The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-20
NEWS AND OTHER SorINGs.

concealed under the fruit
The main building of the New Era ex-
position at st. Joseph. Mo-. caught fire on
Sunday and damaged the buildings and ex =
hibits to the extent of $3.50. 900.
Mrs. George Lepple of Easton. Pa. wa s
arrested on Monday, charged with crue lty
TO her adopted daughter. She beat the girl
until she was covered with cuts and bruises,
and then bathed the sores with carboIic
acid TO increase the pains. The girls face,
which has the most cuts. Is in a horrible
condition.
On Sunday last Walter G. Campben, OF
youngstown, y. Y. made a trip through
the rapids of Niagara Gorge, below the falls.
large number OF people witnessed the
feat Campbell is not. quite 81. A dog
which be took with him also passed through
safely. Campbell and the dog wore cork
life preservsrs-
On Monday morning Mrs. Fuldine
Landersnck Of Brooklyn. returned home
and was horriied TO find her husband lying
on the floor OF their apartments with his
throat cut from ear to ear and a bloody ra-
zor lying by his side on the floor. Mrs.
Landersuck had left her husband at 10
O'Clock TO go TO church.
While Sunday school services were be-
ing held in a small frame church at Colum-
bia City. Ind. on Sunday afternoon light
ming struck the spire and coursed down
through the roof. striking and instantly kill
Ing two girls. both aged II, who were Sit
ting together in the centre of their class
The other ten children in the class we're
badly stunned but not seriously injured.
During a game of cards in an Italian
boarding house in the east end Pittsburg,
last Saturday night Giovannie FranceschIeI
stabbed his brother Michele in the body four
times with a large knife. killing him in
stsntly. he then forced the other PLAYERS
to let him pass from the house by threaten
Ing TO kill them and escaped in the dark
ness but was captured in the woods the
same night.
On Sunday dreadful accident hap
pened at the stone quarTies of near VAN
Couver. Ore. Some Iaborers were engaged
in opening cans of powder with chiseIs,
there being about II of them, when the
powder ignIgh:ed and a fearful explosion
occurred. killing Pat. Delaney and Tom
Moron Instantly. -Four of their companions
were fearfully burned and thrown a con-
siderable distance.
Frank Amos, one of the most prornI-
nent citizens of Morgan county, Ohio, was
murdered at bis home, 10 the western part
OF that county, hy Mrs. Hampton, his niece,
who literally hacked his face and head to
pieces with a butcher knife which she had
carried for weeks ayowedly for that pur.
pose. The murder grew out of a lawsuit IN
which the testimony OF Amos threw the
costs on Mrs Hampton.
An Instance of close figuring has come
to light in an American city. A woman
wanted some peas for dinner. and, coming
down in the afternoon. learned that they
were 25 cents bali peck. After consider
able argument she succeeded in getting two
quarts for IL cents. and the next morning,
as she needed a half peck. she came down
town and got the other two quarts at the
same pIIce. She saved one cent.
"A curious historical document hangs in
the private Office Of Judge John j. German,
at New York. 1t purports to be the origi-
nal commission granted by John Hancock,
President of the United States, on October
| 10, 1776, to John Paul Jones. the great naval
hero of the Revolution. The signature Of
! President Hancock is in his well-known
round hand, and the script of John Paul
Jones' name appears to have been written
| in the same bold hand.
Luther Wallace called at the Central
| Hotel in California, Mo-, on Sunday and
asked to see Miss Lulu Smith, a domestic
who has been connected with the hotel for
two weeks past. She received him in her
room, and Immediately two pistol shots re-
| sounded throu gh the house. Both were
found with bullet holes through their heads.
4 The girl died Immediately. Wallace is still
| alive, but cannot recover. A love affair is
supposed to be at the bottom of the tragedy.
: -Aterrible tragedy occurred in the yicin-
! ity of Springfield, Fayette county. on Mon.
day night Howard Henderson went to the
residence of Tom Edwards with the inten-
tion OF giving Edwards pounding" fol
paying too much attention to his wife Ed.
wards attempted TO get away from Hender-
son. but. finding he could not, turned or
Henderson and stabbed him several times
in the breast and both shoulders, cutting
the muscles badly. Edwards has been ar
rested. Henderson may die.
| "A large number of men were hunting
in the woods for moose at Ship Harbo-, Hal
flax. on Friday last. when one party, con.
sisting of two men named Taylor and An
Dand, saw at q distance what they tool
70 be moose. One of them fred and i'm.
mediately shrek was heard. HurryIue q
the spot they found they had mistaken twt
men for moose and killed both. The vic
tins were two young men named Mitchell
and Weber. The shot had struck one o
them in the breast, pa ssed through, an,
struck the other in a vital part of the neck
A thrilling tale Of death and rescue dur
ing the recent hurricane was brought I
Boston on Saturday by the Norwegian
steamer Dana. On Wednesday, in tn
height of the gale, the Italian bar
Caterina r., of Genoa, was seen dis
masted and at the mercy of the waves
Seven of the crew were clinging to the fore
mast head. They were rescued with eres
difficulty. The men had remained As hour
in the rigging without food OF water. Can
tain MoTtola and FIVE of the crew yer
swept overheard.
"A story full of pathos. of the death of
brave man has come to the public this week
he was fireman, and in searching for pos
siole sufferers in burning factory his re
treat was cut off. His companions escape,
through small window, but he being Z
bulky was prevented from following .hem
although at the outset he called to his com
panions to let them know bis plight, h
said never word when he saw that a.
hope of escape was lost. but he stood an
burned to death with the fortitude of
! ia
were entirely consumed, but in his charre
, I hand ia still hald tho po,1Ia 90 = G. -