The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-11
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs.

| IN large numbers from form of epiZooty.
oil has been found at the depth of eight
hundred feet on farm near Allegheny. N.
Y. causing great excitement among the
villagers.
The largest lump of gold in the world Is
in the treasury department at Washington.
1t weighs 1900 ounces and was found in
North Carolina.
MIR. F. G. Murphy. of Louisville
dreamed of being at a race and seeing a
certain horse come In ahead Of the rest
Accepting this as 'tIp" he bet 800 on
that horse and came out $3.50 ahead.
The railroad car on witch Lincoln rode
10 Washington at the time of his FIRST inaug.
uration is now used as a smoking car on the
New York Central railroad and runs be-
tween Wellsboro and Antrim. this State.
Arnold Chambers, resident of Budd
] Town.. n. j., was on Sunday night unmers
| cifully beaten and probably fatally stabbed
| by tramps, one of whom was q woman.
! They robbed him of his supplies. his money
/ and valusbles and left him lying in the
roadway with an ugly cash in his neck
Miss Hester Fountain an aged lady,
was fatally burned at the home of her niece.
Mrs. S. A. Cline. at Denton. Del, on Satur-
day morning. She was preparing break
fast and opening the stove door to fix the
fire the draught drew in her apron, which
was instantly aaame. Before assistance ar.
rived she was literally roasted alive.
George johnson and John Hanson, of
Worcester, Mass, employed by Darling
Bros. as stage builders Oh the Union church
at Rockville, Conn, were precIp;tated sew
enty>ive feet on last Friday morning by the
breaking OF the staging. Johnson's skull
was broken and he was almost instantly
killed. HausOns back is broken, his ribs
driven into his lungs, and he cannot live.
Julia O'Conner, aged IA years. died last
Saturday night in the New York hospital
from the effects a beating she received two
months ago at the hands Of a girl of about
her own age, named Maggie Miller. The
girls quarreled about lad named Jack"
who paid attention to both. The police are
searching for Maggie on a charge OF homi-
eide.
Frank Gross and Julius Duerr. broth>
ers-in-law. living in Brooklyn, n. Y.
quarreled about family matters on Sunday
and came TO blows. Frank Gross, Jr, aged
16, blind boy. who was home on a visit
from New York asylum, became excited,
and, picking up plate, hurled it in the di-
rection of the noise. The plate struck
Duerr, fracturing his skull. Death will
probably result.
A calf was recently caught on the cow
catcher OF one of the big locomotives of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad. near Gohutta. and carried a dis
tance OF nine miles. When discovered the
young bovine was lying complacently OF
the pilot, apparently enjoying the mode OF
rapid transit. 1t was completely unharmed,
and when released tIotted away as If moth
ing unusual had happened.
james johnson. an empIoye in Nc
Donagh & G oss's stone qusrries at Water
vile, MINI, was amusing himself by play
ing with a coll of rope which was attached
TO some machinery in the mill, where they
saw stones. he became tangled IN some
manner and was whirled around violently,
tearing his shoes of, breaking his legs snd
tearing one arm so badly as to necsssitate
anputation. He survived the operation
only short time, dying in great agony.
Carrie Hill. aged IS years, has been ar
rested in Topeka, Kansas. for theft. -Four
weeks ago she got a cierkship in HaImon Il
Co.'S millinery and fancy goods store, and
since then she has not only robbed them re-
peatedly, but she has carried away with her
three wagon loads of goods worth g ,O0o
which were found in her room AMI identi-
/ fed by the firm. A year ago she clerked a
week or two for Berhheimer & Lewis, and
in the search on Saturday several hundred
dollars worth OF goods that had been taken
from them were found.
Felix Kampf, of CharIestown, w. Va.
stabbed his young son and daughter to
I death on Monday with two edged dirk
ana Is now under arrest and may be lynch
cd for his crime. he had treated the chill
dren so cruelty that they left him and went
to housekeeping for themselves. Kampf
missed two fiat irons from his house Go
ing over to the home of his children ne ac,-
cused them of having stolen the irons.
They denied the the IT and he stabbed the
girl The hoy interfered to save his sister
and both were literally cut to pieces.
"A sensation was created In Chambers
county, Alabama, several DAYS ago by the
arrest OF the Rev. }. u. M. Duran, q
Methodist minister, charged with passing
counterfeit money. He was lodged in fai
and his trial came of last week He ad-
mitted that be passed the spurious money
but proved that he had got it ont of the con
trioution box. There were eight silver dol,
lars in the box and seven OF them were
counterfeits. he said God and the sinners
who passed the coins were the only ones
who knew. The case was dismissed OF
account of the officers inability to get alb
sent witnesses.
The Sunbury Daily says there was
funny incident in their court Friday after
noon- Joseph GoodaIifski was an impor.
tant witness and was called By kr. Georg,
Ryon to be sworn. BE got upon the stand
but he positively refused to be sworn, and
said that the B ibie says he should not
There was every effort made to get him {,
swear. but he refused saying that the,
could hang him but he would not do it, ant
It is likely the jud ge will send him 20 jai
and trv by sue h means to inform him iha
the Law of this glorious State cannot be dis
regarded and set aside.
George ID. Green, a Duncannon you'll
OF years Jumped on wagon few day
ago. and after riding some distance wa
, told by the driver to get OF. In attempt
ing to do SO he caught on the iron rod tha
Is used to fasten the end gate, which pro
} truded at the side OF the bed about fou
) inches, running the entire lenth into hi
thigh and making an ugly cash about fou
inches long and into the bladder. He hun,
helplessly on the end Of this iron rod uni
, lifted of. when the lad walked TO bis home
|, nearly quarter of a mile distant only &
sink at his mothers feet through exhaus
, ton. His death followed ferty.eight hour
thereafter.