The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-05-03
NEW, AND OTHER NoTIN Gs

or travellers.
About eight hundred OF the eight thOus-
and railroad coal miners In the Pittsburg
district are on a strike against the new
scale adopted by the opera tors
The longest frain that has been heard
OF for some time was one which passed oyer
the Delaware, LackawannA and Western
railroad composed OF 11S open and box
cars.
Twenty different Mormon preachers
have invaded Buck Valley. Fulton county,
within the past few days. Several persons.
it is reported, have been baptized in that
faith.
Out Of 100 900 people who cross the At
lantic from New York TO Liverpool, the
loss of life is nd, ssgreat as among 100 600
who travel between New York and Pitts
burg by rail.
Mrs. Retta McKeep, who was found In
the Madison county. Indiana, asylum, has
been returned to Clinton county, Ohio, TO
answer the charge OF having stolen ten
horses and other property.
While at work at Joseph Brittaln's saw
mill. in Worth township, Butler county, on
Wednesday, Theodore Davis: stumbled. feii
against the saw. and was cut in two The
halves OF his body were flung forty feet by
the saw.
Hiram RicA. of Northampton county.
was closing the door of his granarY when he
noticed that something prevented is from
shutting tightly. On examination he found
a large blacksuake firmly wedged between
the door and the jamb. The snake was
dead.
The earth over the Boston mine at Ply
mouth, Pa, operated by the Delaware and
Hudson company, eaved 10 on Friday,
causing the coIlieIY to become flooded and
! throwing GOO employees out Of work until
the water can be pumped out. Loss prob>
ably $50. 900.
-Twenty-six head OF fine steers in
herd at Abilene, Kan, have been killed be-
cause they had hydy drophobia- A mad dog
bit one of the herd of 200 a few weeks ago /;
rabies spread rapidly and 1t became neces-
sary to shoot the msddened animals. The
disease is still spreading.
Miss Mary Calhoun, one Of the leading
young ladies OF Shelbyvllle, Tenn, com-
mitted suicide at early hour Saturday
morning by drowning herself In a we'll.
She had been Ill for some time, and become
/ respondent. Miss Calhoun had been dead
! several hours before her body was discover
ed.
AT Malvern, Carroll county, Ohio. Sat-
urday. Johnny Hexamer. aged 8. and his
cousin, Charley DickmaD, aged 5. quarreled
while at play. Hexamer seized a shotgun
that was standing near and fired at his
cousin, the charge taking effect in bis head.
He fingered in agony until death came to
his relief.
The bones OF a mas:odon were unearth-
ed on the farm of C.. c. Tremble, near
WIndfall, Ind. One of the teeth was
inches long and inches In diameter and a
tusk of the moustrous animal measured
nine feet When the air struck the bones
they crumbled to pieces, and but few Of
them were saved.
1t is not often that so ch little matter
| as three minutes stand between a man and
the peDitentiary. Yet that was the case In
/ Toledo the other day, when It was shown
that theft was committed Just that period
before sunset, and hence was petty larceny
and not burglary. Great Is tie Ingenuity
of the Toledo lawyer.
years OF age, went to his barn near Kansas
City, Kansas, Oh Saturday last with load
ed revolver for the purpose Of killing g
! skunk. In hunting for the animal be fel
from the loft TO the floor below. and the re
vOlyer was discharged. the bullet entering
Becker's heart, killing him Instantly.
While removing the boards from an oIt
well in the rear OF the Eurick property, or
Oak street, London, Ohio. the tenants dis
covered fully developed white child float
ing on the surface OF the water. Its heaC
and right shoulder were mashed. 1t haC
been in the well about three months
There Is nothing to indicate the parents o
the infant.
The village of Albion, New York, is Will
with excitement over a murderous assaul
on his wife by William 81. Whaling Or
Saturday night Whaling went home ant
during quarrel with his wife be attacked
her and cut her throat. He then dragged
her out into the yard. where she was founC
In the morning. She will die. Whaling hai
been arrested.
Last Sunday evening Mary Boyd, o.
Wheeling, w. Va, endeavored to eject
man from ber residence on Alley c. He re
fused to 60, when she started for a bach
room. saying she would find a way to max,
him 60. He drew a revolver and shot bel
In the back, inflicting fatal wound. HC
then fled, but was subsequently arrested
The woman cannot live.
A severe hailstorm, followed by heav,
fall of rain. is reported fro m Murray county
Georgia. The falling hail. by cold and
force, benumbed the fish in SuOar craaLr
The following rain washed the heIples:
hsh out Of the creek. leaving thousands Of
them high and dry. Citizens of surround
ing country gathered hundreds of pound:
each of the fish for table use.
1t is asserted that Jay Gould Is by NJ
means as well OF strong as he was one
month ago. His speculations begin to weal
upon him, so that instead of his visiting his
usual place of business bis doctor visits hin
daily. Tais is said despite the statement
that Mr.. Gould is In better health than any
time during the past 10 years. Neither
report may be wholly true, and both, 1t Is
likely, are based on facts.
-CeIestine de Msreo. the eIghteen-year-
old wife Of young and wealthy Italian
contractor, committed suicide Thursday
night at her residence in New York by
shooting. She was suffering from an In
durable complaint and he'd been In a mel
ancholy mood for some time. She was the
daughter of a railroad contractor in Argyle,
Wis The husband. crazed by grief, at
tempted suicide, but was prevented:
"A dispatch from Dubuque declares that
a speculator is buying cats there at so cents
to 81 each, to take to Dakota to sell to the