The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-29
NEWS AND OTHER SOTINGs.

About 3 600 brakes have been invented
and patented. One OF the latest is described
as beautifully simple in its working Push
a button and the brakes are set on the en-
tire train.
David Conrad, proprietor of the Hotel
Conrad at Canton, O. was recently bun
coed cat of s. 600 by two Inen giving the
names of UmbeIhour and Cliffe. They got
of safely with the money.
-Tompkins Warner, a farmer of Roches-
ter, Y, 30 years OF age. fell into his hog
pen on Monday morning and was nearly
deyou-ed by the animals. He was de-
crepid and could not defend himself.
AT Chicago. Saturday evening. Police
Lieutenant Beekwith and a thief named
Jerry Sullivan fired several shots at each
other. two OF the bullets striking children
and perhaps fatally injuring them. SulIi-
van was finally captured.
"A peculiar accident happened to VIM
Fisher, LIMA. o., youth. He was stand
ing under a street lamp. when the glass
broke. lie looked upward to see what was
the matter, when a large fragment of glass
hit bin in the eye. cutting the ball nearly in
two
"A. j. Petit, an aged citizen of West
Finley township, Washipe eton county, was
fouEd dead in the road about one and
half miles from T, n Intent. last Thursday
morning. He had broken his neck by fall
from his wagon while on his way home
from Claysville. His horses stood by the
body of their master until it was found,
fully IL hours.
"A peculiar accident was met with last
week by Oliver Tucker, whose home Is at
EIdervillie. this State. He was climbing a
tee. when il split, allowing him TO drop in
to the opening, which closed upon him.
crushing him terribly. One Of his eyes was
squeezed from its socket At last accounts
the unfortunate man was living, but in
most critical condition.
10 the largest iewelry shops in New
YnrE, where s. 600 worth OF gold is used a
day, the gold is not weighed out to the
workmen, and nothing but the honesty of
the employees paevents loss. But while the
gold is allowed TO be thus exposrd, tobacco
has 10 be locked up because it has been
found that the man who would not steal a
grain OF his employers gold. would not hes
itate to appropriate his neighbours tobacco.
AS passenger train from Claremont to
Concord, New Hampshire, was nearing
Noun. Sunapes on Friday afternoon, the
engir eer saw a man near the track wildly
waving his hands as IL signaling the train.
The train was stopped near where the man
stood. When ii had come to a standstiIl
the man deliberately placed a revolver to
his head and shot himself dead. He turned
out to be Horace Palm er. thirty years old
ard farmer working for Mr. Lear at SUIT
ton. No cause assigned.
"A probably fatal shooting case, the
| parties to which are children aged and 6
| years respectively, occurred in Pottsvile,
Pa, on last Sunday afternoon. John Diet.
rick and Charles Day were playing together
at the home of the former when they found
a revolver in a closet. Dietrich pointed
the weapon at Day when il was discharged,
the 30 calibre ball entering the latter's
nose. passing down through the roof of the
mouth into the throat. a surgeon probed
for the bali. Int was unable to locate it.
buddy" Lee, colored puddler, was
shot in the mouth and instantly killed a,
Pittsburg early last Sunday morning by
Charles Allen. also colOred, in front OF
yellow Row." disrepurabls house. AL
len was intoxicated. and imagined that Lee
had irsulted his wife. He found Lee stand
ing on the sidewalk, and, without a mo
ment's warning, shot him dead. Allen ther
fled, and has not been captured. Shortly
after the murder the police raided the hons.
and captured eight men and four women.
In a cave on the western side of Bears
afp
Narrows, near Cumberland, Nd, a boz
named Daniel Scraun last Saturday eYeninI
found a human skeleton. Upon inyestiga.
tion it proved to be the remains of Johr
Hodel, an inventor, VITO seven year
ago next Friday left his home in a Fl
of dependency, and had not since beer
heard from. He had invented clock o.
wonderful workmanship and resembling thu
Strasburg clock. but it failed of success
financially.
John Norris, of Wilkesgarre, Pa,
thrifty Austrian, who has no faith in Saw
ings Banks, entrusted 81, 255 to his wife foI
safe Keeping. She sewed the money up il
her petticoat, which she wore during thu
day time and at night placed under her Pill.
low During the absence of Norris from
his home on Sunday night three masked
men entered the wife's bedroom. gagged
her, stole the petticoat and the money, and
made good their escape. a neighbo,
named Wm. Standish has been arrested or
suspicion, and Mrs. Norris Identifies him a.
one of the thieves.
Three small boys were discovered iyin,
in an engine cab in the Pennsylvania Rail-
road yard, on Friday morning, in jersey
City. When ordered TO leave they locked
the door and threatened to start the engine
1t had about $50 pounds of steam pressure
In the boiler and there was danger of its ex
ploding. Switches were turned so thst II
the engine started It would run of the track
and the wheels were blocked so that it could
not back up. Policemen were then sent fol-
to dislodge the boys. The boys met them
with showers of stones and coal. The po
iicemen drew their revolvers and charged
on them. 4 short hand-to hand battle fol-
lowed, ending in the arrest of the boys:
On last Sunday morning about eleven
O'Clock thirty-fiye out of 100 boys at the
House OF Refuge. Cincinnati, o., made g
break :or liberty. They were from 10 to 1.
years old and were under four leaders, the
chief of whom was negro boy These
boys when 1t came time for them to retire tC
their rooms preparatory for dinner. instead
of doing so marched in body, armed with
baseball bats, TO the front entrance, where
they found four guards stationed. They
demanded free passage, but were driver
back. Then they used bats and rocks and
broke several windows. The noise attract
ed the attention of the police, and fifteer
officers were sent to the place. The foul
ringleaders were locked in their rooms ant
quiet was restored. The four leaders made