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CAMBRIA FREEMAN
EBENSBURG, PA
MAY 1903
Friday, May 1, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Walter L. Main’s circus will be in Johnstown May 8th.
Conemaugh is to have a national bank in the near future.
The Ebensburg public schools closed for this term on Wednesday.
Addie Pryce of Cambria township lost a cow by death last week.
Mr. Ed. Shields of Loretto spent several hours in town on Wednesday.
Mr. Adam Schettig of Carrolltown was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Messrs. Bloom & Skelly lost a fine gray draft horse by death on Thursday.
Mr. I. N Wissinger of Blacklick township spent a few hours in town on Monday.
Squire Andrew Strittmatter of Carroll township, was in Ebensburg on Monday.
Dr. T. M. Richards of this place left on Saturday for Zanesville, Ohio, on a business trip.
Mr. Joseph Bearer and son, Walter, of Carroll township, were visitors to Ebensburg on Monday.
The supper at the Congregational church on Wednesday evening was largely attended and was a financial success.
Dr. Davison’s soda water fountain will be started up on Saturday evening for the summer season. Don’t fail to try Davison’s delicious soda water.
Mr. M. J. Ryan of Clearfield has taken charge of the Thomas D. Evans blacksmith shop in the East ward while Mr. Evans is recovering from his recent injury.
Mr. William J. Dutton’s household goods have been shipped to Clearfield, Pa., where the family will follow in a few days where they intend to make their future home.
Mr. Julius Rager, a former well-known citizen of Carrolltown but for a year or more has been a resident of Oklahoma, is on a visit to Cambria county, and spent a few days in Ebensburg this week.
J. R. K. Shook, formerly landlord of the Metropolitan Hotel in this place but for a year or more has been running a hotel at Lock Haven, passed through here one day last week on his way to Winber.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, accompanied by Mr. Schwab’s private secretary, arrived at Cresson on Sunday evening, where they were met by the Schwab coachman and driven to the Schwab summer home in Loretto.
Brigadier General Wiley has decided that the Second Brigade of the National Guard of Pennsylvania shall encamp at Somerset this year. This camp will begin July 25 and the parade ground is said to be the finest in the state.
Mr. Peter Delozier and his son, Ed, of Gallitzin township, were visitors to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. Delozier is an old and prompt paying subscriber to the FREEMAN and as a consequence one of the kind always welcomed in a newspaper office.
Mr. Morgan Hughes of this place who has been seriously ill at Johnstown for the past two weeks is reported to be improving. Mr. Hughes is in his 86th year, but notwithstanding his age, there appears to be a reasonable prospect of his recovery.
Word reached here today (Thursday) that Wesley Beynon, a native of Ebensburg, where two sisters, Misses Clara and Annie still reside, was badly injured in a railroad accident at Bolivar. Mr. Beynon has been an engineer on the P. R. R. for several years. No particulars could be learned up to the time of going to press.
Congressman Alvin Evans has nominated J. Simpson Evans, son of Nicolas Evans, of Lilly, to be a midshipman at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Besides the principal, Mr. Evans has named the following three alternates: Wallace W. Smith, of Bedford county; Charles O. Huston, of Blair county; and Henry Monroe of Chest Springs, this county.
G. W. Kough, of Tipton, Blair county, was given a hearing before a Justice in Tyrone Saturday night and was fined $50 for catching five trout out of season and from Tipton Run, a steam stocked last year. This is the fourth prosecution and conviction by the Blair County Branch of the League of American Sportsmen.
Fire is raging in the woods near Beulah and this Thursday afternoon a large number of men went down from Ebensburg to assist in protecting the lumber and mill of Mr. Webster Griffith of Ebensburg. Mr. Griffith has a large amount of sawed lumber piled up near Beulah and also an immense pile of logs. The high wind scatters the fire very fast in the woods which is full of dry brush.
Joe Fargo, an Italian, aged 19 years, and employed by the Kerbaugh company on the New Portage railroad, was painfully and perhaps seriously injured Monday afternoon. He was standing on a dump car near one of the big shovels when a rock fell from the shovel and hit him in the stomach. He was knocked down, bruised about the abdomen and perhaps injured internally. He was taken to the Altoona hospital for treatment.
Lundro Francisco, the Italian who tried a few months ago to rob the Gallitzin post office and when discovered, turned a weapon upon himself, inflicting a wound, was on Saturday placed in jail at Pittsburg, where he will await trial at the May term of the United States District court in the Smoky City. In his effort at self-destruction Francisco succeeded in inflicting a pretty good wound upon himself which was treated at the hospital in Altoona. Later, on partially recovering he was removed to jail at Hollidaysburg and thence taken to Pittsburg.
Michael Gendilli, an Italian, 51 yeas old, employed as a track hand by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, was run down by an engine in the Altoona yard on Saturday morning and his right arm was so horribly mangled that it was necessary to amputate that member at the shoulder at the hospital, to which institution he was afterwards taken. He was working on the tracks when the engine came along. He did not notice its approach until it was too late. He tried to thrown himself out of the way, but was struck, the wheels passing over his arm above the elbow.
Two young men claiming to be from Cambria county, who gave their names as William Burke and George Bell, fell into the net of special officers of the Blair county Branch of the League of American Sportsmen on Sunday the 19th inst., when they were arrested above Duncansville by Officers H. E. Brown and George Myers, after a long chase on the charge of catching brook trout under the prescribed legal size of six inches. In their possession were found six brook trout from three to four inches long. Both culprits, after a night’s lodging in the county jail were arraigned before Squire Shoenfelt at Duncansville and plead guilty to the charge. They were sentenced to pay a fine of $30 a piece and costs, aggregating $70 for their days’ sport. The league has its eyes open so it would be well for everybody to keep within the bounds of the law. [Hollidaysburg Standard]
Edmund Shaw, Esq., attorney for Millard F. Blake, of Martinsburg, several weeks ago brought a trespass suit in the county court against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to recover $282,875 royalties on a patent device for dumping freight cars. Wednesday judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of his claim, the defendant having failed to file an answer or affidavit of defense within the time prescribed by law and rules of court.
DEATHS
John Washington, aged 25 years, of Wehrum, died at the Memorial hospital, Johnstown, last Tuesday night suffering from bullet wounds in the abdomen which he sustained by the accidental discharge of a revolver.
Bartholomew Sutton died at home in Cresson on Monday, aged about 76 years, his death being due to asthma. He is survived by several children. His remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery at Summit on Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Mary Ann Trimbath, died Sunday morning at 4:30 of paralysis at her home in Altoona. The deceased was born in England, April 28, 1830, and had been a resident of that city for ten years. She is survived by several brothers and sisters among whom are Hugh Trimbath, of South Fork, and Elizabeth Wilkins of Patton.
Mrs. Margaret Williams, relict of Owen D. Williams, died at her home near Grisenmore in Indiana county on Saturday, April 19th, 1903 from a complication of diseases, in the 75th year of her age. Her husband died April 19th, 1891. Mrs. Williams is survived by nine children---three sons and six daughers, one of whom is Mrs. V. S. Barker, of Ebensburg. Her funeral took place on Tuesday following, the interment being made in the McDowell cemetery.
