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

The baby OF a farmer, William Beattie,
who lives on the Cimmarron river north of
the Territory line, near Wichita, Kas., was
carried off by an eagle, Saturday.
The Treasury Department has received
an appeal for military protection from Rio
Grande City, Tex, which is held by a mob
of Mexicans. Inquiries are being made.
The Texas steer which made luDge at a
circus elephant in Texarkana never knew
who came out ahead. He got a whack from
trunk line which knocked him stiff and
cold.
Henry Soaring, OF Brooklyn. caught a
burglar in his home. and on taking the in
tTuder to the light identified him as an old
schoolmate. He handed him over 10 the
police.
While conveying a prisoner from Meri-
den TO New Haven Connecticut police
man fell asleep, and his charge, though
andcuffed, picked tie blue coats pockets
and then jumped Cut of the car window
and escaped
AT Lima. o., on Friday night of lest
week, party of white Caps" carried Asa
Rainbottom on a rail. gave him 201 Iasbes
and drove him out of town. with warning
not to return. Rainbotton's offense was
abusing his family.
Lightning tore the eight rooms of the
residence of y. 3. Corbin, in VineviiIe, Ga,
in 10 ribbons. The bolt passed between the
baby's CRADLE. in which it lay, and IN mother's
bed. and all around negro servant sitting
in the Kitchen. yet al escaped.
The notorious clone Highwayman'' of
49, frr -
a TERROR to travellers in the vicinity of Rsrr-
vile. was shot and killed on Monday by
Mrs. Lizzie Hay, at her home at the head of
the Rio Sabinal, Bandera county. Texas.
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. was sold
at auction last Thursday afternoon for ST.
600. Dr. ID. Y. Brambe, of CINCINNATI.
was the purchaser. When sold privately
last February, TO w. II. Gray. of Chicago.
the property brought SOB 800. but he failed
to make the deferred payments. Chica-
go syndicate will take the building.
The Pioneer Press learns that settlers
losses by prarie fires around Glendale.
Dakota. will aggregate $50. 900. Some hard
battles had to be fought to sAve property
and narrow escapes from loss of life are re-
ported from around LaMoure and Valley
Junction. Most of the iSdlyidual losses are
small. The drought has prevailed since
mid summer.
John Waters started to work in the
mines at MIL Creek. Luzerne county. Mon
day morning but was met by two acquaint-
ances, whU pursuaded him TO 90 on a spree.
He went with them, and together they
drank large quantity OF whisky. In a
few hours Walters dies from the effects of
the liquor. and one of bis companions is in
| a dangerous condition.
For some little time the wife of Harlan
/ Hsrrison, a welI-to-do farmer of Milford,
/ Otsego county. n. Y. has exhibited signs
of mental instability. She said she and
| everyb body else knew she was insane, and
feared she would be sent to an asylum.
| The other morning she went upstairs and
cut her throat. dying within an hour OF so.
/ She said she did L to avoid the lunatic asy-
| Ium.
George Crocker, a son Of the recently
! deceased California millionaire, Charles
| Crocker. was severely Injured at Chicago on
/ Tuesday afternoon while riding in a cab.
| The horse stumbled and fell and Mr..
/ Crocker plunged through the glass doors in
front and fell into the street When picked
1 mp he was found to be badly cut about the
face and neck. Unless blood poison sets in
he will be able to be about in three OF four
days.
An old man was watching a balloon
ascension at the Centreville, Mich, fair, or
| Thursday of last week, when his feet be-
came entangled in the ropes of the air shiy
and he was borne aloft. head downward
The aeronaut, who was performing on {
trapeZs above the old man. succeeded a.
Iast in drawing him upon the bar, and
| seated together. the two made a safe de-
SCENT after rising to an altitude Of I, 0ot
| feet.
Rosa Wise, young girl o. Meridian
Miss, had five cents given her as joke fol
birthday present. She bought yard o
calico with il ard made a sun bonnet which
she sold for forty cents. This she invested
In more calico. made il up. sold the garment
and reinyested the capital until she had 80
| With this she bought potatoes, planted
them, paid for the cultivation of her crop
for gathering and cartIng to town, and mad,
$50 clean profit.
The New York Commercial 4 dUer sse
says There is no Improvement In III,
condition Of Robert Garrett. and 1t is al
most a settled fact that Mr.. Garrett will
never recover his reason. He is still a
Ringwood with his family and attendants
AT times be can be taken out 10 drive. A
other times he is violent and must be con
fined to a room, from the windows of whicl
his cries can be heard for some distanc,
along the road
The large new silver vault in the Treas
ury Department is so damp that the eanya,
bags containing the silver stored there ar,
rotting away. Measures are being taken Il
improve the ventilation of the vault, anC
arrangements are also being made 10 sub
stitute small rough pine boxes for the can
vas bags for holding the silver Thes
boxes will each hold :, 900 silver dollars, al,
it is proposed to store 80, 900 of them in tn
vault. The silver Is still coming In at th
rate of $500, ,0es day.
On Sunday evening sanguinary due
took place at San Felipe de Sabinas, Mexico
Ii appeared that a grudge existed betweel
LoZera Amador, Captain of the Contra
Guards, body of mountsd custom hous
inspectors, and Graciana Catu, one of tn
State Rangers. Meeting IN San Felipe d
Saoinas. they drew their pistols simultane
ously and began shooting. Amador fel
dead at the second or third shot and hi
opponent Catu, died within an hour frou
the effects of his wounds
AT the session OF the Homeopath;
State Medical Society, in Philadelphia, las
Dr. MOhr read paper giving the history @
an interesting and remarkable case of NAL
J iguant growth of cancer cured by accidsp,
The patient, woman, was being treate
with arsenic. ErysipeIas broke out an
cured the cancer. This accidental cure, Dr
Mohr declared, has possibly opened up
WAY hv which eancer NAV he cnrad Iii