The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-02
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGS.


rested in Dubuque, Iowa, or Friday night.
/ -R. II. Taylor, a former wei! known bus
iness man of WilliamspOrt, being a member
of the firm Of Linck x Taylor, stove dealers,
4 was drowned In Lake Calhoun. near Mime
Gpohs, on Tuesday OF last week. He was
1 81 years old.
AT MiIlcreek, near Erie yesterday. as
Joseph Boeert was driving Ieaping ma
chine across .he,harvest field they raG into a
bees nes;, and the maddened insects turned
/ upon the team. The machine was wrecked
in the ensuing run of. and one horse was
ruined.
A dispatch received from Nagaski. ia
pan, states that dreadful earthquake has
ocrarIsd in the western portion of the Is
( land Kiou SIou. The town Humamoto was
destroyed. a great number OF people per
ished. y vast amount of property was also
/ destroyed.
Nine persons were poisoned in Mil
waukse Tuesday night by eating dried beef
shipped TO local dealers by a Chicago firm
Four OF the Victims are preca:iously i'll.
I while the others are on the road to recovery.
Cats and dogs which were given the meat
/ would not eat it.
August DzimbOwski, a Polish lad, was
walking on top a coke oven at Broad Ford,
! several days ago, when, the oven caved in,
and he fell among the glowing Goals. His
( body, when recovered, was a shspeless
mass, and hac to be dismembered before it
could be placed IN coffin.
Mrs. Isabel Smith, while on a visit to
her daughter at UniOntown, fell down a
stairway on Sunday night, breaking her left
arm so badly that she never will recover
the use of it. Her head also struck key in
the door at the bottom of the steps. the key
I penetrating her skull nearly an inch.
One Of the regiments encamped at I'm
| iontOwn was drilling on the stu5ble field
used as a parade grOun0 several days ago.
when a nest of pumble-bees disturbed by
/ the tramp OF feet resented 1t so Yehemently
| that the line was broken up, and some of
the warriors exhibited uncommon skill in
| retreat
The cattle men from Indian Territory
report that the Texas fever is PLAYING havoc
among the cattle in the territory. Over
| forty head were seen dead in one pasture
/ alone and in others the numbers varying
/ from seven to twenty five. They also
| stated that hundreds of cattle were dying in
/ Oklahoma.
The marriage of the Earl of Fife TO
Princess Louise. daughter OF the Prince of
! Wales took place in London, Saturday.
There were four hundred presents, valued
at 81 100000. a cablegram says the dand-
lest person in the chapel was Victoria, who
wore a black silk brocaded dress. sprInkled
with large white flowers
During quarrel in Franklin, Pa, on
/ Saturday night George Huntsberger was
struck on the head with besr bottle by a
man named Whitman and so severely in e.
! jured that the doctors have given up all
hopes of his recovery. Huntsberger resides
in Oil City and was removed there Sunday.
/ Whitman has been arrested.
"A terrific storm OF rain and wind ragged
for over two hours in Chicago on Saturday
/ night During its height an unfinished
( building was blown down. demolishing a
frame cottage beside it and killing eight
m en-. -Four others were badly injured
TIE rainfall is reported 20 have exceeded
four inches In two and a quarter hours.
Thursday afternoon Michael Merkel,
the well-knOwn coal operator OF MinersvilIe,
this State, layfulIy handed loaded shot
gun TO Miss Minnie Stahl. visitor The
trigger was up and the gun was acciden-
tally discharged. the load entering MI Mer-
kel's heart, killing him instantly. He was
about ffty-iye years of age. The young
lady is almost crazy.
Twenty machines are at work harvest
ing wheat on the Dalrymple farm and many
smaller farms in Cass county, Dakota
This is about two weeks earlier than the
| harvesting time last year. The reports
from harvesters say that, while the wheat
has hot headed so thick as usual, the quail
ty is unusually good, N uch larger proper
/ tion than ever before going No. hard.
Two swindlers played a very shrewd
trick on the merchants OF Somerset, XIV.
They bought up all the ginseng they could
| find. took it to town and sold il at the nom.
inal price of 81 per pound. Upon inyesti-
cation it was found the ginseng hand been
bought while green, split and a groove made
in the root, which was filled with lead
Even iron tacks were found stuck INTO the
ends OF the roots.
Miss Madge Crawford, of Kittanning,
| Pa. died in Italy four weeks ago OF Roman
/ fever. The authorities compel the imme-
mediate burial of persons dying from this
disease, but Miss Crawford's brother, with
the help or some American friends, resur.
rected the body, had iu packed to res emble
a consignment OF glass. and, as such, got II
to vessel bound for Ammerlca. Its ar.
rival is expected daily.
Last unday between Laurel and Sea-
|
flooding the country. The railroad track.
between Seafo-d and Delmar for 20 miles
were under water on Monday most of the
way. The Norfolk express, south bound
was delayed about four hours by a washou
near Cannon's station. Corn fields are un-
der water with strawberTy y crates and bas-
kets floating in the fields.
"A dead oak tree was taken M or
Wragcmall, Charleston, s. C., last week
and under the roots, about four feet deep
was found an Is-pounder solid shot appar
entity from siege or ships gun. The tire,
was 80 or 40 year old, and, besides, no sucI
shot fell in the city during the last war. /
is. therefore. relic of the Revolution, fire,
probably during the siege of Charleston b,
Sir Henry Clinton, and from a battery nea
Haddrell's Point.
Last Saturday night Mrs. John Emmons
Of Gaylord, Kan, against the advice of be
husband, went to the depot to see an ex
cursion train come in. Upon her return he
husband Knocked her down while she ha
her baby In her arms and then threatene
TO shoot their two small children. The Cit
, Marshal arrested Emmons and locked hIr
/, MP. Shortly afterward the iail was broke
E into by mob and Emmons was given
1 coat ~ tar and feathers Fmmops ;s q ciar