The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13
NEWS AND OTHER sorINGs

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| -Westmoreland county is overrun with
tIamps. On Tuesday several children go>
ing 20 school at Greensburg were assaulted
and their dinner baskets taken away.
! Numerous other outrages are reported from
| other towns.
| The largest infant eyer born In Con-
nectIcut was that of Mrs. Lewis Dnke, OF
Meriden, which weighed IS bounds at birth
1t was born about week ago and lived on
| phenominal babe.
Florida will coon be tre greatest lemon
| growing country in the world. Lemons
weighing a pound each are common In Flor
ida, and along the banks of Caloosahatchie
there is single tree which bears 5000 lem
ons, many Of which weigh pound each.
"A young man named James Donohne.
| about Is years old, was shot and instantly
killed Monday evening by William Boathe
| The murder was committed in the back
room of q building adjoining a saloon.
| Boathe was arrested at his home shortly
after the shooting.
"A South Carolina man who was curious
to know just how much stuff an alligator
could get away with when he felt well, fed
out a hind quarter of a COW, seven chickens,
a sheep, four geese and a hogs head before
the reptile backed water The COW and
sheep and poultry had died or poison, but
this didn't trouble the 'gster any.
While John Patterson was standing at
| the Delaware Bank counter on last Satur>
day morning, clipping coupons from bonds
| which he kept on deposit there, an un-
known man seized Mr.. Patterson's deposit
| box, containing some thirty Thousand dol
lars in securities, and ran out and away.
/ The police are trying to find the thief.
"A number of boys. ranging in age
from twelve to fourteen years. stole several
/ bottles of whisky from a saloon on Wabash
avenue. Chicago. last night. They drank
freely, anc one OF them. John Mahoney,
died from the effects a few hours later
several otheIs are in a critical condition
and may die. The police think the liquor
was drugged.
Marion Crowell. a young merchant of
Connel'syille. Pa. shot and killed Joseph
| Porter in cold blood Tuesday afternoon
There was 20 cause for the killing except
whisky. Crowell got drunk and started for
| Dunbar with the avowed intention of shoot.
! ing him. when they met he asked Porter r
to drink. Upon his refusal he drew a re-
yolver and shot him deaa. The murderer
| is under arrest.
"A friend of the lazy, In Bangor, Ne :,
has invented a device by means of which a
man can catch fish without fishing. lie
attaches small sleighber to a piece of bar
one end of which he inserts into a crack In
the dock. After batting his line and
throwing it overheard ne fastens it to the
hoop. puts his hands In his pockets and
awaits developments. AS soon as the bel
is iingled by a jerk on the line, he hauls II
/ in and lands the fish.
The steamer Alagcas, with exEmperor
! Dom Pedro. OF Brazil and party on board
and flying the old Brazilian flag, arrived In
the Tagus on last Friday morning. She an
chored off Belom, suburb of Lisbon, op.
| posite the Lszaretto but WAS not COMPEL
I ed to undergo quarantine. Dom Pedro, tht
! ex-Empress, the Count and Countess D'EU
/ CsOn-n-law). the three sons OF the Coun
and Countess. and Prince Augustus, OF
SAKE Coburg, the other son.in-Iaw of Don
! Pedro. went ashore Immediately.
"A little over a year ago Mrs. Richie
aged about go years. went to Denver from
| Cheyenne with q son of twenty-five year:
and deaf-and-dumb daughter aged fifteen
Three weeks ago the mother and son wen
on protracred debauch. The ole lady mo-
having been seen for several DAYS the land
lord entered the house Tuesday night and
found her dead body on the floor almost de
! voured by rats. The son was in an adjoin-
ing room in beastly state OF intoxicatio
The dead woman had $50. 600 on deposit il
the First National Bank. Foul play is sus-
pected.
1t is a well-known fact that the Econo
my or Harmony Society, at Economy. Pa.
forbid marriage. Their numbers are kepi
up by adopting children. or the thousand
representing this society at one time thirt,
remain, and the number Is dwindling dowr
! yearly. About the first of next year {
dozen new members will be taken in
| Among be Dumber are some married .ami
lies. It is being discussed by the members
| whether 1t is advisable to adopt matrimon,
or not. Tie majority seems to be in favo
OF it, and the old order permitting members
to marry may be reinststed again next year
/ which will make a marked change in tn,
I society.
| John Jacobs, nineteen-y wear OLD
youth, residing with his parents at No. ,.
123 Mohawk street. Chicago, had his necI
broken in front OF his own door on SUNDAY
night. His sister Lizzie. a girl of about I'll
teeu. of whom he was very fond, was tn,
] "a
Jacobs death, and it was while taking he
from the company of undesirable compan
IONS that he was killed. The girl left tn,
house In the evening and Jacobs soon afte
went out and found her walking with JohI
Wessell and Paul Stockbart He called Il
her TO go home, and a scufie ensued be
tween the boys. Jacobs was pushed aeains
fence violently, and sank to the groun,
Rasping BE died in few inmates. N
arrests have as yet been made.
"A cdrious FREAK OF nature came 10 IIeh
In the town of Newport. Perry county ol
Tuesday, which called yisibIy to mind tn
existence OF the once famous SIames
twins. The wife of John Smith gave brit
to twin babies. which were united with
ligament for a space OF two inches extend
ing from the navel upward. There wa
one child of each sex. The male was a full
ly developed child the other was terribl
deformed. In place of a hand there wer
but two fingers growing from the wrist
One arm was bent at the elbow, but ther
was no joint; one hip was mp near th
shoulder, and one leg was only the sem
blance OF a member, being only about a
inch in length. The male portion of tn
I
after. The body was buried.