The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-07-27
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

| in the United States Is 2. 600 900 boxes OF p
pounds each, at an average cost OF s2 Der
box.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Is the great fur
nitnre making centre OF the United States.
IL has AZ furniture factories. which employ
l.. 900 men.
Ex-senator Thurman and ais wife have
accepted an invitation to visit the Rome
Ga. Exposition some time during the month
OF October. All Georgia Is happy in conse>
quence.
The two year old daughter OF John
Badger. Of Middlesex, Pa. fell into a pig
pen few days ago and had one hand al
most chewed of by a vicious hog before she
was rescued
The Marine Hospital Bureau at Wash
ington. ID. c., Is informed OF a new case of
yellow fever at Tampa, Fla, and of two
new cases at Manatee, Fla. The case at
Tampa is that Of a refugee from Manatee.
-Ex-GoYernor Brown, of Tennessee,
who is now In New York. has wagered 26
high hats that Cleveland will be reelected
Fourteen Of the wagers were made In a cafe
the other evening during a heated discus
sion.
AT Haverhill, Mass, yesterday, as the
body Of the infant child OF Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Plum was waiting for burial, the
drapery took fire from candles burning
around the catafalque, and the body was
burned to a crisp.
Dudley B. Smith, OF Cortland. Y. Y.
filed a claim against his deceased grand
mothers estate for 3,072 ducks or their
equivelant In money. under an alleged
agreement entered into with his grandmother
when he was boy.
Katie Welsh. OF Auburn. Pa, has been
lying In trance since the death of her faith
er. two weeks ago. She Is 18 years old, and
grief is supposed to be the cause of her pc
culiar ailment. as she never was known to
be sick day in her life.
There Is q watchman in the New York
postofice whose chief duty is to collect the
keys OF lock boxes that are left In the locks
by careless men and boys. Generally there
Is some sharper on the lookout to steal keys
that are left in this way.
Jacob P. Reiff. farmer living near
Norristown, Pa. was last week swindled
out of $40, 900 by the farm buying aud card
game dodge. Money Miller farmer re-
siding near Mercer. Pa, was relieved of
s2.ooo in similar manner.
"A Midtown, Me-, mechanic has invent
ed loe-sawing apparatus which has an up
ward as well as downward motion The
scheme has not been fully tested yet, but, IL
successful, will be a great time-savIng In.
yentlon to lumber deslers
BY placing a musket TO his mouth and
pulling the trigger with his toes, Vincentson
Meyer. an old man living at Scran ton, Pa,
blew his head of on Monday afternoon. He
was moody over property in Germany that
he said he had been cheated out Of.
Favored subjects of the Shah OF Persia
are permitted. as a special mark OF esteem.
TO be present when he has q tooth pulled,
while all persons who would really enjoy
the spectacle-those suspected OF being un.
friendly to him are cruelty excluded.
| There are three American ladies who
are not obliged TO skip over 20 the postofice
for stamps every time they write a letter
Mrs. Polk. Mrs. Garfield and Mrs Grant
are the fortunate three. the Government,
having given them the franking privilege.
The thirty thousand railroad engineers
fremen, and brakemen OF Illinois have de-
cided to use their influence in politics
against the Pinkertons and other odious in
stitutious of the State. They claim they
will be able to bold the balance OF power
In the Legislature.
Who was the last man killed in the war.
This is not an easy question TO answer, bu
IN the town OF Union, Me-. some of the peo-
pie think it was Jacob Sidelinger, of tha
town. He was killed on the very day o
Lees surrender to General Grant, and in tn,
latter part OF the day.
AT MorIey's Station, twenty miles from
Redding. Cal, James Mason. a veteran
stage driver. committed suicide in a horri
BILE manner. he bought q ifty-pound boz
OF giant powder. sat on it. and touched tn,
explosive of. The Coroner gathered VI
twenty pounds of the body in a basket.
DIR. James Ridley, one of ths medica
oficers OF Tullamore jail during MT. Mande
ville's Incarceration there, and who wa
subpeuaed to attend the Vaudeville inquest
committed suicide at Dublin on Saturday
His suicide confirms the general belief O
brutal treatment of prisoners at Tullamor
iail.
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ercising 81 900 stallion, the property of Z
V. Il. Gardner, OF Orange county, y. Y
when the brute grabbed Lynch by the arm
Mr.. Gardner tried to club the animal of
but could not do II, and was compelled L
shoot him. Lynch cied shortly after bein
rescued.
I Two men were arrested In Pittsburgl
on Monday while attempting to swindle a.
old man. They had in their possession
$45, 900 in spurious greenbacks and G Iarg,
numbkr OF dies for quarters and half dol
lars. 1t is thought they belong to gan
which has recently been flooding the coun
try with counterfeit money.
Specials from Sandusky, Ohio, repor
that severe storm struck that place o
Monday afternoon. The wind blew a gal
and rain and hail fell in torrents Tree
were uprooted and corn and other crop
were damaged. while fruit was totally STRIP
ped from the trees. The damage In Huro
county is estimated at over 100000.
The farmers of Forkston township, wy
oming county, Pa, especially those livin
In the vicinity of Dutch Mountain, will glad
ly welcome any number of bear hunters
Bruin has developed a strong taste for NUT
ton. and the sheep suffer. Within the pas
week bears have invaded the pastures q
three farms alone on the mountain. and cal
ried away so sheep.
The police of Dublin are keeping clos
watch upon all American visitors. A de
tective entered hotel recently and insiste
upon holding a private interview with
gentleman from st. Louis who had preyi
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planned to the United States Consul, wh
has written letter to the police authori
ties demanding an explanation of the detec