The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
Ed. Church. son of woolford Church, a

Ed. Church, son of Woolford Church,
farmer living near Huntington, W. Va,
became angry at his father went to Guy an
dotte, and purchased a box of Rough on
Rats, which he Put in the -four. The whole
family, except the boy. were poisoned from
eating biscuits. A thirteen-yeat- old girl is
dead, aud the father and two Otner children
are dangerously i'll, Young Church has fed
He is seventeen years old.
Jealousy was the cause of a youthful at
tempt at suicide on Monday By Louis Kur:z,
a lad Is years old and son of a promIne :
citizen OF Atchinson Kansas, who shot him.
self with pistol The girl he wished to be
his sweetheart, Nellie Rurlensham. 10
years old. had not only rejected his matri-
monial ad vances, but also preferred the
company OF another boy TO that of youRg
Kuriz. This made him Respondent, and he
aimed a pistol at his heart. 1t is likely that
his aim will prove successful, for the wound
inflicted is dangerous.
The side of North River tunnel at New
York. cavec in on Sunday morning on tn
Jersey side. causing the twenty five work
men 20 fly fer their lives to the air lock
One OF them. named Christopher Nelson
was caught in the door of a lock by the pres
sure of the air and wind and was iamned
against the side of the lock, breaking both
legs and arms, cutting of his right hand and
badly crushing his body. Several others
were slightly injured by being knocked
/ down and trampled on. Nelson 3 in1uries
/ were pronounced fatal.
"A. j. CLARK. Jr, Of TehAma, Cal, on
| Tuesday shot and killed his brother, Johns
1 ton Clark, as the result Of family quarrel.
Johnston seized razor and attempted to
/ kill his brother, when the latter drew a re-
yolver and fired, the ball entering the fore
head. The only witness was female .rela
tive. The parties were the sons of the late
Judge Clark. Young Clark surrendered t.
:he.authorities after the shooting, and the
CoroneT's inquest was held Tuesday after,
noon, resulting in a verdict OF iustifablt
fratricde. Clark was then released.
While Mrs. Albert Fry and littI,
daughter. aged years, we're on their way
home on Monday from Laughiinstown, il
an open buggy, their horse took fright anC
ran away, throwing them out. Mrs. Fry.
clothing becoming fast in the wheels, sh,
was dragged abost 200 yards. when the bug
gy colIided with telegr iph pole, and the
| horse then tore loose from the vehicle
When Mrs Fry was found she was uncou.
scious and terribly eut and bruised abou
the head and body. Her injuries are be-
| lieved to be fatal. The child was not mucf
injured.
Malcolm Mcleod, mall-carrier. wa.
frozen to death on Monday. He and
| companion started on suOwshoes to carry
mail and express to Washington, eight
miles from Nevada. Cal, expecting to gel
there by dark Two miles from washing
ton Mcleod began to fail His companior
carried and dragged him to within s-hslt
mile of the town. and went for relief a
party of citizens went to his assistance and
found him still breathing All efforts to re.
susitate, however, were unavaiin r, and be
. died in short time. The carriers had be-
/ come bewi!dered and Travelled in circle
many hours.
Mrs. Hannah B. Southworth who shot
and killed Stephen Pettus, on Fulton -.
. New York, early in the morning of Sovem-
ber %. 1889 O.. died in-her cell at the Tombs
/ early Tuesday morning. Her mother, Mrs
I Ellen T. Martin. aud her brothers, George
z. and William Martin. were at her bed
side when she expired. DR.. ChestwoOd
who granted the death certificate, places
the time OF death at 80 O'Clock, and gives
as the cause of death primarily heart fail
ure and general debility. The death OF
MIS-. Soutworth is described as having beer
peaceful. The grief of sthe dead woman:
. mother was painful 20 witness
"A proposition was made in the Virgins
House of Delegates last week to reviv'
whipping as mode of punishment for petty
thieves. Mr Downing. the. member of tina
body from Clarke county. introduced bill
pToYiding for the iufiction of strIpes,ss {
punishment for petty laTceny-S The bill
limits the number OF these to twenty in one
day, and saws that not over twenty-nIne
the Gus tomary number given under the aCte
bellum reign. shall be given for any one Of
fense. The whipping post existed in Vir-
ginia as recently as 1879, and was the mode
! of punishment inflicted for petty thefts. As
/ II was naturally in bad color with the ne
/ groes, Malone saw that Its repeal would be
| a strong issue with the race. The law was
repealed soon after that manager had the
power TO do 20
William Proctor. a Springfield Qll.)
travelling insurance agent. lies in jail in
Bloomington, Ill. under serious charges.
He was arrested in Springfield. Some time
ago Proctor met Mrs. Elizabeth Zimmerman,
of Bloomington. a widow nearly eighty
years old, bodily fIaiI and quite rich. She
relates that Proctor professed love to her,
and pressed his suit SO warmly and erer
aetically that he not only won her pledge
to we'd him, but obtained possession OF
well secured and transferable notes for
81 600 and $500 In money, whereupon he
skipped. She swOre out the warrant and
had him arrested by en- officer. who learned
tnat Proctor has wife and two children
In Springfield. II has been learned that
Proctor got $500 in a similar manner from a
widow near Bloomington.