The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-07
uEwx AND OTHER No1rNGs.

| into a horses eyes blindness may result
An unknown man was struck by
way passenger train at New Florence Sat
urday evening and instantly killed He
was walking on the track.
| Gold buried by farmer in Dearborn
| county O., has led TO n bitter feud among
the heirs. some of them digging mp acres
of farm land left TO another.
Joseph. Annie and Fred Willard. aged
respectively Is. 13 and years, We're pois-
oned At their home in Boston on Saturday
| by eating canned salmon. Their condi-
tion is critical
| Jerome Mullen, of Hillside, West
moreland county. in attempting TO board a
moving train al that place, caught his foot
in the step and was thrown violently 10
the ground. His skull was crushed. He
viii die
| James Gormley. of bradford was boat
riding with a lady friend OH Chautauqua
Lake on Saturday. The boat overturned.
the lady clung TO IT, and Gormley started
TO swim for the shore; he was drowned
| but she was rescued.
| The body of little Annie Fredericks,
who was lost in the mountains about
Wilkesbarre some time ago while berry
! picking, was found on Saturday. She had
| been killed by bears or other wild animals
and considerable of her flesh devoured.
Texas fever has broken out among the
| cattle near Arkansas City, Kan, and over
| two score have already died. The people
are greatly excited and have taken steps
TO establish a quarantine. A number of
stock raisers and farmers will lose every
thing.
In the case of Joseph knight, of this
state, sentenced February %, 1855, TO seven
years and five months Imprisonment in the
Eastern penitentiary for embezzlfng GER
, tain money OF National Banking Asso-
citation, the president has denied the ap-
plication for pardon.
The largest fig orchard in the world is
! expected to be one that will soon be plant
ed in Pomona Valley, Cal. Over 700 acres
| will be- planted or 1900 trees. The pro-
iectors believe they can produce figs equal
To the best Smyrna varieties. The trees
! will be imported from Syria.
Interesting experiments have been
made lately upon the effects of giving
cows hot water 10 drink instead of cold
The results are satisfactory. 1t has been
proven that when the cows drink water at
a temperature of IS degrees (centigradee)
they yield one third more milk than when
| they drink sold water
"A number of bees selected the garret
of a California church for hive, storing
in II many tons of honey. The recent hot
weather caused the wax TO melt which
loosened the store OF sweetness. The
weight was too heavy for the church raft
ers TO hold and the whole partition of the
roof caved in over the pulpit. The church
pcws and pulpit were completely buried
in honey and wax.
The Week House. at Palmer Mass
was destroyed by fire at 2 O'Clock on Mon
day morning. There were about thirty
I five guests and boarders in the house, and
they had barely time TO escape in their
night clothing. Rev. Mr.. Williams. a re-
tired Congregational minister, who had
been boarding at the house, was burned to
death. The loss will be about 10000. The
hotel was insured for $1,000. and the fur
niture for sa,OOO.
"A distressing railroad accident hap
pened at the freight station in Ludwick,
Westmoreland county, Saturday morning
about 9o'clock. in which David Il. Weaver,
one OF Ludwick's oldest and most widely
known and highly esteemed citizens met
instant death He was walking along the
railroad track and was about TO step from
ii when he was struck by day express and
hurled TO one side. He was dead when
picked up. Deceased was 81 years of age
and leaves wife and five children.
Jonathan White, Of Shelby, n. Y, is
being searched for by police, charged with
abduction. White, who is eighty years old,
induced pretty little Clara Bissell, aged
only fourteen, TO elope with him, and af-
ter driving to a neighboring place sue
ceeded in inducing a Justice to marry
them. Relatives OF the girl were wild
when facts were learned and promptly
went in search of the aged bridegroom, but
getting wind of the disturbance, White al
lowed the girl tn return home and fed for
parts unknown.
On Friday morning Mrs. John Brodish
wife of a miner living at Port Royal. on
the Il. & o.. near Greensburg. took her
three-year-old child and went out TO gath
er coal on the railroad. While the mother
was engaged the little one wandered off
and sat down to play under the wheels OF a
freight car. Another car was dropped
down the siding, striking the one under
which the child sat and cutting it in two,
from the right shoulder to the left thigh.
The horror-stricken mother witnessed the
accident but was powerless.
Sheriff Robinson, OF Luzerne county,
presented a peculiar petition to the Court
on Saturday. Elias Young will be tried at
the next term of court for the murder Of
the Sheriff's brother, Elias Robinson. The
tragedy took place twenty-five years ago.
Evidence has just been discovered i'm the
case. The sheriff. in his petition, says he
is an interested party, and that it would
not be right for him to draw the jury that
will try the prisoner. He therefore, asks
the court TO appoint some one 10 do it.
The court appointed the coroner.
The ch-talked-of running race be-
tween Tenny and Longstreet came off At
Morris park track on Saturday. Therace
was for s12, 500, mile and a quarter dash
The track was in good condition, despite
the rains. and when the horses appeared
they were greeted with great applause
The ruling odds were four to five and you
had your choice. Mr.. Dwyer backed Long
street with his usual freedom, placing sc0,-
600 on his horse at prevailing odds and Mr..
Pulsifer, the ownor of Tenny, showed the
confidence he had in his horse by sending
$4,000 TO the book makers. Ii was i:3o
O'Clock when they were sent away with
Longstreet in the lead and won with ease
by ten lengths. Time, 2:O11<.
"A new use for foxes has been found in
s able Island, which has exemplified in Its
time sever al curious yicissitudes Of animal
population. The island is as overstocked
with rabbits as New Zealand itself These
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