The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-04-27
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

old. Is teaching school In Owen county.
| Kentucky.
About 800 people are engaged In straw
berry picking in La~tey. Fla. receiving
cents per qnart.
The log boom near Fremont, Wis, has
been carried away. letting loose i, 900 900
feet of logs. which are scattered over an
erea Of two miles square. The loss will
reach $4,000.
Europe used S65 600. 900 worth Of Amer
lean pork last year In spite of all efforts to
exclude IL. The American hog may not be
absolutely perfect but the Old World can
not get along without him.
"A farmer near Flint, Mich, is mourning
the death OF two geese that he had kent for
80 years. They quit raising gosIings %
years ago and after that he kept them to
help take care of the broods of other
geese.
Earl B. Witch. Of Livingston. Mon.
has as pet a fu!I-grown mountain Honess.
He raised it from a cub, and 1t is SO well
behaved that it sleeps quietly on his bed,
purrs like cat and is as playful as a young
kitten.
Albert Foss, New Hampshire man,
bought himself tombstone and had the
fact put on that he died April 2, 1888. On
the 2nd he took poison and tried to die, but
the doctors pumued him out and now he
has a useless slab on hand
Cotton is no longer "kinp'' in the South
since the value Of the corn. wheat and oats
raised in that part OF the country last year
amounted to s271, ,2S4. $50. while that OF cot
ton was S26i So. 900. A remarkable change
has taken place Of late years.
Page county. Virginia, had probably
the most unique fire Of the season-a house
there having been set ahre by the burning
swallows that flew out of a chimney, and
the fire having been put out with hard cider,
several barrels of which happened to be at
hand.
Samuel Mcdowell who pleaded guilty
to shooting James Watson, a mine boss, at
Pittston, in December last, was on Sa turday
last at Wilkesbarre, Pa, sentenced TO three
years seperate and solitary confinement in
the State Penitentiary. Mcdowell is nearly
sixty years OF age.
The planning mill and residence of II, H
Fisher, with eleven other dweIling-houses
az Harrisburg. Pa, was dstroyed by fire at
an early hour on last Saturday morning.
The loss is s35. .0o0 insurance less than S.
| 600. The fire was caused by sparks from
passing locomotive.
A draft for one cent was received at the
New York Sub-Treasury Monday in the
mall IL was drawn by a national bank in
Bridgeport, Conn. and was on the Caemi-
cal National, Of New York. 1t was sent to
the Sub-Treasury in payment of the bal
ance then against the Bridgeport bank.
Rev. Charles P PittsIey, Of westport
Factory, was last week dragged by the hair
from the home of Mrs. MeIintha Gammons
and roughly used at the hands OF an angry
crowd. lie fed from the hands of his per-
secutors and sought refuge in a neighboring
house. Alleged indIscreet Intimacy with
the women was the cause.
-Uriah Davies. wealthy merchant of
| Columbus, Wis, whose princely gifts in be-
half of Welsh religious works have made
him known to his countrymen all over the
United States, died on Sunday, aged sixty
\ five. He leaves a fortune of $500, 900.
| Davies was the founder of the society for
the support OF aged Welsh ministers.
Edward Cossar, a colored man of con-
siderable wealth. returned to his home in
Sardis, Miss, unexpectedly one night last
week and found the Rev. Sidney HIbbier,
pastor of the Methodist Church and princi-
pal of the school, at his home. Not being
satisfied with ne minister's expIa nation, be
shot him in the head, killing him instantly.
The Governor OF Guanajuata. Mexico,
has Issued decree suppressing bull fighting
IN that State. He declares that the sport is
demoralizIng ana leading people into habits
of wastefulness and disorder. and that the
| employment OF large sums for constructing
bull rings and maintaining them is entirely
improper in the present sta to of civilization
A new postmaster was appoin ted for
country postofice in Texas. and several
days afterward the mail agent received no
! nail from the station, and reported the mat
ter to the Superintendent of the railway
mail service. The latter wrote the post
master, who replied that he was waiting for
the mail sack to get full before sending it to
the train.
| Woodward, L. T.. Thursday night, a
week, Sam Fern. farmer, lost ali he hao to
| Bill Harding, cowboy. About daylight
the loser went to where Harding was sleep
ing and demanded the lost money. The
| victor laughed, and the next minute his
head was literally shot off his body. Fern
escaped.
Near Findlay. Ohio, on Wednesday
morning three or four boys were playing on
the Toledo. Columbus and Southern Rail-
road bridge, when they discovered bir is
nest in the roof of the bridge, which they
proceeded TO investigate. On reaching the
nest they were astonished to find, instead
of eggs a silk handkerchief in which was
wrapped thirty-six solid gold rings. the
cheapest of which, jewellers say, is worth s..
This makes the value of the find not less
than $500.
| William Hopkins, who with his brother
| Joe, murdered William Thomas in Ruban
! county. Georgia. on Sunday week, because
he wore store clothes. will be hanged May
IL. His only sorrow is that bis brother, wh O
was sentenced to the penitentIary. is not to
be hanged with him. His father called on
him to-day. and when ABOUT to leave the
murderer asked "Pop, will you come on,
to the hanging ?" The old man, looking at
the passing clouds. replied "waII, IL its
too wet for piowin' 1 reckon l will"
A Savannah lady who was endeavorinp
to raise flock of young chickens found the
whole brood in bad fix the other day.
| With the advent OF warm wea ther she had
recourse to fly paper to catch the flies that
swarm In her kitchen, and accidentIy she
/ left an open sheet on the ground in the ward.
little infant spring rooster, in his per
ordinations, happened to walk on it, and in
| slang pariance. "got stuck" His brother
came along to investigate the trouble and he
/ got stuck; the old hen came to the rescue.
but she could do nothing. The rest of the