The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-13
NEWS AND OTHER NorrNGs.

The Catholic centenary will be ceIe-
brated in Baltimore. November 10th and
11th.
"A man in Southbridge. Mass. tas a FIVE
legged mule. 1t is treated with more than
ordinary respect.
AT UnadiIIa. Mich, farmers turkeys
got into a dispute with his bees, and the
result was that IL turkeys were killed.
An unknown woman dressed in black
committed suicide on Thursday by jumping
into the rapids and being carried over the
Niagara Falls.
A summer story from Bridgeport. Conn,
is to the effect that a mans leg was found
in the mouth of a shark captured near there
day or two ago.
The knives of q moving machine at
I Perkiomenville, Montgomery county. cut
into three pieces a Is foot blacksnake that
has frequented the vicinity for Is years.
The largest open blast ever discharged
in this country was recently fired in a South
| Bethlehem quarry. One ton OF dynamite
was used and %. 900 tons of stone displaced.
| AT Atlanta. Ga. DR.. ii. p Tucker. one
of the best kno wn Baptist clergymen in the
South. fell from a second story window in
which be was seated last Sunday and sus-
tanned fatal injuries.
Mrs Jacob Hoffert, OF Lower Saucop
near Allentown. returned home the other
day, and found her 2-yesr-old child on the
Kitchen floor playing with q bIacKsnake.
| Two other snakes were in the room, and all
were killed by the chiId's mother.
An explosion occurred in a cartridge
factory. Antwerp. Friday. which resulted
| in the death of 200 persons and the wound
ing of GOO Others. The explosion was also
attended by a great confiagration which de-
stroyed two acres OF closely built property.
F Eugene Clark took poison at Taco
ma. w. T., and fell dead in store. The
body OF a woman fifty years old was found
IN Clark's room. The coroner found that
Clark's room had brought the woman
there. Clark objected, shot at his room
mate. but killed the woman.
-WrightsviIIe, a small town opposite
Columbia, this State. was a scene Of terror
last Sunday night, five barns and the po-
lice station being destroyed by incendiary
fires During the night James Fiester,
alias "Reddy" McEntire, was arrested on
suspicion of being the incendiary.
"A man in Orion. Mictf. has discovered
sure cure for rsttlesnake bite, and it isn't
found in a black bottle, either His dog
was bitten In the mouth by a rattIer and In
ten minutes had head On him Ike an ap-
pie barrel, but the man doped and saturated
him with kerosene and the dog recovered.
"A mob of armed white men surrounded
the fail at Columbia. Mo-, early on Sat urday
morning, overpOweIed the sheriff and took
from his cell George Bush. a negro. seven
teen years old, charged with assaulting a
little white girl of five ears. and haneed
him from one of the windows OF the court
house.
"A severe wind and rain storm has pre-
vailed on Atlantic coast for the past several
days and much damage has been done Re
ports received ind icate that the damage to
railroad lines entering Atlantic City, Cape
May, Sea Isle City. Ocean City and other
coast resorts is very great. No loss OF life
is reported.
Last Saturday night Mrs. Babcock, a
widow who lives at 535 Park avenue, Oma-
ha. heard water running in the bath room
Going to the apartment she found two
strangers in the tub, performing their abb
luti0ns. They commanded her to keep
quiet. and finished the ir bath. They then
raDsacked the house. but left without tax
ing anything.
Christopher Gaatz and wife were out
driving last Saturday evening and attempt
ed to cross the Ohio river railroad track at
MouDdsvIe, when they were struck by a
fast engine and instantly killed. Their
bodies were cut to pieces and strewn along
tie track for one hundred yards. Both
were over 40 years old and member of one
of the best families in this section.
AS passenger train thundered along
near Alleyton, Newaygo county. Mich, the
other day large baldheadsd eagle arose
from beside the track and tried to fly across
the rails ahead of the train, but it was
struck by the engine and was lodged against
cylinderhead. The engineer then went
foreward and captured it. The bird meas
ured six feet from tip to tip across it wings
H. d. Castleberry. town marshal of
Pelham, Ca, was shot last Saturday night
while trying to arrest negro for iuciting a
riot After Castleberry was shot he re-
turned the negroes fire and general shoot
ing began between the whites and blacks.
In which the negro was fatally wounded
a race trouble seemed imminent for a time,
but was averted. Castleberry died shortly
after being shot
Mary (. Oliver, who brough. suit for
breach OF pramise against the late Simon
Cameron. In 1879. and who. in the hands OF
Gen. Butler was proved to be an adventur-
ess. turns up in New York in the guise of
Sister of Charity, where, in that guise.
she collected money ostensibly for charity
anc put 1t in her pocket. She composed
the guild Of st. Stephens, and has been
sued by the landlord of TIE guild house for
81 600 arrears for rent.
Two tramps, ordered to leave Coshoc-
ton. o., on Tuesday by the Town Marshal
HaRans. opened fire with revolvers on him
and crowd OF bystanders Hapans WAS
struck in the right breast. but not fatally
wounded. and Lee Ringer ca ught bali in
his thigh. Hundreds of citizens then ioined
IN the chase Of the men. One was caught
on the river bank, but the other SWAN the
stream and hid in the bushes. He was at
last "treed" and rece ived two bullets In his
body before he would surrender. The men
answer the description of the desperadoes
who made tne assault on the train near
Walls station. Friday. in which two of the
crew were seriously wounded.
q b Walters, who kept a grocery at
Sewells Point, was found murdered in his
oed room on Sunday morning. 1t Is sup
posed that about O'Clock that morning
parties called at the store and woke up
Walters, and as be opened the door be was
struck senseless with a club and then
beaten to death, the broken skull and
mangled face plainly showing the manner
OF death. The murderers then robbed the
store of $3.50 and a lot OF merchandise, after
which Walters body was placed between
two mattresses, which were set on the FIRE
and one arm and a portion of the face was