Emma Pearl, daughter of John B. Lehman, clerk in the county commissioners’ office and Mrs. Catharine Lehman, died at 9:30 o’clock on Thursday night of last week at the home of her parents in Ebensburg, aged two years and one month. The funeral took place on Saturday at Elton near where the family formerly resided, with services in the United Evangelical church there upon the arrival of the 11 o’clock train. The parents have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.
Mrs. Margaret Miller died at her home in Wilmore on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock from a complication of diseases. She was born in Pleasantville, Bedford county, January 9th, 1826, being at the time of her death in her 78th year. After her marriage Mrs. Miller moved to Johnstown where she and her husband lived until about 5 years ago. The deceased is survived by three daughters and one son, the latter being a resident of Johnstown. Her funeral took place on Monday afternoon, the interment being made in the U. B. cemetery at Wilmore.
Mrs. John Yohas of Puritan, died at the Almshouse on Wednesday morning from consumption. Mrs. Yohas was thirty–three years of age. She was admitted to the almshouse on April 20th, with her three weeks old babe which died last week. John Yohas, late husband of the deceased, was found in a clump of bushes on a side track between Portage and Puritan street four weeks ago, having lain out all night and died in a few minutes after being taken to the Portage lock up. There are five little children of the deceased pair, who are being cared for by friends.
Simon McFarlain was probably fatally injured and Harold Eddebute, aged 7 years, received hurts resulting in death in an accident which occurred at Utahville Wednesday of last week. Mr. McFarlain is the proprietor of a saw mill at Utahville, the boiler of which is 35 horse power. Wednesday afternoon the mud plug blew out striking the little boy with such force as to cause injuries which resulted in death Thursday morning. The lad was a grandson of Mr. McFarlain, who in his endeavors to rescue him inhaled steam and was also badly scalded in the back.
Tragic in the extreme was the fate of Miss Hannah Burke, a domestic in the family of C. C. Hileman of Greensburg at the passenger station of the Pennsylvania railroad on Sunday evening. She was leaving the Hilemans to visit friends and in crossing the P. R. R. tracks waited until No. 5 west bound, had passed. When the last coach of the fast train had whizzed by she deliberately stepped in the path of east bound No. 6. She was struck fairly by the pilot and thrown seventy-five feet. Death must have been instant for many bones in her body were broken. She was 38 years old. Her home was at Broadtop, Huntingdon county. When the engine was put in the roundhouse at Altoona that night portions of human flesh and a woman’s bonnet were found on the pilot.
A BAD FIRE AT LORETTO
Michael Pfoff Loses His Life in the Flames
About two o’clock on Thursday afternoon a little daughter of Mr. Frank O’Hara in Loretto, discovered a small blaze of fire coming from the roof of the residence of Michael Farabaugh in Loretto and telling her father, he quickly gave the alarm. The people of the town quickly gathered, but owing to the limited facilities for fighting the fire, it made rapid headway and being an old frame building, it burned like tinder and was soon reduced to ashes.
The fire spread from the building occupied by Farabaugh to the residence and store of B. W. Litzinger and also to several small frame buildings, used as ware rooms and stables and they too were burned to the ground. For a time it seemed as if the town was doomed but owing to the energetic work of the bucket brigade the fire was gotten in control and confined to the buildings above mentioned.
After the fire had been gotten under control it was discovered that Michael Pfoff, a brother of Mrs. B. W. Litzinger, was missing, and at this time, it is pretty generally believed that Mr. Pfoff lost his life in the Litzinger building. He was last seen up in the attic where, along with several others, he had gone to try to protect the building. When the attic got so full of smoke that they could no longer stay, they got out and it was supposed Pfoff had come out with the others. He had not been since and it is expected that his remains will be found in the smoldering ruins. Pfoff was a single man, about 45 years of age and was a native of Loretto.
All the buildings burned were owned by B. W. Litzinger, whose loss at this time cannot be estimated. It is not known whether there was any insurance or not.
CRUSHED UNDER HIS ENGINE
Engineer John Rose was killed and Engineer John Keiper and Fireman Harvey M. Miller and B. D. Wright were injured when two engines left the track at South Fork about 5:30 o’clock Friday evening and went over an embankment. The three men who were hurt saved their lives by jumping but Rose was caught under his engine and crushed to death. All were residents of Conemaugh.
Two engines, No. 236 in charge of Engineer Rose and Fireman Miller and No. 369 with Engineer Keiper and Fireman Wright on board, were coming off the spur leading to the Stineman mines with a cabin and about twenty loaded coal cars. As is customary the locomotives were backing out with No. 236 in the lead. At the junction of the siding with the main line, the tender of the first engine picked the switch and jumped the rails, pulling other one, cabin and one car over the embankment, which is about six or eight feet high at that point. The trainmen saw their danger and three of them managed to jump but Rose was on the wrong side and was pinned down by his machine. At the bottom of the bank is a swampy place and the rolling stock that left the track is now lying in the muck there, so that at present, it is impossible to tell what condition the locomotives are in.
The body of Rose was taken out of the wreckage badly crushed and scaled by escaping steam. John Rose was 37 years old and a son of Adam Rose of Summerhill township. The dead engineer was promoted about a year ago from the firemen’s side. He is survived by his widow, who was Lucinda, daughter of John Wright, a farmer in Summerhill township, and by two children. The funeral took place from the residence of John Wright, near Wilmore on Monday morning at 10 o’clock, with interment in Mt. Union cemetery.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
On Wednesday of last week while Mr. Joseph White was working on his sawmill in Barr township his clothing caught in the set screw in the line shaft and by miracle alone was Mr. White saved from a horrible death. While the mill was in operation Mr. White went under it to soap a belt that was coming loosely when his coat was caught by the set screw. He felt his coat being wound about the shaft and by grasping the timbers of the floor above was able to save himself from being wound around the shaft. As it was, every particle of his clothing with the exception of his shoes and stockings was torn into shreds and his left leg and hip badly braised and bruised. It will be several weeks before Mr. White will be able to return to work.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, April 30, 1903:
John Wigand, Portage and Nellie Kaiser, Johnstown.
Stephen W. Ross and Elizabeth Alice Gross, Hastings.
Joseph Cunningham and Mary Link, Hastings.
Elbertus G. Seymore and Mary Ellen Eckenrode, Chest Springs.
Oscar Noel and Elizabeth Ashcroft, Gallitzin.
Paulinus Buck and Mary Illig, Carroll township.
John Thomas and Flora Stine, Glasgow.
Albert N. Fry and Clara B. Portel, South Fork.
Robert Link and Jane A. Barkley, Patton.
Thomas J. Graham and Mae P. Cowher, Patton.
Lewis Lann and Mary Simon, Hastings.
