The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-24

-Ex-Congressman William w. Wiltshire
died at his residence IN Washington Sun
day. He served in the Forty-fourth Con-
gress. having been elected as Conservative
Republican from Arkansas.
Flora Paulsam, of Boston, was relieved
OF her purse containing 81 so the other even |
Ing by a highwayman. Unwomanlike |
though, she darted after the scoundrel |
caught him several squares distant. and |
notwithstanding he and several pals then |
set apon and beat her. the gritty Flora held
on to the thief until assistance arrived IA
the person Of police captain. The latter.
with the aid Of another officer, landed the
prisoner in jail, but not until after a severe
struggle, in which the pals took an active
part.
According to statistics furnished the
War Department at Washington, the foI>
lowing Is the latest horse census Russia,
2l,51O,O 600 horses America, $500. 600 the
Argentine Republic, 4. 600 900 Australia,
3 800 600 Germany, 3, $50. 900 France, O.
100000 and 100000 mules England, o
10000 horses Canada, 2 524, 900 Spain.
6SOOOO horses and $500. 600 mules Italy,
100000 horses Belgium. 3s3, 900 Den
mark, $4,000 Australia. 3O1. .OOO Holland,
125 ,OOO. iand Portugal, SO. 900 horses and 5O,-
900 mules.
Deacon Lowering. aged 80. his sister
| and housekeeper, Mrs. Richardson. were
instantly killed by Lightning about mid
/ night OF Friday last near Greenfield. Mass,
and the farmhouse. barns and buildings
| were burned. The scene of the tragedy is
in the town of GILL; The neighbors not far
distant saw the flames of the burning house
and hurried to render assistance. The old
man. who hss been the deacon at the village
church for fifty years. was found sitting in
a chair, dead. His sisters body was burn
/ ed TO a crisp.
| Mrs. Nancy Sipe. aged 1O3 years, died
on Wednesday evening of last week at her
home on the Plank Road. York. She pos
sessed the faculties of speech ard reason to
| the last. She was sick for about twelve
weeks, caused by general breaking down
of the system. Mrs. Sipe was twice mar
ried, and if her oldest child, a daughter who
lies buried at Carlisle, was still living. she
would be eighty-ive years old. She outlived
both husbands and her children, with the
!
| Mr.. Alex. Sipe. Her defendants are many
"A dance held at Berd's hotel, in the vii
| lage of Irving, Y. Y, has resulted in mourn
| ing in at least one household in that little
hamlet. Allen Burmeister, a brakeman,
had quarrel with AlYa Newton. Late in
the evening he gave general invitation to
drink, which Newton accepted among the
! rest. Smarting over their early controversy
| Burmeister refused Newton a drink and in -
suited him. A fight followed. during which
Burmeister struck Newton a blow in the
| eye which ruptured blood vessel. New
ton went home and died from the effects Of
the blow.
1t is stated that the general managers Of
the various roads between Chicago and the
1 Missouri River have definitely concluded 10
take off their limited express trains on next
Sunday, regardless of the protests Of the
I Kansas City and Omaha people. One con
cession has been made to the public, how
ever, namely the time will not be quite as
slow as first agreed upon, and the number
OF trains will not be diminished. The time
will be about two hours slower than by the
present limited trains, but will be two and
a-half hours faster than the time made be-
fore the limited trains were put on.
-Four years ago Conrad ShenfieId was a
drunken. penniless outcast in Erie, Pa.
having squandered large fortune acquired
in business. His friends and relatives had
to disown him. Shenfeld went to Murphy's
temperance meeting and took the blue ribs
bon. He wanted to go West and make an
other fortune, and an old friend, Col. Charles
Lynch. loaned him 5000 and the old man
went to New Mexico Tuesday of last week
he died in Kansas City. On Monday a GER
tilted transcript of his will was registered
in the Erie court. leaving members of his
family and relatives nominal bequests OF a
few dollars each. and Sl5O. 900 worth of real
and personal property to Colonel Lynch,
besides valuable mining property al Al
buquerque. Lynch had been in hard luck
and Shenfield's bounty was Godsend.
While Company c. Fourteenth Infan-
| try, was practcing at the ride range at
Camp Ord, COnneaut Lake on Friday morn
ing. Charles Lacey, of Oakdale, who was
acting as marker at the range, was acci-
dentally shot through the head and instant~
lY killed by one of his comrades. As a COM
pany of the Fifteenth was practicing at the
time, it is supposed Lacey thought ball
which hit their target was shot from his
company and missed, and stepped from un-
der cover at the moment his comrade fired.
The ball entered Just below the left ear,
coming out of his mouth, and he fell to the
bottom OF the pit dead. The remains will
be escorted to PittsbuTg by the entire reg-
ment. An inquest has been held by the cor
OneI of Crawford county and verdict OF
| accidental death returned