The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

An Englishman has invented bonnet
which can be taken off in the theater. folded
up and used a fan.
"A prominent club man OF Philadelphia
quite frequently imbibes too freely, and on
such occasions his friends tie handkerchief
TO his st. Bernard's collar, and by the man
holding on to it the dog leads him home, and
actually successfully resists his owners
efforts to stop in saloons on the way.
Seventeen freight cars broke through
the bridge over Hart's Run, on the B. & o.
road near Cameron. w. Va, on last Mon
day. Three tramps hailing from Philadel-
pnia were locked In one of the cars, and
were carried down with the wreck As the
cars tooK hre the most awful screams and
yells proceeded from the imprisoned men,
who seemed to be thoroughly conscious OF
the hopelessness of their position The eff
forts OF the trainmen were turned to the
poor unfortunates, but they were pinned
down by fragments of timber and freight
and while on5 was rescued the two Others
were roasted to death. The names of the
men could not be learned. The loss to the
Railroad company will reach s6e, 900 to SSO,-
600.
While excayating for the foundation of
new building on an unused lot in the cen
tral part of Ottawa, ILL.,, on Friday moru-
ing, the skeletons of two men, buried in one
grave, were unearthed by the laborers. The
skuIi OF one had been crushed, apparently
| oy some heavy Instrument, and there was a
large hole in the temple of the other, such
as might have been made by slug shot
Investigation developed that n. Brunk, a
gunsmith, who kept a shop Just below
where the skeletons were found and who
died several years ago, confessed on his
deathbed that he had murdered a man OF
men, but would not say where they were
buried. He bore shadowed name as a
hrebug. haying burned three buildings fol
insurance.
Frank c. Evarro eIoped with Mrs. Ca
| milla Roefa. with whom he boarded in Phil
adelphia on last Sunday afternoon. Be
fore the couple left the house Mrs. Roefa
fried some fish for the evening meal, and
then they went away. taking with them the
woman's two children, boy 3 years and ar
infant year old. Saltwater Rossetti and
Antonio Gallina, two other boarders, ate
the fish and were taken sick Immediately
| afterwards. They were taken to the PennS
! sylyania hospital where the physicians on
/ Monday night pronounced their condition
very critical 1t is supposed that the fish
were prepared for the husband. and ths,
the boarders, coming into the house and
finding the table set, fell into the trap that
| had been prepared for him. Detectives are
looking for the elopers.
A dice-shaking game has been going
| OF for some time past in a small Southern
town, and saloonkeeper has been sweep
| ing the shekels into his pocket, much to the
dismay Of the participants In the game. II
came TO sudden close, however, the other
day when constable came in and exam
| ined the table upon which the dice shaking
was going on, AMI found that under the
cover there was a steel plate which was
connected with an electric battery beneath,
and current from which could be applied
whenever the salOonkeeper wished to sheKe
| high by pressing his knee against knob.
| The dice were loaded and worked very well
without the battery, but when the current
was applied the skies came out on top every
time. 1t was quite an Ingenious contri-
vance, and paid the saloonkeeper well for
I his trouble.
"A farmer named S. W. wilkins, who
/ lives near Marshall, Tex, had in his ems
/ ploy foT about two years, man named
! Wesley Sutton. Wilkins had a wife and no
children, while Sutton was a widower with
two children, aged eight and twelve years.
About two weeks ago wilkins was called
| away from home, and on his return found
1 that Sutton and his wife had decamped.
he started on search for the fugitives, fin
ally locating them near Texarkana. He
called at the house. learned that Mrs. WIKI
ins had returned to Marshall. but that Sut.
ton was there. The wronPed husband
dashed into the loom brandIshine a hugh
knife with which he attacked the destroyer
OF his home and literally cut him to pieces,
slashing his throat from ear to ear, disem.
boweling him and inflctiEg six other wounds
! any any one OF which was fatal. Sutton
died on the spot and Wilkins escaped.
Charles Hutchinson, a packing. house
employe, was murdered Tuesday morning
! by his brother-in-law, Patrick Reynolds.
| The latter is married to Hutchinson's sis
ter, and Hutchinson aud his mother lived
| in the Reynolds house. During the night
Hutchinson. who is twenty-five years of
| age, rose from his bed and entering the
room where his sister and her husband were
| sleeping, demanded that they close their
window. Reynolds ordered the young man
out and Hutchinson struck his brother-inS
| law in the face. Reynolds seized the water
| pitcher and struck Hutchinson with it with
so much force that the handle was detached.
Hutchinson again rushed at Reynolds and
the latter struck him with the jagged han
die Of the pitcher, one of the edges Of which
severed Hutchinson's jugular vein. He fell
| to the floor, and as he was bleeding to death
Reynolds and his wife went back to bed
ard fell asleep. Neighbors reported the
matter to the police and the entire family
was locked up. They refused to talk until
this evening. when Mrs. Reynolds made a
! full confession.
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