CRESSON HOTEL FOR SALE
The Pittsburg POST is authority for the statement that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, having recently disposed at auction of the furnishings of the Mountain House and cottages at Cresson, is now seeking a purchaser for the buildings themselves with the handsome grounds adjoining. In noting this fact the POST does a little reminiscing as follow:
“With the passing of the Mountain House disappears from the list of resorts one that in the hey-dey of its success was among the famous of the mountain resorts in this county and which was the summer home of many prominent of the world of business, finance and politics. President Harrison made it his summer house for two season and until the death of his mother, Andrew Carnegie regularly spent his summers there.”
Friday, May 8, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. E. O. Jones is home from Pittsburg on a visit to his mother.
Dr. Clark Creery and wife arrived home from Pittsburg on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Darrah, of this place, spent the past week at Atlantic City.
Mr. John Love and wife, of Pittsburg, are spending a few days in Ebensburg.
Mr. Isaiah Gates of White township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday.
Mr. Christopher White and wife of Barr township visited Ebensburg on Saturday.
Mr. Phillip Jones of Jackson township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday.
Messrs. Ed. Shoemaker and Charles O’Hara of this place are home from Pittsburg where they attended a dental college.
Burgess E. James and wife of this place spent several days in South Fork this week visiting their daughter, Mrs. Irvin Stineman.
Mrs. Mary Parish and her sister, Miss Bridget McCullough, of Allegheny township, were visitors to Ebensburg on Tuesday.
A knitting factory will be established at Somerset. It will start with twelve machines and produce twenty-five dozen pairs of stockings a day.
The site of the old South Fork dam has been purchased by the Stinemans and the mineral treasures beneath its surface will soon begin to go to market.
Cresson’s constable is looking for some Altoonians who successfully worked the shell game in the mountain town a day or two ago. [Altoona Times]
A temporary roof has been put on the Anderson House at Cresson, and nothing further will be done in the way of repairs until the insurance adjustors have fixed the loss.
Mr. John Love of Pittsburg has purchased the farm of Mr. Fes. Tibbott, about a half mile south of Ebensburg and intends using it as a summer home. The farm contains 26 acres and the price paid was $1,800.
On Saturday the governor signed a bill authorizing County Commissioners to furnish metal markers for the graves of the United States soldiers and sailors on petition of ten residents of any township, borough or city.
Messrs. Coon and Kough, formerly of Pittsburgh have placed a saw mill on the Capt. Thos. Davis tract on the stone pike, five miles west of Ebensburg, and are now cutting lumber. There are over 2,000,000 feet of timber on the tract.
Landlord John Manion of the Central Hotel in this place has sold the leasehold of that well-known hostelry to Mr. Julius Rager, a former resident of Carrolltown, who will take possession as soon as the license can be transferred.
Mr. W. H. Connell, of this place had a slight paralytic stroke in the hardware store of Schettig Bros., where he is employed on Tuesday. After a little time Mr. Connell was able to walk to his home and is now entirely recovered.
Mr. Joseph Gutwald of Cresson, fell on Friday last and dislocated his shoulder. Mr. Gutwald who is 77 years of age, in March last, fell and fractured two ribs but owing to a good constitution and his sound Democracy, he is pretty hard to down and always pulls through. His many friends in Ebensburg, where he once served the people as burgess, hope he will soon be all right again.
Donato Guortino, an Italian employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad company near Altoona, lost his foot Monday afternoon in a peculiar accident. His foot was caught in a switch, which held him fast. Unable to escape, a draft of cars which were being shifted ran down the track and over his foot, badly mangling it. He was taken to the hospital where it was amputated.
Thieves broke into the barn of Isaac Miller, a Jackson township farmer, Sunday night and stole there from a horse, buggy and harness. When Mr. Miller went to the stable in the morning he found the outfit gone. The tracks of the thief were followed and headed in the direction of Wilmore. The animal is a large sorrel, sixteen hands high and weighing about 1,250 pounds. The buggy was a top vehicle with red running gears and black body. The outfit was worth at the least calculation $150.
Joe Slot, an Italian laborer, employed by the Kerbaugh company on the New Portage railroad near Duncansville was perhaps fatally injured at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. While material was being lifted by block and tackle it broke and he was struck on the head by a pulley, knocked down and rendered unconscious. He was taken to the Altoona hospital and an examination showed that he had sustained a fracture of the skull, lacerations of the scalp and nose and abrasions of the face.
His injuries were dressed and he was placed in bed. His condition is serious and he may not recover.
The Anderson house at Cresson narrowly escaped destruction by fire Saturday morning. The hotel took fire at the roof at 10:40 o’clock from a defective flue. The flames gained considerable headway before the fire fighters work began to tell and before being extinguished, the roof was burned off and the third floor gutted. The entire building with others in the neighborhood was threatened with destruction and was only saved by the gallant work of the volunteer fire fighters and bucket brigade. The loss on the hotel will reach $1,500, covered by insurance. Proprietor C. G. Wenderoth will begin repairs to the hotel at once.
The church of the Holy Cross, Spangler, will soon be in possession of a fine organ through the liberality of Andrew Carnegie. Two or three weeks ago James A. McClain, manager of the Spangler Improvement Co., wrote to Mr. Carnegie asking his help in installing an organ in keeping with their splendid church building and was gratified in receiving the reply that Mr. Carnegie would give $1,250 in consideration that the congregation would contribute a like amount for an organ costing $2,500. The liberal offer has been gratefully accepted by the congregation and the organ will be placed in position in the very near future. [Barnesboro Sentinel]
The big frame hotel farm house and other adjoining buildings at Wopsononock, near Altoona, were destroyed by fire on Thursday afternoon of last week. The only person on the premises at the time was Mrs. Ellen Joy, the housekeeper. For two days, fire at the Bear Rock had threatened to destroy the hotel, but though Mrs. Joy telephoned to Altoona, the danger was not supposed to be imminent. The building contained sixty rooms and was owned by the Wopsononock Resort and Improvement company of which T. H. Greevy owned the majority of the stock. He also owned the furniture. On the loss which will reach $20,000 to $25,000, there is only $2,500 insurance. There is attached to the hotel an electric light plant valued at $7,000 and this was saved.
Monday morning several veterans from Ebensburg left for a weeks’ visit to some of the southern battle fields. In the party were Col. S. W. Davis, ex-Judge Barker, E. J. Humphreys, Edmund James, W. A. Jones and F. H. Barker. John D. Roberts of Johnstown joined them at Harrisburg. Steward Jones of Boston met the party in Washington and accompanied them on the trip.
DEATHS
Mrs. Harvey Thomas, of Gallitzin, who since March 4th had been at the Memorial Hospital Johnstown to receive treatment for consumption, died at the hospital at 11 o’clock Sunday night, aged twenty years. She is survived by her husband and two little children.
John M. Dunford, aged 8 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dunford, of Johnstown, died at the Cambria hospital shortly after midnight Sunday morning from injuries received in being struck by boards torn loose by the wind from the water tank shed on top of Prospect Hill.
