The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-03-13
NEWS aSo-OIaEe sOYINGs.

The Board OF i'alJ'ons has refused 70
interfere in tho seotenSe uf death passed
upon George Moss. the Stne-rorrdersr n
poison et Wnkes5a-ne, and he VII b
hanged oI the e6th OF this. month
Patrick Burns. miner n Cpper ST.
Clair township, Allegheny county, had q
pick driven through hts skull by John
Blondus about two weeks ago Burns
death and BlOndon's arrest occurred on
Saturday. The men had been drinking to-
gether.
In the Rowie eounty District Court at
New Boston, Texas, On Friday, William
Rictor, colored bootbiack, was on "a jury
trial, awarded 10000 damages against the
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company. The
plaintiff was thrown from a train, and fall
ing under the wheels, had both legs cut
Of
"A party of Houghton people," relates
the Detroit Tribune, were crossing the
ice on q lake in & big sleigh on Saturday
night, when the horses took fright and
dashed Into hole made by ice-cutters. BY
sudden swerve the occupants Of the We
hiclc were thrown out upon the ice and
saved, but the horses and sleigh, valued at
s1 200, were lost.
There are now over fifteen hundred
carpenters and planning mill employees idle
IN indianapolis, Ind, in consequence OF
the strike ordered by the Building Trades
Council, and there are no indications Of an
early settlement OF the trouble. The
street car drivers have resolved TO give f.
nancial aid TO the strikers, and all Of the
trade organization are being nnited in their
support.
Harry Ulse, a brakeman on the Sun
bury and Harrisburg division Of the
Pennsylvania railroad, met his death on
Monday morning. Use was standing on
the top OF a freight car, when the train
passed through covered bridge at Mil
lersburg, and was struck by the roof Of the
bridge, Telling him 70 the tracks below and
killing him almost instantly. He was a
married man and resided at Lewistown.
At the American Art Gallery in New
York on Friday afternoon began the sale
OF the superb collection OF rare and costly
books and manuscripts Of Brayton Ives
MI Ellsworth, we,l-known collector Of
curios, secured a valuable addition TO his
collection in the famous Gutcnburg Bible,
the first book printed with types. The
price at which IL was finally sold under the
hammer was g., 800 for each OF the two vol
umes, or sl4, 500 for the work.
The State Legislature OF South Dako-
Ia adjourned on Saturday morning. having
failed by one vote 10 carry the bill for re-
submission Of the prohibition amendment.
At the time OF adjournment there were
twenty-five member Sho wer. seriously i'll.
Two have died during the session and one
Is Al the point OF death. The general all
msnt was cold, resulting in pneumonia.
The State House has inadequate ventila-
tion and permits multitude Of draughts.
This caused the trouble
C. A. Ward had large bin OF wheat
on his farm near Garden Plains. Kansas.
On Friday he discovered one Of the roof
boards of, and looking inside. saw lying on
the wheat sack and mans hat Short
ly after he commenced loading the wheat
into wagons Hardly had the first wagon
been loaded when pair of shoes led 10 the
discovery OF a man standing head down
in the bid The explanation is that lhe
man vas wheat thief, and fell into the
bin and was smothered.