The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
NEWS aSp oru.R NoINGs.

oyer 5o years OF age were uhlhaiIieu III
lSqa.
The largest theatre in the world i the
Chicago opera house, which covers three
acres.
A company with SIoooo capital has
been formed at Eeal er. Pa. 10 bnild first
class laundary-
Alfred Lewis was yesterday sentenced
at Warren. o.. To - years ia the peniten-
tilry for wife murder.
There were fewer miles of railway
constructed 81 l>g3 in the United States
than any other year in the last IT.
James II. Anderson, of Grove City, Pa,
was killed at New Castle, Pa, Tuesday
night. 10y falling under a train he was go
ing To board.
What i claimed to be the first news
paper in the kongo Free State has just
been started at Vasten by two educated
colOrcd women.
-Chauncey II. Andrews, the millionaire
railrad operator and iron manufactures,
died Oh Christmas Gay al Youngstown,
Ohio. aged seventy.
Executive Commissioner FarqLar has
notified Governor PaIIison that he has
sold the Pennsylvania state building at
Chicago for -. go.
The Robinson Manufacturing Com
pamy has been organized at New Brighton,
Pa. To manufacture improved BauNite
bronze. used for boxing machinery.
While Abraham and John LEM, farm
erS near Shanuopin. Pa, were al work in
a field. three unknown men overpowered
a fY..., l,..h
"A kentucky farmer is Staying thouS-
ands Of English sparrowS by soaking " heat
in Sweeucned hiSky and killing the birds
when they have eaten themselves drunk
-Four masked burglars bound and gag
gcd John jenkins. wauchman in the West
moreland Speciality Company'S works at
Grapcvillc. Pa, Tuesday night, blew
open the safe and stole SO.
Electricity is gaining a strong foot
hold in Japan, Telephone exchanges have
been established in several of the principal
cities, and there i a project OF construct
ing an electric railway in Toxic.
John Cummings, Of Omaha, a heavy
drinker. overturned a lamp, set the house
on fire, and prevented his wife, child and
mothrr-in-law from escaping from the
burning huilding. Cummings perished
with the other three.
Samuel =. Blair. superintendent of the
Tyrone aud -IrarleId Railroad, and
ClcaThcId county coal oprra,or failed yes
terday. An execution for S2-2sS. IN favor
of his three sons, was issued out Of the
Blair county courts against him.
France is about To issue postal cards
in thc form of check books with stubs.
The sender can make memoranda of their
contents on the stub, which may be-
stamped AT the posisllicc, giving verified
record of thc rSpuud"nce.
5. L. FIef>hman and Il. May, doing
business u- Freshman \ Co, general no
tiou stone. Pitt>hurg. Pa. made vOIun-
taIy as igmmcut To Jacob AireIdrr. of Al
l-ghcuy. Appraisers were appointed and
the a~sjgmc,. has taken charge of the firms
business.
Two miners. named Peter Levitt and
John Iiu,r. both Polaud-rs, were killed
iu the twin shaft At Titr~tou, Pa. on
Tuesday afternoon hv fail OF rock.
They Were engaged at Jh. time ia propping
au unsafe roof in one of the lower lifts of
the shaft.
Governor Pattison ate hi> New Years
dinner with TWO hundred bowling. en-
thu~iI~tir npw~hoy~ al Harrisburg. He
was sine central figure AT the annual din
nrr given by the Harrisburg Telegram To
/ s. uru-joyS. The Governor, Secretary
Tate Mayor Eby, w. +. Jordan and 9TH
c-~ made speeches.
The bureau for the registration of
Chinese lahorrrS in conformity with the
McEr,ary law Opened for business GA
Tuesday morning at san Francisco.
Large rooms had been secured convenient
To the Chinese quarters. Eight clerks who
are in readiness To issue certificates. had
almost nothing 10 do. Up to noon only
two applications for certificates had been
made. The collector has had circulars in
Chinese freely distributed among the Chi
ncSe, urging them to come forward
promptly.
A Slipp,ry Rock, Lawrence county
farmer, named Sampson Getholtz. on the
night before Christmas, attempted To per
senate Santa Clause by making a real
bona iide rightly passage down the
chimney Of his house. TO the surprise of
his family. He was. however. much sur
priscd himself TO find that his corporation
was TOO bulky To pass a narrow space
above the centre of the chimney, where he
found himself bound To make known his
unpleasant predicameut 10y calls for help.
His family did not recognize his voice,
coming as il did from so unaccuStomed
locality, and fled from the house in terror
and alarmed the meighbors, by whose
kindly and timely aid he was rescued
from his dangerous position.