The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-27
NEWS AND OTHER NoIiNGs.

by the explosion of the -Etna pyrotechnic
factory AT Hartford.
John King. a postolice robber, slipped
his Eandcuffs and escaped from an Off
Ger at Rochester. y. Y.
A scheme : on foot in Pitrsburg to
form a trust of the big plate glass manu-
facturcrS of the country.
Rev. William Holden, who lost leg in
an accident on the Pennsylvania railroad
AT Wilkcsbarrc. has been awarded S!5-JpO
damage.
A small son Of Robert Bycrs. near Tn
iontown. dropped a lighted match into
kcg of powder. In the explosion the lad
was fatally injured.
Mrs. Mary Baker, whose family was
murdered and her property destroyed by
Indians in Colorado, has brought suit for
damages against the government.
Two men by names Of Williams and
Davis got into "a bloody fight at O'Fallon.
Md, late last night, in which one carved
the other in the most brutal manner.
Both Will die.
The Germans not only sleep upon a
feather bed but underneath one The
feather covering used in Germany. how
ever. is not 50 large or aS thick a. the one
which Is used as u mattress.
Prince George OF Wales viii shortly be
created duke Of York. and the announce
mcnt of his belrothal to his dead brothers
former finance. Princess May of Tccll. viii
probably be made early ia August.
The steamship Aurania. which arrived
in New York on Monday evening. was de-
taincd al quarantine witt case Of small
poN on board in the stecragc. -Four cases
of smallpox Iu the city was reported ON
Monday.
Mrs. Jane Mcdonald, aged cighty-nine.
was burned 10 death Saturday night al the
York county almshouse. She was in the
habit Of smoking a pipe and it i thought
some sparks falling from it iguited her
clothing.
Martin Reed. VINO escaped from Jail al
Washington week ago. j. still n large
and no clue aS to his whereabouts has
been discovered. 1t is thought that he has
fled To the mountain fasucSScs Of West
Virginia.
The Chinec makes great account of his
bed. which j very low iucrrd->carccly riS-
ing from the floor-but is often carved cN-
quisitcly Of wood: but it never occurs 10
him 10 make it any softer than the rush
mats Will render it.
Masked men entered the hut Of Jacob
Patterson. an aged hermit. supposed 10 be
wealthy. near COatcSyIllc. and demanded
money He protested and was brutally
beaten by the intruder. who afterwards
fed. leaving him for dead.
Jacob Feglcy. living along tic Pcrkio-
men Creek. near Quakcrtown. Nd. gath
enough feathers 10 make four good sized
feather beds after a flock Of about 80 wild
. geese had spent the night in swamp on
= his place on their way North.
BEAVER are plentiful in places along
Center Creek. a stream in Jasper county
Mo. \ local newspaper which has studied
the habits Of the beaver says that the ami
NAL cuts down trees with his teeth, and
not his tail. as many people suppose.
Martin Curry. Of Washington, Pa, who
had his brother Hugh convicted OF arson
last week for burning his barn. is now lead
ing a movement TO settle the case and pre-
vent his brother going to the pcnitentiary.
Hugh declares he Will not compromise.
1t is stated that the height Of the hu-
man body is generally ten times the length
of the face: the face is as long as the hand;
the arm is four times the length OF the
face: the sole is one-SiXth the length OF
the body. and six times the thickness oi
the hand equals the thickness Of the body
Mrs Lazelle. widow of Walter La
zclle, who was killed at Dickerson's run by
a locomotive being ditched. owing as al
-, la Ia. in, Ia
driving wheels being defective, Saturday
afternoon commenced suit at Youngstown
Ohio, against the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
railroad, asking judgment forS25, 900 DANA
ges.
Anna Dickinson'S suit for $500
against the Republican national commit
tee for breach of a contract TO deliver cam
paign speeches came up in the Supreme
court at New York Tuesday. In the sui
she makes Mr.. Clarkson. Senator Quay
John c. New. J. Sloat Fassett. Samue
Fessenden, W. w. Dudley, and Others de
PENDANTS.
While temporarily insane, Mrs. Saral
II. Shaw, of Millville. near PittSburg. at
tempted suicide on Tuesday morRing b,
| jumping into the Allegheny river from tn
Forty-third street bridge. She was no
injured by the fall and was rescued b,
some boatmen after she had flOated quar-
, ter of a mile, Mrs. Shaw is sixty years o
age and will probably die from the shoe
and exposure She is widow, promi
, nent member of the Methodist Church
l and quite wealthy.
: William DemoSs, an employee Of tn
Monongahela Furnace Company at Nc
KeeSport. Pa, has in his stomacha JO-cen
piece which may cause him serious troubl
probably his life. On Sunday afternoo
DemoSs and some companions were stand
: ing on a street corner, performin
! tricks DemoSS pulled half dollar froI
!. his pocket and tossed into the air and al
= tempcd to catch it in his mouth. Sever;
times ne was unsuccessful, but the last a
tempt he opened his mouth wide, and b,
fore he could prevent il, it had slippe
down his throat.
C Cora Nichols. the 26-year old daugl
p ter OF James Nichols, wealthy STOW
!. township Allegheny county farmer, ";
:; found dead i'm a barn by her father 4
i Tuesday evening, with a bullet hole in h
r temple. 1t is not yet known whether 81
5 was accidenJlly shot or committed suicid
or met with foul play. Her relatives "a
{, inclined To the belief that the shooting ";
l. accidental, as there was no cause for IL
n suicide. In the vicinity Of the Nicholl
3 are a large number of Hungarians, and !
:. some il is thought that these may ha'
k had something to do with the girls deaf
= The past two years has witnessed a
: alarming destruction of pine timber i'm Il
counties Of Hardy, PendletOn. Minera
Grant and Hampshire in West Virgini
and the adjoining counties of Virgini
The territory covers 6OoO square miles b
tween the Allegheny and Blue Rid
mountains, and should the destructiC