The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
NEWS AND OTHER NOrINGs.

ing Judge Terry, with a magnificent gol,
watch and chain appropriately engraved.
Count Berthier, a grandson OF Bona
parties marshal. recently lost a roll of banl
notes containing s1O0.0o on a railroad
train he offers 81 900 reward for its re
| turn.
Thirteen thousand gallons OF water pc
minute are being flung down the shaft O
the Delaware and Hudson canal company
blazing colliery at Olyphant, which ha
been Cd fire for some days.
A number of shipwrecked sailors on tn
Pacific were % days In an open boat
Driven TO desperation by hunger and thirs
they were about to draw lots as to VIII
should die when land was discovered.
"A dog which was swimming in the bs,
near the BrunswicK and Western dock a
Brunswick. Ga, wednesday sudden Iy CAV
yelp and disappeared. Spectators sup
posed that a shark had made a meal of him
| -EleYen prisoners convicted of larcen,
at New Castle, Del, were publicly whipped
in the jail yard at that place last Saturday
Only about thirty people witnessed tn,
fogging. which was very light, the cul
prits leaving the the post in smiles.
Gertrude Newell, ten year old girl Al
Bear Lake, about fifteen miles from Wilkes
barre. Pa. was fatally injured by playing
with dynamite cartridge on Sunday. She
struck il with her foot and it exploded
tearing away part of her left arm and ter
riby cutting her on the body
John Jones. 10 year-oId lad, was ar
| rested at Homestead. Pa, on Monday after
noon for the murder of Anthony Now, al
iron worker of that place. Last Thursday.
Now was teasing Jones. when the latter
struck him on the head with a monkey
wrench. infiic;ing the wound which resulted
in his death.
Indians from all the Northeast are con-
gregating Oh Red River Reservation, at
Odonah. Wis. to attend the annual medi
cine dance, which is held In different places
every year. There are over 500 redskins on
the OdOnah Reservation at present, and
more are constantly arriving The pow
WOW will continue several days
"A barn belonging to Mrs. wiletts, Sit
uated near Cumberland, Pa, was destroyed
together with its contents on Monday.
There was in the barn an unknown tramp,
six head OF horses. 10 head of cattle, farm
ing implements. crops, etc, which were all
burned. 1t Is supposed that the tramp had
matches In his possession and set the barn
on fire and could not escape. The loss is
Sc. 900 /; insured.
"A dispatch from Chicago says that two
English sYndIcstes have expended fifty
million dollars in this country for the con-
troll of Industrial enterprises No business
was acquired which has not paid at least
twelve and One-half per cent. year for the
past five years. Grain elevators, Touring
mills and breweries have been the favorite
investments. Further purchases are now
being considered.
The village of Cambria, near San LUIS
ObispO, Cal. was almost entirely DESTROYED
by IRE on Sunday. AS there was iittle
water at hand. and almost no fire service,
building after building was consumed. be-
fore their contents could be removed. No
lives were lost. The postofice, telegraph
and express Offices were totally destroyed
The total loss is about 1925. 600 insurance
about s22. 600. The cause of the fire is un-
known.
The report that an outbreak of pleuro-
pneumonia has occurred among cattle in the
counties Of Chester, Montgomery and
BeTks, in Pennsylvania, is pronounced to be
without foundation by the officers CT the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Agricultural
department. The only basis for the report
is the fact that the State authorities of Penn.
sylvania notified the bureau that they bad
found two cases of contagious pleuro pneu-
mOnia in a herd OF Chester county.
"A fatal accident occurred near VIII
mington, Del, about baIf-past l O'Clock on
Saturday afternoon. A passenger train
dashed into q coal .rain on a single track on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in the
suburbs Of that city, resulting in the in
slant death of Fireman Edward Lyle, Of the
passenger train. Engineer Stanton. of the
same train. saved himself by jumping.
Engineer Gaute, of the coal train, was
slightly hurt. None of the pass were
seriously injured. al though they were badly
shaken up.
One day last week ten miners-the full
number allowed by law-were op the cage
on the bottom of Leisenring shaft No. 3.
Fayette county, Pa, ready to come out OF
the mime Just as the cage started up
ward another man came running through
the passageway and jumped on the moving
cage. His momentum jostled the Others,
and he and another man were caught be-
tween the cage and the cribbing of the Shaft
and both men were literally torn to pieces.
They were Hungarians and their names are
unknown.
John Friese. a car conductor OF Balti-
more, Md. shot and fatally wounded
Miss Georgia V. Stone, who worked at the
Mount Vernon cotton mills in that city
lie was her discarded lover. Some time
ago FIiese came to her house drunk She
refused to see him and returned to him ali
his presents On Sunday afternoon, while
walking with George w. Moore, the son of
the Rill superintendent. she noticed FrIese
sitting on fence with some OF his compan
ions. He demanded to know if she intends
ed having anything further to do with him,
and to her negative response she received a
pistol shot through the right breast and an.
other in the corner of her eye. Friese has
made bis escape.
On Monday Fireman Matthew Byo
had an experience that he will never forget
brakeman named Thomas Higgins sIipp-
ed between two freight cars on a moving
train near Maple Ridge, Mich. The signal
to stop was given by another brakeman
who saw the fall, and the train stopped and
backed up TO where Higgins lay. Five cars
had passed over his body. which was fright
fully mangled. The head was completely
severed from the trunk and lay several feet
from the track. Fireman ByO picked up
the head. and was horror stricken to see the
eyelids close and again open and partly close
again. This was seen by Engineer william
Whitney and the brakeman. ALI three
were badly frightened. This sign of con-
consciousness was given several minutes