The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-10-05

The body OF John Smith. q Hungarian
was found in the reservoir near Hazleton
on Saturday night. and it is believed he was
murdered IN q quarrel with a COMPANION.
About O'Clock Saturday night dyna-
mite bomb was exploded in front of the
postofice at Shannspin. Berks county, and
an hour later another was put of in the rear
of the same building, shattering windows
and breaking nearly all the bottles In q
drug store adjacent. The perpetrators of
the outrage are not known, but it is sup
posed the bombs were intended to blow up
a disreputable house near bY. The post
master notified the sheriff of the county and
the authorities at Washington and efforts
Will be made to fird the guilty parties.
"A special from Nogales. ArIz. gives de-
tails OF the suicide OF Senor Florence Luiz,
one OF the best known and wealthiest ranch
men in Sonora. He owned a large ranch
near the village of San Larazeno, where the
deed was done, Luiz placing the muZzle OF
rife to his breast and pulling the trigger
with bis toe. LuiZ was famous an In
dian fighter. having been a scout for the U.
S. and Mexican troops In all the Indian
campaigns during the past quarter Of a CEN
tury. He distinguished himself In the
troubles with Geronimo, the Apache chief.
Shortly after midnight Saturday morn
ing two employees of Forepsugh's circus,
named respectively ''Sheeny" Morgan. a
white man. aged 20 years. and "Sheky'
Burford, coored, aged 80, were struck by
locomotive and instantly killed in the
Fort Wayne railroad yard, Allegheny city.
They were canvasmen and loading bag
gage on the cars, and were walking up the
track holding each others arms, when they
were struck in the back by the engine and
knocked down. Both were beheaded and
badly mangled. Morgan lived in Camden,
n. j.. and Burford in New York State.
1t is asserted in a London paper that
the discovery made by Mr. Hewett IN the
artificial manufacture OF quinIne Will result
In the reduction Of the price OF that article
to few cents per pound. The importance
OF this discovery is rendered greater by the
fact that while hitherto dependence has
been on the cultivation OF the cinchona tree
for quinine. the bark yielding only about 2
per cent or the same. the new process ad-
mits of the substance being produced with>
out limit from an article which can always
be got IL abundance in any part OF the
world.
Great excitement was occasioned on
Saturday in West Mill Greek. near Erie,
by the elopement OF farmer, j. r. Young
and bis fifteeD-year-old niece, Miss Sarah
Young. a brokers' daughter. Young. who
was man OF fifty, and his wife had had
some difficulty, but there had been moth
ing in the past to arouse suspicious of any
thing but the natural feelings between
uncle and niece. The girl is barely out OF
her fifteenth year, but Is we'll developed
and said TO be quite charming. The truant
couple took Lake Shore train for the
West Young leaves valuable property.
Miss Mamie Nolan, of Newark, n. j.,
has been In the habit of drinking water di-
rectly from the equeduct by putting her
mouth 10 the tap. She will not do it any
more, however. for she had an experience
the other day that showed her the folly of
such a course. While she was drinking,
an eel about ten inches long passed through
the faucet and went half way down her
throat. She could not yell. but she man
aged to attract attention by throwing her
! self down on the floor and kicking The
eel was pulled from her throat and she full
! ly recovered her fright in an hour, but her
throat is still sore.
Isaac LITTER. q peddler, OF Harrisburg,
J pensburg. Cumberland county, on Saturday
morning. and had his body badly mangied.
| Twenty wounds were inflicted on
-
were nearly bitten out of their sockets, and
his lips were almost reduced TO Jelly.
After the dogs had become tired they left
him lying on the ground with scarcely any
| clothing on his person. BE succeeded II
dragging himself into a wagon, where he
remained several hours IN an unconscious
condition before aid could be extanded him.
On Sunday of last week, the organ in
the Tiig hman's Neck Sunday school. ueal
Centreyil lie, for a reason at that time un-
known. refused to give forth music when
the organist attempted to perform on it,
and the services were conducted for that
day without music. During the week a
| gentleman made an examination of the in-
strumeDt, and. upon removing the key yboard
was considerably startled when he found
tremendous black snake snugly coiled IN
the organ. He killed bis snakeship, and
upon measuring the reptile, found him to be
( 3 feet inches in length. The organ gave
forth its usual melody last Sunday.
Il. is not gen orally known that Jay
| Gould has a sister. She is Mrs. Northup, OF
| Camden, n. J., and she is mIddle-a aged
widow with two handsome young daughters.
! Jay Gould was in the habit OF allowing
them "a. 600 per yea- in monthly INSTALL
ments for their support. but a year ago the
Misses NOrthup informed their wealthy
uncle that they could get along without bis
assistance. Jay liked their pluck, but he
stopped his remttances and said nothing
until the beginning of the summer, when
he forwarded them $1,000 each. The girls
have been spending the season at Roxbury,
! N. Y, and Mr.. Gould called upon them a few
days ago and was very much pleased with
his New Jersey relatives.
David Barley and Lincoln Dunn went
hunting one day this week in the woods
near Ponnecook creek, N. M. The hunters
stopped near the creek to locate tree In
which they shot two large black snakes
| about year ago. Peering through the
branches three wriggling reptiles were dis
cerned suspended from a limb and another
old timer was crawling aboat on the ground
beneath. The one on the ground made a
leap for the tree and then all four snakes
lifted their heads high in the air. thrust out
their tongues and hissed venomousIy at the
intruders. Taking careful aim both hunt
ers fired simultaneously. and a great Shiny,
wriggling mass fell to the eroung below.
Three of the snakes were dead. but the bip-