William Caruthers, a lineman in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad, on the Pennsylvania and Northwestern division, committed suicide at Bellwood, Blair county on Sunday morning by blowing his head off with a rifle, at his home. The deceased leaves a wife and six children and had lately been subject to melancholy spells.
Donald, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Killinger of Altoona, aged one year and four months died on Friday as the result of eating neuralgia pills which the child mistook for candy. The pills contained strychnine and as the little fellow had eaten about two dozen of them and it was not known at once, physicians found it impossible to save his life.
Samuel H. Lemon, died at his home in Philadelphia last Friday, aged 70 years. The deceased was a brother of the late Hon. John A. Lemon, of Hollidaysburg, and had quite an extended acquaintance in Cambria county. He was a member of the firm of Lemon & Bailey who operated a steam sawmill in Allegheny township near Cresson about 35 years ago. His father in the days of the turnpike and Portage railroad, kept the Lemon stand at the head of Plane No. 10. He is survived by a wife and one son.
John Bachelor, a miner employed by the Beech Creek Coal and Coke company, was struck by a fall of rock at the Ashcroft No. 13 mine at Patton, Thursday morning of last week and instantly killed. There was a cave-in in his room Wednesday night and on going to work Thursday morning, bachelor climbed to the top of the heap. While inspecting the damage a huge rock which had been loosened by the cave-in struck him on the head. He was married and leaves a wife and several children.
The smallpox contagion prevails in the Blair county almshouse. Thursday evening of last week, Charles Zook, an inmate died and D. M Henderson, another inmate, was attacked with the disease. Guards have been placed on the public roads leading to the institution and a rigid quarantine is in force.
OBITUARIES
Eliza Linton
Mrs. Eliza Linton, relict of Captain William Linton, who was stricken with paralysis two weeks ago while superintending the removal of some household goods from the Mountain House at Cresson, died at her home at the Summit at 7 o’clock Saturday night without regaining consciousness.
The deceased was born in March, 1838 in Indiana, where her father, John Myers, died many years ago. Her mother, Mrs. Agnes Coyte Myers died in 1897. Mrs. Linton’s husband died at the Summit in December 1889. She had been a resident of that place for thirty years.
Funeral services were conducted at her late residence Monday afternoon and the remains taken to Indiana on Pacific Express Tuesday afternoon for interment. Mrs. Linton was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church.
Nicholas J. Boyer
Nicholas J. Boyer, the well-known landlord of the Cambria Hotel in Wilmore, died at that place at 7:20 o’clock Saturday evening of a complication of diseases after an illness of four months. He was born in Croyle township, May 15, 1852, and spent nearly all of his life in that locality. About six years ago he purchased the Wilmore hostelry from Conrad Wenderoth and had conducted it until his illness compelled him to delegate his business to Isadore Holder.
Mr. Boyer is survived by his widow, who was Miss Elizabeth Krouse, and one son, John, aged about ten years, as well as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Boyer of Croyle township and by four sisters and one brother.
The funeral took place Tuesday morning, the cortege left the Boyer home at 9:30 o’clock and proceeding to the Catholic Church at New Germany, where services were held and where interment will be made in the church cemetery.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, May 7, 1903:
James Mapstone and Ellen Hund, South Fork.
Charles C. Bear and Bertha E. Glass, Amsbry.
Peter C. Hammond, Loretto, and Mary R. Glass, Amsbry.
Vincent Misel and Sarah Sharbaugh, Carroll township.
Frank McGary, Johnstown, and Sarah T. Allen, Lilly.
Friday, May 15, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. T. S. Davis of this place spent the past week in Blairsville.
Mr. Ed. Glass of Allegheny township was in town on Tuesday.
Several dogs have been poisoned in Ebensburg during the past week.
Mr. W. A. Lantzy of Spangler was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday.
Mrs. D. O’Donnell of Cresson spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Thursday.
Mr. Charles Schryock of Wilmore spent a few hours in town on Tuesday.
Mrs. T. M. Richards of this place is calling on relatives in Zanesville, Ohio.
Mr. Peter Long of Croyle township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday.
Mr. Jams M. Singer of Jackson township spent a few hours in town on Tuesday.
Mr. George B. Stineman of South Fork was visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Mr. Philip Sanders of Munster township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Mr. Joseph Melloy of Loretto was in Ebensburg for a short time Wednesday evening.
Miss Rosalyn Darragh of this place spent several days this week with friends in Johnstown.
Landlord J. R. Manion has traded his team of driving horses for a handsome black horse.
M. D. Kittell, Esq., of this place returned home on Monday after a brief visit to Atlantic City.
Mrs. E. H. Plank and two daughters, of Christiana, Pa., are visiting relatives in this place.
Mr. T. H. Heist is busily engaged in getting Maple Park Springs in readiness for the summer season.
Mrs. Jones, wife of Dr. F. C. Jones of this place visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Wertz in Johnstown last week.
Mrs. Jennie Griffith entertained the Whist Club Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. D. Barker.
Mr. Robert McBreen is making preparations for the laying of a new brick pavement in front of his property on Centre street.
Smallpox in a virulent form now prevails at the Blair county almshouse and rigid measures are being adopted to prevent a spreading of the contagion.
On Tuesday morning the train from Hastings to Cresson struck and killed two cows a short distance East of Noel’s station on the Ebensburg and Cresson branch.
Mr. Webster Griffith of this place purchased three fine sorrel horses at a sale at Blairsville on Tuesday. Mr. Stanton Davis bought a fine black mare at the same sale.
Earl Hill, aged 23 years, said to be a young man of exemplary habits has been missing from his home in Blairsville since January 31, and it is feared he has met with foul play.
Mrs. Robert Brady of Munster township was stricken with paralysis on Tuesday and is in a critical condition, this being the second stroke. Mrs. Brady is the mother of a large family.
Misses Della and Mallie Bearer, of Carroll township returned home Tuesday evening from a visit to relatives in Charleroi, and were met here by their brother, Walter Bearer, and driven home.
The Brallier property in Blacklick township consisting of 343 acres was sold Saturday by the administrator, Robert Ferguson, to John J. Evans, (ridge) for $14,350. The deal includes the coal and surface and timber up to ten inches in diameter.
The barn on the farm of T. M. Apple, Sr., in Reade township caught fire on Monday about noon and was totally destroyed together with its contents which included a horse and buggy belonging to Elsworth Nevling, who a short time before had driven up to the Apple residence and put away his rig. It is supposed that a spark from the forest fires caused the conflagration.
Harry Kane, husband of Rosy Kane, a smallpox patient who fell over a bluff and was killed after escaping from the Municipal Hospital at Johnstown where she had been under treatment, has sued the city of Johnstown for $25,000. Negligence in not properly guarding the hospital is alleged. Mrs. Kane is said to have been in a delirious condition when she made her escape and fell over the bluff.
DEATHS
George, the 6-year-old son of John Edenbo, residing near Greensburg, was given some liquor to drink last Friday and later obtained more in some mysterious manner. He was seized with convulsions and died in great agony.
