The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
sEwsAND OTHER NOIiNGs.

with large red spots on their bodies. They
have been named Dolly Warden" trout.
-''Masrium" Is the name of the new
chemical element which has been discoy-
cred in the bed of an ancient Egyptian
river.
A bushel Of wheat for every citizen of
the United States, with enough more for
fall seeding, is the product this season in
Kansas.
There are said to be over %, 600 Indians
in the United States who can read English
and over 1000 who can read Indian Ian
guageS.
"A collection of butterflies long owned
by Baron Won Fielden, OF Vienna, was re-
Gently sold TO Lord Rothschild, of London,
for 5000.
Thomas J. Edge. Secretary of the
State board of agriculture suffered from
a rush of blood TO the brain at Harrisburg
on Thursday, and for a short lime his con-
dition was regarded as serious.
AS an indication of the thrift amongst
the working classes of France il is stated
that there are now 6,OoO,Ooo depositors in
the French savings banks, with an accu-
mulated fund of not less than fll2 10000
The largest book ever known is owned
by her majesty Qneen Victoria. 1t Is
Is inches thick and weighs 63 pounds, and
contains the addresses of congratulatiOn
Oh the occasion of Her Majesty's jubilee.
"A feather merchant of Paris has lately
received 600 birds of paradise, 10000 In
dian birds OF various species, and 10000
humming birds. Another jealer has re-
ceived 10000 birds from America and lOO.-
900 from Africa.
"A man at Macon, Ga, has $40 note OF
the state of North Carolina, printed in
ITS On one side is the inscription, Per
ecution the Ruin of Empires" while on
the other side appears the words, Death
Il Counterfeiters."
Dan Greathonse, of Lebanon, o., sud
denly became unconscious while at dinner
on Saturday. Upon recovering he told
his family that au uncle named Wilson
was dead, and upon examination at the
latter's home this was found TO be true.
The jefferson county Democratic con-
vention held at Brookville Monday was
/ carried for Congress by eXState Senator
Sloan of Indiana. For the Senate, II. ii
Brosius of Brookville, Assembly, j. w
fnllliPs III Tek uOluSNlllS
/ AT Lancaster George KItteras asked
J Mary Flowers, d cook, to become his " ife
/ He pulled revolver and asked her again
I She remained obduraie. Then kitteras
D fired, but the bullet struck bucket or
4 Miss Flowers belt and she was saved.
! AT Kittanning Monday afternoon
/ Meredith Schotte, 4 nephew OF Senator w
. u riH Hfuu frai oh
tried TO jump from il TO another passing
train. His right foot was thrown under
the train and both his feet were badly
crushed.
Frank Miller, while attempting TO es-
I cape from the police at New Kensington
/ Westmoreland county, Monday night, shor
and seriously wounded Patrick J. Mulve-
hill. Miller was finally arrested, and TO pre-
vent his being lynched he was taken tC
Pittsburg and placed in Jail.
i -Greensburg's new rolling mill, com
4 pleted at cost Of 10000. a. which it wa,
/ proposed to make iron by a new and secret
/ process, has made several Intellectual at
tempts TO start and has now been aban-
dOned, temporarily, until the machinery
4 can be gotten in working order
-Ex-United States Senator Davis, o.
/ West Virginia, who. with his family and
4 Miss Elizabeth Elkins, a daughter of See
retary Stephen Il. Elkins, have been al
/ Bedford Springs, says Cleveland will carry
West Virginia, notwithstanding that hi.
/ son-in-law, Secretary Elkins, has predict
/ ed otherwise.
-Tempering department OF the Cham
! pion Saw Works at Beaver Falls took fire
/ on Sunday night and was totally destIoye
together with a large number of saws
/ The loss Will reach several Thousand dol
| lars. This will cause a shutdown of the
entire plant for some time. The origin OF
the fire is unknown.
The rear of the Wagner block at St
Paul, Mimi, caved in on Saturday, and
coming in contact with two shauties in the
hollow demolished them. A 2-year-old
boy was killed and two little girls badly
injured. Later in the day row of eight
wooden buildings in the block caught fir.
and were destroyed. The loss is estimated
at 225. 900.
-Thers are many cases of diphtheria al
Braddock. Three deaths occurred from IL
on Saturday. The disease il prevalent In
Copeland, North Braddock, Bessemer and
Rankin, places whose sanitary arrange
ments are poor. Steps will be taken by
the borough authorities to prevent its
spreading. A number OF people down with
diphtheria are said to be at the point OF
death
Five prisoners confined in the Elk
county Jail at Ridgway effected their es-
cape about 3 o'clock Monday morning by
irnn lar Of
dows, and with outside help letting them
selves down from the second story window
by means of rope. The turnkey forgot
to lock them up in their cells over night,
rs is customary. None of them have been
recaptured.
The boycott instituted by the HO me-
stead strikers against tradeSmen who sold
10 the Carnegie Steel company resulted on
Monday in the failure of Adolph Doerr
one OF the principal provision dealers in
that borough. Doera furnished meat
milk and Ice to Superintendent Potter and
the non -unionists from the beginning of
the trouble. No Amalgamated assOcia
tion man has pa.roniZed him since, and his
loss has been $4,000.
"A st. Clair, Wis, special says: About
u thousand saw mill employees struck for
ten hours and eleven hours pay, and the
plants OF five lumber companies, including
IL hour mills, are idle. No definite reply
has been made by the mill owners To the
committees, but there are no indications
that the demand will be granted. The
mills shut down are the Empire, The VAL
ley, the DeIls and the Mississippi logging
company. The strikers are orderly.
The Falkland islands produce no trees,
but they do produce wood in a very re-
markable shape. You will see, scattered
here and there, singular blocks of what
looks like weather beaten, messy, gray
stones of various size. But if you attempt
TO roll over one of these rounded boulders,
you will find yourself unable to accomplish