The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-22
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SEHeASD OrutR NOtkSSs
i, =. Si4..!. faVoritc ~on Of G-neT-
,I Francis Si.sci, has b-en adjud2,'-d insane
by the supreme court OF New York. lie
is - years old, civil engineer and mar
ried.
Rev. ii. J. Hamilton. of Homestead.
Pa. Was killed an Cincinnati, on Wedne>-
day by a stone falling from building
while Mr. Hamilton was passing by on the
pavement.
Ice was Termed in West Virginia on
Saturday night and great damage was
done TO vegetables The thermometer went
down a. low as - degrees. Snow fell in
several places in the state.
-Sydncr COker, Of MI Calm, Tex. when
everything was ready for the wedding sent
his prospective bride word that he did not
love her. Investigation showed that hc
was engaged 10 three other young ladies.
The late Hon. J. VI. Thompson. Of Tn
iohtoNn. this state, provided iR his will
that auy child named after him prcs ious
To his death should receive Sl0J. Nine
claimants have already received the sum.
There is curiosity near Cordcle, Ga,
in the shape OF 4 pine tree. 1t begins from
the ground as two separate and well-devel-
op"d trees and continues so for 4 distance
OF II feet. when they join and go upward
as one.
George L. OlmStcad, OF BrockwayVille,
this state, lG years old, has invented u fire
escape for which he has been offered $40
900. Il i a strap. readily adjusted. which
attaches itself quickly TO a rope in such a
a Ttgrrpff .. IN slfdo
down the rope at any desired speed.
On Saturday a fire broke out In Lines
willie. near Meadville, Pa, that for some
time threatened 10 destroy the town.
Help. however, was received from Mead
VILE, and, after burning down four stores
and three dwellings. il was got under con-
troll. The loss was about 5000, with
insurance.
a Magistrate OF Philadelphia, after
uniting Il young couple. refused To give
them certificate because the groom prof
fercd only 81 for a Zee, tine magistrate
wanting >. The groom thought 81 was
all il was worth, and, a. the magistrate
couldn't take the ceremony back, the
groom and bride left.
A man named Rubcnowitz was con-
vicIcd OF bribery "A few days ago in the
jefferson county lPa.) court. He had just
been Sentenced 10 six months imprison-
mcnt, and while his attorney and the states
attorney we're jangling over the term he
walked out of the court room and has not
been heard of since.
The New York and Chicago air line
railroad is the latest in railroad matters.
IL i 10 take a straight course between
these two great cities and will be 24O miles
shorter than any trunk line. The pro-
posed road will strike Mill Hall. Centre
county, thence 10 the mouth OF the Beech
Creek. Clcarlicld and PunXsutawney.
Ezra SauIterS. of Benrlcysyille. Wash
iugtOn county. while making shingles u
few days ago, lighted his pipe when he
started 10 dinner and thoughIlcssly threw
the burning match in the shaving pile.
When ne returned al one o'clock ne found
several Thousand shingles. his kit OF tools
and 600 fence rails burned up. and 20 acres
of woods Un fire.
A tremendous cloudbur>j OF hail occur
red about four miles west Of SalIna. Kan
sa~. on Saturday evening The district
covered by the storm was Two miles wide
large a. hens eggs, and almost completely
destroyed the wheat. One farmer lost
three hundred and fifty acres and anot her
Two hundred. The total damage will
reach $4,000.
$. W. Dcnmulh. of Philadelphia. aged
about thirty years. travelling east from
Austin, Texas, died on Monday afternoon
on Day Express after that train had lef,
Huntingdon. The body was given in
charge Of Coroner Shindle upon arrival in
Harrisburg, and was subsequently pre-
pared for shipment by Undertaken Boyd
Deceased was OF fine appearance and was
well dressed. He has been a victim OF
consumption for several years.
John Yorlle. of GoG, Westmoreland
county. started To take his two children n,
aged six ami two years respectively, &c
Pittshurg on Monday. intending to place
them in II Paul's Orphan Asylum The
children were apparently in coed health
when they reached the Union Station.
Mr. NoTke carried the younger child
Mary. TO Smithiield and Sixth streets
when he was Mortified 10 find the child
was dead She had an attack OF measles
not long ago.
-Kearney, Ncb., has an Incorporated
Worlds Fair Excursion and Investment
Company" with capital stock of slO0.CoC
Invites persons to pay tn il So Install
ments OF 80 cents a week and agrees foI
that sum To take them to and from the
Worlds Fair in special trains, pay fol
their meals en- route, and their living eX-
penses for a week in Chicago, al the besi
- per day hotel and furnish them with
tickets of admission, guides and printed
information.
Horace Egbert. a Young man OF Nor
ristown township. near Norristown, Pa.
was driven TO suicide through gossip. H'
vas married about two months ago and
the affair started the tongues OF the gos'
sips, which troubled him considerably, and
II was observed that his mind was giving
! away. The disparaging remarks abou
his wife made him very Respondent, and OF
Saturday he repaired 10 the barn and sho
a bullet into his left temple When found
ne was in u dying condition.
nicaffon.
| EKESsBURG, Pa, May 20, 1891.
Editor Cambria Freeman: