The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-11-28
NEWS AND OTHER sorrNGs.

begging on the streets.
During q general hght between Huns
and Italians at a mining town near Shamo-
4 In axes and knives were freely used, and
four men and two women injured. prooa-
bly, fatuliy.
From a comparison OF the registers of
measurements made for army purposes. 1t
appears that American soldiers are. On the
whole, as well developed as those who fll
the ranks OF European armies.
In Switzerland, II is said, they will pay
higher wages to a milkmaid who can sing to
the cows than one who cannot. This is
done on the principle that bad treatment OF
a cow iBjurously affects its milk.
"A man in Fort Wayne. Ind. vss ees
tected q tev days ego stealing pair OF
shoes. II 90 -otprfes he had been coynr2'.'ef
for grand jury sctisn. .snd In s5 minutes
he had begun serving a sentence In Jail.
A handsome fellow. who stopped at
vorIous Schuyltin county hotels. but didn't
register. has been getting away early each
morning with sundry overcoats and belong =
inGs of other soardsrs with re regularity.
-Ex-SEerir Kurtz OF franklin county.
secured verdict this week for q 600 from
the county. He claimed SO 600 due him on
account Of boarding prisoners, fees. etc.
which has been hanging in the courts for
years
William kadd IN. aged seven years.
was run over by an engine on Friday Of
last week, while playing on the track OF tire
junction Railroad near Thlrty-thEd street,
Plttsburg and had his leg taken OF near
the knee.
"A man threw bundle Of burning straw
into the basement OF 27S State street Chr
cagn. on Tuesday morning early, and nine
people sleeping IN the building were nearly
suffocated by the smoke OF the fire result.
ing. all escaped.
1t is estimated that more than q million
cattle and other animals died last winter. iE
the extreme Western and Southern States
and territories, OF neglect and starvation,
and probably hundreds OF thousands were
frozen to dsath.
-Ths jury at Pindjsy. o, In the famous
case Of Ars. Josephine Wertz against the
Toledo. Columbus & Cincinnati Railway. In
which the plaiDtiff sued for $40. .0e0 for the
VI hCl IDoObIu vi bbC iN10
named last February. brought in q verdict
OF 81 600 for the plaintiff.
An angry crowd of men wanted to
wresk summary vengeance upon Dr. Ran
som Dexter. In Chicago, ON Sunday. be-
cause he would mot attend q messenger boy
terribly injured In al elevator accident
without first being guaranteed his fee.
Of fharx r. MS hs..
and smashed his silk hat.
There is project to construct ship
canal across New jersey from the Delaware
river TO the Atlantic. The scheme was first
suggested Dy merchants of Philadelphia.
who desire a shorter water route to New
York and an abbreyiation OF the journey OF
hundreds Of miles down the bay and
around Cape May to strike the ocean path,
to Europe.
Naval cadets at Annapolis, Nd. are
very Indignant at Captain Glass. command
ant at the Academy, who. they say. ha:
treated item more like prisoners OF wal
than students. They say lis charge Of in
subordination for the failure of some OF the
! cadets to sign . subscription paper may
lead to a general remonstrance being for
wsrded to Washington.
While a party we're on q hunting eI
petition on Saturday sr Cepterviiie, thi
State, John Bowers said to Francis Gal
laRher. IF YOU will give me shot at you
will give you one at me- at the same TIM
| raising his gun. Gallagher also reissd hi
gun. when In some unacountaole way tn
weapon was discharged. tie ocntents enter
ing Bowers neck. Bowers fell to tn
ground dead, and Gallagher. overcome witt
| grief. threw himself upon him and bad Z
/ be removed BY force. He Is stI u delirious
| Both men were sober.
News reached Shawsno. wts, on Mon
! day of a serious outhreek Saturday after.
noon on the He0onIps reservation On
hundred and fifty armed Indians surround
ed tha logging camp of Henry Sasrry ol
/ section 16, near Evergreen river. an
| bnrned the camp after the men had retired
| Eleven horses and fsurseen oxen wer
| killed aud the camp OUTFIT for s'xty-fiy me
destroyed. The thirteen wnitsS men wer
| unarIned and ed for their lives. The In
dians clalm'the white men we're tresspass
Ing. although the 1osh section belongs {
the State.
An unhappy marriage was ended 10
/ double murder at GieSss Run. But ler coun
| ty. on Monday afternoon. For more tha
twentv-fve years Barney BreII and his VIII
have lived together and ths history Of thsI
married life has been one OF upcessin
| quarrel, which usually ended In BrelI beat
| ing his wife. On MONDAY sfterpeoa one {
| their qusrrels ended by Brell shooting nj
| wife and then blowing his brains out with
revolver. Mrs. Brell 10 still living but can
not recover. Breu was a blacksmith, aboU
90 years Of age and has always borne q ba
reputation.
On Saturda ay evening. at Ephrata. Lau
caster county. Pa. MaIly James, a qusrre
some Canadian cigsrm.ker. with a blow O
the fist killed Bart Kline. a young man VIII
was tendIngbar for Frank Nelson. James
| who was drunk. was making considerabl
! noise In the restaurant. When told b
Kline to desist he challenged him To fian'
| and when the latter came from behind th
( bar he was bit above'th the ear with James
| fist and knocked down. Kline WAS picket
| up by a bys.ac5er and laid on a bench
where, a few minutes later, he died
James was arrested and Is now 10 Jail on a
] charge of murder.
William Henry Pennington. colored
and Richard CoIsey. hi. barber. also color
ed. both of Philadelphia. disputed on Mon
day night over some money and finally cam
to blows. In the course of which the lamp II
the room was overturned. leaving the plac'
in total darkness A terrible duel then fol
lowed, the men using the furniture upoI
each other with awful effect. The cries o.
a woman Lying on an upper floor brought
the police to tss scene. and when ligh
was procured Pennington was found lyinG
ubon the floor almost cut to pieces. One OF
Corsey's ears was attached to his head by q
strip OF flesh and be was otherwise badly
bruised. Both men had used razors. Penn