The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-09
NEWS AND OTHER NOIINGs

edward GerdcS, aged fourteen years,
of Steelton. was instantly killed on sun
day by falling from a chestnut tree His
neck was broken.
Mrs Frank Leslie was married in New
York on Sunday to William X. Wilde,
brother of Oscar Wilde. The ceremony
was solemnized very quietly.
"A girl baby came To the residence of
ex-President Cleveland in New York city
at 1906 Saturday morning. Mother and
child are doing well and father is proud.
An attempt was made to kill the En-
peror of Austria by blowing up bridge
last Wednesday, but the dynamite eN-
ploded before the imperial train reached
the bridge.
Several years ago suit was begun by
youpg man named Eisenlord for an estate
i'm New York worth slOo.OOO The case
has finally been decided i'm his favor. but
between 5000 and 5000 is all that is left
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has taken up the mile of cast-iron railroad
ties between Huntingdon and Ardenheim,
which have been down for a year or more.
They were failure. as they could not be
kept in place.
While nutting on Tuesday, Daniel
Chilcoau, a fifteen-year-old son of a. L..
Chilcoat of Orbisonia. fell forty feet TO the
ground and was instantly killed. On
learning of the fatality. his mother instant
" became raving maniac.
David NJ. Woodward, member of the
legislature from Philadelphia, has disap-
peared. He was TO have been called as a
witness before the committee in investiga-
ting the charges of irregularities i'm the
Board of Real Estate Appraisers.
William Garfield has confessed TO hav-
ing turned the switch which wrecked the
limited train on the Pennsylvania railroad
at New Palestine, Ohio few weeks ago.
in which three men were killed. He says
he attempted to wreck the train TO plum
der.
S. =. Miller. a brakeman of Derry.
while coupling cars at Huff's scales, south
of GreenSburg. Monday evening. had his
right arm caughT between the deajwoods
and so badly crushed that il was amputa-
ted above the elbow. Miller is aged %
years and unmarried.
"A horse belonging to Mrs. Schwartz
of Centre Valley Cumberland county, Pa,
died Of hydrophobia on Wednesday. hav-
ing been bitten by a mad dog three weeks
ago. The animal was heard all over town.
and tore its flesh from the fore legs in its
agony before Il was killed.
Edward Scott. of Greensburg. a tele-
graph lineman. fell from a high telegraph
pole near Irwin, on "Wednesday. sustain
ing a broken back and other serious injur-
les. He has since been lying at his home
In a semi unconscious condition. and il is
believed ne cannot recover.
-EN- Congressman Jacob Turney. OF
Westmoreland county. is dead. Five weeks
ago he was afflicted with sore foot
Gangrene set in. and the member wa.
amputated at the ankle. He suffered
/ greatly from the effect of the operation
J and on Sunday breathcd his last
I The largest aquarium in the world viii
be built at the Worlds Fair. 1t will b.
stocked with both fresh and salt wate
fish, and the supply of water for the latte
/ will be furnished by evaporating sea waite
to one-f fifth It's bulk aud forwarding il u
| thefair. where fresh water Will be adde'
! in the pr9peI quantities.
The first payments of bounty unde
the law giving bounty OF two cents pc
pound on sugar produced i'm the Unite
States were made at the Treasury Depart
ment on Friday. They were both in favo
of the Chino Valley Sugar company. q
Chino. Cal, on two claims for the produc
tion of 1000 pounds of beet sugar an
amounting IL IS. 500.
"A Bound Brook IN. j. man. VIII
sneezed so violently as to fracture rit
has been notified by tho Preferred Mutua
Accident Association of New York tina
payment on his policy is refused on tn
ground that the fracture was not cause
by external or accidental means. He wi
sue the company for the amount of til
indie mnity, which amounts to $50.
Near Waupossea station. ILL.,. on Mon
day. w. l.. Barrett, a Chicago book keep
er, shot and killed his wife, who had sep
aratedlfrom him, and then set fire TO tn
residence and attempted to drown himse
in small stream. Failing in this he sen
a bullet through his body. but the woun
is not fatal. and the murderer may b
lynched The fire was extInguished b
the neghbors.
William Barr. well-known drug cler
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Gle near Grapeville, met with bad acci
dent on Sunday. While gathering chest
nuts limb broke and ne fell a distance @
thirty feet, crushing his breast. His righ
foot also struck a snag, which entered a
the heel, tearing the flesh clear up to tn
knee and exposing the ligaments of the leg
His recovery is doubtful.
Edward Sproul, a young man twenty
five years of age and single, was found dea
on the \. V. X. r. tracks, below Carver
Ferry, near Salisbury, on Friday morning
by a track walker. His limbs and hea,
were mangled. having been run over by on
of the trains during the night. A singula
fatality seems to follow the family, as hi
father, John Sproul was found drowne
few years ago in the river near wher
Edwards body was found on Saturda
morning, and Edwards brother Frank wa
drowned I'm the Kiskiminetas river severa
years ago.
| Hon a. +. IsOle. an esteemed citizen @
Cory, Pa, and Mayor, committed sui
eide on Tuesday morning by shooting him
self in the head. He was not feeling wei
Oh Monday night, and late Tues lay morn
ing shot was heard in his room Mrs
Isoie and a lady friend was al mis- side
moment later, and physician was calle,
in but death was instant. y thirty-tw
caliber revolver was used. the ball enterin
his right temple and passing nearly througl
the head The principal cause of the sui
eide was business embarrassment, thougl
Mr.. Bole had been sick for some time.
BY an explosion in Richardson Collier
Saturday evening, John Magasky, a Po
lander, was killed, and James Grant an
William Conville seriously injured. Th
men entombed in the mine are Thoma
Clancy, married: John Lawler, married
James Simmons. Michael Welsh married