The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-11-14
NEWS AND oTHER NOTIsGS.


The largest room IN tie world under one I
root and unbroken by pillars Is at ST. Peters |
burg. Ii Is $40 feet long aud by 100 feet in
breath
- The largest gold coin, both In clTcula- /
tion and value. in the world is the golden !
"Ioof" The coin Is in circulation in An
nam. and may be termed the "menne" OF /
the East, ss Its value is S325.
There are few such common sense pro-
yerbsas "every man is the architect of his
OWE fortune" Appius Claudius. Roman
censor, used it in a speech delivered By him
45O years before The Christian era.
Birds are the only animals. besides man.
which can be taught dist nelly to artcuiate
and utter sentences, which, though OF
course not understood by the birds them
selves. are uone the less surprising 20 listen
to.
lit Is pot ~ Iorg since ihsi Loo cE:rIsr.
were regarded rs unworthy Of the notice of
bosses. Things haye changed. at least In
st. Louis. where hod carriers get = a day
for eight hours. while carpenters receive
only 81 80 for the same time. The bod car
riers organized and had the courage OF
conviction.
"A Jonesboro woman goes on record rs
the champion "home body" She has Just
visited the home of her childhood for the
first time since her marriage. thirty years
ago. although she has lived during this time
only one mile distant, aud has always been
In harmony with the families there She
says she never had time to 90 without ne
| glectInR her duties.
AT Roundhouse, w. Va, on Saturday,
James A. Burnett. a white man, while driy-
| ing q team. had q narrow escape from being
/ run over by q locomotive and had some
words with George Lindsey (colorsd). the
| engineer. Burnett drew q revolver. when
Lindsey jumped from the engine and seized
him. Burnett fired and when Lindsey fell
| shot him three times killing him.
Early on Sunday morning a beef train
east was running past Port Royal tower.
when the engine jumped the track and went
crashing through the tower. The operator
sayed his life by jumping, but the fireman
OF abe engine, a young man named Long
acre. was caught and INSTANTLY killed, the
! body being removed 10 Harrisburg. The
! wrecked tower was oDe of the finest on the
| road. 1t being built and furnished as a mod
si Oh the plan OF which others were to have
been built
Every peace officer In Young 60 unity,
| Texas. is In jail. having beer indicted by
the United States Grand Jury for participa-
zion, either actively or psssiyely, In the ia
nous mob which assaulted the Jail to hang
three murderers. The trial OF three men,
bers of the mob is now going on. Twentys
/ fad Aat Tell
but the town is full of determined citizens
armed with Winchesters, who say the
United States Court may convict but their
neighbors shall not suffer the penalty. A
riot viii be precipitated by . convicsion.
The little village OF Sciota. 10 Monroe
| county. whose citizens were supported by
tanneries. will soon be deserted. because of
the winding up OF that Industry. The
Kirstler tanDery. the leading one Of the
! place. hss been In operation tor forty-sI Ight
years. aHd It's close will end the tanning In
that county Tae business failed 10 pay BE-
| cause of poor transportation facilities.
Then. too. The numbering Incrstry In abe
| pine swamp has decilDsd, and bark on hand
Will have pses finished, and thss ell the
employees vii so TO Elk county. uhrrs the
Kirstlers are building large tAnnery.
| -Noyerto Griaso vas executed IN the
State penitentiary at Canon City. Col. at
8 O'Clock last Friday evening for the muI-
der Of W. G. Underwood, st Trini idad last
June. The execution was the first one to
take place under the new law ia that State
requiring the sentsace to be carried out
within the walls Of the prison and prohibit
ing the State press from publishing en- ac-
count The State press. however, dIsre-
gardes this clause in the law. The hanging
was guarded so well that IL was after mid
night before II became known outside the
walls. The murderer made no statement
and his neck was broken By ths fall
John Murphy. Q harness maker. living
at Rocky River. near Cleveland. o.. at
tempted to cross the river on the high bridge
of the Nickel Plate railroad on Saturday
morsing. When half over be saw an ex-
press train coming. The bridge Is long and
Murphy knew that he could nc. reach the
opposite bank ahead Of the train. Ninety.
two feet below him was the river. and q
Jump meant almost certain death. Seeing
there va no chance to hang from the side
Of the bridge, Murphy took the desperate
chance Of Jumping. he went down like q
fash and disappeared IN the river. A bath.
house keeper had witnessed the leap, and
at once put out IN q boat Murphy soor
arose to!the surface. He was taken into the
boat. and. strange to say. was Injured bu
bis vest was smashed fiat.