The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-16


"A dispatch from Streator. H., says
Miss Belle BrIdwell, teacher employed in
the Grammar Department of tine Sickerman
School. near this city, died very suddenly
on Tuesday OF hemorrhage of the lungs. 1t
Ii is stated that she was endeavoring to
punish a boy for characterization when he
Knocked her down and kicked her in the
breast, causing her death. Aid was sum-
moned Immediately by the other teachers,
but she died in five minutes.
"A citizen of RoselIe, n. j., is the owner
of wonderful Tabby cat. He has devoted
a great deal of time to the education OF the
animal. and pussy shows degree Of intelH.
gence that astonishes the natives. The cat
will wink with its right or left eye, as com
manded by her master, beat time with one
OF her paws when he sings selections from
the German opera and pick out the queen
In pack of cards. He is now trying TO
teach Tabby to new Home, Sweet Home"
be plays the accompaniment on his violin,
but he fears his efforts in this direction VIII
not be successful.
For some time past j. G. Shaeffer, a
well-known travelling man. who represents
firm in Columbus. O., has been paying his
addresses to Miss Annette Blume. of Fayette
Station, daughter of q. NJ. Blume. promi-
nent stakeholder in the Fayette Coal and
! Coke Company of that place. Mr.. Shaeffer
had been forbidden the house by Mr.
Blume. and it was supposed that the affair
| had been broken of, but on last Sunday
morning the young lady boarded a train and
was joined at Elmo by Mr.. Shaefer. They
went west ana it is supposed are married
before this.
On Tuesday night. as the Omaha train
from Duluth was crossing the bridge at
| West Superior, Wis. quarrel arose among
several occupants of the smoking-car. A
| fist & ght ensued and then one OF the com
batants drew revolver and commenced
firing. The shooting became general. One
man rushed into the ladies' car and fired
several shots, one of which hit Frank Bog
CERT. of Superior, In the leg. In the excite
ment the man who did the first shooting
| jumped off and escaped, although three
shots were fired at hun. -Four men were all
wounded. but none fatally.
The religious meeting of the modern
| QUAKER do not differ materially from those
Of other denominations. They have aban-
| doned the most of their old customs. a
Brunswick, Me-, gentleman remembers at
tending Quaker meeting in that town 60
years ago, and thus describes the service A.:
| The preacher arose and said There is a
balm in Gilead." repeating the same three
times, and soon after sat down, keeping sI-
lence for ABOUT half an hour, when he de-
clared the meeting closed and the audience
| dispersed. There was more plth in this
| discourse than there is in many longer ser
mons. nowadays.
| AS party OF girls were going from the
Convent of st. Joseph to the Cathedral, az
ST. Augustine, Fla, in care Of several Sis
tiers, last Sunday morning, young man
jumped from q Garage, seized one of the
girls and tried to carry her off. The Sisters
rescued the girl and the young man drove
of. he is the Auditor of the new Sugar
Belt railroad, and the girl is the daughter OF
| a jeweler at Kissme. They were lovers,
but the girls parents objected to the match
and sent her TO the convent. The young
man, determined to marry her, passed the
yellow fever quarantine, secured marriage
license and attempted the abduction, but
| without success.
-Phineas Rogers. of Mechanicsburg, this
in Cumberland county prison charged with
setting fire 20 Hauck & Comstock's agri-
cultural and spike works, Rinehart's net
factory and other buildings, involving a to-
tai loss of over 100000 he made con.
fession, duplicating several other young
men in the crime. Rodgers was the leader
of the gang. Jacob Evans, one of the Me-
ehanicsburg firebug gang, was arrested the
same evening and committed to jail charged
with assisting Rogers in burning over 500,
600 worth OF valuable property in that place.
| Information was also made against Rogers
by Government detective for manufacture
ing and dealing in counterfeit money. The
eyide nee is strong.
-Cptain T. 81. Logan, commanding the
United States troops at Fort Hancock, on
| the Rio Grande, some seventy miles below
] FL Paso, has been forcibly reminded that
/ Mexico will not permit her territory to be
invaded by troops Of foreign country. He
thought there was good hunting on the
| Mexican side OF the rlyer, and took with
| him on Sunday some members of his COM
| pany. all good hunters, and one civilian, l..
w. Evans. They were armed with rifles
and shotguns. After enjoying some fine
| sport they came across a force Of Mexican
| frontier guards, who took them into custody
as soldiers of foreign Power found on
| Mexican territory under arms. The Civilian
Evans was released. but the Captain with
his soldiers, Is stiIl In custody.
Two farmers carried small satchel
into the Pennsylvania Railway station at
Pittsbure on Wednesday morning. The
| appearance of the sRtchei suggested a sus-
picion of green goods TO a detective. He
took the two farmers to a station house
When asked what they had in their satchel
they answered Five thousand dollars in
good greenbacks." Tue satchel was OPEN
ed 1t wss full of newspapers. The farm.
! ers were so asi onished that they let the cat
iight out OF the bag. They confessed that
they paid sl75 for the newspapers, thinking
they were getting s., 900 In counterfeit bills
| The farmers were John Wakeman and
| Henry Pepper, and they came all the way
from Winchester. Va, to make their bar
gain with the green goods men.
-Gertie Blake, Is years old, has been
missing from her home at Newburyport,
Mass, since last Friday. and in letter to
| bosom friend she confessed that she has
eoped with we'll known business man
more than 40 years OF age. He is also miss
Ing. but there is such wide difference in
their ages that he is given the benefit of the
doubt and his name is withheld until the
girls story can be verified. The girl stated
that she joined her loyer in Boston, donned
boys clothing and cut off her hair in order
to conceal her sex. She is rather large for
her age, is decidedly pretty and well devel-
oped. and has been just wild enough to