The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-09-28

lie Visited POttsville. and after .ranSscting
his business. got aboard a train 70 return
home. He lost his return ticket, and, hav-
ing refused TO pay his fare, was put of by |
the conductor. He then started to walk |
home. when he was run ovey and instantly /
killed. He leaves a widow, but no children. |
Recently at Santa Anna, Tex, while |
MI. j. Taylor was sitting outdoors near his |
house reading newspaper. a gray squirrel
sprang from the top of the house and began |
biting Mr.. Taylor. He threw the squirrel
TO the ground, but it sprang back upon the
old gentleman, biting him more severely
than ever. He was bitten through both
ears and on the neck and face so severely
that DIR. Mathews was called in to treat the
| wounds. Mr.. Taylor finally killed the
| squirrel. There are some fears that .he anS
imal had hydrophobia.
When the night express on the Pitts
| burgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad,
which left Chicago for Pittsburgh on Sunday
/ afternoon, arrived at Alliance, o., on Mon
day morning. Mr. Syms. the baggagemaster.
| was found dead in the express car with a
bullet wound in his head and a revolver
| lying by his side. The cause OF the suicide
is not known He was IN good spirits Sun
discovered was chatting pleasantly with the
| express messenger. The deceased lived in
Pittsburgh and was unmarried.
George Jayne, of Hackensack, went out
hunting the other day. While eating his
luncheon in the woods he let his shotgun
lie on the ground. After luncheon he shot
at flock of reed BIRDS, but none of the
birds fell short distance from him, no W.
ever, he saw a small bIacksnake writhing in
the sand. The snake was badly burned
and scorched with powder Its tail had
been mutIliated With birdshOt. Mr. Jayne
says that the snake erawled into the gun
barrel while he was eating, and was shot
ont when he discharged the gun at the
birds.
The people of a church in Belfast, Me-,
report singular coincidence last Sunday.
just as the pastor was reading the words,
81 bebeld the spirit descending as a dove
out Of heaven, and It abode upon him." a
beautiful dove flute red in at the open door
and aIighted upon the railing of the back
gallery. 1t next few to the pulpit and,
after resting minute, perched upon the
speakers head. Being brushed away, the
dove flew down beside the Bible and finally,
near the Gloss of the services, flew out
through the open door at which il had en-
tered.
Thomas w. Sprague. proprietor OF a
collecting agency at Chicago, was arrested
last week by the Postoffice Inspector The
warrant was based on the violation by
Sprague of a statute which provides that no
! envelope snail be sent through the mail
: which contains on its face any words or de-
lineations rejecting injuriousIy on the CHAR
acter or conduct of another. OF is calculated
to injure the recipients feelings or reputaS
tion or to bring him into disTespect. The
, penalty for mailing such an envelope is a
fine of 500 TO $1,000, or imprisonment from
, one to ten years. or 6oth. The case was
{ continued in g, 900 bail
"A dispatch from San Francisco saws
= Many robberies of letter-boxes of business
Q firms have been committed recently by a
gang of criminals, thought to be from Chi
cago. The plan is TO watch letter carriers
,, drop letters into the boxes OF large business
houses. then walk up. and. with a glass
, | cutter, take the glass out of the frame and
seize the letters. Checks and drafts are
taken, forged Endorsement is made and
money drawn from banks. Within a few
4 weeks 81. 900 or s., 600 has been drawn from
local banks on forged checks stolen in this
way. The police thus far have no clue tc
the criminals, who are evidently experts.
= Dennis, Gallagher, q constable in
| Wikesbarre, IA, arrested a young man fol
dIsorderly conduct on Saturday night, and
! after locking him up he was beset by friend:
( OF the prisoner. who followed him for some
distance. He drew his revolver and flour
{ ished it to keep the crowd at bay. Police
= man Broedhead attempted to arrest the
D ! Constable for hourishing his weapon, but
3 be resisted. Thomas Ryan, of Syracuse,
n. Y. bystander, stepped up and grasped
the excited man by the arms, but he broke
away ard turned and shot him in the neck
q Gallagher then submitted to arrest without
, further trouble. Ryan died on Sunday
night in the city hospital
"A farmer by the name of Oter, Dear
Glentown, o., has young bull terrier. The
. other day large eagle swOOped down on
a hen vii b chicks. The terrier, seeing the
q danger, ran to the rescue, az the eagle start
= ed skyward with a young chicken in il.
mouth. The dog jGmpe6 and caught the
eagle by the tail. This, however, retardeG
u but little the upward course of the bird, ana
: it was not till the tail gave away as the
= eagle scared over an oak that il was freed ot
the plucky dog. which dropped unharneG
into the prongs of the oak, 30 feet from the
ground. After q great deal of difficulty tn,
d terrier was brought to mother earth. Their,
Is bald tailed eagle near Glentown now
= "A Southern Pacific mail train, cas-
bound, was surrounded by a gang of mask.
ed men on Sunday night who made the en-
giDeer uncouPle his engine and pull ava,
q from the train. The mail car was cnarda,
" by United States officers and Others in tn,
Il employ of The road The bandits made tn,
: engineer go before them into the mail car
:. The guards fred, thinking the engineer ;
a bandit, and shot him in the face. Then tn,
q fireman was made to serve TIE same pur
= pose. was fred at but missed The bapdit
a then returned the fire and no less than $
n shots were exchanged. whea tho baffiet
robbers fled. carrying two of their wounde,
II with shem. There were ten in the gang
% They will be pursued with bloodhounds.
u A dispatch from Alton, Ill, says z
Brown, an old resident OF Godfrey, wa
y swinGled out of $500 one day last week
W a man calling himself DR.. Williams claim
= ing TO be from New Jersey. had ingratiate
l. himself into the conhdeI CO OF Mr. Rrowr
ID pretending to want to buy his farm, and of
D.. fered Mr.. Brown a large sum for the farm
IS which was accepted. Brown was induce
If to put up $1,000 as forfeit if he did ne
t. keep his bargain. Trey drovs into tow
d together, and Brown drew the money frol
b. the bank. Williams put the money into
Dox, or appeared to. and then handed n
I'd box back TO Brown, telling him he coul
~ keep it. Williams made some excuse an