The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-06-07
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Jefferson Davis celebrated his sOth birthday
He is in better health than for some time
Bills have been favorabiy reported civ
William r. Crunp. steward OF the Wbfte
House, IS. 900 for injuries he claims to have
sustained through his attendance upon
President Garfield. and to Miss Susan Edi-
son. who was also In attendance at the
White House at the time, pension of S25
q month. The latter has been already given
compensation for her services.
The average watch is composed OF 175
different pieces. comprising upward of 2.4oO
separate and distinct operations 10 its man
ufacture. The balance has IS 900 beats or
vibrations per hour. IL, 500. .08O In 30 davs,
157. $50 900 in year; It travels 143, 100
inches with each vibration. which is equal
to 97! miles in "a hours. 1927 miles in 80
days, or 3. $685. miles in I year.
Not content with the TranscaspIsn n
Railway, the Cars Government has deter
| mined to build a transcontIuental road
across Siberia. with a terminus on the
! Pacific Ocean. The whole length OF the
road will be about ), 600 miles. and 1t is esti-
mated that 1t will cost 400 900, 900 rubIes.
The first section will be 800 miles long,
and will probably be begun before long.
"A railroad accident occurred On Mon
| day evening Just outside OF Tampico Next
co. tn which many lives were lost. A con-
| struction train was derailed near q bridge
by cow and donkey. which were on the
track. The train crushed through the
bridge and went down an embankment.
The dead and injured were brought in on
Tuesday So far as known, 18 were Killed
and 81 injured
The U. S. officers have succseded in
capturing Fred Fowler and william Ferqu.
son, two members of a band OF counterfeit.
ers who have been working near Chatta>
nooga. Tenn, for over two months It Is
estimated that there is upward of s15. 900 in
counterfeit coin now in circulation, besides
large number Of IS silver certificates. II
is believed the whole gang will be apprehend
ed within the next ten DAYS.
Senator Quay displayed a very unique
album 10 his brother senators the other day
IL Is combined autograph and photo
graph album, as In addition TO the sigma
lures It contains the photo0 raph of each one
OF the 70 senators. The Pennsylvania SEN
atOr is having considerable quiet fun at the
expense OF few senators who never give
away pictures OF themselves, sId the,
wonder how Mr.. Quay obtained them.
There is a woman in st. Paul. MInn
who possesses some handsome diamonds
She puts them in box, puts the box In g
rag bag, puts the rag bag on the closet floor
and at night puts the watch dog in the
closet on top of the rag bag. locks him IN
there. and every hight hides the key in e
| different place. Her husband says that il
she had her way she would arm him to the
teeth sn0 put him in the closet with the dog
The feroscious stallion known as tue
"Man Eater" has been killed in Custer
county. The animal left a record OF i've
nen killed In four years. the last one beiug
his owner. Peter Moran. Mr.. Moran resist
ed all demands OF the peighbors for years tC
kill the bioodthirstv beast. and finally fell q
victim TO his desdly teeth and hoofs Ter
DAYS ago. The IpfuIiated people promptly
dispatched the animal with shot guns.
! Omaha Herald.
When the Duke of SutherIand-whC
has Just returned from a Is Oe0 mile tour
was the guest of the King OF Siam. in the
Palace OF Calm Delights. at Bankok. hii
Majesty as q graceful attention provided
the Duke and his party with hair brushes
clothes brushes. tooth brushes, scent, hail
oil. soap and face powder. AS q mark OF
special favor the party were permitted tc
be present ut the cremation of four mem.
bers of the royal family.
The British bark Balaklava arrived on
I Tuesday at San Francisco. from London
| Ioff rkroA I~,. -
and seventy four days. Her msfortunes
were many. There is not sailer aboard
who shipped on her from England. Ter
sailors were washed overheard and drown
ed In a storm off Cape Horn. and while al
Taiparaiso for repairs the remainder of the
crew deserted. The bark was again caught
In q storm after leaving that port and lost
two more men.
| Charles Schreves. a hardware merchant
OF Murray. Iowa. killed Lou Mears, farm.
or on Sunday night. Mears dared Schreeves
out to light. After they bad been out a short
time Schreves returned to town and sent 9
physician to Mears. who. he said was hurt
Mears was brought home, where he dIe6
from the effects of thirteen stabs Inflicted
with a knife. Schreeves made no attempt
|
fense. Their quarrel grew out of Mears
objections to Schreeves paying attention t.
his sister
Richard Ray. In company with Corone
Mcdowell. paid a visit to the Morgue OF
Fourth avenue. Plttsburg, several days ago
and, after inspecting the two dead-rooms
they returned to the little chapel In the rea
OF the ONCE. Mr.. Ray was loud in hi
praise OF the surrounpings, and, turning Q,
the Coroner, said eff were ever killed
wouldn't want better place to be laid ou
in." Well strange to tell. few days late
Richard Ray was killed on a railroad, hi
body borne to the morgue and laid out In tn
very chapel that had resoundsd With his sx
clamation.
"A special bequsst in the will of the lat
Caleb Cope OF the gold medal given him b,
the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 70
being the frst person to grow the Victori
lily In the United States revives an interes
IN the history of this flower. 1t was frs
discovered 10 the lagoops OF the Amazon
and specimen plant brought to thi
country for Mr.. Cope. This plant fiowere,
in 1881, and crowds came fIom all over tn
Union to see 1t. 1t was kept In a hous
built especially fol It, The single leaf O
the lily was over five feet across and the ex
panded flower nearly two feet
James g. Cooley, letter carrier at tn,
Allegheny Citv post Office. was commItte,
to jail by court on Monday in default Of 81.
800 bail by United Stetes Commissioner Nc
Candies, on a charge OF robbing the mails
Since the first of the year numerous com
plants have been made TO the Alleghen.
postal ofhcials that valuable letters wer
not being received as they should. Inspec
tor w. w. Caraway went to work In tn
and hu m NJ