The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
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AT Butte. Mont. T.. J. Thomas and
| his wife, while in bed. were struck by
/ lightning and Instantly killed. their in
FAINT, which was sleeping between them at
the time. escaping injury.
John Lynd. of Sirleyville. near Oil
/ City, had his back broken by being run
over by a hand-car last week His physi-
clan says he will live, but that his body
will practically be dead below the waist.
Seventy employees in a chain factory
AT St Marys, o., were shocked by light
ming striking the building. Some were
rendered speechleSs and Others were seri-
ously injured
Maggie Connolly. a prcpossessing
young girl OF Il. attempted to commit sui
eide at Lawrcnccville Pa. by iumpinp
from bridge but was foilcd i'm her at
tempt. She had been disappoinied in
love.
| -Silas Williams and John Roberts had
an alteration at San Augustine. Texas.
about Roberts hogs getting into Williams
| field. As sequel, Williams shot John and
his brother Jake, killing John and seriou.-
| ly wounding Jake.
A resident of Monroe City. Mo. has
| recovered 500 from a man who tied his
mules to handsome maple shade tree be-
| longing TO the villager. letting the mules
bark and Kill the the tree, IT being one hi S
grandfather planted.
| While an Auburn Ind. barber was
| shaving customer boy threw lighted
I firecracker under the chair. The explosion
| startled the barber, the razsr glanced into
the customers throat and a surgeon had
TO be called TO sew the wound.
The Sheriff of Fayette county. Tex.
h as been indicted for unlawfully interfer-
ing with the United States mails. 1t has
been the custom OF the Sheriff to open all
| mail matter OF the prisoners in his charge.
whether received or sent by them.
To prevent grave robbery. the late
Henry Lins provided that he was to be
buried at Wanamaker's Station Lehigh
| county. and a stone weighing half a ton
/ should be placed on his grave. This has
beend done, huge sandstone being placed
| there.
! 1t has just been discovered that a law
has passed the New York legislature and
signed by the Governor that limits the
| charges for berths in sleeping cars ia
eighty cents each. The companies have
been chargingtwo dollars each from Ro-
chester to New York
-Reperts of the last few dayS show the
/ Texas fever exists al many Elaces through
out Kentucky, raging with terrible vio-
| lence. As a consequence the farmers arc
J rushing their cattle 10 market Thousands
OF heads are already dead. the loss reach
| ing a quarter of million dollars.
"A 1-ycar-old Polish girl passed
| through Scranton Pa. last week She
was'from Poland and had travelled the en-
tire distance without care-taker. Across
her shoulders WAS strung Il Tag on which
was written: "Direct thfs girl to Shick-
shinny, Pa" She could speak no English.
The hand Of Leech lake Indians at the
White Earth (Minne.otal agency are
greatly excited over the rumor that the
government intends to pay them damages
for losses incurred by the overflow Of gov
ernHTent reservoirs in stock and farm I'm
plemcnts instead OF in cash as promised.
An uprising It threatened.
Charles Crysler. about twent y-tvo
years of age and respondent. committed
suicide AT his mothers grave in Oakwood
Cemetery New York Sunday. Crysler took
a rifle from his fathers room. rode ont To
the cemetery on a bicycle and when he
reached the grave placed the muzzIc Of the
r11e in his mouth and fired
Mrs. Partie Lochridge. OF Nashville.
Tenn. shot her three children snd herself
about O'Clock Monday afternoon. al her
home three miles south of Spring Hill.
Mrs. Lochridge was 10 years Of age. her
eldest chili years old, the second } years
old and the third months. The awful
deed was done with adouble- -barreled shot
gun.
William Brennan and his wife Lizzie
were shot al their homes on Jersey City
heights. y. ]. on Tuesday morning by
Policeman John V. Rycrson. Brennan
was killed outright and his wife mortaiIy
hurt. RyerSon had a warrant for Brcn-
mans arrest ana the latter and his wife
made amurderOus assault on the police
man.
Prosper Gaudette's infant child lay
dead in its parents Hollis street home
Nashua, y. H.. on Saturday. and n wake
was held in the afternoon. Holy candles
stood about the coffin. One of them was
accidentally upset and in a moment the
shroud was in a blaze. The flames could
not be subdued, and the baby's body was
consumed.
George Peyton. an Allegheny boy
threw a lighted match into can of pow
der to see the effect. and is now at the
General hospital. The doctors think he
will not lose the use Of his eyes. but his
sight will be permanently impaired by the
grains of powder which il has been iInpos-
sible to remove
Two oovs who reside in Grundy county,
Tenn, a few miles from Pelham, named
Sanders and MeeEs. waylaid and mur
dered Sicilian pedd1er at Lusks Gap a
few days ago. The man was killed by
knife wounds. and the boys Were detected
in the act of burying the body. TIE OBJ
ject of the murder was money, though
but SIT were secured.
Emma Hechvaria died in the hospital
at Philadelpeia. on Monday. from the eff
fects II a wound received july l5-as the
hands of an unknown colored boy, who
fired a toy pistol at her because size would
not return fifty cents which he and two
other-boys had paid her for a goat, the lat
ter refusing q, be dragged or axtd away.
The boys are NOT known.
"A strike at Steelton seems Inevitable.
The Amaigamated Association will pre-
sent its scale, which the Pennsylvania
Steel Company win likely refuse to sign.
and a shut down will follow. rn-view OF a
probable disturbance Of the peace the bur
CESS OF the town has sworn in a,number of
officers and has requested the saloon keep
ers of the place to suspend business for IS
hours.
Michael Mulvey was killed Saturday
evening near Pottsville while. on his way