The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-24
NEWS AND OTHER NorEN6s.


wa over a boundary lire.
Mrs. Peter Quinn. At Columbus. sued
for divorce on the grounds that her hu>-
band refused TO take bath.
Charles Nugent. u brakeman, fell un
der train at Rochester. Beaver county.
Pa. He was instantly killed.
Unknown persons fired CassiuS NoheI's
barn near Greensburg, Pa. 1t was de-
Stroyed, and the loss is 81 800.
One Huntingdon county citizen is
rather proud of turkeY hen that LAID 100
eggs between April and August II.
j. K. Thomas. soldier of the late
war, 90 years old, hanged himself in Col
umbuS because he believed the country
was going 10 ruin.
Enemies burned Jerry Baughman'S
barn near GreenSburg, Pa. The building
was stored with grain, and the loss
amounted To 5000.
AT Lima, o., horse driven by Mrs
Daniel Margaret run away. Mrs. Mar
garet was thrown from the buggy and in
stantlY killed and her son fatally injured
"A party of relic hunters at Columbus.
O., on opening the earth works Of ancient
mound builders within the limits Of that
city found the skeleton of an old chiefIain
and battle arms.
r. h. kramlield. of Scranton Pa.
hired Il row boat on the lake at Ithaca. y.
III. Half All hour later the boat was found
floating and empty. 1t is believed he
drowned himself.
"A Northumberland county black
mi N,.I
has invented aud patented Il pipe wrench
tor the right of which he claims to have
been offered SSO.OcO.
AT Parkers burg, w. Va. Bernard La
grange sued Warren HAYS of Roane cuuu-
| ty, W. Va, for $1,000 damages for aliema-
/ ting his wife's affections. lie also enter
ed divorce proceedings.
"A year ago Lizzie Heacock, of Al
lance, O., visited an insane asylum in To-
| ledo. When she returned home she brood
ed over the subject of insanity. On We'd
| nesday she returned To the asylum insane.
! "A dispatch from Vienna states that
/ from Thursday To Saturday there were ..
new cases Of cholera and I2.' deaths from
| the disease i'll GaliCiA. In BukOwina ,
| new cases and u deaths were reported in
the same time.
The Amoskeag corporation at Man
chester, y. H., announces that on August
. all the machinery OF the company now
idle, will be started with u full compile.
ment of help and the entire plant Will run
! sixty hours Il week. The mills employ
nearly 1000 persons.
-PottstCwn, Pa, was visited on Mon
| day evening by myriads OF winged ants
resembling small fly. They were al
over town and into everything. aud wer,
very annoying To pedestrians. One man
counted - tina, alighted upon his coat il
less than five minutes.
The barn of William Z. Gordon. .
merchant of WarfOrd> >burg. Fulton coun.
", was totally destroyed by fire ou Mon
day morning al , o'clock This years
crop of wheat, cats and hay was entirely
consumed. The live stock and a few o.
the implements We're saved.
"A sharp advertiser. who offered for q
| small sum To supply women with chraE
substitutes for hatpinS. has been arrested
in Boston for mi>uSing the mails lie sen
two rah5er bands To each inquirer with n,
| advice: Sew one end To the hat anC
faSten the other behind one of your ears '
Joseph Grouse, years old last Nav
son of Albert Grouse, proprietor of IN,
| Nallamont house. WilliamSpnrt, wa,
| found drowned in an old well or ceSspoo
in the yard, rear of his home. between
aid O'Clock Monday afternoon. The box
had been missing since ; o'clock in tn,
morning.
| A dispatch from Dunbar says that the
Cambria Iron Company is having trouble
with its negro coke workers at that place
| The negroes claim they were promised
sl.5O per day and board by the employ
ment agency. Saturday was pay dav al
the works. and the men were charged for
their board and for transportation To Dun
bar number entered suit against tn,
| company.
Walter MOwery met f.fghtfuI acci-
| dent on Monday evening at Lancaster
| He is employed on the Electric Light
Company and was working on light pole
b feet from the ground. He came in con
| tact with live wire and was thrown
violently in the street. The wire wrapped
/ itself around his body and besides being
| terribly burned. his shoulder blade and
thigh were fractured. His condition is
critical.