The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-04

| found by a searching party. He suffered
much from the inclement weather but will
recover.
! "A paper from Minnesota says: Corr
/ will be burned for fuel this winter in many
/ sections of Minnesota and South Dakota
! Coal is 81 ION dearer than last year and
/ with corn at eleven cents buShel, it i:
much more valuable as fuel than food
/ Ii makes an excellent fire, and an ear o
| corn makes more heat than It's bulk il
| wood -
Three fires within two days occurred
/ receLtly in Indiana county. The barn o
| Clark Neil, near Jacksonville was burned
| entailing loss of -. .OOO: the dwelling o.
| John l.. Robinson, in the same vicinity
suffered similar fate and the loss /.
placed at 81 500, and the barn of D. L
Shaffer. also near Jacksonville was de-
Stroyed by the flames, the loss being s., 800
There was little insurance on the proper
ties.
Hanging in front of the Central Hote
yesterday were three fine specimens of the
deer family. consisting of a doe and two
fawnS. The animals were brought in by
Wood Kelley, of Brady township and were
shot near the head of Stone run by him
that the three of them were killed in
side of a minute and that the three fel
dead within a circle of twelve feet. He
fired six shots at the trio and five bullets
took effect.-DuBOis Courier
About two weeks ago a child was born
to ISadOre Kingston and wife, of BIain
City. That event in itself is nothing un-
usual but when the diminitive size OF
weight of the infant is taken into account
ii is something rare. The little one
weighs exactly one pound, wears a dolls
cap, socks and is rocked in cradle made
of dolls coach. The mother is a woman
above the average height, and the ia ather
is of medium height. The child coughs.
cries, sneczeS aud gets collie like other
babies. COGIpOTt Standard
Samuel III. Berkheimer, a young man of
Bedford. who has been i'll for couple of
years with what was supposed to be con-
sumption, on Friday November 18th.
passed four reptiles resembling Lizards.
says the Bedford Gazette The largest one
is one and three fourch inches long. They
were alive. This remarkable occurrence
is puZZling the physicians, and the Medico-
ChiruT gical college of Philadelphia will
try to solve the anomaly. and give the re-
suit of its investigation to the medical
world Since the strange occurrence the
young patient has been improving in
health.
-About noon on Saturday. an Italian
woman at BenScreek. undertook to hurry
up fire in the cooking stove with coal oIs
An explosion was the result and the cloth
ing of the woman and little child were
set on fire. the latter being so badly burn
ed that it died in a few hours after being
carried from the burning building which
was entirely consumed. The woman with
the tbe help of the other people about the
house eXtingHiShed the flames from her
clothing before she was fatally burned
The building belonged to the Cambria
Mining and Manufacturing company and
was occupied by four families, about thirty
people, who lost nearly ali their effects.
On Saturday morning J. ID. Raab a
section foreman on the CreSSon and Coal
port railroad. started from DySart with
three section hands. To go To FrugaIity on
a hand car. Near DySart station the rear
engine of a freight train they were follow-
ing cut loose and ran back to do some
shifting. In the dense fog the engine and
hand car crashed together. All the men
save Foreman Raab saw the engine in
time 10 jump. He was fatally injured and
the hand car smashed into kinjling wood.
Raab was taken to Frugality, where he
died from internal injuries. His home
was at DySart. He leaves wife. He was
about - years old and a veteran of the
late war.
AT the celebration of the silver wed :
ding Of Mr.. and Mrs. Angus b. Stewart.
of FrankStown township, Blair county, on
Saturday, about sixty persons were poison
ed by some poisonous mutter that was
partaken with the food Eighty guests
from far and near sat down 10 an elaborate
banquet and after it was over about sixty
of them began to feel queer sensations and
pains. physician who was present
started for Holidays sburg but became too
i'll to return and sent other physicians with
a plentiful supply of drugs ana remedies.
The symptoms shown by the patients in
dicated that the poisoning was of an ar
senical nature and was Supposed to have
been in the chicken salad. All affected are
recovering.