Harry M. Golden, a well-known musician residing in DuBois committed suicide Sunday afternoon by putting a bullet in his heart. He was 32 years old and unmarried. Ill health, which unbalanced his mind, led to the rash deed.
James Tierman, Sr., died at his home in Clearfield township, Wednesday afternoon of last week, aged seventy-one years. He is survived by his widow and seven children. The funeral took place at St. Augustine Saturday morning.
Miss Margaret C. Criste, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Criste, former residents of Cresson, died at her home in Braddock on Monday from pleuro-pneumonia. The deceased was born at Cresson, June 6th, 1883, and removed to Braddock when quite a child. Her mother and three brothers survive.
Mrs. Susan, wife of Robert Stevens, died at her home near Cresson on Sunday from blood poisoning, aged 47 years. The deceased is survived by her husband and one sister, Mrs. James Hines and two brothers, Vincent, residing at Cresson, and Fernando, residing at Pittsburg. The funeral took place on Wednesday, the remains being interred in the Catholic cemetery at Cresson.
Miss Laura May Litzinger, of St. Augustine, this county, went to the home of her uncle, Abraham Tigert near Punxsutawney, Tuesday, of last week, her grandmother having died there on the morning of that day. In the evening she went to her room and did not return, when a search was made and it was found that she had dropped dead after going upstairs. Her death under the circumstances in inexplicable, as she was not known to be suffering from any disease.
Melanethon Evans, a former resident of Ebensburg, who was formerly a mail carrier in Altoona, died at Hollidaysburg on Tuesday after an illness of four years. The deceased was 46 years of age and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan C. Evans of this place. He was twice married and is survived by his second wife and one son. His remains were brought to Ebensburg on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday afternoon after services at the home of his parents, were interred in Lloyd cemetery.
Emil Pankratz, a German, had his head so badly crushed by a fall of rock at the Conemaugh slope Saturday that he died before he could be taken from the slope. He was 34 years of age and leaves a widow and two children. The funeral took place from his late home in Brownstown Sunday afternoon.
OBITUARY
One of the largest funerals ever held in Northern Cambria county took place in St. Benedict’s Catholic church at Carrolltown Thursday morning of last week when the last sad rites were performed over the remains of Mrs. Matilda Luther, widow of the late Anslem Weakland.
Mrs. Weakland died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Ryan, at Patton Monday night after an illness of three months, of a complication of diseases. She was a member of one of the oldest families in Cambria county, among the pioneers of this section and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Luther of Carroll township. She was aged 68 years, four months and four days.
Ex-Sheriff D. A. Luther of Carroll township and Henry Luther of Gallitzin are brothers. The sisters living are Mrs. Michael Snyder of Dubois; Mrs. Henry Bender of Carroll township; Mrs. James Leib of Nicktown, and Mrs. John Latterner of Munster township. The children living are Walter Weakland, the wholesale liquor dealer of Patton; Aaron, the liveryman of Arcadia; Edward and Samuel of Patton; Bennell of Carroll township; Mrs. W. J. Ryan and Misses Emma and Elvina of Patton. Mrs. Weakland’s husband died September 7, 1902.
MARRIAGES
Mr. John Mitchell and Miss Sue Nagle, both of Patton, this county, were married at Hollidaysburg, in the American House parlors, Justice C. G. Lowry officiating, May 5th.
R. Edgar Leahey and Miss Dorothea Agnes Peach, both of Ebensburg, were married in Cumberland, Md., on Wednesday, May 6th, 1903. The FREEMAN extends its congratulations and wishes them a long and prosperous career.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, May 14, 1903:
Edward Lonergan, Carrolltown, and Mary Ida White, Carroll township.
Homer C. Findley, West Taylor township, and Hannah H. Hildebrand, Jackson township.
William Kirsch, Spangler, and Theresa Schrift, Nicktown.
Andrew Johnman and Ida May Leonard, Hastings.
J. M. Eckins and Catharine J. Farrell, Beaverdale.
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT
A special term of court convened here on Monday with Judge O’Connor on the bench.
The case of Fred Allen and George Allen vs. The Webster Coal & Coke company, trespass, after the evidence was given, ended by Judge O’Connor directing a compulsory non-suit to be entered. George Allen, aged fourteen, son of Fred Allen, while riding on the company’s cars and attempting to jump off, was thrown under the wheels and lost an arm. The plaintiffs claimed that the accident occurred through negligence of the company while the defendants claimed that the boy was a trespasser and the company not liable.
Margaret Kane et al., vs. John Yeaglin, et al, ejectment, was continued.
Barbara Wirt, Louis Wirt, Joseph Schlereth and Anthony Schereth (sic), ejectment for land in Barr township. Jury find for defendants, subject to decision of courts on point reserved.
Harry Boyer vs. S. A. Weimer and A. L. Keagy, continued.
Annie McKenna vs. P F. Brendlinger, trespass, continued.
D. D. Blaugh vs. Jane W. Dick, trespass, continued.
T. M. Brown, vs. Forest Water Company, trespass, continued.
S. W. Davis vs. W. M Beers, ejectment, non suit entered.
MT. GALLITZIN REUNION
The Mt. Gallitzin Academy which was established in Ebensburg in 1869 and lately removed to Baden, Pa., will hold a grand reunion at the latter place on July 18. The Sisters of St. Joseph are making elaborate preparations to entertain their former boys. All are cordially invited to attend and those who have not already received a personal invitation may attribute it to the non possession of present address and are requested to forward their address to the Sisters of St. Joseph, at Baden, Pa., at their earliest convenience.
Friday, May 22, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Dr. A. C. Fitzgerald of South Fork was a visitor to Ebensburg on Sunday.
Mr. William Kimball lost a valuable dapple gray horse by death on Sunday.
Commissioners’ Clerk F. B. Jones of this place spent Sunday in Johnstown.
Rev. Father Hurton of Vindondale spent a couple of days in Pittsburg this week.
The brick work on Supt. H. T. Jones’ new residence is about completed.
Miss Ann McDonald is home from Allegheny where she spent the past winter.
Squire T. J. Stephens of Gallitzin spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Monday.
Mr. D. E. Parks has planted a fine orchard on land adjoining his summer residence.
Charles Rowland, son of Amos Rowland, of this place, is ill with appendicitis.
Mr. M. D. Bearer has accepted a position in Schettig Bros. hardware store as a clerk.
The salary of the postmaster at Patton has been increased from $1,600 to $1,700 per anum.
Last Friday night four sheep and eight lambs belonging to Pryce Brothers were killed by dogs.
Miss Annie Kane returned from Pittsburg on Friday and will spend the summer in Ebensburg.
A new barn is being erected by County Commissioner Benj. Jones on his farm north of Ebensburg.
Messrs. Joseph Griffin and Alex Parrish of Munster township were visitors to Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Squire James Mellon and wife, of Patton, spent Thursday in Ebensburg with their daughter, Mrs. John T. Blair.
