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JOHNSTOWN TRIBUNE JOHNSTOWN, PA 1881 Tuesday, 25 Jan 1881 Submitted by T. J. Shumaker DIED. Died in Millville on the 24th, Mrs. Elizabeth Boren [sic - Boring], aged 60 years, 10 months. Interment at the Lower Yoder Burial Ground at 2 o'clock this afternoon. 10 Sep 1881 Page 6 Submitted by Lynne Canterbury MARRIED. WISSERMAN-HERTZINGER. -- On Thursday evening, Feb. 3, 1881, at the residence of the bride's parents, in Conemaugh Borough, by Rev. R. A. Fink, D. D., Mr. William Wisserman and Miss Emma Hertzinger, both of Conemaugh Borough. McCREARY-AGER. -- At the office of the officiating justice, Isaac M. Patch, Esq., in Morrellville, Lower Yoder, on Thursday, Feb. 3, 1881, Mr. Jackson McCreary and Miss Rebecca Ager, both of Lower Yoder. DIED ADAMS. -- In Morrellville, Lower Yoder, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1881, Mrs. John Adams, aged about 48 years. LONSINGER. -- In Millville, on Friday, Feb. 4, 1881, Mr. Charles Lonsinger, aged about 26 years. SWATZMAN. -- In Conemaugh Borough, on Friday, Feb. 4, 1881, Mr. Peter Swatzman, aged 16 years and 2 months. SMITH. -- In Grubbtown, Upper Yoder, on Friday, Feb. 4, 1881, Lawrence C., son of Ephraim and Mary Jane Smith, aged about 3 years. LEIDEN. -- In Millville, on Saturday, Feb. 5, 1881, a child of John and Mrs. Leiden, aged 3 years and 8 months. ARTHUR. -- In the First Ward, Johnstown, on Saturday morning, Feb. 5, 1881, of a catarrhal affection of the lungs, Elsie Pearl, daughter of W. H. and Alice Arthur, aged 1 year and 4 months. CARROLL. -- In Prospect, on Sunday, Feb. 6, 1881, Mrs. Frank Carroll, aged about 70 years. KOHLER. -- In Woodvale, on Sunday, Feb. 6, 1881, twin infants of Mr. and Mrs. Mattias Kohler. CADDY. -- In Prospect, on Sunday, Feb. 6, 1881, a child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caddy, aged about 7 months. SINGER. -- At the residence of her brother, Nathaniel Singer, in Jackson Township, on Sunday, Feb. 6, 1881, Susan Singer, aged 76 years and 2 days. MATTHEWS. -- Near Armagh, on sunday, Feb. 6, 1881, of diphtheria, Bennie Mitchell, son of A. and Matilda Matthews, aged 2 years 9 months and 4 days. JENKINS. -- In Armagh, Indiana County, on Monday, Feb. 7, 1881, Mr. John Jenkins, in the 81st year of his age. CONRAD. -- At the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. George Engelbrach, in the First Ward, Johnstown, on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1881, Mrs. Anna Gertrude Conrad, aged about 94 years. SCITHOLD. -- In Cambria Borough, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 1881, of croup, a child of Denial and Mrs. Seithold, aged about 9 months. 10 Sep 1881 Submitted by Lynne Canterbury FAMILY REUNION. A correspondent writes: The children and grandchildren of Mrs. Hunt surprised her last Thursday. There was a family reunion at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, widow of Henry Hunt, in Jackson Township, on the farm now owned by Mr. T. L. Hunt, of Upper Yoder Township. "Aunty" or "Betty" Hunt, as she is generally called, is one of the oldest residents of that section. She is eighty-two years of age, and, for a long time, has made her home with her son, John. The relatives planned to give the old lady a pleasant surprise and they carried their plan into perfect execution. There were about eighty persons present -- children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and friends of the venerable old lady. The children present were Timothy, William, John, and Susie, wife of Henry Varner. One other child, James, who lives in Nebraska, was not present. Among those present from this place were Timothy and family; Jere Barnett, who is married to one of Timothy's daughters, and family; Julius Hoffman, whose wife is also a daughter of Timothy's, and family; Emanuel Snavely, who wife is one of William's daughters, and family; Mrs. Statler, Harry Varner, and Miss Lizzie Morrell, a granddaughter, who stopped to spend several weeks with her relatives before entering upon her course of studies at Vassar College. Mrs. Hunt was the recipient of a number of valuable presents, and the day was pleasantly spent. FRANK TREMELLON ON THE STREET -- HIS NARROW ESCAPE. Mr. Frank Tremellon, of the Cambria Electric Light force, who fell twenty-seven feet into an iron car, and lie on his face in one of the blast furnaces last Thursday morning, is on the streets again. At the time of the accident he was replacing a carbon, and the posts on which he was standing sank, they having been burned at the bottom. If the accident had happened ten minutes before it did he would have fallen into a car full of red-hot cinder, but this car had been taken out and another one put in its stead. Thursday, 8 Dec 1881 Submitted by Lynne Canterbury -- Mr. William A. Elder, foreman in an Altoona carpenter shop, started in a buggy accompanied by a friend, Saturday last, to drive to St. Augustine, this county. Soon after arriving at their destination that evening, the gentleman named was taken suddenly ill and died at 6 o'clock the following morning. Elder was about twenty-five years of age, and unmarried. His parents reside at Nineveh, but he had been making his home in Altoona for several years past, having learned his trade in that city. -- Mr. Andrew Carnegie, of Pittsburgh, contributed $100 toward the benevolent fund raised for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Boyle of Cresson, who recently lost their entire household of eight children from diptheria. A great big warm heart beats in the bosom of Mr. Carnegie, and no appeal for worthy object of charity fails to touch his purse-strings. He is erecting a monument for himself which will be as enduring as the everlasting hills, for the record of his munificent bounty will never be forgotten. DIED. PRINGLE. -- At the residence of his brother, Emanuel Pringle, in Summerhill Township, on Wednesday, December 7, 1881, Samuel M. Pringle, aged about 52 years. LEBER. -- In Johnstown, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 1881, of typhoid fever, Mr. Edward Leber, aged about 50 years. Remains will be interred in Sandyvale Cemetery at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon.