The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-31
SEwsAxD OTHER NoriNGs.

-HalfOrd. President Harrison : private
Secretary. was newsboy.
"A fast freight dashed into the rear of
an eNcurSiin train near Dayton, o.. Satur-
day evening. Three persons were killed
and % injured
1t is ninety-six miles by pike from
Pittsburg to Bedford. and two hundred
and five miles by rail by the =. X. r., TAX
ing in Huntingdon.
"A train of ears made of steel is at the
station of the Chicago and Northern road.
in Chicago. They will not burn and do
OF cost more than the old style.
The pacing mare Strathso c2:22) is
driven without bit, a strap around her
head ac ting as a guide. 1t is said of her
that she will pace race as well without a
driver as with one.
"A Lock Haven photographer recently
gave notice that on a particular day he
would take free of charge the pictures
of all babies under 2]]z years presented.
The number brought in was 306.
Mrs. Frank Hancock, OF Coudersport,
Pa, on her death bed, confessed TO the
murder of her hus band and four children.
He was supposed TO have killed the little
ones and then committed suicide.
The business failures during the last
seven days number for the United States
231 and for Canada %. For the correspond
ing week of last year the figures were I72
in the United States and % in Canada
James Golden was struck and instant
ly killed by the Bissell Express at Rankin
station Monday evening. Just a year ago
his brother Patrick was killed at the same
place and in precisely the same manner
-Rawson Labar, 10 years of age, was
drawn through the rollers of a compress
hg machine at the Ivanhoe paper mill. at
Paterson, Nj, Oh Saturday, and crushed
10 death. Labar was n new employe at the
mill
: A West Chester man who went to his
stable yard early the other morning to in
vestigate queer noise found that a horse
had broken loose and dog holding on to
the halter TO prevent the animal leaving
the premises.
Putting in a new shaft in place OF a
broken one in a ship at sea is something of
I a job. The Edymion which recently ar
rived AT New York was delayed by that.
1t took ak days TO put in the new shaft.
which Of course had been carried extra.
Albert Slenter, a boy three years old,
while riding on horse near South Twenty
! sixth street. Monday, was badly injured
| by being knocked from the back OF the an
| imal, which was strnck by an electric car
| The horse was not hurt, but the boy is Sc
F, riously so.
AT the funeral OF Mrs. Long. Saturday,
who was accidentally killed last wednes-
day near Lima, o., the coffin slipped from
| the hearse as it was ascending a steep hill.
/ The casket was broken open and the
( corpse disarranged, 10 the horror OF friends
attending the funeral.
Alex. J. Mason. OF Wharton township,
I Fayette county, while hauling lumber on
Monday from the Soldiers Orphan School
. at Ju mnonville, was probably fatally in
iured by the whole rig going over an en-
baukment and one OF the horses falling on
him. He was recently married
The other day an cid bnck belonging to
a flock OF sheep which were being driven
down street al St. Joseph, Mo, happened
to catch sight OF his reflected image in a
plate glass window and charged upon it,
shivering the glass and scattering dis
play Of gold and silver and bronze goods
I'm ali directions.
Two little children recently went to
church alone I'm Westfield, Conn. They be-
came tired during the long sermon, and
I the elder one, supposing that school rules
! held good in church. led his sister up in
front OF the preacher. and said: please,
| sir, uay we go home?'' He said yes and
they soberly walked out.
| Near Paris, Ky, Sunday morning. a
| tramp attaked farmers family, and at
| tempted to murder all of them. The farm
er and his wife were killed and enc son
| fatally and another son dangerously
| wounded. The murderer was only beaten
of by neighbors coming mp, from one OF
whom he received a fatal shot.
| Charles ii. Baker was dispOrting him
self in the surf at Asbury Park, Wednes-
day, with a frisky young woman when his
wife saw him. Without waiting TO change
her costume she rushed into the water in
a wild fit of jealousy The other woman
fed but Mrs. Baker scratched her hus-
bands face a policeman escorted her 10
| n hotel.
Alexander Chambers and wife. of Lar
| inner, Westmoreland county, were struck
/ by train while walking on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tracks near Irwin on Friday
| morning at an early hour, and thrown
| down an embankment. Mrs. Chambers
was killed and her husband was only
| slightly hurt. Mr.. Chambers is general
manager OF Carnegie's coke works.
| The bricklayers' strike at Pittsburg is
/ becoming interesting In accordance with
| the threats of the masters forty brick
layers arrived from the east this morning
and were put to work at once. 1t is the
intention OF the employers 10 import
! enough men to complete their contracts.
| The arrival Of eastern men has incensed
the strikers and lively times are expected
AT Newport Va, on Saturday night
fire broke out in feed store on Lafayette
| avenue between Twenty-seventh and
f, Twenty eight street, and before its pro-
gresS could be stayed the whole block,
| comprising twenty eight houses, was de-
stroyed, the Washington hotel three
story brick building, being among the
number. Two ladies and two children
died from fright.
On Monday evening during n storm
the home Of Henry Brenneman, near East
Berlin, in York county. was struck by
lightning, and his daughter Annie, in
stantly killed. She went to the window to
lower it when the current rushed in and
killed her. The current also rendered her
mother unconscious and she now remains
in very serious condition. The house
was somewhat damaged
"A distressing shooting affray occurred
at picnic few miles east OF Wheeling,
Va, at o'clock Saturday evening, by
which Miss Sarah McGowan was killed
and Miss Kate Kinney and George Wetzell