast as these
coins shall be paid into the treasury they
shall be coined into sve cent pieces.
"A woman living In the vicinity OF Cham
bers, Neo., put two dozen eggs in her bad
SO that they would not freeze while she was
absent. and on returning late at night. for
got their presence In the bed and threw
herself in the midst OF them, working terri
BILE devastation.
1t Is reported from Sun River. Montana,
that "Nosey Smith" was hanged by viei-
Iantes. 1t is said be went to the Northwest
Territory, two years ago, to escape hanging
for shamefully abusing his two daughters,
and going back to gain possession Of them
was caught and hanged.
Nearly $3.50. 900 has been spent In the
City OF Mexico this season IN fitting up the
six rings in which bull fights are held. or
these the most elaborate Is the Colon ring
on which 100000 was expended. The
Paseo and S. Rafael which cost sIO3, 900
have already earned the amount invest ted.
While Mrs. Richard Lester. between 40
and 80 years OF age, was on her way home
from a neighbor's house, In New London, O
village near Rome, New York, on Monday
night week ago, Eugene Guest threw her
down and cut her throat. Il is alleged that
Guest and Mrs. Lester were intimate, and
that he became jealous Of her.
"A panther six feet long. weighing two
hundred pounds. pounced down with a yell
upon an engineer while In his caD near Min
den, Neb., Sunday night week ago. The
OOoiucu buC tihln ~ . sbduO-
still. The fireman dazed tbs brute with a
wrench and the engineer shot him with a
revolver. Both men were badly injured.
"A young girl at Keokuk. Ia, stumbled
and fell against the iron railing on the
bridge one cold morning recently. and when
she attempted to rise found that her tongue
had frozen fast to the iron. She was forced
TO remain IN that position until some pass
ers-by released her. Her tongue was badly
lacerated by her efforts to tree iT from the
iron.
| The man that gets ahead OF the late
Mrs. Sam A. Rose, of Ashland, Wis, must
get up early in the morning. Sam thought
that he could, and he sent his lawyer to
| Chicago to serve papers in divorce suit on
Mrs. Sam. The lawyer returned tSe next
| day and Informed Mr.. Rose that she had
secured divorce over q year ago, and had
| again married.
David Henning, ''the Michigan Apple
| King" Is the most distinguished man in his
line in the world. He has bought and sold
I25. 900 barrels OF apples In a single season
| and generally manages to dispose OF 100, 900
/ barrels q year, most of them In Chicago
| He has big factory where his barrels are
| made, and he buys up apples al over Mich
| igan and In New York State.
| Among the fishes all battles are carried
on by the males. the females preserving q
| demure ond orderly demeanOr. Some ysri-
\ cites are noted for their extreme pugnacity
| and many fierce encounters take place be-
| tween the ffpny occupants of the water. In
| lighting both tooth and spine is employed,
and fish have been known to completely
disembOwel one another in combat.
"A telegram from Belgrade, Montana,
says a German laborer. who was Ill. WAS
placed by farmer in a room without fire
and willfuIly neglected. After an unusual
/ Iy cold night. the man was found frozen to
death. His body was then placed In q wood
/ shed, where II was partially deyoured by
hogs. 1t is asserted by neighbors that the
farmer allowed the man to freeze to avoid
paying him q large SUN due as wages.
AT Mt Pleasant. Tex. a hog appeared
as a witness In court the other day. A case
OF hog theft was being tried before 4 jury.
and the court decided that the marks on the
SOW under dispute were not made plain to
the Jury and ordered the hog brought into
court. The plaintiff. With the assistance OF
q negro. dragged the unwilling porker from
Its pen snc took it 10 the court room. fol-
lowed by = large and Interested crowd.
"A young man In Randolph county, Mo-,
| wanted to marry Tyler Osborne's daughter
but MI. Osborne objected. a few evenings
since, while there was party at Osborne's
house. the young lover drove up TO the door,
and while his friends held the old man
seized and carried away the daughter TIE
pair went 10 Marshall, were married and
started East on their wedding trip while the
old Rentlemsn's wrath was still at white
heat
"A recent issue Of q Kentucky news
paper contains notice of the marriage OF
John Hanks. aged fifty, and Sarah FoHis
aged twenty-five, together with this apollo
U: ''Our last issue contained a notice OF
the death of the wife OF John Hanks, which
occurred on on the 11th inst, and it was
lack OF enterprise on the part of the Netos,
and not on the part of Mr.. Hanks, that pre-
vented the same paper containing notice
| of his marriage"
Reports have reached Eu Claire, Wis.
that two men working Ia loging camp on
the west fork Of the Black Creek were found
frozen stiff on tie road leading to the chop
pings from the camp 1t ID supposed they
became benumbed from cold while on their
way to supper. Saturday and Sunday last
were the coolest days ever experienced in
this part of Wisconsin. Thermometers in
dicated So to Sc degrees beSw zero, and
much suffering is reported.
There died recently at Glenwood Springs,
CAL. most remarkable dog. He was a
Newfoundland and St. Bern ard, very large
weighing l75 pounds, and was IS years and
months OLD when he died He used 70