The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-07
NEWS AND oruEu NorrxGs

lated abou; $3.50 900 more.
Mrs Annie Sester snd her grown dangh
ter. living near SARDINIA, Ohio, were taker
ont and whipped Tuesday night by White
Caps.
"A California farmer. believing that cat:
will exterminate squirrels and Rophers. pur-
chased large number and set them at lib
! erty on his land.
John Driscoll laid down on the railroad
| track at Fairyiew. Northampton county. on
/ Thursday night and tram cut his leg off.
I he was intoxicated.
1t Is stated that DO distant day coal
cutting machines will be at work in nearly
every coliery IN the CleaTfield region, and
will meet with objection.
"A watch has been presented to Mrs
Clebeland on behalf OF $50 girls employed
in Philadelphia watch case factory as a
specimen OF their handicraft.
For nearly Is years Mrs. Rebecca
Boutwell, has superintended the operations
of a stationary engine and pump used IN
filling railroad company's water tank near
Eastman. Ga.
Liquor dealers who give credit in Yer
mont cannot legally collect the amount OF
their bills. The courts have ofhclaIIy de
cIared whisky not to be persona grats In
that State.
"A hog was butchered In Charlton, Ga.
q few days since, and In the nav OF the
swine were found some % nails and a lot OF
glass. supposed to have been pieces of bot
tie. The hog was apparently healthy.
So great has the rabbit pest become in
Australia that d rabbit-proof fence is now
being built between Queensland and View
South Wales, a distance Of 500 miles. The
fence is OF wire netting. and will be FIVE
feet high and sunk into the ground niue
inches.
The largest professional fee for limited
service is said 10 have been paid to Surgeon
Major Freyer. of the Indian medical service
for treating the Nawab OF Rampoor for
three months suffering from rheumatic
fever. The Nawab gave him a lac of ru~
pees. $500 900.
A Pennsylvania railroad engine collided
with a street car at the Cedar street cross
ing. Philadelphia, Monday night. Elijah
Stone, the driver. was instantly killed.
John Martin, a passenger. was probably
fatally injured. The engineer and fireman
OF the engine were arrested.
The bankruptcy OF Dakota cattle
raiser makes 1t a matter of court record that
he wears No. IL boots. for two pairs OF
which a creditor wants pay at regu-
lar retail rates. A man of such solid stand
ing might have been expected to have kept
his business on better footing.
Robert Parsons. aged eleven years. and
other boys of about sthe same age, played
"WIld West" with loaded revolvers st Dover
on THANKSGIVING Day. The show came to
an end after Parsons had been dangerously
shot In tie face. Joseph Smith was held in
$500 bail on the charge of doing the shoot
ing.
Miss Bertha X. Hage. clerk Ia the Rev
enue Collectors Office, In Harrisburg who
disappeared last Thursday. leaving a short
age OF s., 600 in the Governments accounts,
lost the money in stock speculation, and IL
Is thought a considerable sum was spent In
high living. Her bondsmen have made
good the shortage.
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph on
Monday prints the statement that it is re-
ported upon apparently good authority that
Vanderbilt, A. McTomblev. and Christie
pher Myers have sold their interest In the
South Pennsylvania Railroad company to
Andrew Carnegie. IL is not known wheth
er he is going to finish the road or sell it TO
the Pennsylvania.
Colorado bids fair to rival Pennsylvania
as an oil State. In the valley OF the Arkan-
sas, near Pueblo, about 20 wells have been
bored, and the yield is a thousand barrels a
day. TIE oil is green. excellent in quality.
and. what is better has an agreeable smell.
There are 10 gushing wells as yet, but the
average How surpasses what other States
have afforded.
News comes from JonesviIle, Lee
county, Va. that nearly all the bushes
houses and dwellings IN tnat town were de-
stroyed by fire on Friday night. The total
loss is S1oo, 900. On Monday Benry o. Bal.
lou, one Of the heaviest losiers, charged
Daniel C. and Berry Craig with setting fire
to his premises and starting the conflagra-
| ton. In the e sht that ensued Daniel Craig
was killed instantly and his brother died
few hours later Of wounds received.
Mrs. Emma Jackson. OF Glasgow. Mo.
aged twenty, was shot and instantly killed
by her brother. Harvey BaHov. q lad Of
fourteen, at IL O'Clock Friday morning
The woman had asked Harvey to get
bucket OF water and he refused. She
threatened to whip him and went after the
water herself. AS she was entering the
door OF the room her brother showed the
muzzIe OF a shotgun at her face and fired
tearing her left jaw and neck to pieces.
There lies in the city hospital of Indian
| apolis. suffering with fever, an aged Eng
lishman named John Beyick. who has ar
| eventful history. BE is one of the very few
survivors of the immortal six hundred vho
! made that awful charge at Balaklava In
| the mouth of heli-cslebrated By Tepny
sons poem. "The Charge Of the Light Bri-
eade." He has papers establishing his
identity. Becoming plumber he fell sick
while putting natural gas pipes In hoases.
On the steps OF the Methodist church
at EIco. H., Sunday, Lon Housssn and
Sosh Hazlewood settled an old grudge
| Both men drew their revolvers. seven shot
being fired rapidly, everyone taking effect
/ Houston was shot twice In the bseast, onct
| In the shoulder, and twice in the right leg
| while Hazlewood was shot In ths right side
which penetrated the lung, and twice in th'
| leg. panic took place In the church
Houston, as the aegressor, was arrested
but 1t is thought both wiz die.
james Mcneil. of Cambridge, Mass.
carries in his leg piece Of money whicl
has had strange history. When an year
old boy In Prince Edwards Island. McNei
swallowed the coin while running. Sever
years ago he noticed what seemed to be
ruptured vein In his leg in about the spo