The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
NEWS AND OTHER NorINGs.


-Four Indians under arrest at Seattle,
Washington. are charged with killing Big
Bob. their medicine man." because sick>
ness prevailed In the tribe.
Nine negro men and three negro
won en- are under arrest at Charlotte, N.
c.. charged with carrying on wholesale
burRlaries during the past month. In which
nearly e1o0. 900 worth OF valuables have
been secured
"A remarkable feat has Just been COM
pseted By julius G. Eilipeer. q cooper OF
AneEan. Mich, making 10000 barrels in
forty weeks. working eight hoare per day.
which beats all records OF barrel making In
the United States.
While the steamship 81. A. Hartman
was crossing the Atlantic on Its last voyage
the captain reports that the vessel struck
IN immense whale and cut 1t In two. The
ocean for more than q mile was covered
with the animals blood.
Engineer J. Howard. Frank Raisor and
Edward HeInlin were Instantly killed on
Monday morning by the bursting OF q boiler
at HeinIin's sorghum mills at Bucyrus,
Ohio. The explosion was caused by cold
. mistake OF the engineer.
Peter Baronovski, the SchuyIkIn coun-
ty Hungarian under sentence to be hanged
on October %. was refused . rehearinR by
the board or rardons ut . special meeting on
Monday and the sentepce Will be carried In
10 effect II was claimed that Baronowski
was insane but there was no evidence 10
that effect
william MendIces, aged 80, dentist of
New York. cut his throat with . pen knife
Sunday. but physicians saved his life.
Early Monday morning he was found In his
room nearly sufocated by gas and was
again saved. In the afternoon he put him.
| self beyond medical aid with q revolver
bullet He was temporarily insane.
Harry Franklin attempted to escape
| from jail at HilIsborough, ILL.,, on Sunday
| night He attacked the Sheriff with Q
slunRshot, but the Sheriff drew bis revolver.
The prisoner dared him to shoots and a
leIcs hand-to>hand fight ensued. In which
franklin was finally overcome. In the en-
counter the CONTESTANTS rolled down two
flights Of stairs.
Mrs. Archibald Rankin. wife of q
u,
Was struck by lightning during q thunder
storm Saturday afternoon. but miracuiously
escaped with her life- The lady has been
struck By lightning four times In the past
few years without perceptible effect other
than making her extremely sensitive to
electrical conditions OF the atmosphere.
On the Big Four road near Cinninnsti,
o., last Saturday night, . wrecking train
collided with freight. Engineer Morris. of
| the wrecking engine. was instantly killed
| and Fireman Whitestine was fatally In
tured- Two tramps and the brakeman of
| the freight were also killed. The wreckina
train was behind time. Both engines were
completely demolished, and It Is said the
loss will reach S60. 900.
AT the Van Vert county fair, Ohio,
men In greet numbers were noticed sucking
lemons, which were on sale on the ground.
and the new craze caused much specula-
tion until an Investigation disclosed the fact
that, when tip was removed from the end
OF the lemon, old rye and vsrieus other
liq0ids oozed out. IL required Just three
OF these loaded lemons 70 lay outan average
| Ohioan-
The Scientific american says II seems
70 be generally conceded that the great
/ American exhibition of 1892 must be pro,
| vided with q grand tower more lofty thar
the French or any other heretofore dreamed
OF. The question Is, how high IL should be
built A correspondent suggests .492 feel
as the most appropriate and satisfactory
height, In monumental token OF the memoir
able year In " hich the discovery of the New
World occurred.
! Among the cabin passengers on th.
City Of Rome, which arrived on Friday a
New York, was Rt Rev. Denis j. O'Con
nell. rector OF the American College a
Rome BE Will represent the Pope at tn,
ceremonies attending the centennial of tn,
American Catholic hierarchy on Novembe
10th. and the Catholic congress Of Novem
Der 1lth and 18th at Baltimore. He will al
so attend the opening OF the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington on November 18th.
j. Z. Brown. OF Delta, Ont, recentI
received q package by express which wa
found to contain q gold watch and chain,
gold ring and $50 In money stolen from hIr
hve years ago. The sender asked that th
receipt be acknowledged In the local paper
and promised to send the rest of the none
stolen II Mr.. Brown would notify him OF tb
amount The restitution lie supposed to b
due to the revival now being held q
Kingston. Two men are now serving ser
tences In prison for the crime.
There Is at least one woman IN Mort
Berwick. Me-, who wastes no time in ad
uiring herself before q looking glass. an
she proved It last Sunday by attendin
church and Sabbath school with her bonne
adorned with half q dozen caris which
masculine sinner had tucked in among ID
trimmines day or two before, prob abb
supposing she would see them when sh
put on her head gear. But the goo
wonan's mind was on Sunday school lesson,
not oonnets, when she dressed for church
and 10 the Sunday school got q chance {
giReie.
"A man who lived near Fidelity, No
died on Wednesday Of last week, and sine
that time q steady rain has been falling O.
the part OF the roof Immediately aboye th
chamber in which he died. At first it at
tracted no attention, until n was notice
that there was not . cloud IN the heavens
and the rain continued to fall only In tn
one place. The neighbors noticed it an
became much excited. and hundreds O
people soon hocked to see the singular os
currence. An eye witness st.tes that tn
limits OF the rainfall are so exact that on
can hold his hand In the rain and only get
wet so far he introduces bis hand. The de
ceased was an infideI-
While lsborers were engaged In diggin
q sewer In one OF the principal street
OF Ticonderoga. N. Y, on Thursday, the
struck . tombstone and q comm contain In
human bones. The stone was washed OF