The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-19
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A Philadelphia physician carries a
purse made of human hide.
An umbrella twenty one feet ia dam
cter has been constructed for king Of the
Africans.
"A young nnn uf Rockville. Conn, has
had a coat made OF the coonS hc has slain
| this winter.
The first consignment of camel skins
for commercial purposes ever brought To-
this country reached New York some days
ago.
A bill has been introduced in The House
at Washington appropriating SI0O,o03 tn
establish national spelling school ~ the
! Worlds Fair.
Mrs Jessie Cnambcl-. ol Uuioutowu.
attempted suicide un Saturday night by
taking chloral. the waywardness of "a
daughter being the supposed cause.
Coins are weighed al the mint 10 Il
hairs weight. Not long since u hair fell
into the weighing machine, and mill it
was discovered large amount of coins
were rejected.
-Bciug informed that his wife. who was
i'll with the grip. could not recover, Mr..
Burchard. of Napoleon. o., on Monday
blew out his brains His wife died d few
minutes afterward from the shock.
The Lawrence County Fair ASSocia-
ton has decided 10 hold fair the coming
summer. Thirty acres will be leased and
tranSf formed into modern fair grounds,
with tasty buildings and a kitc-shapcd
track
-Th" largest power dam yet built in this
country viii be that now in process of con-
StrucIion across the Coloradorivcr a. Aus
lin. Tex. II will be- when completed. I.IiD
feet long. 40 feet nigh, and i feet wide at
the top.
Engineers OF railroad trains in Texas
and most of the Western states carry re-
vuiyrIs and often rifles. in the cab for var
iouS contingencies that might arise. They
amu>c themselves by shooting al the tel..-
graph poles or any other mark while run
ming al full speed. and attain a wonderful
skill in workmanship
-Well-informcd Iumbermen declare that
there i more timber in the forests IF
Maine to- day than there was ten years ago
because care had been exercised i'm the fell
iIfg OF trees during recent years Only
good sized trees are cut nowadays. the
smaller being allowed to stand until they
attain a proper growth.
Robert Ford. who acq uired widespread
nutJricty by killing Jesse James. the Mis-
souri, outlaw in lS-2. was shot and killed
on Tuesday in saloon row al Creed anew
mining town some distance from Denver.
Col. For some time Ford has been drift
ing among the mining camps He had
been in many quarrclS. but until the trag-
cdy of Tuesday no serious results came
from his fights.
Edward and Peter NcSplcy-
hruthcr~-whiic under the influence Of
liquor quurrccd ih New York uu Tuesday
night. Ia The quarrel Edward sliced a
carving kuiic and cut Peters throat from
ear Ia car. Peter i mol expected To live
and Edward i a prisoner awaiting the
result Of his brothers injuries.
The school house al Blaiu. Perry couu-
~. was burned ON Friday night. The band
was holding concert. when d large hang
ing lamp fell to the floor, and the audience
ran pcll neil for the door. leaving hats.
ovcrcoaJS, etc, behind. All the school fur
niturc was bnruod, together with an organ
and many oi the band Instruments.
In 1850 the only states that produced
more than OpO.UOJ pounds Of raper daily
were New York. Massachusetts. PcnLsyl-
yania aud Ohio. but in 1891 TWO more
states. Maine and Wisconsin. were added
10 the list. The daily production in New
York in lH9l was a.,2,20, 30 pounds, a gain of
3l9.l 100 pounds over the previous year
On NUudUy the Philadelphia x Read
ing Company Locust Gap cDiIicry. ii mine
ith a capacity Of one Thousand tons a day.
was partially destroyed by afire which or
iginated in the Lui>ting-cugiuc rooms.
which were destroyed. SiN hundred hands
viii br thrown uut of employment for
month. The lo~-. including NagcS. will
approach S5uro.
A peculiar accident occurred al West
Bcrkcly, California. on Saturday evening
F. J. Biap~ and Conchita Sylvester were
married in - .Io>rph'S church aud the bri-
dal party proceeded to Po>en station To take
the local train to their residence. While
standing on the track the overland train
which does not stop a the station, sudden
j. dashed around curve through cut
into the party. Biaps and Mrs. sylvia.
friend of the bride, were instantly killed.
Shile boy was dangerously wounded.
The brides grief was heartrending.