The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-16
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs.

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woman Of New York, has opened a carpeu-
teT's shop. She is a skillful artisan and
| fuds business good.
Tine employees OF the STANDARD Steel
/ company. at a meeting et Harrisburg. on
/ Saturday night. agreed TO organize lodge
4 of the AmalgaInated y association of iron and
steel workers.
Last Sunday night at Cement. Ga. Ed.
/ Harris. a white man, was shot and killed by
/ VIII Mays, negro. A misunderstanding
about wages is supposed TO De the cause.
The murderer is being pursued.
| L. q. Fulton, Assistant General
| Freight Agent OF the Northern Pacific
Railroad, who returned on Monday from
Spokane Fais, Oregon, says the total value
| OF the property destroyed by the recent FIRE
will not exceed 8, ,OOO. 600. The Northern
! Pacifc's loss viii be under 500 600.
Two freight trains were wrecked at
| WhistIetOwn. Elk county, Pa, on Sunday
morsing. Bert Anderson, an Erie brake
man. was killed instantly. The operator
at Johnston should haye held the PhiIadeI-
phia and Erie train, but neglected to do so
and it crushed into an Erie freight going
! west.
Carlisle Graham intends to 90 over
! Niagara Falls within ten days in a barrel
| FIVE feet long, tnirty-three inches in diane
ter and bound with iron bands. He made
| an experiment with a dog on Saturday.
| The craft went over safely. but sank near
the base of the falls, after floating around
| for 80 minutes.
| The Augusta Ga, Orphan Asylum,
magnificent five-stOTy building. was almost
entirely destroyed by fire on Sunday last.
| The fire department. fought nobly, but was
handicapped by a lack of water. The
| structure cost over 100000, and was in
sured for $50. O09. All the children were
gotten out safely. Two fremen were in
| juTed BY falling timber.
| Harry Sullivan, aged "a, OF Lawrence,
MISS, was arrested on Monday, charged
| with having caused the death of his two
weeks-old baby. His wife made the COM
| plalDt and officers going to the house found
the body OF a male infant perfectly black
! and marks OF scalds on its face, breast and
legs While the autopsy was being held,
Sullivan hanged himself by rope made
| from his trousers lining.
"A horrible butcherY is reported from
Mcdowell county. W. V. where a widow
named GilIis lived in remote district OF
! the county, with two daughters about
grown. They were poor, but respectable
| people. On Friday the neighbo found all
three dead. They had evidently been as
saulted criminally and murdered There
is absolutely no cl1e to the perpetrators Of
| the deed.
A jersey Central railroad brakeman
named Slattery, while on the front bumper
! OF g shifting engine at jersey City, n. j.,
Monday morning saw several passengers in
danger Of being run down by train. He
shouted to them to leaYe the track, and
while doing 50 and at the same time waving
bis hand, lie missed his footing, fell on the
rail in front Of the pusber. and was cut to
pieces in the presence Of the people whom
lie was trying to save.
Mrs, Laura WOlfoTd. claiming to be the
! largest c0lored woman in the world, died at
Lafayette, Ind, Saturday evening. She
was on exhibition in a museum for several
days, but on Thursday OF last week was re-
moved to the Catholic Hospital, a dray be-
| ing used as convey apce. Mrs. WolfUrd
was aged thirty one years, and weighed be-
fore her Illness 9O4Jz pounds. She measur-
ed nine feet around the waist, and fifty>
four inches aTouDd the thigh.
Last Sunday a painter named John
Henniny entered the candy store OF John
Shellars at Sacramento, Cal, and after a
short conversation with Mrs. SheIlars drew
a revolver and placing the muzzle behind
her ear fired. The ball crushed Der skull
and the physician states that the Tomaa
will die. HennIng then fired q bullet
through his own head. The cause OF the
tragedy is not known. but the love of Hen
ming for Mrs. ShelIars, which was not re-
ciprocated, Is given as the most probable
cause.
ID. !. Brewer, proprietor OF a Touring
mill. near ST. James, Neb., while digging
for the purpose of making repairs to his
mill dam, unearthed fossil remains Of a
large animal. About So feet OF the spinal
column and ribs, with one shoulcer blade
and part OF the forelegs, have thus far been
brought 10 light. Sections Of the Backbone
measured fully six inches across. Some
are in fair state OF preservation, while
others crumbie when exposed to the air
II IS estim ated that the monster must have
stood fully 10 feet high.
About one month ago a younp named
Joe Harpster, OF St. Louis, was struck on
the back of the head with a pair of brass
knuckles by footpad. knocking him sense
less. and for more than q month he Law nm
conscious. 4 few days ago he suddenly re.
covered his senses, but when he did he was
able TO converse intelligently only In the
German language. He was born OF Ameri-
can parents, who spoke German, and that
was the language he first learned. He
gave that up. however. and learned Eng
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his German. Now he can remember moth
ing OF English. Scientists are wrestling
with the problem.
About one week ago Frederick Schi-
NELL. German tailor. of Baltimore, Nd,
buried bis wife, to whom he had beGuma
devoted during a married career of 90
years. The death of his lifelong partner
| affected him very mucL and he became
| quite melancholy. Since theI he has been
going out to the cemetery daily placing
flowers upon his wife's grave. On Monday
De went out as usual accompanied by his
son. He bent affectionately over the grave
as be placed the flowers upon the mound
The next moment the boy heard a pistol
shot. He rushed to his father, but found
him lifeiess. The poor lonely old man had
sent bullet through his heart.
There was christening at the home of
a Polander named ScholosKL In Wilkes
| barre, Pa. on Monday. Among those
present were Peter Sillinski. brother in
law OF ScholoskPs. The two men quarrel
ed and a fight ensued. in which all hands
took part. After the melee there were
many broken heads. Three coustaoles re-
stored order after much difficulty. In the
afternoon SHlinski went to his brother 10
laws house and renewed the fight. Scho-