The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-14
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The population OF London. ii is re-
ported. increases at the rate Of 30 persons
per day.
There i a Wind aud Storm Insurance
company doing business in Pennsylvania
counties.
The number Of buffalos running wild
at the beginning of the year 1891 i esti-
mated atI.OJO.
Happy and content IS home with ''The Ro-
chester" lamp with the hight Of the morning.
Catalogues,write RochesterI- -amPCo o-,NeW1O Oril-
Three young Wisconsin BOYS ar in
JUL under the charge Of highway robbery
They followed an old man, and. coming
upon him iB a lonely spot, robbed him Of
all his valuables.
A professional seronant, named Touit.
fell from balloon when over pace
called Etaps. department Pas de- Calais ia
in France The balloon with two other
persons in it continued its journey
Officer George Martin was shot and
instantly killed AT Carlisle while pursuing
a man down dark alley reN ard Of
sl.ODO has been offered Tor the arrest oi
Charlie Salyards, :he supposed murderer
An observant statistician makes the
amazing assertion that girls with retrOu>s"
noses marry sooner. and are more fortunate
in catching good husbands Than young
ladies whose features are of the Greek OF
Roman type
"A hog on the ranch Of julie Gunter-
near Gainesville. Tex - said 10 be one II
the greatest ia the world II j. a Poland
China hog. and j. reported 10 weigh l-i-u
pounds IL l. 3 feet inches high aud
feet inches lOrg-
In the manufacture Of kLiSe~Jhe diVis-
ion oi labor has been carried u such an
extent that one knife j. handled by - dif-
ferent artisans from the moment the blade
is forged until the instrument i finished
and smoothly wrapped Hp for market
The imperial health officer Of Berlin
says That the orange aud the lemon are
both fatal 10 the cholera bacillus. Placed
in contact with the cut surface Of the fruit
the bacteria survive but few hours Even
on the uniniured rind they die within p
hours at least
Mr. Edwin FOlwer. the chief clerk TO
the first assistant postmaster general has
been detailed 10 assist Maxwell. During
the first administration Of Clevelnd. Mr
Fowler was acting first assistant most Of
the time and, a. chief clerkto Mr. Steven
son. became thoroughly familiar with the
Office
The water Of the Dead Sea J. most in
tolerably salt and brackish. 30 great Is it,
LuOyancy that persons unable 10 swim
elseyS here caH here swim quite easily or
can lie upon the water. or sit aud stand in
IL without effort. The Dead Sea j. Of "A
slightly greenish oily hue. and no fish can
live in it, bitter waters.
On his death bed Creek beggar in the
town of Caracal made his poor wife prom
is that she would bury him ia the tattered
old oyercOat 1e then wore A friend came
To the deceased. and the widow spoke Of
the heggar's request. They examined the
overcoat- and il contained, in the lining
35.ODO francs in bank notes
/ Captain John Christianson has made
one Of the deepest dives on record. He
plunged into the waters Of Elliot bay. al
Seattle and. after twenty minutes. re-
turned with the laid line and bucket
from one Of the matches Of the tug Males
tie. lying al depth at half food tide OF
inconvenience.
"A ten-ton cutter constructed of alum
inum said To BE- the first sea going vessel
made of this metal. j. being built at Loire
for the Comte De Chabannes La Pallice
II will be half the weight Of vessel oi
similar class constructed with a stee
frame Her hull viii weigh only go
kiloS. whereas. if builr OF the ordinary ma
terial. il would weigh 100
One of the largest trees in Lancaster
county is 10 be found on the farm of Lev
Sener. at Sener's Curve. on the PennSyl-
vania railroad, not far from Mountville
1t il a buttonwood. and six feet from III,
ground the circumference Of the trunk is
23lz feet. On II are nine branches that are
each fair sized tree in size. and five o
these are each estimated TO be - feet il
length.
"A clyclone passed over the southern
part OF Scranton on Saturday night which
resembled the terrific storm in Wilkes
barre two years ago. Though the strip o
teri TORY over which IL was extended wa.
narrow the damage done was considerable
Houses were unroofed. trees and fence,
carried away and a summer kitchen NOV eC
fifty feet. Several were painfully hurt but
there were no fatalities.
About one hundred Of the five hundred
men in the locomotive shops of the Atchi-
son. Topeka aud Santa Fe railroad whi
struck on Saturday returned TO work OF
Monday morning. None of the men in tbs
car shops who the machiniSts claim would
Join them. are out. ShOuld the strike con
time for several DAYS nearly all the mel
in the ear shops will be laid of. as viii
the locomotive shops idle there will be no
WORK for them.
Miss Bess Mitchell, who has Travelled
around the country in three weeks. set hei
feet upon ground again on Saturday after
noon. She left the ci:y on wager tha'
she could travel l0OOO miles without leav-
ing the railroad car, and she succeeded in
accomplishing the feat. The route tool
Miss Mitchell to Portland. thence soutI
into Mexico. back to ST. Louis and back Z,
Boston. She was weary of riding, bur haC
enjoyed the adventure thoroughly. Ia
several towns she was visited by cuTiou.
women. but the trip was without specia
incident Miss Mitchell promises not Il
write book.