The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-22
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

Internal Injuries.
The anthracite coal ompanles OF Penn
sylyania have restricted their output by
shutting down on Friday and Saturday of
each week. for the present. The move
ment commenced last week and is general
throughout the mining districts.
The greatest emigration society at
present is the Argentine Republic. II will
spend this year s. 900, 900 to bring immi-
grants from the North of Europe alone.
Ships from England. Holland and France
are taking them over in thousands.
or the as. .O0O. 900 or more of cattle ia
| the United States Texas Is estimated to
I have 4. .724 ,053 the value of which reaches
I the sum of S65, ,51s. ssO. There are more
cattle In Texas than any other State, but
In value New York. Illinois and Iowa lead.
The inhabitants around Good Hope.
seven miles from Atlanta. Ca. are in a state
of panic from the appearance of a wildcat.
! which enters houses and steals children. 1t
/ has been seen several times with a child in
! its mouth, and three children are reported
missing.
I'm Connecticut last week a man who
| pleaded guilty to killing another man was
sentenced to three months to Jail and fined
81. In Boston last week a man who was
convicted of mutiliating a book belonging
70 the public library was sentenced to five
months In jail.
Thirteen miles from Cheyenne is what
is said to be the largest horse farm In the
world. There are 12o, 900 acres OF land.
where roam :. 90 horses, which require the
constant attention OF 65 men. One hun
Grdd miles OF wire fence keeps the ami
mails in bounds.
Miss Bessie 3ockefellsr. daughter OF
John ID. Rockefellar, of the Standard OH
company. was to have been married Friday
to Charles Strong. son Of Rev. DR.. Strong,
of Rochester, n. Y, but the wedding may
be postponed on account of the serious ILL
ness of Mr. Rockefella's mother.
John Wesley. a ten year old boy. who
was so badly frightened by a crowd OF older
boys who were playing white Caps" in
Philadelphia about a week ago. died on
Sunday. Four OF the boys were arrested.
charged with being implicated In the at
tack on the lad, but were released on bail.
They were re-arrreited to-day. The boys
deny al knowledge OF the affair.
in a quarrel In a gambling saloon at
ShamokIn on Monday evening Michael
Vene was stabbed in the neck and three
others fatally shot. During the fight Mich
ael Sessibeu knocked his wife down and
jumped on her body. causing her to give
premature birth to child. which died. See.
siben escaped during the excitement ana is
supposed TO be hiding in the mountain.
At tho Maboney City colIie:y OF the
Reading Coal and Iron company on Monday
the examiners, David Evans and his sons
David and Edward, were engaged In rob-
bing pillars, when suddenly the roof fell
carrying all Of them down. The father and
his son Edward were crushed to death
while David received fvtal injuries. The
elder Evans was 50 years old and leaves q
large family.
George S. Rees, the foreman OF the
squib factory at Plymouth, which exploded
recently. killing number OF girls. made {
confession before dying that it was he, no
Katie Jones, who caused the explosion
He was smoking a pipe il the basemen
when q spark few into the powder keg
The CoToner's jury returned a verdict tina
Katie Jones caused the acciden: by throw.
ing squib in the stove.
John W. Thompson, a commercial
traveller. died in cell No. S of the count,
prison at Harrisburg on Saturday morning
whild suffering from IN attack of deleriuu
tremens. he was IS years old. His hom
was at Schenevous, Otsego county, n. Y
He had tweuty-one dollars in his pockets
he was travelling from Pittsburg to NeV
York. A brother of the deceased took tn
body home on Sunday.
William Buffalo. colored, but six year:
of age, has been arrested at Norfolk, Va.
charged with the murder of Riddick Har
rison, ten years old, also colored. WhI
the two boys were playing together on Feb
ruarY 2Sth a dispute took place between
them, when Buffalo pulled a paiing from
fence and struck Harrison with it. A nai
in the end entered his skull. Nothing ser
ious was thought of it until Thursday. whel
. Harrison died.
The trial of Engineer Thomas Major
who had charge of one of the engines o.
the excursion train on the night OF the fats
} collision at Mud Run station. was begun o.
Monday afternoon at Mauch Chunk. A
effort was made by the counsel for the de
fense to quash the Indictment. but 1t failed
Major is the third OF The trainmen placed o
!, trial in connection with the disaster b
, which sixty persons lost their lives. Eng
: neer Cook and Brakeman Henni0an wer
5 tried and acquitted last week.
, The large tannery of Jacob Eiingel
t located about three miles east OF Lewis
! town, Pa, caught fire from the smok
stack on Saturday afternoon and in a fe'
minutes thereafter the en- tire building an
] adjoining bark sheds were entirely coz
: sumed. The loss will reach $1,000. Severs
: hundred tons or bark was burned. ais
+ hides and machinery. There was 81 200 in
|, suraDce on the building in the Farmers, c
. New York $500 in the American, of Phil
adelphla. and s.. 900 in the Farmers Mutt
q al, OF Danville.
Q Recently there was sent from Norwich
Conn.,, to New York five two-galIon ti
\ cans filled with oil of black birch, whic
. was manufactured in BoZrah by JOB
n Miner. 1t is worth $50 gallon, and Il
q five cans contained 15s pounds of oil. va
;. ued at $500, or a little over S5 a poun
Black birch trees DO not yield oil as Il
maple trees run sap. There is work In ge
tint the tender twigs, and labor in the pr,
cess OF extr racting the oil. One ton of twi
% yields just pounds Of oil. and it took rea
q ly 53 tons OF twigs to yield the :1s gallon
It This oil is used in giving the wiHtergret
@ flavor to oonfection of all kinds.
n "A remarkable coincidence occurred
the home of Dave Kenney, at Athens. G
d He has for long time taken care of o
le Mr.. Gglesby. who is nearing his Tooth yea