The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-04-11
NEWS AND OTHER NoTINGs.


Some one of party OF men In the
woods at Cummings Hill. near New Bed
ford. Mass. on Sunday. dropped lighted
cigar. setting the underbrush on fire. Be-
fore it was stopped over a mile of territory
was burned.
The costIiest horse barn 10 the world
belongs TO D. z. Grouse and Is loc ated at
Syracuse, n. Y. 1t has now cost the owner.
a millionaire horseman, something like
s7Oo.0eO- Incidental expenses will make
the stable cost little short of a round mil
lion.
The North Pole may at length be reached
and all on account Of pair of trousers-oiI
skin ones-which were on board the Inflated
Jeanette The garment is said to have
been found on the coast of Greenland. show
ing that on their journey from the Pacific to
the Atlantic. the breeches must have passed
the pole. carried that way by current
The body of Joseph II. Jacobs. Jr.. son
, of a wealthy citizen OF Hamilton. Ohio was
found on Sunday morning on the hydraulic
reservoir. He has been missing siRce
March Is. His skull was crushed in and
bis face was dishgured. Every eyidesce
exists of foul play. There Is much excite-
ment on account Of the prominence OF his
family. This Is the third case of the kind
In the city within the last month.
Orwell T. Knox and Muwarde Cool e.
two lawyers. became involved in a quarrel
on the streets of Kansas City. Mo . on Sun
day afternoon regarding their professional
merits and talents. CooIe called Knox
something worse than poor attorney. and
scrimmage ensued in which Knox used
his pocket knife on Coolies face. where the
knife made twelve wounds. Knox was ar
rested. Coole is not seriously injured.
A citizen of Calhoun county. ILL.,. boasts
that there Is not a railroad, a telegraph. an
express Office or bank In his county. The
county jail has not had a criminai;, inmate
within the last five years The grand jury
of the county has found only three indict-
ments within the last two years. and these
were against persons who had Illegally sold
liquor The county has only two terms of
court a year. and a term never lasts over
three days.
When Rev Mrs. Thomas Cefton. of
Kansas CITY. Mo-. returned home fIom
church on Sunday last she found her daugb-
| ter one year old. hanging by the necx fr ON
hammock. The hammock bad been
1 stretched by the side of the bed In which the
nurse had left her asleep. 1t is supposed
/ that the little one attempted 70 crawl on the
hammock. and In doing so its head slipped
between two OF the strands and it was
/ choked to death.
A singular suicide was committed In
| Columbiaua rounty. Ark Friday. A young
man named Mcneil went hunting. carrying
/ with him a douoie-barre led gun At an
isolated point in the woods he tied his body
To q small tree with a rope. and having
placed his gun on the ground in front NJ
I him. he fired both barrels. blowing his head
entirely of A note was found In his
pocket saying the deed was promtHd solely
by a desire to explore the great hereafter.
George Moore. n drunken tramp. went
to the lower Office In the Pennsy ivania yard
I In Sunhury on Friday afternoon AID be
came abusive to the men. One OF the enei-
neers. Martin Strait. 90 Sunbury. notified
him not to 60 irto the office. He started IN,
Z however. and STRAIT struck him with his
open hand. Moore fell over and died In a
few minutes. The doctors pronounce his
death caused by heart disease, brought on
bv drinking Moore is from Columbia,
Lancaster county.
Zion Booth. a miserly bachelor. who
died at Newton, Conn, could not bear the
idea of leaving bis xealth behind hin. ont
when he found that ne was obliged to do so
Z be willed the property so that no one can
spend 10 for fourteen years. At the end of
this time il will 90 to his brothers grand
children The estate Is valued az 500. 900.
Booth once walked from New York &c New.
ton to save the dollar for passage. and dur
ing his entire lifetime denied himself every
thing bu; actual necessanes 10 order to &C
cumulate a fortune.