The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-11
NEWS AND OTHER NorrNGs.

Wduu4 County Idu Win WhC- |
beating. committed suicide on Friday last
by hanging himself TO the bars Of his cell
door with his suspenders.
Ben Robbins. of Kentucky, who was re-
Gently appointed Assistant United States
District Attorney for Colorado and who at
tempted suicide a few days ago at Denver
by cutting his throat, Is thought to be hope
lessly insane.
"A small cyclone passed over the north
ern portion of kyr township. Fulton county.
on Saturday last, wrecking the barn of Eev.
w. F. McNaughton. uprooting trees, sweep |
ing away fences and causing damage TO
buildings and other property.
in the post ofice at Concord, New |
Hampshire, the postmaster found a pouch |
the other day which had been lost nineteen
years, and which contained I1S letters for
that city. There were three registered let
ters with money in them, ard their nom
receipt had upset ha.f a dozen offices.
While defending the honor of her thiI-
teen-years old stepdaughter against the
iendishness OF an unnatural father, Mrs.
Meta Muectiberg Of Chicago. was. late last
night, beaten with a heavy crowbar by her
husband Matthew. and is dying. Muehlberg
escaped from the house Snd has not been
| arrested.
Mrs Pearce and her graDddaushte
were seated on a load of ties going to Brook
vile one day last week. Suddenly the wag-
On dropped into a rut In the road throwing
Mrs. Pearce under the wheels, breaking
her back. and causing death almost instant
| ly. The girl, In trying to save her grand
mother, had a leg broken
"A horrible crime came to light Saturday
at Keelersville, Wyoming county. Mrs.
George Keeler's body was found in an un-
used house, in bad state of decomposition.
1t was supposed that she had gone West,
having been absent eight months. Her hus
band is accusted of killing ner. as they
rever got along together harm oniously.
Mrs Frank Runyan, OF Nebraska City.
Neb-, has been arrested. charged with con-
spring to murder ner husband. She en-
gagged two men to kill him, and one of them
drew a revolver on him last Saturday night,
but was prevented from using it by the
arriva. of citizens The only reason assign
ed is that the woman had become tired of
her husband.
AT Hamton, Va, as the Lura, of the
Old Dominion Line, was on her return trip
to Norfolk on Monday, off lambert Point
pier woman was seen TO walk to the bow
of tie steamer. take off her hat, place her
purse in it and then plunge overheard. She
was struck by the paddle-wheel and sank
Immediately. A boat was lowered but she
had disappeared.
"A freight. train on the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad was passing through Lo-
} Gust gap. six miles from Shamekin, Pa, al
IL O'Clock on last Sunday night, when
car loaded with dynamite exploded
killing seven people, wounding twenty,
some seriously, burning eight houses, level
ing four blocks to the ground and wrecking
hundreds of others.
, AS James McGowan, a Iaborsr, wa:
walking up Mulberry street. Kansas City
last evening, be was approached by a bury
mulatto woman who forcibly took his pock
etbook away from him. He attempted tc
regain it. and she drew a razer and cut hi:
throat from back of the ear to the chin
, McGowan is In a critical condition and the
woman is under arrest.
The Russian military chiefs, who re-
Gently assembled in st. Petersburg. de.
clsred that Russia would not be in a posi-
ton for a long time to attack a European
Power. Even her defensive forces. they
said, were too weak, owing to lack of rail-
ways. 1t was decided to construct three
, lines toward she Austrian frontier. at The
, cost of $4,000. 900 roubles.
Billy Carson, a son of Kit Carson, the
, famous scout, shot and killed Thomas J
I Tobins In fight at Garland, Col, on Fri
day. Tobins was a companion OF Kit Car
son, and almost equally famous. His mos
|, noted exploit was the capture of the Mexi
can bandits, the Espousas brothers, single
handed. for whose capture, either dead o
, alive. the Territorial and United State
, Governments had offered large rewards.
: Thursday afternoon two farmers nameC
Brimley Of Seneca, Kan, quarled with
!, farm hand named Althaus regarding the
|, taking of the sacrament Althaus, the,
, claim, made a blasphemous remark, and al
most before tie words had left his lips wen
suddenly insane, rushing about the farm
with fearful groans The two farmers en-
, deavored to hold him. but be escaped an,
ran toward the woods along the banks o
the Seneca river. where he was lost.
r George Hummel, a baker living at No
, 1s4 Mound street. Cincinnati. made desper.
ate by financial difficulties, shot himsel
l through the body last week. After a sur
, geon had dressed bis wounds Newfound
aDd dog pushed his way in the bed room
and mounted guard over his master. NJ
one dared enter until Sunday morning whel
Mrs. Hummel made the venture. The do
r sprang upon her and !ancerated her arm
[ A police officer was called in and he sho
the dog.
AT North Bend, Is miles below CincIn
natl at 1 O'Clock on Sunday NOR ming, at bal
! Ia the house of John Hall, Harrison Staple
: stabbed Louis Brown five times in the bacE
, with a dirk, dragged him out of the hous,
and threw him in a gutter, where he wa
, found dead. Staples first got into a igh
with John Hall, whereupon Louis Brown
and John Scrogss inteItered as peace
makers. Hall escaped with slight injurie
and Scroggs was stabbed, but not fatally
; Staples escaped.
, A Sunday boating party left Westfielt
on last Sunday morning In a sail boat II
consisted of four Ger mans, employed in q
vineyard. The ignorance or the ailors go
them into trouble. capsized their boat anC
. cost the lives of A. Reacher and William
Brown. These two went down when The
boat capsized, but G. Smith and Gus Bsde
. held on to the boat and were more dea,
than alive when rescued. The drowned
, men were single. The bodies have no
! been recovered.
"A. Indian Creek. near Martins Mill
Nashville. Tenn, boy about ten years oil,
has acquired mania for eating flies, an
3 will turn away from the daiDtiest dishes 10