H. H. Myers, Esq., and sister, Mrs. Porter, of this place, attended the funeral of Mrs. Robert Brady at Loretto on Monday.
A sawmill has been placed on the Jonathan Jones farm three miles north of Ebensburg for the purpose of cutting up the Hemlock lumber in that neighborhood.
Contractor L. Z. Bloom of this place a few days ago received a car load of cedar shingles from the state of Washington. The freight bill amounted to $260.
Mr. Ida Bloom of the east ward is still confined to his home by illness. Mr. Bloom contracted a heavy cold about two months ago and has never recovered from it.
Mrs. Wm. A Todd, of Scottdale, who was on the mountain in attendance of the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Robert Brady, at Loretto on Monday returned home on Tuesday.
Smallpox has again made its appearance in Spangler, the victim being William Young, mine foreman at Delta Mine. His home has been quarantined. It is not known where he contracted the disease.
Weston, the merchant of Gallitzin, has broken ground for a large brick department store to be completed for fall trade. When completed this store will have facilities to second none for rendering up-to- date service in all lines.
The deal by which Mr. Julius Rager was to have secured the leasehold of the Central Hotel, in this place, from Mr. J. R. Manion, the present proprietor has fallen through and Mr. Manion will remain in charge of that hotel.
Ex-Sheriff Joseph A. Gray of Spangler has bought from Col. J. L. Spangler, of Bellefonte, the Gray Hotel at Spangler for $10,000, exclusive of furnishings. The hotel was built by the Spangler Improvement Company in 1893 and is one of the finest in northern Cambria. Mr. Gary makes the purchase as an investment.
As a result of carelessness on the part of a daughter, the entire family of John Sharp, living in Allegheny township, this county, near Chest Springs, is prostrated with a virulent form of smallpox. Mr. Sharp, his wife and eight children are down with the disease, the condition of the former being so serious that he is not expected to recover.
John A. Gray, aged twenty-two years and a brakeman on the Cresson & Clearfield division, residing in Altoona, was the victim of an unfortunate accident about 6 o’clock Wednesday morning of last week. He was setting brakes on his train at Spangler when he fell and his right leg went down between the cars and was caught by the bumpers and badly contused and lacerated. He was taken to the Altoona hospital where his injuries were dressed with a view of trying to save the leg.
On Monday a charter was granted to the Cresson Springs Brewing company, Mr. Joseph Henger of this place will be president of the new concern while H. A. Englehart, also of this place, will be the secretary. The new brewery will be erected at Cresson and will start out with a capacity of 15,000 barrels a year, although it will be built with a view to increasing the capacity to 30,000 barrels per year when necessity demands it. The buildings will be built of brick and located on the Pfeister property near the Y.
Miss Emma Deis, of Johnstown, on Monday entered a suit against Frank A. Cressell, of the same city, asking for $25,000 damages for breach of promise. In her statement, as filed, Miss Deis related that on or about the 19th of January, 1898, and at various other dates, the defendant promised to marry her. She agreed and for this reason has remained single and unwed until the present day, waiting for the consummation of the agreement. She further alleges that in violation of his promise to wed her, the defendant on the 19th of November last, wed another.
DEATHS
Mrs. Somerville, wife of Reuel Somerville, Esq., of Patton, died at her home in that place on Wednesday evening. Death resulted from an operation performed on Mrs. Somerville recently. The couple had been married but a short time.
Anna Dyneda, aged twenty-five years, died from a paralytic stroke at the county almshouse Saturday afternoon about 4 o’clock. She was admitted to the institution from Johnstown August 23, 1902. It is said the deceased has two sisters in Johnstown.
The body of Stephen Brown, of Indiana county, was found in the Conemaugh river at New Florence Sunday morning. It was evident that he had jumped from the bridge, a distance of 30 feet and the body was terribly bruised. Brown suffered from insomnia and it is thought he was temporarily insane. Two sons and two daughters survive. He lived near Centerville.
Joseph Young, Jr., a son of ex-Sheriff J. J. Young, of Jefferson county, was killed by a falling tree while driving on Saturday near DuBois. The tree had been partially consumed by forest fires in the neighborhood and in falling completely demolished the buggy and crushed the occupant. He lived but a few minutes. The affair is more tragic because it is but three years since another son of ex-Sheriff Young was murdered in the state of Indiana.
William A. Hammond died at his home in Altoona on Wednesday of heart trouble. He had been ailing for three weeks. He was employed by contractor W. V. Hughes and was working as a foreman at Renova, but taking ill, was compelled to come home. He grew worse and continued to sink until he passed away. Deceased was born at St. Augustine, this county, September 17, 1876, and he resided in Altoona for sixteen years. The funeral will take place at 9 o’clock on Saturday morning.
Albert M. Bowen, an employee of the Cambria Steel company’s car shop at Johnstown, was instantly killed Thursday morning of last week by a fall from the platform of No. 7 crane in the car shop. Bowen was standing on the platform of the crane, which stood about 20 feet above the floor of the shop. He either stepped on the end of a loose board or the plank broke. At any rate the young fellow fell, head foremost to the floor below, alighting on his head on a pile of old metal plates. His head was split open. The young man was 27 years old and unmarried.
Daniel Sepko, a foreigner, while at work in the mines about one half mile from Spangler on Monday morning was killed. He was working in Victor mine No. 4. Sepko and his father-in-law were at work drawing pillars and a shot had been put off which, it seems, did not bring down all the coal. So Sepko, without properly propping the place, began to dig and a mass of coal fell on him and crushed him to death. Sepko leaves a wife and two children. His remains were interred in the Swedish cemetery at Hastings on Wednesday.
Guina Anler, an Italian track laborer, aged 38 years, was struck and instantly killed by Sheridan accommodation at a point between Wilmore and Portage shortly before 9 o’clock on Friday morning. The accident occurred near NY tower. Anler, it is said, was working on the track and did not note in time the approach of the train, which was running west at a good rate of speed. Anler’s head was struck, but his worst injuries were in the hip, the bone on the right side being torn out with the flesh so that the bowels protruded. The man’s remains were taken to Johnstown.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Matilda, wife of Robert Brady, of Munster township, whose serious illness was mentioned in last week’s FREEMAN, died at her home on Friday, May 15th, 1903, aged 54 years.
Mrs. Brady was born in Munster township and was a daughter of the late Jacob and Jane Glass. Several years ago she was stricken with paralysis but was able to be about and at the time of receiving the last stroke which caused her death was at the home of a neighbor. She was conveyed to her home where she lingered for a couple of days when death came.
She is survived by her husband, and four daughters: Cora, Bertha, Bernadine, and Harriet. She is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Susan Burns and Amanda, wife of Frank Burk, both of Gallitzin; Ann, wife of William A. Todd, of Scottdale, and Ella, wife of Charles Sharbaugh of Cresson, and one brother, Demetrius, of Munster township. Her funeral took place at Loretto on Monday morning at 10 o’clock where after a High Mass of Requiem, her remains were interred in St. Michael’s cemetery.
