The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-01-09
NEWS AND 0IaER KOTINGs.

Alex McGowen, aged 20. il in Jail il
New York charged with the murder of hi
wife by throwing her out of a fifth-stor-
window.
! AT Cniontown ON Saturday. the retir.
ing County Commissioners took the new
jail off the hands of the contractors and
| sett led i'm full
| AT State convention of the Farmers
Alliance of Minnesota the force bill was
denounced and a demand made for a revis-
ion of the tariff
| 1t Is rumored thgt the rolling mill OPP
Grated by McLanahan. Smith x Co, al
| Hollid aysburg. and known the big
mill, is bout to close for an indefinite per-
iod.
-Nineteen farms were sold at Sheriff 5
sale in Lchigh county on Saturday. One
| farm with "A valuable deposit Of iron ore.
was knocked down for $3.50. Ten years
] ago Ss0OoO was offered for il and refused.
james DE Witt fell into a chute at Burns
Bros coal yard, Philadelphia. on Satur-
| day, and was smothered before he could
be rescued from the coal which covered
! him. Fine pea coal was running into the
chute at the time and buried him alive.
Two members OF Benjamin Sour's fam
| ily. of Luray. Va. were fatally poisoned
on Thursday of last week by eating pump
kin pies. The pumpkin was kept in pan
| try where rat poison was distributed and
the infected rats ate a hole in the pump
| kin.
1 Eleven or twelve men We're killed in the
| Utica mine, Agel's Camp, California. on
| Monday. A load OF men was being lowered
and when about one hundred and fifty feet
| from the surface the rope broke, precipi-
| tating all a distance Of four hundred and
| fifty-six feet TO the bottom Of the shaft.
Near Albany, Ga, Richard Reid and
1 another negro. known a BILL" stole and
ate some food belonging Ia Joe Moore, also
| colored. and then laughingly told him of
the joke they had played on him. Moore
put Strychnine on some fish and cooked IL.
and al his invitation the other two men
feasted upon fl. They are both dead and
Moore has fled.
A sad accident occurred at Keyport,
! y. J.. on Sunday afternoon on John. +.
Kuhn's pond. Edward and Henry Spicrs
: and Harry Slower. aged respectively nine
teen. fifteen. and twenty were enjoying
themselves skating. but while they were in
the center of the pond the ice gave way and
they fell into the water and were drowned.
Their bodies have been recovered.
Miss Kate O'Brien. a domestic employ
ed in the Commercial Hotel at Youngs-
town, Ohio, while sweeping out the office
on Monday. was nearly crcmated by her
clothing taking fire from CRATE, She was
| terribly burned and was removed 10 a hos
pital. Her injuries are considered fatal.
| George Pollock. in attempting to tear of
her burning clothing, had his hands badly
burned.
The statement of the appraisers Of the
banking firm of Delamater & Co., shows
| That the assets OF the firm are estimated at
1901 900. OF this estimate Sl53.OO0 belong.
! to tho firm. s,i2. 900 to George Il. Delamater,
! s65. 900 to George Wallace Delamater. and
$1,000 to 7. a. Delamater. Although the
| asisignees are still unable to give an ac-
curate statement regarding the firms la
bilitieS il is said that they will amount TO
1900. OO0 which includes the personal LA
bilitieS of the members of the house.
"A murder has resulted from the riot at
the Edgar Thompson Steel Works at
Braddock on New Years Day. Michael
| w. Quinn. boss in the stock yards OF the
| furnace department. who was injured in
| the affray. died on Tuesday morning.
! The other workmen assaulted will recover.
| Fifty-four Hungarians haye been arrested
/ 40 far for participating in the riot and 9TH
/ er arrests are being made hourly. Two
\ furnaces have been started mp with new
| men. and all will be- i'm operation I'm a few
| days. Although no further trouble is APP
pretended, the guards will remain on duty
! for the balance Of the week at least.
While an enormous crowd of holiday
makers were amusing themselves on Sun
| day on the ice-covercd surface OF the River
| Danube. between Buda and PcSth- the ice,
| after series ofalarming. cracking reports,
{ suddenly gave way in several places. a
| terrible panic followed among those who
were upon the river. 4 number OF people
| fell into the water and were drawn under
the ice. Those who were fortunate
| enough to escape. assisted by Others upon
the shore, did their utmost 10 aid the en-
] dangered people. The extent OF the calam-
! ity is not known. but many people are re-
ported missing and are believed to have
| been drowned
| Two young men. Harry Stouffcr and
| Young Weaver, of ShepherdStown, Dau-
phin county, procured in some way a pre-
scription for whiskey one day recently.
One gallon OF this they drank freely, until
they became drunk In making their way
1 lfli 10y Aii' W a. ~iN' III al
unconscious condition He was picked up
by neighbor and taken to his home,
where he died a-few minutes after without
uttering a word. Meanwhile his comrade
made his way home. Weaver was terribly
frozen about the hands aud lower eNtrem-
tiles. and amputation OF the lower portion
of the legs will be necessary TO save his
life. Even then he will only have slim
chances OF surviving.
"A suspicion has been aroused, from
case that occurred on Sunday night, that a
| gang OF thugs have made way with sever
al people at Wheeling, w. Va In the past
three months four or five citizens have
strangely disappeared and their disappear
ance remains unexplained The latest
case is that of ii. L. Bishop, who has not
been seen since Saturday and whose fami-
ly believe he has met with foul play, On
Sunday night Spencer Milligan, OF
Moundsville. was rescued from the swollen
creek by two policemen, who by mere
chance saw him in the water. He said he
was drugged in a saloon and robbed. and
/ then led in "A stupid condition to the creek
| and pushed in. His story is believed and
| an effort will be made to apprehend the
guilty parties, in the hope that further
! matters OF interest will develop.
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