The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-23
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

town fell from second story window
while asleep during the night and escaped
injury.
There are still over 10 100000 square
miles of unoccuPied districts in variou:
heather lands. where missionaries thus fal
have never entered.
"A finger that was carried of Martin
Frand's hand by a small cannon in Camden
on the Fourth of July was found Monday
on the roof of wo-story house two block:
from the scene of the accident.
George Gottshall. aged IL years, was
| killed in Hunsicker x Co.'S hosiery fac
tory, at Reading, on Wednesday by being
caught in the elevator cage. He was pulled
head first from the third to the first floor
1t is estimated that 5000 or 10, 600 peo-
pie, most of whom are skilled men, will be
locked out by the failure of the window
glass manufacturers and their me to agree
on terms in the recent conference at Pitts
! burgh.
An umpire for a ball game at L'Ause,
| Mich, paralyzed a crowd OF people By ap-
pearinP on the field armed with a cutIas, a
big musket. an AK and a spyglass. On his
back was painted a big sign, "You Will
| please side with me ="
Frank Stevenson, colored, a boy resi-,
| dent of Williamsport. Md, was overtaken
| by storm and took refuge in hollow tree.
| Tightening struck the tree and young
Stevenson was instantly killed. His lifeIess
body was found the next morning standing
upright in a tree.
Harry See. weII-known farmer OF St
Joseph, H., was found dead on Monday
afternoon in his house with two bullet
wounds in his body. 1t is believed he was
shot In a family row, and in self defense by
bis wife. who Is cut and bruised and bears
many marks of i'll use. She refuses to say
I anything about the matter.
John Jennings. of Scranton, a Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western section
foreman, while ehdeavorjng too loosen a
shovel that was fast under tie. slipped his
foot into switch so tight he could not re-
move it to avoid an approaching train, and
he was run down and instantly killed, his
body being badly mangled.
"A farmer near Cory who had had many
sheep killed by dogs built around the bodies
al inciOsuTe Of rails twelve feet high, the
rails being sloped so that dogs could easily
( climb In and exit was impossible In three
nights the farmer captured forty-six dogs,
including fifteen or twenty that had never
been in that nelghborhood before
"A new use for rabbits has been found
by the physicians of the birmingham, Eng
land, Lunatic Asylum. a number OF wild
rabbits have been turned loose on to the
/ fields adjoining the institution, so that the
I Wi hE
bits run about. and to divert the minds of
the patients is one of the great objects of
, the institution.
The sheep Is usually considered stupid
animal, but his environment in Colorado
has frightened even his dull wits. Pur-
chasers Of sheep that have been brought
from that State say that the animal holds
his head more erect than those which come
from other States, and say that this habit is
caused by the sheep being iD constant peril
OF being assailed by some wild animal.
Henry Balr. or West Bradford. Chester
/ county, caught four-foot long b,acksnake
in his corn field, and has sirce made a pet of
| it. The reptile goes away from the house
aud comes back again at his pleasure, and
does not run away at the approach OF any
one, but rather plays around their feet.
He eats al things given him and appears
to enjoy the caressing he receives on all
| sides.
1t is said thar the common cowcatcher
attachment TO locomotives is about the only
article Of universal use that was never pat
! ented. Its inventor was ID. 3. Davies, of
! Columbus. who found his model in the
| plow. Red lights on the rear car of trains,
it is further said, were adopted at the sug>
| GestiOn of the late Mrs. Swisshelm, after a
railway accident in which she had a narrow
escape.
"A peculiar accident occurred at ga,
well near Anderson. Ind. The we'll is 2
phenomenal one. and has SO far defied al
attempts TO pack it. Henry Loffncr, one o.
the drlllers, while passing the well extend.
ed his arm some some two or three fee
from its mouth, but directly over it, wher
the force of the gas blew his arm to a pe1
pendicular position with such violence as Il
dislocate IL at the shoulder
Saturday was general pay day at Wilkes
barre. and as a result there were thre
murders in the region. at Pitteston job,
Iates struck Thomas SEel on the temple
killing him instantly. At the same plac
Charles Fitz erald was stabbed twice in III
abdomen, and died Sunday night EdWar
Welsh has been arrested for the crime. A
Plymouth Michael Mihlskinski stabbed 10
LedoucheIhi, iIflicting fatal wound.
While Mrs. Sarah Valentine, of We.
Chester, was engaged on Friday last
burning caterpillaTs from a tree in be
yard, she accidently set fire to her clothin
and was burned in a frightful manne
From that time until midnight on Saturda
she suffered the most excruciatIng pair
when death relieved her of her tormentl
She was horribly burned, and in some Dol
tions OF her body the flesh dropped from th
bones.
A dispatch from Prairie DuChien, Wis
SAYS that the pearl hunters craze has struc
here and the largest number OF pearls VI
, reported in this State have been patheTe
during the past day or two, More than 1,
600 pearls were sent from here in one da
by two or three parties. While huntin
pearls on Monday a man by tie name {
Larovue fshed up a large bombsheH ths
bad probably laid in the river a great man
years-probably from the time of the Cap
ture of the old fort by the British.
"A discovery was made public in Sa
Diego recently which is destined to add an
other valuable product to the already Ion
list of California resources. This is a soa
mine. A deposit containing thousands &
tons of fine quality of natural soap exist
within dozen of miles OF the city. FAM
} lies in the vicinity of the soap deposit hay
recently tested 1t in the crude state wit
most satisfactory results, and specimen
shown in this city last week would indi
cate that it will require little extra treat