SUICIDE OF T. J. FOLEY
Coroner E. L. Miller, of Johnstown, has decided that an investigation into the death of T. J. Foley, who committed suicide at Blandburg Saturday afternoon by shooting is unnecessary, in view of the general ascertainment and proving of the fact of felo de se, caused apparently by a protracted drinking spree.
T. J. Foley was about fifty years of age. He was born in Ireland and was brought to this country at the age of five years by his parents, who settled at Cameron’s Bottoms, Indiana county. He studied law and in his early manhood moved to Lehigh county where he was admitted to the bar and is said to have made some money as an attorney. Later he located in this county and followed various pursuits, including that of a school teacher. Mrs. Foley and her two children, for some time, have been at Slatington, Lehigh county.
Foley taught school at New Holland the past winter and since the term closed had been drinking heavily, spending most of his time around Blandburg. Saturday afternoon he purchased a revolver and cartridges from a dealer in Blandburg and shot himself back of the right ear. He died in a few minutes after being found.
Foley went right across the street from the store in which he purchased the revolver and shot himself. The deceased was a brother of John S. Foley, who resides at Lilly.
D. F. Foley of Allentown, son of the suicide came to Blandburg to claim the remains of his father and arrange for burial.
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Bairdstown, a little village in Westmoreland county, which lies immediately across the Conemaugh river from Blairsville, was the scene of a double tragedy early on Sunday morning which resulted in the loss of two lives. The dead are Albert Palmer, aged 33 years and Mollie Beck, aged 30 years. The case was drink and jealousy. Between 2 and 3 o’clock the neighborhood where the tragedy occurred was aroused by the shrieks and cries of several women. Those who appeared upon the scene witnessed an awful sight. In the rear room of the house in which the tragedy took place lay the bodies of the persons named, the woman with a bullet hole through her heart, and the man, shot in the middle of the chest. Death was instantaneous in each case.
Early on Saturday evening Palmer had been seen on the streets of Blairsville very much intoxicated. He had been paying attention to the young woman for a couple of months, although she had a husband living. There were no witnesses in the shooting but it is supposed to have resulted from a quarrel.
MONEY STOLEN
On Monday, Albert Schaller who had the contract for building an oven for Jonathan Owens, the baker in Ebensburg, discovered that he had lost a roll of money, amounting to $380.00. He had just completed the oven and had in his employ Charles Oschapke, who boarded with Policeman John Finn and when Schaller discovered that his wad and helper disappeared about the same time, he naturally concluded that they were traveling together and he at once proceeded to telegraph to the police at different places to be on the lookout for Oschapke. On Monday, Pittsburg detectives who were on the watch, recognized Oschapke as he stepped off a train and placed him under arrest. He admitted the theft and without hesitation handed over $320, what he had left of the stolen money. Schaller refused to prosecute and Oschapke was allowed to go.
SALE OF COAL LANDS
A deal has been recently closed by which William H. Piper & Co., the coal operators, secured the Adam Smith farm in Washington township. The tract includes about 100 acres and the price is $6,000.
The Webster Coal & Coke Company on Friday concluded a deal by which it secures the coal under 342 acres in Cresson township and sixty acres of surface. This formerly belonged to Philip Pritsch, but the options passed through the hands of Messrs. McCann and Leap and F. C. George.
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
For the benefit of those desiring to attend the Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania at Allentown, June 1 to 6, the Pennsylvania Railroad company will sell excursion tickets to Allentown from all stations on its line in the state of Pennsylvania on May 31, June 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, good to return until June 6, inclusive at rate of a single fare for the round trip. For specific rates, apply to local ticket agents.
MARRIAGES
Mr. Thomas Hopkins and Miss Sarah Harrison, two of Nantyglo’s popular young people were married at the Church of the Holy Name in this place on Wednesday morning by Rev. Thomas J. Hurton.
MARRIGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, May 21, 1903:
Henry Ellsworth, Amsbry, and Bernadetta Hertzog, Lovett.
Frank Nagle, Spangler, and Elmira Houp, Clearfield township.
Thomas Hopkins and Sadie Harrison, Nantyglo.
Joseph Manu and Mary Garman, Blandburg.
J. R. McKinley and Etta Ray, Beaverdale.
William Francis Lanee, Nicktown, and Margaret M. Allen, Lilly.
Richard McKenzie and Theresa Flick, Chest Springs.
Philip Nagle and Mary J. Sharon, St. Augustine.
George Engel, Carrolltown, and Mary Molnier, Cambria Mines.
Dennis Dougherty, Allegheny township, and Nettie E. Kieth, Barr township.
Charles Schilling and Josephine E. Lance, Barr township.
Daniel V. Sheehan and Elnora Sutton, Clearfield township.
Friday, May 29, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Saturday is Memorial Day.
Thirty-six cases of typhoid fever are reported at Ehrenfeld.
Mr. Ed Kline of Hastings was in Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Mr. William Kimball lost another horse one day last week.
Mr. Harry Blair of Johnstown spent Thursday in Ebensburg.
Mr. Philip Kline of Hastings was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday.
Mr. Richard Davis of Johnstown visited friends in Ebensburg this week.
Mr. Thomas Peach of this place lost a valuable horse by death on Friday.
Mr. W. A. Horan and family of Johnstown are visiting relatives in this place.
Mr. Thomas Miller of Barr township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday.
Mr. C. R. Claghorn of Wehrum has introduced an automobile into that new town.
Mr. James C. Murray of Washington township spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Dr. and Mrs. Walker of Philadelphia have opened their summer cottage on Centre street.
Mr. Herman Williams and son, Charles, of Vandergrift spent a couple of days in Ebensburg this week.
Thieves broke into the granary of Mr. J. H. Edwards in Cambria township and stole a quantity of oats.
Mrs. P. F. Fogarty of Greensburg attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Myers in this place on Thursday.
Mr. Leonard Huntley and wife started on Wednesday afternoon on a visit to friends in Omaha, Nebraska.
The June meeting of the Cambria county Pomona Grange will be held in the Parochial hall in Loretto on June 8th.
High street, between Centre and Julian, is now in the hands of the Ikes, who are digging the ditch for the pipes of the Ebensburg Light, Heat and Power company.
Sheep damages were awarded last week to Wm. Kimball, Farren Bros., John Tudor, Newton Pryce, John M. Hughes, Elsie Davis, David Griffith and Leighton Rowland.
During the progress of a game of base ball at Johnstown on Saturday afternoon Miss Alice Wisegarver of that city was struck by a foul ball just below the heart and rendered insensible. She is recovering slowly.
The wholesale liquor store of Quinn & Harper at Patton was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon of last week together with all the fixtures and bottled goods. The loss foots up $2,600 with only $600 insurance.
Miss Emily Philips, daughter of Mr. C. W. Philips, of Pittsburg, who has a summer home in this place, is seriously ill. Dr. Lawrence Flick of Philadelphia was called to Ebensburg on Sunday in consultation in regard to her treatment.
