The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-08
NEW AND oiIEK NOriNssS

isole'' in polite society.
While in a cemetery. near Carlisle
,, waiting for a funeral. Miss Mary Lautz
dropped dead.
! When Il man marrieS a mOman older
! than himself il seems funny how many
more birthdays he has than she.
The mines of the Lvken- Valley Coal
Company are flooded. and at least week
will be necessary to pump them dry.
Five years domestic troubles between
Joseph Lochner aud his WIFE At 1T. Louis
| Mo, were terminated by Lochncr shooting
! the wife to death.
For criminal assault on belgian
woman. Colonel w. Z. Stevens. heretofore
"a shining light OF mortality" at Moline.
| H., has gone to Jail for Il year
Insane Samuel Alexander. who mur-
| dered James Ncsbit at Chicopre. Mass.
and escaped to Canada, has been captured
and returned without eXtrauiIiun.
The freight service performed 10y the
railroads of the United States in lSg.2. was
equivalent TO moving S>.2il ODD. .225 tons
one mile ThecnmpcnsaJiOm therefor was
S7g9 3lG.Oi2
The first attempt To build 4 railroad To
the summit % Pixies Peak was mace in
! 1884. The present road was completed in
| 1891. Its upper terminus is HOO feet
! above the level of the sea
An Oxford library has Il manuscript con-
tanning the whole Bible 1t i written on a
piece of parchment 81 thin and the writing
is 50 minute that the whole. when rolled
mp, iS neatly packed away in the shell OF Il
common walnut.
1t iS said that no book has ever been
printed that did not contain Typographical
blunderS. The nearest approach Ia per
fection is The Lusiad." printed by John
SOuza in 1917, which has but one and that
an accident caused 10y the press.
Samuel Mock. Of Lewisburg. Pa. has
been arrested OIL the charge of killing hi,
! father. who was buried February ~ Tn,
body was cNhumed and showed the mark,
of knife fncfsfon in the breast and
bruises about the head. II is thought th,
murder resulted from family light.
Five COWS belonging To George Foulkc
of near West Chester. were killed on
Monday by DR.. Edmunds. Il state veterin-
arian. bccau>c of their affection OF tuber-
coIo>iS They were of Jersey aud IIolStcii
stock. and fine animals. 4 score of veter-
mary physicians were present to witness
the operation which was performed at tn,
order of Dr- Bridge.
-Four thousand tons OF coal from Car
diff was brought into port AT New York on
| Monday 10y the steamer Cynthana. con
| signed tn the Bcrwind White Coal Com
pany. The coal is for supplying ocean
steamers and is furnished at a less rat,
than the contract of about $50 ton
This is a consequence of the strike in tn,
bituminOus coal fields.
By premature explosion of dynamit,
at John Band'S fort AT Monocacy station
six miles above PottStown. Pa, on Mon
day, Alexander Church. Jr.. had both arms
blown of and was otherwise badly injured
about the body and face. john Frauci,
had an arm blown off and his face badly
cut. and George Keller was seriously in
jured internally and cut about the body.
"A telegram from Montgomery. w. Va.
states that aS the miners at Powclton
were leaving the mines on Monday night
several shots were fired at them from tn,
surrounding timber. resulting in four mer
being killed. None of the men who ii,
nor has ordered three companies Of mill
tary to be ready to march at moment.
notice. BIoodhoundS are To be used il
running down the men who shot Tn,
miners.
The striking Kanawha Valley miner
have again rcSortcd To violence. The drum
house al the Morris Creek mines has beer
burned, the trestIe over Mans creek de
stroyed by fire and coal traffic stopped ~
the Sewell and Gilkc>on branch of TIN
ChcSapea axe x Ohio railroad. Dynamic
was also used at Morris creek bridge. par
TALLY destroying it. Sheriff SilIman ha
been called upon to protect propcrt,
The kanaw ha X Michigan road has giyel
up the fight and will haul no more coal a
present.
-Meagre details of an uprising in Core;
We're brought by the steamer Sydne,
The people of the town of Dainenzan. il
in the province of Kinkaifu, were indig
nant at the governors tyranny. The
first rose in revolt, and their example wa
followed by other towns. Their force
soon numbered nearly 500. At the latest
accounts the insurgents had put the gov
ernor and "a other persons. Including
number of officials, to death. aud wer,
marching upon Seoul. A force of soldier
had been sent to meet them.
"A sad drowning accident occurred on
Sunday evening in the ConeStoga creek "A
a point called Lamparter'S Meadows, nea
Lancaster. James and Willie Stock. ageC
; and respectively, were bathing i'm tn,
stream with party of companions whcr
James got beyond his depth, and ben.
unable To swim, was carried away bv tn,
current. His brave little brother at
tempted his rescue but was unsuccessful
and he was drowned within few feet o
where James went down. Both bodic.
were recovered soon aftcrward The boy,
We're sons of Frederick Stock. a coachmar
for wealthy family.
"A queer find was made by the peopI,
| residing along the Susquehanna river il
the vicinity ot Slab Lock York county
| Wednesday. 1t consisted of handsome
coffin in which was well dressed child o
| apparently between eight and twelve
months old. The coffin was found in the
debris along the river and evidently came
down with the flood. No one knows wher,
it came from. An inquest was held over
the body and it was then Immediately in
TERED Information on the affair is eN-
, ceedingly scarce. but il is clear that there
was no knowledge as To how the coffin gor
into the water or how long il had been
there.
| "A game IF base ball was to be PLAYED