The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-02-22
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

still cold, covering housestops, trees and
ground with a snow-wbite frost.
"A large meteor fell on a farm in the
town CT Highlands, \. Y on last Friday.
1t was very brilliant in color. being yellow.
tinged with green. 1t broke into thou
! sand small pieces. The snow covering
about an acre was perforated as with
gravel.
A lady residing in Eiberton has a pet
hen that laid % eggs curing the month OF
January. She has kept strict count of
the eggs. ana Is sure tnst they were all iaid
by one hen. She confidently expects to get
as large or larger number OF eggs during
this month.
President Cleveland has never crossed
tbe threshold Of more than two hosses in
Washington outside the residences of his
Cabinet officers durIsg bis term OF sftice
lie has never seen Congress at work, and in
| four years ne has not once entered a De-
partment building.
Seven dynamite guns have bseu order
ed with the design of placing them in posi-
| ton along the Atlantic coast ss defense
against any hostile force. or course this is
/ only an experiment. IL successful they can
be Increased IN number TO any extent that
| circumstances may deem necessary.
Fifteen daring young wotss . of PhiIa-
deipnia have formed a club OF which the
sole condition OF membership Is that the an,
Diicsnt forswesr corsets. Each one OF the
sadres-c IN prieiBg the club has consigned
! berwnalebone curiass to the flames and now
taxes her ingenuity to provide a substitute.
"A l4-year-old girl who lives in High~
laDs. a town near Harrisburg, was convert
ed ia5eiy at a religious revival Soon after
ware she fell into a trance, and much of the
time since she has been In that state. The
frances las: from FIVE minutes to halls an
hour, and don't leave her in the least ex-
hausteS.
The apple market has some queer
phases E1 in Maine this winter. Recently
man started from Kent's Hill with q load
OF dried apples 70 sell At Mt Vernon re
was offered cents a pound several miles
further aleng he could have got cents, but
when he reached Augusta nobody wouISs
give oyer Scents- The apples went back
Mrs. Christian Goehring. OF Rochester,
is Ill and nos respected to recover, the result
OF blood-pois3ing. Last week she assisted
in preparing for burial the remains of a
fectiOn. Mrs 4oehIins bad pricked one of
Ter fingers slightly with pin. Her arm
has swollen 10 enermoas proportions and
her life is dessaiIed of.
"A strange Degro whae visiting Ty-Ty,
Ga. a few dass- since, became quite bols-
ferrous and get him iute- several ''spute-
ments" with ether negroes Finally he got
quite exhausted and lay Down for a nap
When he got to sleep somebody poured
kerosehe oil al over hiIa. and set FIRE 10
IL He was badly burned. probably fatally.
1t was thoughtthe deed was committed by
other darkies.
John Elsoer, of Parkersbarg, w. Va,
a wealthy farm srs formerly , preacher, re-
siding In Vert county, went home drunk
Saturday nigh>s beat his wife for not having
supper ready, hen seizing a heavy poker be
killed her, also his two daughters. aged IL
and II, and this hired girl. lie tEen set fire
to the house and burned 1t to the ground
de has been arrested and jailed. There is
strong talk of lyDching him.
The Mexicass have a queer way OF bur
rying .he dead The corpse is tightly wrap-
ped IN century plant mating. are placed in
q coffin. rented Hsr about % cents One or
two natives, as the case may be. place the
coffin on their beads and &c dn trot 20 the
grave. where tbe body is Inferred and the
coffin is then returned. The wealthy class
use the street cars as hesrses, and the
| friends follow Jeside the car ca foot.
"A youth WHO went into a Buffalo store
and asked for seeks, not knowing the proper
size' was told 10 hold out his hand. The Gus
toner held out his hand and doubled up his
u g.
box, wrapped the foot arocnd the fist and
/ guaranteed perfect At. 81 atn Just as sure
/ It will fit you as though l had measured
your foot" sad ne, ''as the aistaDce around
the fist is always the length Of the foot"
England has been very back ward In ap-
plying electrlsity to modern needs, but the
latest news Is that in one ifactSon the Ens>
lish have proven alive to the possibilities OF
I the new fOrcs. There Is rp1nIng in London
an electric bas- IL carries - persons, and
Is managed by driver whe sits iust where
he would II he had to manage a team OF
horses The bus makes six or seven miles
an hour. out 1t has not yet been run in the
daytime. when tire streets are crowded.
-Thursday night. at Gloucester Court
House, Va. George Hughes was shot while
asleep by ais nephew, Joshua r Ross, and
! Instantly. killed. Hughes was a wealthy
lrishman, who settled in Gloucester fifteen
or twenty years ago. Rsss is a prominent
RepubiIean politician apd-once represented
the county in the Legislature. The cause
of the deed Is shrouded in mystery. Ross
confesses to the shooting. but Is silent as to
I its cause. Both men were formerly of New
YorS.
A aave digger In New YORK tells OF a
strange sort Of mental affection which trou.
bles people OF his ealing IL Is termed
"carpse quake" and several of his friends
haze suffered from 1t. Il invariably attacks
digger while he is about the cemetery, The
victim shaking as thsuRb suffering from a
chill. In one case that the digger cites. the
mans health became much impaired but.
abandoning the Business, the poor fellow
recovered. and then took his cid position
Almost the same day the shaking returues.
He again retired. but suffered thereafter q,
the mention of . spade and died in a "a
narksbly short time.
The Washington Star says regarding his
cast steel six-inch breech. loading r,aia
known as the 'Thuriow' gun, which, an
parently passed tho government firing tests
successfully at Annapolis last week. tha,
the official report of the officer condactIpr
the tests mentions certain defects discover,
, ed In the bore of the gun that will probably
give ground for a final report adverse to II,
acceptance by the Government. Yhey ars
thought 20 be due to the gas bEbbIes tba
formed during the casting process. Friend
. OF ths 2ast steel gun are hopefal that th,
! defects noted will not cause tie gun to n,
rejected. The cast gan is greatly cheape
! than the other, and takes about one.fourt
4 | as long. or less, in construction