The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
NEWS AND OTMER NoTINGs


all OF the congregation who paid their debts
planned tn at be didn't pay his debts because
the rest Of the congregation owed him on
subscriptions
"A sporting man in Chicago was so GER
tain that his dog would win a proposed fight
that he mortgaged his cigar factory and all
bis jewelry. and even persuaded bis sweet
heart 10 put up all her loose cash. The
other dog won. and his factory was closed
out and his girl committed suicide.
The lead, coal ard gold excitement is
running very high at Lowell, Iowa. A. d.
! Williamson and j. d. Gregg went out to
prospect for lead q few days ago and re-
turned with quite a chunk of gold ore, and
say they have struck it rich. Joseph Kirk
has found a four-foot vein OF coal on his
land about one mile from Lowell.
Peter Shick. OF Montgomery. Lycoming
county. while riding at gallop past place
| where some cows were watering, last Fri
day, one Of the cows collided with the
horse. Both animals and man were thrown
together in a promiscuous heap. Shick
alighting on his head, sustaining injuries
from which he died the same evening
"A soldier named Vertiole has just been
condemned to death for an extraordinary
performance. He was being tried by court
martial at Oran for an attempt to desert,
when he suddenly threw the quid of tobac-
| co comfortably slowed away in the recesses
| Of his cheek in the face OF Colonel Thierry,
; who presided. The man was at once SEN
fenced to death for an assault on a super
| ior while on duty.
Betty Shea. a servant girl In the family
of John Voolfolk. Lexington. KY, was
murdered in her room, In a wing OF the
Voolfolk mansion, early Monday morning,
by Thomas O'Brien, her lover. The room
gave evidence of a desperate strupgle and
her night gowE and undergarments were
torn in many places. Her skull was crush.
ed in with some blunt Instrument and her
head and body were badly bruised.
About l 200 of the 1000 carpenters In
| St. Louis. Mo-, went on a strike on Mon
/ day morning. The causes leading up to
! this action are a demand of the men for an
| eight-hour day and 30 cents per hour as
| standard wages. The bosses seem TO have
generally conceded the eieht-hour day, but
are divided about the wages many OF them
being unwilling 20 give more than 80 cents
per day.
| "A stage from Murphey's to Milton, Cal,
was held up by lone highwaVman on Mon
day morning near Angeles. The driver was
| ordered to throw out the Wells. Fargo & Co. S
treasure box and mail bag, which he did.
! They were Iiied by the robber, but only a
small amount was secured. Another ma II
bag supposed to have contained valuable
registered packages was not touched. The
| FIVE passengers on the stage were net mo-
Tested.
| "A Chester woman bought a bottle OF
whisky and put it in her basket. saying she
| would pay another time. The barkeeper
| demurred, and she handed him back a bot
| tie of water which she had provided for the
| purpose, and went off In assumed rage
| Then a man came In for bottle OF whisky
and bought the bottled water. he was back
in a few minutes roaring mad. and names
were called before the truth came out. The
woman played the same trick at another bar
the same afternoon.
On Saturday o: last week as r. c.
| Smith. a well-known farmer of Grant coun-
| ty, W. Va, his wife, and Annie Hanger,
one of the handsomest and most popular
| young ladies IN that section, were crossing
the Potomac, Miss Hangers horse STUN
bled and fell, throwing the girl into the
water. Mr.. Smith sprang to her aid and
seiZiDg her by both arms. started for shore,
| but the current was so strong he coon be-
| came exhausted, and. unable to hold the
girl longer, she was swept away and drown
ed.
A clear case OF an awakened conscience
seems to have occurred in GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
! a secondhand store was robbed OF a gold
watch valued at $50, and all efforts to catch
J the thief were without avail. On Saturday
! night, however, the watch and a note were
brought to the store by two small boys, who
! stated that they were handed to them with
the request that they be left there. The
note stated that the person taking the watch
was thoroughly sorry that he had done so,
and took that method OF making reparation
"A house belonging to Rev S. E Hughes.
pastor of the Congregational church at
Nanticoke, was entirely destroyed by fire
at an early hour on Tuesday morning.
There has been considerable trouble In the
church, OF which he is pastor, lately and
scenes have been enacted that approach
near to riot. One faction of the conpre-
cation has applied to the court for an in
junction restraining Rev. Hughes from par
ticipating in the service. Tie fire this
morning was of incendinry origin and it is
believed to be the work OF one Of his ene-
mics. A reward was offered on wednes-
day for the arrest OF the guilty party.
Asa W. Kellogg. general agent of the
Southern Pacific Railway at Cincinnati,
committed suicide in the Southern Hotel q,
st. Louis Saturday night. he retired at 2
O'Clock and left orders to be called at a late
hour in the morning. he failed TO respond
to repeated calls and the door of his room
was forced open. Mr.. Kellogg lay dead on
the bed and an empty laudanum vial and a
note told the rest OF the story. TIE note
read {: 81 have fought the battle and lost.
Bury me deep and say as little about me as
possible. A fool Is better soon forgotten 81
Mr.. kellogg was forty-one years OF age and
was widely known among railroad men in
tie West. The motive for his act is not
| known.
"A most remarkable feat of railroading
was performed on Monday on the Erie rail-
road. A locomotive of American manufsc-
ture hauled the Buffalo day express the en-
tire distance from Jersey City to Buffalo,
423 miles. This is the greatest run ever
made by one engine. A special Pullman car,
containing several representatives of the
New York press, invited by the Erie railway
and the locomotive company to witness this
performance, was attached to the train al
Jersey City and brought through to Buffalo
The train left Jersey City at 9-25 A. NJ. and
arrived at Buffalo exactly on time, at 1870