The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-01-25
NEWS AND OTHER NOruNGs.

The plant of the Huntingdon. Pa. gas
light company, was destroyed by fire; loss
$4,000.
Glen Richter and John Billman, train
men, were killed by striking rock near
COnnellSville, Pa.
Purchasing agents of the Standard Oil
company will no longer be guided by the
prices established in the oil exchange.
"A lower floor of the crypt of old St
Paufs was recently discovered by bin OF
wine falling through from a cellar just
above.
In box intended for Nebraska suffer
erS Chicago woman put tides for chair
backs, a roll of pink satin and scraps OF
fancy braid.
e. X. Smith, of Columbia, charged
with embezzlement, failed to appear when
his case was called at Lancaster and his
bail was forfeited.
"A New York terrier named Nellie has
adopted two kittens. She stole them from
their mother, being jealous of the atten-
ton they received.
-London's Ferris wheel is larger than
the Chicago article. Its axle is a cylinder
of steel seven feet in diameter 1t is now
about half finished.
In tree cut down on the Faulconer
place in Spottsylyania, Va, three pistol
balls and carbine ball were found en-
bedded in the heart.
Several days ago William Banks, col
Ored, was found guilty in the circuit court
at Martinsourg, w. V, of stealing waste
from the boxes of cars standing on the
oh Of. kr Dal- q
On SATURDAY. Judge f. Boyd Faulkner
sentenced him TO the penitentiary for life.
il being 1his third conviction before the
court. This is according to a provision of
the state laws.
Shortly after nine o'clock Saturday
night two masked men entered the grocery
store of William McGuthrie in Toledo. i'm
a populous part of the city, and pulling
their .revolvers on the proprietor, his wife
and customer, proceeded to help them
selves TO the cash in the till, obtaining
about $50. Warning them against apy
alarm, the two robbers then disappeared
The police have no clue.
Since Judge GerkeS sentenced IA
tramps, who were captured at Bristol. Pa.
to break stone in the county Jail, the
knights OF the road have given the town a
wide birth. 1t is estimated that over 900
tramps, who were travelling between
Philadelphia and New York, went through
Bristol last month. and hundreds of them
sought shelter in the Bristol lockup.
Only few stop there now
Fires were started in the plant of the
Sandwich, Mass, glass works on Monday.
which has been idle almost ten wears.
Repairs will be made, and everything is to
be put into shape for operating the works
at once The movement is the result of
action taken by citizens at a meeting
held Saturday evening, a sufficient sum
having been subscribed by them to start
the works, which will be run for the pres
ent on the cooperative plan.
Sitting in his chair frozen stiff. with
the front door OF his house open, Asher
Dunegan, butcher SO years of age. was
found at his residence. just south of
Doylestown, Pa, on Sunday morning.
There were number of cuts and bruises
on his forehead and his face was covered
with blood. This first led to the supposi-
tion that he had been murdered, but after
post mortem examination jury decided
that Dugan had an apoplectic fit, after
which lac had frozen to death