The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-11-06
NEws AND OTHER NoIiNGs.

-TeNarkana, Ark. has woman whose
height is feet pa inches. She has two
! cousins travelling with circuses who are
taller than she.
-Neary every family in Melbourne
Australia, is afflicted with influenza. Ser
ious reports come from the country dis
tricts end deaths are becoming alarmingly
numerous.
William Miller of New York who
murdered his sweetheart, Minna Ranhaus-
er, on Friday afternoon while i'm fit of
jealousy, committed suicide on Monday by
shooting himself TO death.
In Hungary. where the railways have
not been paying. the fares We're reduced
from 40 20 80 per cent, and in consequence
the number of passengers rose from 200.
600 to 7.oOO.O00 and the receipts Is per cent
For ! cents a Belgian or a Hollander
can get cigar fit for a King. The ordin-
/ AIRY well-to-do Hollandcr smokes cigars
worth half cent. but the nobility prefer
the finer kind. costing twice that much.
A cave has been discovered i'm Kansas
which is rather curious. The temperature
! of the air inside is such that it viii freeze
water in a few minutes. 1t is so cold that
no one has yet explored it To the innermost
end.
William Henry Painton was found
guilty of murder in the first degree for the
murder of Michael Strominger Painton
and two Others gagged Strominger and his
wife for the purpose of robbery. and Strom-
niger died.
In some of the old countries men who
toll have almost lost their names, and
have become only number. Every work
man in Japan wears on his cap and on his
back an inscription giving his business and
employers name.
An English inventor has constructed
a novel device 10 do away with the enor-
nous pressure OF water against the bows
of ocean steamers. IL consists of one or
more screws en- each side of the bow. which
throws the water aside and creates dry
well in front of the vessel
!. Nearly three miles of names. or a petit
tion nearly three miles in length, signed by
upwards of 10000 American people. to be
presented 10 the Gar of Russia, asking him
to ameiiorate the condition of his subjects
especially Siberian eXiles. is about 10 VI
sent to his ''Autocracy.' in charge of reJ
bic Americans
The designs for the new dimes
tiers and half dollars authorized by l'S'
congress are different from anythj II'7 .
tofore seen in our coinage syste
consist of a female head on 4 oo'5iSe !
and a symbolic device for the S' ou' :
the position and details of tn Hnie"s are :
essentially departure FROM !
Joseph Logan. a wor, d" eni iPioseu
in making repairs at the ii-i5 pa"
of l.. -, l. |
dale, Pa, lost his - k " iiiie D'ihs C
hoisted from the sha i,e.IS evening evening
oI hr,,,I,,,, g., rSyaS instantly killed
HaIan,.r A"nulsu 80 six children in poor
circumstances.
Cola ,,o. md on the banks of the
,,isSo,'ri =, ,,sas City, Mo, on Monday
n, sor,,L - feet. The discovery was
mai nv ~, is that are being put down
20 s,d ~ lcation of rock under which TO
,nrnoI ,IMissouri river. The gold is
,iot found on both sides of the Mis-
sonri ~. Several tons of the sand will
be N v out at once.
II steamer Oliver Berne, the finest
ond fgest boat on the Mississippi river.
a.. burned at MilliKen'S bend on Thurs S
ofSt week. Twenty passengers perished. (
cr seven hundred bales of cotton and
e hundred tons of other freight were .
onsumcd. The fire is believed to have
tarted by negro workmen who were dis
itisiied with the mate of the vessel.
1t has been noticed that gray squirrels
re very scarce in the woods near Middle
own. y. v, although the nut crop is plen- L
full. Last year. when the nut crop was a
allure the squirrels were very numerous
arly in the season. As the squirrels are
reat travellers, il iS believed that when
hey arrive AT locality where nuts are
carce they continue ON for a larger abun-
ance of food.
Ben Warne. of Mattawan, y. J., ang-
red u his sons interference on Monday
night when the father was abusing the =
notlrr lay in an ambush the next morn
ng md delibera .ely shot his son on the
highway, The latter'S arm was shattered O
andh great wound made in his side II is
i'm pSsible To say now whether his injuries
are Ital. She father was arrested and ex- c
prsseS no regret at his deed. i
-The Olympic Club at New Orleans on
Tiday night offered a purse of $4,000.
1900 TO the winner and 5000 to the
ser, for contest with five-ounce gloves
a finish between John l.. Sullivan and a
raRk p. Slavin. In addition TO the purse {
solid gold fitting pitcher, emblematic of
le worlds championship, will be offered /
a trophy which will have to be won
vice successively to be retained The 7
ub would like the time made as near
iardi Gras as possible with club rules.