The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-12
NEWS AND OrHs " NOIiNGS.

Thieves tortured Siavenski nearly u
death at Michigan CITY. Ind, in order Il
extract money from him.
Miners in Nrw south Wales were lined
from s. to So for failing to give forty eight
hours notice before going on strike.
Grip has attadIed the horses of Unity
township. Wcstmoreland county. Several
o5 the animals have died. ani many NOR,
are sick.
Cumberland county poor directors vii
be arraigued this week for neglect Of duty
in leaving little Joe Dnler. a bound out
boy. to be logged to death
Edward StcubcudorI. an aged New
York miScr bequeathed his hoardings oi
$1,000 to Mr.. Mary Kuehne, an old scrub
woman. She AT one time did him a kind
ness
-.ioln Labuda. ths Polander who shot
and killed stephen Kupkash AZ Duryea
last December in a drunken row, wa-
found gully Of murder i'm tie second de-
gree on Saturday al WilkcSbarrc, after a
three days trial
John L. Monahan. telegraph opera
tor Of NoungwOod. fell on the ice on sun
day and was probably fatally injured. HC
lay unconscious for ~ hours. \ year age
ne was struck by a train and lay between
life and death for a week.
Joseph KEEPER, eight years old, one OF
four boys VINO broke through the Lehigh
river ice al White Haven. Pa. on SaIur-
day. went under the ice and was drowned
while his frantic mother stood on the bank
unable 10 saw" him. William Hughes
saved the other three boys with difficulty.
A bill has been deposited iu The, Eng
liSh house Of commons authorizing the con
>truction OF a new underground electric
railroad from Waterloo station. under the
river Thamo~. 10 the Baker street station.
The total length is three miles, and the line
viii cost eglO.OOo. Of which the IunncIiug
viii swallow up Ei3- 49,.
II. +. Harl and hiS wife Margaret oi
Allegheny. were cstcd on SATURDAY.
night for passing counterfeit money \
search Of their home disclosed a number
of broken plaster of paris muulds. and
when Mrs HarriS was searched a spurious
coin was found ia her shoe. The couple
viii bc held for further Investigations The
police believe they have made an impor,
ant capture,
The first consignment Of peaches from
Cape Colony was sold AT London last week.
\ boN containing - of the finest frait was
sold al -. or over - cents per peach. aud
the total ~al" realized about i pence Der
peach. The fruit was brought from Afri-
ca in a cool room. Each peach was
WRAPPED in cotton wool. The peaches iu
one case. placed in a rcfrigcrating room
for experimental purposes were all spoiled.
Although France loses less through
emigration than auv other European conn
Try. and 81 per cent. Of those " no cIujgratc
return within zen Years To remain pcrma-
uently- Yet the number of the French pee
pie steadily decreases. Ia 1880 there were
recorded $500 births. against s1G.5o5
deaths. a balance ol as l4G ON the wrong
side Enforced military service and harsh
marriag" laws are nu doubt responsible for
this gray" state OF affairs.
A >ilvcrSmith of Monterey Mexico. is
al work upon q piece Of silver which. " hcu
completed. will be- au exact reproduction
or Jhc agricultural Iuildiug now being
built ou the grounds Al Jackson park. In
Chicago. II Will De- eight feet wide. will
contain a quantity ef silver valued aS bull
ion al $1,000. and when finished Will be-
valued al $4,000. Lieutenant Baker. the
special commissioner for the Worlds Fair
at Mexico, says that il viii De- one Of the
most beautiful objects which viii be- sent
Z" the exposition.