Mr. John Manion, of the Central Hotel, in this place, now drives the prettiest team of black horses in the town. Mr. Manion takes great pride in owning and driving fine horses and it will take a couple fine specimens to equal Mr. Manion’s blacks.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Roberts, Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Jones, S. S. Kinkead, Wm. Davis, Esq., and wife, and V. S. Barker, of this place, were in Philadelphia this week attending the semi-centennial of the Grand Commandery of the Pennsylvania Knights Templars.
Jams McCleland, a special delivery messenger boy employed in the Johnstown post office was on Monday held in $500 bail for his appearance at court by United States Commissioner Craig, of Altoona, on a charge of embezzling three special delivery letters containing $81.
Friday night lightening struck an elm tree on the farm of James Cain in Munster township and killed four horses that were standing sheltering under its branches. The tree stood in a pasture field and the loss is divided, the horses being owned, one each of James Cain, Demetrious Glass, John Murphy and John Latterner.
John Boley, a railroad carpenter, aged forty years is a smallpox patient at Cresson, having developed the disease Thursday of last week when his home back of the Anderson House was placed under quarantine. Boley has a wife and four children, the youngest about a year old, and all are now shut up in the house under guard. Boley has not a severe case, according to Dr. Lynch.
Andrew Palisni, an Italian about 30 years old, was taken to the Memorial hospital at Johnstown on Monday from Dilltown, Indiana county, where he had been employed on railroad construction work on a contract of McManamy & Sims. Thursday of last week the man was struck on the right side of the head by a guy rope and partial paralysis of the left side of this body, arms and legs, resulted.
Michael Barnicle, aged 21 years, an assistant track foreman on the Cresson and Clearfield division at Patton met with a peculiar accident at that place at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. He was standing along the track when an engine ran over a railroad cap and a piece of it flying through air struck him on the left arm at the bicep muscle. It passed through his clothing and entered the flesh to the bone. He went to Altoona hospital Saturday evening where the piece of cap was removed.
J. F. McKenrick, Esq., the well known attorney of Ebensburg, was arrested on Monday on a warrant charging him with forgery and obtaining money under false pretense, issued at the instance of John F. Cox of Vintondale. The case against the attorney grows out of the settlement of a prosecution which Mrs. Mary J. Herzog, of West Taylor township, had instituted against Cox in January last, charging him with adultery with her daughter, Miss Ella B. Uncapher. Mr. McKendrick appeared before Justice A. J. Waters and, waiving a hearing, entered bail in the sum of $500 with Thomas Peach, as surety for his appearance at court.
On Tuesday night about 10 o’clock the large frame barn of Daniel Jones in Cambria township was destroyed by fire. The roof was about falling in when the fire was discovered by the family and it was with difficulty that two horses that were in the stables were gotten out. Seven calves were burned to death. One of the horses that was gotten out ran back into a shed and the boards had to be pried off to again rescue it, which was finally done. There had been no fire about the building, the fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. A lot of machinery and farming implements were also burned There is an insurance of $900 which will not near cover the loss of the barn as it was a new one.
The corner stone for the new Catholic church at Summerhill was laid at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Eugene A. Garvey, bishop of the Altoona diocese of the Catholic church, assisted by the Rev. Father Wolfgang of Johnstown, pastor of the German Catholic church at New Germany, and others. The services were largely attended, special music being rendered by a choir of mixed voices. The contractor and architect is John T. Long, who will push the work along as rapidly as possible. The building will have a frontage of 42 feet and a depth of 86 feet.
DEATHS
Louis Shannon, who resided in Ebensburg with his parents about 15 years ago, died in Philadelphia on Monday and the remains were brought to Ebensburg for interment on Tuesday.
John H. Clarke, a former well-known citizen of Cresson, where he was for years proprietor of the Callan House, died at the home of his brother in Pittsburg this Thursday morning, aged about 65 years. The deceased was a native of Johnstown. His funeral will take place in Pittsburg on Saturday morning.
Mr. J. C. Burd, living near No. 10 bridge, near Altoona, was killed early Monday afternoon while riding on a freight train which was coming west. He, with a companion named Wilcox, had boarded the train and Burd through some accident slipped between the cars as the train was passing over a culvert falling under the wheels. The remainder of the train passed over him. He was picked up in a dying condition and taken to the hospital where he was given all possible aid but medical power was of no assistance and he died shortly after.
Charles Highway, an Italian living near McGarvey’s, received fatal injuries while cutting down poles in accordance with the instructions of the railroad company Friday. Highway and Lingi Atubatto were at work on a pole near Twenty-fourth street, Altoona, and when it fell were unable to get out of the way. Highway was struck on the head and knocked down over an embankment while Atubatto was struck in the back. Both men were removed to the Altoona hospital where the former was found to have a fractured skull and to be probably fatally injured. The latter received contusions of the back.
Mrs. George Guelich, whose home was in Lawrence township, Clearfield county, about one mile distant from Clearfield met death Sunday under very sad circumstances. She and her husband were driving from their home in Clearfield that afternoon when their horse, frightened at an automobile just a short distance from their home, ran away at a frightful speed, threw them both from the buggy and injured Mrs. Guelich to such an extent that death resulted about four hours later. Mr. Guelich was also badly hurt but his injuries are not thought to be of a serious character. The deceased was aged about 70 years.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary J. Myers, relict of James Myers, died at her home in Ebensburg on Monday, May 25th, 1903, at 6:10 o’clock, P. M. from diseases incident to old age in her 83d year. The deceased whose maiden name was Murray was born in Ebensburg and was a granddaughter of David Todd, one of the pioneer settlers of this vicinity. Many years ago the deceased was married to James Myers, a well-known citizen of Ebensburg, who preceded her to the grave several years ago. Mrs. Myers is survived by two sons, H. H. Myers, a well-known attorney, and Gallitzin, and one daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Porter, all of Ebensburg. Ex-Sheriff John A. Blair, of Ebensburg is a half-brother of the deceased. Her funeral took place on Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock when, after a High Mass of Requiem, at the Church of the Holy Name of which she was a devout member, her remains were interred in the cemetery adjoining.
MARRIAGES
The marriage of Daniel Sheehan, son of County Commissioner T. M. Sheehan and Miss Sutton, of Chest Springs, which was announced in the Catholic church at Chest Springs on last Sunday, will take place on Tuesday, June 2.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, May 28, 1903:
Chauncey L. Weaver, South Fork, and Cellie Smead, Clearfield county, Pa.
Gilbert Bishop and Delphina Elig, Bradley Junction.
Michael Lyons, Rossetar, Indiana County, Pa., and Blanche Lappan, Elder township.
Harvey C. Leary and Emma H. Karlheim, Patton.
Lewis J. Endler, Elder township, and Catharine Brickner, Summerhill.
William Misner, Vintondale, and Alice McMation, Johnstown.
George H. Bradley, Lilly, and Katie Hoover, Washington township.
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