The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs

A Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman
threw from moving passenger coach the
pet dog left behind by a lady passenger,
and has been arrested for cruelty.
"A groom of one month returned to his
EastoD home Unexpectedly a few nights
ago and found his wife entertaining an old
Allentown admirer. The latter was beaten
with chair and kicked out Of the house.
"A sand pump near Boise City, Idaho
recently brought up a flint idol from a
depth of 500 feet 1t is claimed to be the
oldest N ark OF human life on record by
Professor Wright. OF Oberlin College, Ohio.
During = somnambulistic ft a farm
hand near Faston hitched mp q team and
plowed q field, and then went back to bed
again. Farmers OF the vicinity are looking
for more farm hands affected In the same
way.
Prof. Loisette's Memory System is
creating greater interest than ever In all
parts OF the country, and persons wishing to
improve their memory should send for his
prospectus free as advertised in another
column nov29 4t.
An Oregon editor spologized to his
readers last week for being three days be-
hind In getting out his paper. he said his
patent insides came all right with lot Of
groceries. but q friend mistook them for q
side OF bacon and packed them of to bis
ranch
Two babies were shot By their father.
Joseph Smith. at New York last Friday
afternoon. Elizabeth, aged 2 years, is dead
with o bullet In her stomach, and eleyen-
months-old Mary is at Bellevue with bull
let In her breast. The father, who Is 30
years of age. was arrested.
An east-bound freight train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked at Fal-
mouth, near Lancaster. last Monday night
by a broken axle. Fifteen loaded cars were
wrecked and eighteen thrown into the canal.
Several cars were loaded with cattle, q
number Of which were drowned.
"A oue-Isgged man. whom :he Seattle,
Wash, police were after the other day.
took refuge In a cellar. barred the door and
defed the whole force. The fire depart
msnt was called out and the cellar pumped
full Of water. When It got up to the mans
chin he surrendered. Since then he has
escaped three times from jail.
"A Charleston, W. Va, special says :
Information has been received here Tues
day evening that there was a big riot In the
Flat Top mining district, In Mercer county
Monday night, in which seven men were
shot. two being Killed Instantly. All the
parties TO the ARRAY were negroes and 1t
grew out OF q drunk, the men having been
paid on Monday.
William Dyer. ira Chsmberlin and Sun
hnn
| Washington. Ind. on Monday last, were
Rccidently shot by George Chamberlin. Sun
| Dyer died Immediately. The others are
| seriously. Injured. Chsmberlin's double
barrsled shot gun was accidently discharged
| and the contents OF both barrels found
| lodgment In the bodies OF his companions
"A real live Wild black bear passed
[ through the village of Summerhill, Jeffer-
( son county, Pa, few days ago in bread
| daylight, swan the creek and escaped With
the lose Of part Of Its tail. 1t WAS hotly
pursued by men, boys and dogs, but the
| men IL their excitement could rot bit 1t,
and when the dogs got near enough they
received cuff which sent them bowling,
and thus bruin made bis way In safety to
| more conge1ial quarters.
l
! last week in a building over the prospecting
| shaft OF natural gas In Washington, Ill.
Gas has been flowing very freely for weeks.
! The building was filled with people, when
| some one thouRhtIessly lighted & match,
1 and terrific explosion followed Two
| prospectors, whose names are unknown.
I and Henry Denhart, the Rev. Mr., SuItt
and J. z. Snyder were fIightfuIiy burned
II Is belieyed several deaths will ensue.
An explosion OF natural gas In the
basement Of brick dwelling house on
! Wylie avenue, near Tunnel street, Pitts,
burg, on Friday morning wrecked the
building and fatally injured q servant girl
Barbara Knable. A leak from the paiu
had filed the vault and basement with gas
and when the girl struck q match to light q
IRE in the range the explosion occurred
hiius the house and enveioping her in
! flames. The flames were extinsuisbed I'M,
/ the girl vas so badly burned that she will
die The loss will be about 81 900.
/ On Wednesday morning the murdered
body OF q young girl named Clara B.
Pierce was found near Karthaus, Pa, n
Is believed that the murder was committed
! about O'Clock. as the girl had been seen in
that neighborhood about that time. A tall
slim man wearing a light suit of clothes and
Derby bat had been seen with her a sbor,
time before and be is believed to be the
murderer. A man has been arrested a,
VANDERBILT on the Beech Creek road who
answers that description. His name is not
| known at present.
| There Is rich family OF the name of
| Lofting In England, whose fortune was
founded by the thimble. The first ever
seen In England was made In London LEES
tnan 200 years ago by O metal worker
named John LoftinR. The usefulness OF
| the article commended It at once to all who
used the needle, and Lofting acQ Quired q
large Torture. The Implement was
then called the thumb>bell. 1t being worn
I on the thumb when In use, and Its SHAPE
suggesting the rest of the name. This
clumsy mode of utilizing it was soon
changed. however. but the name softened
| into "thimble," remains.
Miss Lizzie Burkheiser, about twenty
years OF age, employed as a domestic In the
Attemyer family of Chanceford township,
near York, shot Mrs. Jacob Attemyer.
aged sixty years. In the groin with a thirty
| two calibre revolver. The wound ia not
necessarily fatal. Miss Burkheiser fed i'm
mediately after the shooting. but was ar
rested soon aferwsrd. She claimed that In
pulling the revolver from her pocket 1t was
accidentally discharged 1t is said she was
formerly on the stage insBalimore. On her
way to the jail in York she entertained her
self and the constable with songs and jub-
| liant conversation.
A two-story brick dwelling on Robin
son street, 3raddock, Pa, was blown to