The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-01

The great dam near Rockway, New
Jersey, has been declared unsafe and the
residents of the valley fear a repetition OF
the Conemaugh calamity.
Three millions OF bushels OF coal were
shipped from Pittsburg on Tuesday. by river,
to the south and west. 1t Is said the coal
men had 200. 900 more bushels ready, but
tEey are unable to make the shipments on
account OF the distractions at the new
bridges at Beaver, Pa. and at Wheeling, w.
Va.
In the Seminole Indian nation, a few
days ago. Robert Reed and a Creek Indian
named Riley were deputIZed to arrest a
negro horse thief named Drummer. and upon
his firing at them shot him dead. Five of
the dead mans friends, all negroes, laid
In ambush for the officers and assassinated
them.
Last Friday James Mari. the colored
1anitor of the Mercantile bank In Kansas
City, Missouri, was sent to the vault after a
set OF books Since that time the banks
cash account has shown a deficit of 81 500.
on tuesday the janitor was arrested on
suspicion OF having stolen the amount. He
confessed to the crime and took the detec-
tives TO Main street jewelry store, where
De mad left the money. The entire amodnt
was recovered, excepting 50, which the
thief had spent.
One OF the large boilers Of the Bell.
aire blast furnace. of BellaIre. Ohio, ex>
ploded on Wednesday forenoon With ter
rfole force, cracking two other boilers In
the main battery and wrecking the boiler
rooms. The south end OF TIE nail factory
was entirely DESTROYED, windows were
broken in all the adjoining buildings and
the wreck was scattered over an area or
100 yards. The damage TO the nilI and
adjoining property Is estimated at S2OO. 600.
No one was injured.
The explosion at the Galloway school
mouse near Franklin. Pa, on Friday, by
which eighteen school children were terri
bly, injured. is having more serious results
than was expected and the inyestl-
CATION shows IL was the result of criminal
carelessness on the part of two young men.
These men filed a piece of gas pipe with
giant powder, and being afraid TO explode
II themselves. handed II to q boy named
Connor' aged IL years, telling him to build
IRE aud explode II. Connor wanted TO
see IL 1t was really loaded and began to open
II with knife when the explosion occurred.
There were thirty children standing around
and the scene was terrible. 1t Is feared sey-
eral Of the children Will loose their eye,
sight.
An extensive scheme by which the Gus
toms In Manitoba have been defrauded for
years has just come to light at Winnepeg
and 1t Is said a number OF prominent per
sons are Implicated. 1t appears that they
have been importing bass wood from the
United States invoiced as white wood
Ihere Is no duty on the latter. and only an
expert can tell the difference. The
custom officials, 1t is said, have secured a
large number OF local invoices and a letter
from a Winniepeg dealer directing the manu-
factarers II the United States to Invoice
Eastwood as white wood. 1t is lso report
ed that large quantities OF dressed lumber
have been smuggled by these same parties,
the dressed Lumber being packed In cars
with tier OF sawed lumber, on which there
Is no duty, piled about it SO as to deceive
the appraisers.
-SeTeral days ago, when Mr.. John l..
walker farmer living In the northeastern
part Lowndes county, Gs., WAS in his field
picking cotton. his attention was attracted
by fuss made by bis hogs in a swamp near
the field. They made a noise very much
Ike they do when they come up with an uu-
friendly animal, or perhaps a strange drove
OF swine, and every now and then one
would squeal. lie thought very little of il,
supposing they were having q tilt with q
neighbor's hogs. But he soon went to the
house, when his sows came up. One tum>
bled over dead, then another and another,
and the fourth became very sick, but recoV-
cred. Upon examination be discovered
that they had been bitten by snake on
the nose, and one OF them on the tongue.
man working for Mr.. Walker went into
the swamp. found the snake and killed it.
1t was a five-toot rattler
"A horrible murder was committed last
Saturday near Hawkensyille. Ga. William
Miller, an aged farmer, was killed and his
wife nearly killed. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller
live alone. They were sitting by She fire
reading, and each had a small lamp. Mrs
Miller heard her husband say, Don't do
that" Then she felt herself struck and
was knocked unconscious. When she re-
gained consciousness she heard the clock
strike u. She saw that Mr.. Miller was ap-
parently dead, and she was afraid to call fol
help, fearing that her assaiIant was still
there. She lay there until O'Clock when
she called for help. Her calls were soon
answered by the cook whose house was 40
yards distant. When the cook came Ia,
Mrs. Miller asked to be put to bed. On
the bed was the ak which had struck the
blows, and the marble top OF the bureau.
which had been removed from its place to
enable the Durderers to rife the drawers.
MI. Miller's pockets were rifed. a re-
ward has been offered for the arrest OF tn e
murderers-