The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
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NEWS AND OTHER NOrINGS.

-EIwood Ely was killed by lightning
, near Amber.
Real Estate Dealer Abbott. of Lynn,
Mass, has failed with Liabilities of 500
900.
Premier Crispi is negotiating a recon
clliation between King Humbert aud the
Pope.
Secretary Carlisle has formally refused
to pay the sugar bounty To Louisiana su-
gar planters.
The keystone Glass Company's plant
at Meadvilie. WAS fired 10y IrampS and en-
tirely destroyed.
Throughout Russia there were r. port
ed last week G.276 fresh cases Of cholera
and 3,lg2 deaths.
The Sultan has given 300 Turkish
/ pounds to alleviate the distress caused by
the forest fires in the United States.
The largest flower blooms on lhe Raf-
fesa Arnold plant of Sumatra 1t i 30
| inches in diameter, and its cap holds six
quarts.
An elevated railway with novel fea-
lures is planned for Vienna. The cars are
to be suspended instead of running upon
| ordinary rails.
Peter jackson. the colOred pugiIiSt. on
! Tuesday refused Ia sign articles for
fight with Corbet before the Sioux City
Atheletic Club.
While engaged in repairing Natalie
breaker, at Mt. Carmel, on Monday. John
Reed, carpenter. fell through Il trap
door and was killed.
The largest diamond in the world. the
Excelsior, was discovered OF June 30. lsg3.
! in the mines Of Jageurfontur, Cape Colony
1t is valued at S5,OOO.On.
Austria has a vegetable barometer
| commonly called paternoSter cheese. The
state of the atmosphere is Indicated 10y the
rise and fall of its leaves.
The torch fish carries OF its nose a
/ phosphOreScent search light. which it can
J illuminate or eXtinguiSh at its pleasure.
/ The light is useful in Turing its prey.
There Is talk of lighting by electricity
about - miles of the dredged channel Of
| Mobile Bay. At present the patti iS too
! dark and tortuouS for night navigation.
The Winchester Repeating Arms Com
pany. of New Haven, Conn. has just
/ completed and shipped to the Chinese gov
ernmcnt 1.oOOCOO rounds of ammunition.
The cartridges were of - caIibre and were
sent by rail To the Pacific coast.
! indianapolis now holds the wurl6' :
pacing record and came within fraction
OF "a second on Thursday of last week. of
i the worlds trotting record. Robert j.
made the second heat in his match with
. Joe Patchen for 5000 in 2:O2IL. being the
fastest mile ever paced.
Bridget German. known as the queen
of GypsieS in America, died on Monday
night at her camp near Cincinnati. O.,
aged - years. She has ruled in America
since the death of her husband. King
John German, under a regency. The
queer lived a roaming life all her days and
was popular with her subjects.
/ The umbrella trust. which organized
! about three years ago under the name Of
the Umbrella Company, with SsOD.OOO
/ capital. with a large factory in New York
and another in Lancaster. Pa and with
branch houses in all the great cities of the
Union. and headquarters IN New York.
I and which went into the hands of a re-
ceiver on July Ii last. on Friday last paid
/ its creditors at the rate of 100 cents on the
dollar.
1t is said that a syndicate of Baltimore
I capitalists has purchased the EifTel tower
and and that the immense iron and steel
structure will be- brought To Baltimore.
The promoters OF the Baltimore centcn-
niaI celebration, which is to te held in
1897, are said to toe the purchasers of NJ.
Eiifel'S wonderful building and the cost.
| together with the cost of taking il aparr
and transporting the ZOO tons of metal of
which tits constructed, Is said TO be about
| S5OO.ODO.