The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-10-12
NEWS AND OTHER NorrNes.

other day. two hours after having become
engaged TO be married. 1t Is supposed her
| death was caused bv an attack Of heart
disease, brought on by joy.
| -"Csll for All Song" said an Australian
Judge to the Hibernian Court crier in q
Chinese lawsuit. "Gentlemen." shouted
the crier TO the spectators, would wan Of
yez favor his Honor with a song?"
"A United States Express package, con-
tanning q. 600 and vouchers to pay the en-
ployes OF the Uuited Pipe Lines at Kew
City. WAS robbed OF its contents on Wednes-
day night wbise on its way to that place.
The Supreme Court, In session at Pitts
burgh. heard arguments in a suit for 90
damages which Involves all fence Iegisla-
ton In the State since 100. and IL the lower
court is sustained 155 acts of Assembly will
be wiped out.
Lizzie Abel. who lives with her parents
at Fairchance. took IaudanEm because her
lover, James BoweII a watchman at the
UnIOntown jail, was said to be false to her,
She had an explanation with Bowel. and is
now said TO be recovering.
j. w. Wilkerson, who lives on Rice
| creek. Putnam county, Georgia. put out
some fly paper the other day to exterminate
| flies Soon after one OF his little children
came in contact with II ana ate . lot or it.
The child died in about five hours.
Recently straw stacf in the barnyard
on the farm of Mr.. Charles w. Book, in
Walker township. Juniata county. was dis
covered on fire by his wife. By heroic
efforts the barn WAS saved as well as two
large stacks Of grain that were close by.
I'm Nebraska Is railroad bridge on
which so many men have been banged by
iynchers that a notice to this effect has been
pat mp: "Notice-Parties using this bridge
for lynching purposes will be considered as
trespassers and prosecuted to tbe fullest ex-
tent of the law
night at Pittsburg. Daniel Leahy shot and
fatally wounded his brother-in-law, Thorn
as Miller. The ARRAY took place In the sa,
lson OF the late Thomas McKenna, whose
will was the cause OF the dispute Leahy
has been arrested.
Daniel Geist, wealthy faTnsessof Berks
county. was robbed In q car of the PhIla-
dsiphis 4 Reading railroad on Thursday
night OF last week by four men. They evil
IDENTIFY expected TO find a considerable sum
IN eeist's possession. but only seeared s16.
The thieves escaped.
The other day Mrs. Henry Sne!R of MA
ford. Mass, was found In her house locked
ira room surrounded by fock OF chickens
and 20.cats. She was trying to commit sal
eide by starving herself to death She had
tbs cats and chickens trained % tha. they
would form in a line and come csrward to
be fed as their names would be called.
John Shelby, Democratic candidate for |
Assembly In Dsuphin county. died Satur- |
day night q: hts residence In Duncannon,
after an Illness OF only thirty six hours.
The County Committee will be convened |
in . few days to fll the vacancy. Mr..
Saeibly was an ex-Sherin of Perry. county |
and q former member of the Legislature.
A special train on the Lehieh VALLEY |
railroad carrying the WIIkesbArre delega-
ton home from Hazleton, from the Father |
Mathew celebration was wrecked above
Venn Haven on "Wednesday. n Is reported
that several cars are compIstely> wrecked
aod' some forty or more persons killed.
Impossible so far to get particulars at this
sud.
last Friday afternoon, at Khtztowp,
was in progress, a span OF Texan ponies. ran
away. They dashed into q crowd OF people.
causing . great panic. David Ueyan. aged
siztA sustained injuries which viii cause
his death. Miss Annie Bsrto was very
painfully hurt. and a listle BOY and girl
were also hurt and had to be Conveyed 10
their homes.
Thomas Brennan, u Belleviie, NJ J.,
received last Monday. through the, death OF
8 relative, $2.700. he knocked OF work,
and. after vainly trying to engage a steam
yacht made a cruise In q rowboat and upop
returning home started upon a distribution
tour. By the end OF the week hs found be
Just had 81 remaining This wsek he may
probably devote to an attempt nj collecting
his scattered fortune.
Joe Dull, McVeytown's famous fisher
man and hunter, was accidentally shot
Tuesday evening. Joe requested. Thomas
Writ TO carry his gan, he not noticing that
both hammers were set MI. Writ threw
the gun across lbs shoulder and stepped
ahead OF Dull. when he unthinkingly
touched the trigger. the contents OF one
barrel entering near the sroIn making q
friehtful and dangerous wound. His case
10 very critical.
Detectives have ares nd. Calvin NJ.
DeilinRer. of lancaster, Pa. on. suspicion
ef having murdered his wife, Kate DelIing-
or. whose dead body was found on the banks
Of the Little Conestoga Creek on Friday.
The authorities claim 30. have strong cir
eumstsntial testimony connecting him with
the crime. The relations OF the couple had
been very unhappy for some time past. and
the murdered woman rsceDtly sued her hus-
band for assault. subsequently Withdrawing
the suit. Dellinger was committed for g.
hearing.
"A San Francisco dispatch says: From
aovices received by the steamer Beleaicf n
Is learned that the whole OF the new en-
bankm ant OF the Yellow River At Chang
Chou, begun last altum and carried on ut
cost equal to oyer nine millions Of dollars,
has been completely swept away by the re-
cent food OF tss eight Thousand hneal
feet of river wall recently completed, not
ons inch remaining. and the waters aps pour
ing through the Immense gap into Honan,
unchecked From eight hundred to one
aAousaDd laboreys who were on the bank
sereswept away and drowned.
| The National Line steamer Queen,
which arrived ut New York from England
| on Wednesday, Is reported to have collided
with the fishsng schooner Madeline on the
9Th inst. 1t is said that twenty persons
perished. The collision occurred at 2.5o A.
NJ Friday last during q fog. on the banks of
NewfounaIand. The Queen struck the
Madeline amidships. cutting her In two and
sinking her immediately. Tie Captais.
First and Second Mates, and Steward of the
| fishing schooner were rescued after they