The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-01-30
NEWS AxD OTaEa SoTIxGs.

10 an end. i ne BELL patents IN TINS Couh-
Try have still three years to run.
William Robinson, who married six
soldiers widows in Pennylvania to secure
THEN money, has come To grief Al Grand
Rapids, Mich He was al his old trick.
Jail authorities al Columbus. o. are
lost in wondeTment. Cora Fassett. a L.
year-old mulatto. sealed a smooth wall and
escaped from the fourth story of the Jail.
Forty girls employed in the packing
rooms Of McRee's flint glass works at .Icn-
nette have struck for 81 per week, an ad
vance OF sc cents. The company say they
will-not grant the increase.
In 1s4O there We're 10 cities In the Uni
ted States with population of 10000 or
over. In 1880 this number had increased
- osc- and nov there are 40 cities OF that
size, 81 of which are in Pennsylvania.
Miss Ora Clark, a seamstress from
Hunters Hill, Va, was suffocated by illu-
minating gas at Washington, ID. c., on
Monday night, and a younger sister mar
rowly escaped d similar fate.
General John R. Brooke, who is I'm inn
| mediate command OF the United States
trnops at Pine Ridge, IS Pennsylvania
| is a cousin OF George B. Roberts, president
of the Pennsylvania railroad
Take any 25 tall, lean men, said an
old court officer TO reporter, land you
] can secure a jury in a murder case They
have no conscientious scruples against the
death penalty. As a rule, short, thick
men have doubts on this point
Five persons were arrested at Latrobe
on Saturday, supposed to be the parties
who robbed Goehring * Altman's store at
Manor on Thursdry OF last week. Some Of
the stolen goods were fonnd In their posses
sion. They were placed in jail al Green's
burg.
An explosion OF gas occurred in the
! mines at Preston No. Colliery, Schuylkill
| county, on Tuesday, iniuring Patrick
! Clark and terribly burning Michael Seely.
They were workiug'in breast, and not
knowing Of the presence OF gas, ignited II
with anaked lamp.
Prank J. Herr, prominent farmer OF
| Lancaster county, died on Tuesday from
| blood poisoning. Three weeks ago he no.
ticed small pimple on his hand and picked
| IL open. lie took cold, blood poisoning fol-
lowed, and-death was the result. a wife
| and twelve children survive.
Early on Tuesday morning robbers en-
| tered the residence OF Mrs. p. Norton, a
blind widow residing in East: Brady, Pa.
and stole 1900 in bank notes. Thel wo-
man had the money secretcd IN her cloth
ing, and the thieves cut her pockets, sec
ured the hard earned savings and made
their escape
The Southern Steel Company, al Chat
| tanooga, has served notice on their en-
! pioyes OF reduction I'm wages Of 10 per
sent after the first of next month. The
men claim they were imported from Eng
land under contract, and threaten crimin-
al prosecution in the case the proposed re-
dnction Is enforced
The great Kinzua Viaduct will receive
the coming summer, at a cost OF 900, its
| first coat Of paint since it was built about
, eight years ago, II will take a large force
OF men at least four months TO complete IT,.
1t is difficult and dangerous work. Few
men will trust themselves 10 climb abont
al height Of three hundred feet.
While skating on a pond In Milwau-
kee, Monday night, Freddie Hacbrath and
August Priese. both aged Il were seized
/ by three older boys who said they wanted
TO make niggers Of them" After a fire
had been lighted the little fellows faces
were held over the flames until the flesh
rolled off and both lost their eyesight.
No arrests.
The Union Pacific train conveying the
Seventh Cavalry from the scene OF the
Messiah Indian war collided with an eS-
| press train atIrving, Kan, Monday night.
ND pi
| and dozen were wounded. The conduc-
tor OF the military train, who is missing,
ran On time not his own. Many cavalry
| horses were killed
During the past six years Minnesota
has paid as, ,S3i for wolf bounties. During
certain months of the year the bounty is
only - per scalp, while during other
months IL is IS. IL is alleged that GER
tain persons have been in the habit OF
! farming wolves, and also OF keeping wolf
| clubs in captivity during the months when
their scalps were worth only 50 until the
s5 months came around, 1t is also alleged
| that wolf scalps have been imported from
| other States. and that, generally speaking,
| the bounty system has been grossly
abused.
| Tuesday night two-yOung men, named
| Charles Garret and Charles Meyer, OF Leb-
| anon, Pa, met with thrilling experience
while crossing the Pennsylvania railroad
| bridge at Bolivar. They were tramping
| their way west and had reached the end
| of the bridge when a freight train came
along going west. They attempted TO step
| OUT OF its way when by some mischance
/ young Meyer STEPPED over the side and fell
to the bottom OF the river, forty three feet
! below. His companion hasteHed to his
] assistance, supposing he was killed, but
I strsnge u relateuhe escaped with a badly
spraine'l sTm and leg and few cuts and
! bruises upoI his face and body
: A well-drcssed young man registered
at the Spencer House, Niagara Falls, on
I Saturday, as &C. E Stanley, Cleveland
o." He dra nix heavily. Reservation Park
Policeman Highland had just locke the
| gate OF the bridge lead ;ng the way 10 Goat
| Island when he saw Stanley climbing over
| the gate. He ran after him and took him
| by the ann 10 lead back TO the mainland.
! Stanley struggling to get away. They
| were IN the middle of the bridge when
| Stanley jerl1ed away from the officer and
| jumped over the railing, falling on the ice,
where iIe lay stunned. Help was called.
| but when it had almost reached him. Stan
| ley worked his way 10 the edge Of the ice
and was carried over the American Falls.
| One of the most important real estate
transfers ever made in the Lehigh valley
| was consummated at Allentown on Tues
day when the Crane iron works at Catasa-
I qua, next TO the largest pig iron producing
establishment in Eastern Pennsylvania
was sold TO an English syndicate for s3,
10000. Besides the five furnaces OF the
company al Catasaqua, the purchase in
cludes the Warwick iron works at Potts
town, Pa, the valuable ore mines Of tho
| comnanY al SeishaltzHille Pa and Lease.