The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-11-27

department OF agriculture, says that 954
different brands of fertilizers were licensed
for sale in Pennsylvania for the year end
ing December 3lst. This number is In ex-
cess of any previous year, and fully proves
that the sales of artificial or commercial
fertilizers are constantly increasing. Un-
der the rigid laws of this commonwealth
the farmers are receiving, prOportionately,
better value for their money than at any
time since the laws were enacted.
"A farmer in an Oregon paper. says:
Every year | hear of caterpil,ars destroy
ing whole orchards. and there is nothing
To be disposed of more easily. l bore a
hole In the tree deep enough to reach the
sap, fill it with sulphour and then plug it
mp. The result is magical. The sap takes
the sulphur to every branch and twig and
the caterpiller at once dies. l have never
known the remedy TO fail and l never
knew a tree to be injured by it, and have
pursued this course for years"
"A little son of John Gibson, residing
between Strongstown and B.lsano, found
a dynamite cartridge in the yard near the
house, one day last week. While the little
fellow was picking at the shell with pin
it exploded. The thumb and four fingers
were torn off one hand and a piece of the
flying missile struck him in the breast,
infi:cting an ugly wound. His little five
year old sister was struck in the eye by a
fragment of the cartridge, and fears are
entertained that she will lose the eye.
While Mrs. Eli Crosby and her daugh-
ter, of Hempfield township, Westmoreland
county, were returning home in a buggy
from Mount pleasant, one dav last week,
they encountered ferocious bull belong
ing to William Byers on the highway.
Ia urus at once charged the horse, striking
it on the breast with the force of batter
ing ram. The collision threw the horse
back on the buggy, breaking the dashboard
and throwing the ladies out. The borse
then dashed homeward wrecking the
vehicle, but himself escaping unhurt.
An experienced housekeeper once well
said: l never throw away single pOta-
to which is left over; there is always some
use for it. Ii even one or two only are left
| crate them and use them to thicken
soup. If more, they can be sau;eed the
next morning for breakfast, or cut into
dice and heated up with milk into which
some salt and place of butter has been
added By putting them in hot oven
and allowing the milk To be partly alb
sorbed by the potatoes this makes "A very
good plain dish
Every few days the news reports con-
tain stories of persons killed or injured by
the discharge of guns or pistols supposed
To be unloaded. The occurrence is COM
mon that the unlOaied gun" has become
one of the stock jests of the comic papers,
yet it seems to make no impression on that
particularly foolish class of people who
play with deadly weapons. 1t is idle to
tell people To stop the idiOtic practice,
but why should not their prospective vic
Tins practice the art of self defense on
them. If possible. before they have time to
pull the trigger?
Robert Lucas, colored, former resi-
dent of JohnStOwn, but now OF Pittsburg,
vent to the house of his mother in law. in
that city. on SATURDAY.. and after short
alteration with his wife, who had not
been living with him, pulled out a revol-
yer and fired three shots, the first striking
her in the temple. the second in the right
arm and the third in the back. AT the
the third shot tie woman fell and Lucas
tried TO escape, but was captured by
policeman who had heard the shooting.
Strange ~ say tue uOt sctIouS-
ly injured and the doctors say will be all
right in few days.
The disclosures attending the arrest of
Rev Mr.. Fitzgerald, Miss Emeline Free
man, and her father, William Freeman,
and her brother, Dawson Freeman, all
we'll known residents of Masontown, has
caused a great sensation in Fayette coun-
ty. Miss Freeman is in Jail charged with
numbering a child to which she recently
gave birth Rev. Fitzgerald is held under
heavy bail for infidelity, and the girls
father and brother are charged with con-
spiracy to conceal murder. Emeine Free
man confessed to DIR. Edmund o. Cloud
that she had murdered the child, and that
Rev Fitzgerald was the cause of her
trouble.
On Sunday evening John Tarr residing
near belmont, Westmoreland county, aged
twenty Eve years, shot and killed his wife
and then committed suicide. year ago
Tarr eloped with the daughter of a we'll
known farmer named Long. They went
to Cumberland. where they were married,
but upon their return home the girls
father refused to allow his daughter to live
with her husband. During the absence Of
| the rest of the family Tarr visited the
home of his father~in-1aw on Sunday
evening and committed the deed. 1t is not
known whether he quarreled with his wife
| or not, as no one was present but the two
when the tragedy took place Both were
daad "a hon RiScOypred