The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-07-20
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

| "A citizen or Canton, MISS. drives pal
Of pet bears In a buggy.
A fight occurred IN a church near Knox
vile, Tenn. over i've dollars. in which thre
msn were killed and over a dozen other
wounded.
The Cressona powder mills at Potts
Vile exploded on Friday OF last week ant
killed three workingmen. This is tn
fourth time the mill has blown up.
Mrs. Jenkins. Of Tecumsch, Ind. quar-
relied with her niece, and emphasized he
| argument by the aid of a musket. Ths
niece was fatally wounded and Mrs. Jenk-
ins was placed in jail.
The last French rife. as described, ha:
q ball so small that q soldier can carry 22(
rounds, shoots with new smokeless pow
der. and its bullet pierces q brick wall eight
inches thick at 500 yards.
Mrs. Gaines, OF the Hooking valley,
told her husband to bring her home new
dress or she would jump into the well. BE
forgot the dress. She kept her word. IT
cost him sl2 to get her out and have her
bones mended.
Inc Hospital service. has received O tele-
gram from Plart City, Fla. stating that i've
new cases Of yellow fever have been dis
covered there. A strict quarantine has
been established.
Two young men of Racine, Wis, locked
the door OF the Methodist church In that
city during the service. and 1t became ne
cessary for . deacon to climb through .
window and unlock the door before the con-
greRation could be released.
Mrs. John Floss and her sister-in-law,
Mrs Mary MilIet, OF east Buffalo. were
burned to death Monday nisht. While chat
ting in the kitchen Of Mrs. hiIIett's house q
lamp exploded. covered the women with
barninR oil. and before the flames could be
extinguisbed both were fatally burned
An unknown young woman fasbIonsb,y
attirsd accidently stepped of the steamboat
Republic.into the Delaware River at Chez
ter on Sunday afternoon. A deck hand
named Evans plunged into the water and
rescued the unfortunate woman. A sub
stantial purse was presented To the brave
man by the passengers.
The livery stable of Fl. c. Springer in
Buffalo was entirely destroyed by fire one
morning last week. The flames spread so
hardt and Richard Brennan-were burned
to death. Twenty-Five horses were also
burned 20 death. The loss Is estimated at
$50. 600. with $40. 900 insurance.
AT Mexico, Mo-. on Tuesday night,
Prosecuting Attorney w. S. Moseby was
SHOT and killed by Mark Stevenson, an old
and respected citizen. Stevenson is In jail.
Moseby was In the act OF entering Steven
sons house by stealth when he was shot.
No man stood higher In the community
than Moseby. He leaves q young and cul-
tured wife.
w. z. Spann. of Webster county, Geor-
gia, had a drove of 20 fine porkers, IL brood
sows and shoats, that be allowed to run
out in a pasture near his house. One night
last week the hogs took refuge from a storm
under a clump OF bushes that grew near q
tall pine tree. During the storm the tree
was struck by lightning and every hog In
stantly killed.
The first lynching ever occurring in
Western North Carolina took place In Ash
Vile on Sunday MON ming about 4 o'clock
John Humphreys was hung TO a tree near
the jail He was a negro about 10. and had
on the day before assaulted Sarah Parker. q
respectable white girl of Is, who lived with
her parents. Benjamin Parker and wife.
good farmer people In the suburbs.
"A dispatch from Cape Town. Africa.
says that the Debeers coal mine, at KImber-
ly. caught fire on Thursday evening. Eight
hundred men are entombed. The work OF
rescue, which began at once. still continues.
But It is believed that 500 persons have per.
ished. including Mr.. Lindsey, the manager
OF the company. Many of the victims i'm
prisoned in the mine are white people.
On Monday afternoon, at a hunting
camp up Peters Run, ten miles from Wheel
ing, w. Va. Henry Stein was playing with
shotgun, the butt resting on a log, when Il
slipped. a nd the hammer striking the log the
gun was discharged. the load entering hi:
neck and chin and plowing through his face,
stripping the flesh clean from the bones on
the right side. Bis injuries are fatal.
Five thousand persons assembled In
Hyde Park. London. on Sunday to take ac-
ton with reference to the Imprisonment OF
Mr.. Dillon and the death OF John Mande-
Vile. Resolutions were adopted protesting
against the course of the Government in the
case Of Mr.. Dillon and declaring that the
death OF Mr.. Vaudeville was due to the iIl
treatment he received while In prison.
AT Coney Island 10 miles up the river
from Cincinnati on Sunday night at O'Clock
Samuel Young made an ascent OF 1000 fee
In bot air balloon and let go TO make q de-
scent In bis parachute. The parachute for
800 feet did not open and he went down in
to Is feet of water in the river and sank to
the bottom. When be came up he got
tangled in the parachute but was rescued
by bostmen unhurt
"A large whale of the fnback species
has been lying on barge at the steambo
dock at Astoria. near New York. for the
past few days, having been towed from
Boston. The monster Is 81 feet In length
and weighs 60 tons. 1t was captured off
Cape Cod in June by the Smith whaling
crew, by whom 1t was sold to Sag Harbor
parties who had 1t embalmed at Boston at
an expense of over 81, 900.
Young Peter McGuigan made a thrilling
leap on 81 bet from the lofty bridge OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Just above Girard
avenue Philadelphia. at dusk on Sunday
evening. and struck the water Of the SchuyI.
kill, 80 feet below. uninjured. McGuigan
lives in LaniRanville. just back of the Zoo,
and is known among the boys as "Pep-
pers." He is only IL years old, aHd though
slim in build Is wiry and strong.
"A COW boy walked into a bank of La
Junta. Kansas. on Saturday afternoon and
covering Rufus Phillips. the cashier, with a
revolver ordered him to drop all the funds
OF the bank into a bag he placed on the
counter. The cashier compiled with aIacri-
ty and the daring robber at once moupted
his horse and escaped. The amount OF the
money Is variously estimated at from sIs, =
600 to $40. 900. No clue to the robber