The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-11-10
NEWS AND OTHER NOINGs.

The penny-in-the slot weighing ma
chimes in England 10 be officially tested To
give correct weight
A huge snake thirty feet long and aS
thick as a barrel. is causing much fright
in the vicinity of Brookvile, Ind.
Happy and content is a Tome with 'EIhe Ro-
CHESTER" 4 lamp with the light IF themorning.
Catalogues,write Rochester, amPCo ,NewYork-
1t is said hat a change of venue
VIII be asked when Prendergast, Mayor
Harrson's murderer, comes up for trial AT
Chicago.
The large warehouse Of William Gheen
at Ante>fort, Lycoming county, was set on
fire. 1t contained 5000 worth Of cured
tobacco and other property. all of which
was destroyed, involving loss of $4,000.
Last Saturday the glass WORKS at Ken
Sington were started up giving employ
men To yOOmen. The glass works al Jean
ncUtr are expected 10 blow in this week
and 200 employees will be made happy.
While driving Mrs. Carrie Phoebus,
one of the wealthieSt ladies of Somerset
county. Md, was thrown from her carriage
and instantly killed. Her husband, two
years ago. met like fate in almost the
Identical spot.
Colorado silver miners have gone 10
work under an agreement of S2-2I for a day
of eight hours and an advance when silver
advances. Those wages ale not 50 very
disastrous as certain senators would have
them believed To be.
Charles Roe. the assistant postmaster
at Robert Lee, Texas. John ID. Walling.
banker. have been arrested, charged with
completely Ia the recent highway robbery
of the mail stage near Robert Lee.
-Risdon Anderson, who claimed TO be
10 years old. and who possessed fairly
good proof To substantiaJe the claim, died
on Monday night. This patriarch dwelt
near ParkerSville, Chester county. and
was very active up To within few days of
his death.
David Grcenly, ageG 10 was sitting in
mis- wagon in front of the gristmill a Jer-
| SeytOwn, Columbia county .on Saturday,
when the whistle blew for o'clock. The
| team became frightened and ran away.
| Grcenley fell under the wheels and was
instantly killed.
AT Hazelton, Pa. Frank Pietro fatally
/
| Wolrs hand of The young men pretend
ed To be brgands To frighten Pietro and
held him up in the woods near there. He
! fought them with a sLiletto. The Italian
was discharged at preliminary heai ing
-Advfces received from the interior
| town Coynca de CaJrian. in Guerrero Mex
leo. are that the place was practically de-
stroyed by an earthquake on October 30
! A church and the school house of the
town were completely ruined and not a
single house within its bounds was left in
a habitable condition.
Two men named Merrill arrived al
| Martins Ferry. O., on highly -cnloreo
| tandem bicycle last week. They called
themselves eyangclists, and announced
that they would hold services ia one Of
the churches, but the ministers looked
upon them with suspicion and refused Il
permit them the use of Il church.
Henry Kunkle and wife. residing al
/ Camden, Mckeesport suburb, quarreled
al the breakfast table yesterday morning
| KuukIe arose from the table and, taking a
revolver from his pocket fired bullet in.
to his head. lie died almost instantly
Eight years ago Kunkle'S father commit.
/
Mrs George Setley, Of Wiliamsport
had "A battle with a huge rat the other day
She struck at il with Il broom. but the
ferOcious rodent ran up the handle To bit,
her thus diSarming her. The fight LASTED
20 minltcs, and then the rat was slain
Mrs. Setley was so fatgued and frightcn
ed as To be completely Frustrated for sev
era! hours.
"A fight occurred among the Hungari
ans at Larimer Thursday evening ovel
beer that will likely result in the deatl
August EowiSlli, who was shot twice anC
stabbed four times by his assailants. one
of the shots took effect in the shoulder
and the other in the leg, while he wa:
terribly cut and slashed across the breas
and in the side
Letters from Acra. on the West Afri
can gold coast. say that the king o
Ashantee was stoned TO death recently by
insurgents ia the streets of Coomasse, hi
capital. The AshanteeS have again at
tackled a tribe protected by the British
and 800 Houssas under the British officer.
have skirted from Bonaey from the interi-
or to punish them. Reinforcements viii
be sent after them. Trade on the golC
coast is at a Standstill.
Samuel Lindley, a prominent young
man of Akron, O., disappeared weel
ago. leaving note To Miss Eva Spellman
To whom he was TO be married this week
saying he would never meet her i'm thi:
world. but would see her hereafter NJ
knowledge was gained of him until OF
Monday when his decompOSing body was
discovered in the woods near that city
Death was caused by poison. Miss Spell.
man is cI aZed with grief.
A tramp attacked Bertha Hartman
l. years old, of near Temple Berks coun.
ty, on Saturday and after choking her in.
| To insenSibility. was scared off by an ap.
preaching wagon, whose occupant tool
the girl home. Her father seized a pistol
overlook the tramp and mare Aed him tC
his home, where he was identified 10y the
| victim. Neighbors quickly gathered and
| the tramp was bound and taken before q
} magistrate, who committed him to Jail.
John Mapes. of Beech Creek. started
some time ago from his home To raft il tC
the coast of Carolina lie ilOated his raft
down Beech Creek To the Bald Eagle,
| thence 10 the Susquehanna, al Lock HAY
| en, but there he stuck He tied up tO
wait for higher water and as il came last
week he continued down the river TO the
chesapeake bay. He will hug the coast
from there TO his destination A wife and
family of children are with him on the
raft.
: The presence of the contagious disease
known a glanders among number of
| horses in Wilkesbarre and vicinity has
caused considerable excitement among
! local horSemen and farmers. Sey-
eral fully developed cases have been dis
covered and were Immediately quaran-
tined, and nine suspicious cases are under
| detention in other isolated stables lust ont