The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-05
NEWS AND OTHER NorsNGs


that half of that town was destroyed ty
the recent cyclone.
Terrific wind storms are sweeping
over Lake Superior and it iS feared there
will be many wrecks.
Hastings journey of lamentation has
been so effective that the northern coun-
ties of the state are in tiers.
John Mumbord. eccentric and wealthy
is dead at Lebanon, Pa. aged 73. lie wore
one coat, patched in many colorS. for over
20 years
Work on a limited scale has been re-
Sumed on the Panama canal. The re-
sumption of work was marked by no evi-
dence of enthusiasm.
"A twO-minute wind and rain storm in
Wichita, Kan. on Monday night totally
demolished thirty houses and barns and
uprOoted 800 shade trees.
The Spanish authorities have decided
to send two warshipS to Lourenzo Mar
queS, where rebellIouS natives are in armed
opposition to the Portuguese authorities.
The loss in the United States by fire
the past year was Sl6s OCO.OJO. The mum
ber of fires was 35.l7s. and the amount the
| fire insurance companies were called upon
to pay was SlOG.OOO.OOD
The body of NJ l.. DOnnelly of Indc-
pendence, Kan, was found buried under a
! foot of earth near the NiShnabotna river
in Nebraska. He had been robbed l.. II.
Davidson, companion is suspected.
Since the enactment of the Geary aw
New York Chinese have gone to Arizona
from Mexico for the purpose of securing
transportation 10 their native land at the
expense of the United States government.
On the evening of July last Christie
pher Canister, a hotel keeper of Reading,
Pa, sent off rocket. In its flight it
struck and fractured the arm of Miss
Mary Trainer, aged % The latter
brought suit and a jury awarded her
$1,000.
The rate of wages to be paid the
miners of the SchuyIkill region for the last
half of September and the first half of Oc-
tOber has been fixed at eight per cent be
low the $50 basis. This iS enc per cent
better than the wages paid the preceding
two months
-Davit Wilt, brakeman on a Beech
Creek train, met With an accident WedncS-
day night near Niaduct which proved IA
tai He fell from his train, the wheels of
the cabOoSc running over him. cutting off
his icft leg below the knee. He was taken
to the PhilipSburg hospital where he died
soon after.
The famous Ferris wheel will soon he
erected at Thirty street and
Broadway. y. Y. The old Ferris Wheel
company goes ont OF existence and "a new
company. composed Of New York men. has
been formed. During the Worlds fair the
the wheel went around 1000 times, aui
carried 2.OOO.ODO passengers
Friday night some one entered the
residence of Peter Highbcrger. at Hunk
er's station, WeStmorelaud county. and
going to the sleeping apartments took
about $40 il money and TWO watches
When the thief took his departure he
dropped a watch and a ten dollar hiIl in
the yard in front of the house, where they
were found next morning
-Four footpadS stopped Ridgway Eek
man. d farm hand, on his way from Trcn-
ton. y. J.. to his home at Chesterfield and
stripped him from head to foot They
took everything he had and. including
some candy he was carrying home to hi,
little ones, and left him Shivcring in his
Spectacles- Then they clad him in the
ragged ,oggery Of one Of their number and
permitted him TO go on his way.
The general store of LuScaS Brothers.
at Howard. Centre county, was entered by
burglars early Friday morning through a
rear window, and the safe drilled and
blown open with gun powder The
safe was completely wrecked the
whole front part of il being blown out.
The thieves only secured a few pennies
and nickelS, "a no money is kept in the
safe. This iS the seventh time the same
store has beer burgarizcd.