The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-06-24
aEHAAND OTHER NoIiNGs.

In 1oo years 500 worth OF pennies
would only bc worth 500 so quick does
copper money wear away.
-Truckee. New had shaving contest
recently. The successful artist scraped
his man in - seconds and no blood was
shed.
There is q calf on John Seeds farm M
at Wawaset Chester county. that i SIX
weeks old. yet is as destitute Of hair as
block of granite.
MARY KricS. aged seventeen. residing
near Harmony. Warren county. y. J., was
strucl, 10y lightning and killed during a
thunderstorm Friday evening
Miles Darden. who was living in the
State of Tennessee in ls57, was the largest
man known 10 history. Clad in thin snm-
mcr clothes he weighed l.037 pounds
Charles Abraham. . French Canadian.
/ residing AT North Adams. Mass. poured
Kerosene over his VT saturday and st
! fire To her clothes She was badly burned.
Jane Grirg~ found house snake, three
1 feet long. in her Jahy'~ cradle 81 the iami-
lv residence al Palu Alto. The child wa
NOT ~ all disturbed 10y i'll clammy COM
+ panion.
The feat Of puttinga standard loc"mo-
3 tive together in ten hours from the driving
: OF the first rfyot to the vanishing of th"
cab was performed in Srrattord, England
recently.
a Lancaster county farmer owns a
. p,fT of horses which are so well broE"u
that they viii pull "a harrow regularly
( across a Held from morning uutt night
without Il driver
/ A careful woman has her home IN Port
Richmond She was married IGyrarS ago
and began her married life with TWO rows
Of pins. She has 3. Of them vet. and
would Doe harry If she could find the three
missing pins.
/ Two trains colIided al Chartered on
4 Fridavmoruing. dcmolishing both engines
4 Henry Schenck. engineer. jumped from his
engine AID was badly in iurei- John Car
. vcr. "A passenger from TitU>villc, who lost
81 .5OD ia the food. had his spine injured.
Although il may not be known the
woods Of Northern British America are
-t1I invested by hundreds Of queer species
OF bison known uS the woods buffalo.
H T. much larger than the bison Of the
( plains. which formerly abound"d in such
numbers.
A team of oxen driven hard 70 a pillow
all forenoon last Friday by Peter Bota-
who Is employed ON q farm two mile. from
Bfrd~horo. hccamc very thirsty When
turned loose n the watering trough they
drank over three barrels OF water and both
died IN o few hours
-Twcutv-fiva thirty of the men ON
ulovcd on drfftrvouI work trains. uu the
In.
jurcd i'm a rcar-cud collision with sec
tlon Of train No. - Monday at sterling
Run. Several of them were hurt serious
" but not fatally. No fla- out waS ih"
cauSe Of the accident.
One Of the most expert money hand
Icrs i'm the Treasury Department Al Wash
inGton i a woman. who has the rcmarSa-
bic record Of counting 1000 coins in a sin
gle day. So delicate and srnSitiv" is her
sense o! touch that even when counting al
this tremendous rate she detects false
coin with uncrrinG instinct.
Alto Stablcin and George Won Alt"n
We're put off train on which they were
stealing ride from EuiTalo to Erie on
Saturday. Five minutes later they were
struck by another train and killed. Three
of their companions attacked brakeman
Newton. who put the dead men of tho
train, and he was fatally shot
William Patterson. a colorcd teamster
of McKceSport awokc about 3 o'clock on
Sunday morning to find his lamp having
exploded. Patterson saved the house by
rushing out with the burning bed clothes
He received terrible burns and is at tho
point of death. Should he recover his
hands will have a no anDufafpl
Representative c. w. Stone. of War
rcn. has little hope of securing govern
mcnt aid for the Titusvillc flood sufferers
He has not presented his bill dppropria-
ting S2Oo.OOO for that purposes and will not
do so until he receives official notification
from the governor that state and private
subscriptions are insufficient to relieve tho
want.
A murderer who is TO be hanged il
Savannah. Ga. July -. has just concluded
an unusual financial transaction. He ha'
sold his head for SI5. To bedclivercd on the
day after his death. The money will buy
him whatever extras he needs and hell
brighten his short time on earth. The
purchaser will use the head for phrcro
logical purposes.
During a severe electrical storm il
UniontOwn. Pa. on Saturday. Mrs. JohI
Yowlcr was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. At her feet played her in
FAINT child, which was uniniurcd by IN,
stroke The bolt entered the chimney an,
came ont the fire place. Mrs. Yowler'
face was 50 hlackcncd by SCOT that sh,
was not recognized until washed.
During the ceremony attending n Hun
garian christening on Saturday night, O
last week at the Nellie coke works. 81,
miles west of Conncllsyillc. the guest
filled themselves with liquor and partici
patcd in a free fight, which resulted i'm tn
killing Of one Of the number and the Scri
OuS wOunding of several more. Five O
the principals have been captured.
The reservoir of the Mahanoy Cit
Water Company. containing 3.OO00oo, gal
Ions Of water. burst on Saturday an'
flooded the valley. No lives were lost. a
timely warning had been given and TIA
people in the inundated district had tim
TO get to higher ground. The property los
will not be greater than S50,Oc1. The dan
was i'm had condition and worllmen wcr
repairing it when it gave way.
In the Western part Of South Dallott
! iS one bl lhc most N'hH'lihl hd'"idi 'Hi .
osities in the world. This * the cav
mountain. The mountain is literal,
hnncycomed with caverns. which run il
every direction through it. and in som
, places form tunnels which run clca
through the mountain. II is estimates
that there are fully 300 distinct caves, no
counting those which connect with 9th
crS a separate ones
Col. Singcrly. proprietor of the Phila
dClphia Record, intends to make an eNhih
il Of steer in the agricultural depart
ment of the fair. which for weight and gen
eral fine condition will excel anything /
the record of steers, if exhibited. Thi
I steer * IN weigh at least five tbouSan