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CAMBRIA FREEMAN
EBENSBURG, PA
1903
Friday, 2 Jan 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Here we are again.
Vintondale is said to have one case of small pox.
With this issue the FREEMAN begins its 37th year.
No better way to start the new year than to square up with the printer.
Mr. Harry Owens, of this place, spent several days in Pittsburg last week.
The days will now grow longer but the difference will hardly be noticeable for a month.
Ex-Register and Recorder James M. Singer was a visitor to Ebensburg on Wednesday.
Miss Victoria Brown of Pittsburg spent Christmas with her brothers and sister in Ebensburg.
County Treasurer-elect Harry B. Heffley, of Johnstown, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday.
Mr. John L. Stough, of this place, went to Greensburg this Thursday morning to visit relatives.
Dr. W. R. Shoemaker, of Wilmerding, spent a couple days in Ebensburg this week visiting relatives.
Mrs. P. J. Gallagher, of Youngstown, Ohio, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Darragh of this place.
Mr. Leonce Shields, of Pittsburg, spent a couple of days here last week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shields.
Editor Gibson of the MOUNTAINEER-HERALD is in Jefferson county this week acting as musical director of the teachers' institute.
Miss Fannie Lloyd, daughter of Postmaster Lloyd, left on Friday of last week for Oberlin, Ohio, where she will attend college.
Coal is worth about any price the operator has the conscience to ask on the car at the mine these days, provided he has the car.
Mr. Robert Jones and wife, of the West ward, are visiting friends in Pittsburg, where Mr. Jones may remove his family in the near future.
Mr. Simon Lantzy, of Garman's Mils, while on a visit to Ebensburg on Friday last, slipped on the icy pavement, breaking his right ankle.
Philip N. Shettig, Esq., and Mr. Edgar Lahey, of this place, have been in Clearfield, Pa., for the past couple of weeks engaged in abstracting titles.
Work on the eastern end of the New Portage railroad is about completed and last week a large force of workmen were moved to the Gallitzin end of the road.
Mrs. Esther Loch, of Lisbon, Ohio, and Mrs. A. E. Humphreys of Lorain, Ohio, both sisters of Mrs. Edward Griffith are visiting the latter at her home in this place.
A young man named Elliott, aged about twenty years, residing about four miles West of Ebensburg on the clay pike with his mother and sister, is suffering from smallpox. He was taken to the pest house at Johnstown on Wednesday.
Steward Hughes, of the county home, and his aides, feasted the inmates of that institution on Christmas Day at dinner on 145 pounds of the finest roast turkey with dressing and other concomitants complete, which was immensely enjoyed by the recipients.
Thomas Dillon's residence at Gallitzin was burned to the ground last Saturday with all its contents, entailing a loss of $800 or $900 on which there is some insurance. The household goods were all destroyed, there being no insurance on them. An overheated stove is said to have
been the cause of the fire.
Mr. Isaac Kelly, while working in the woods a couple miles west of Ebensburg about two weeks ago, saw a black bear, about three-fourths grown, leisurely wandering through the woods. Mr. Kelly had no gun and both he and the bear were satisfied to leave each other undisturbed. Several men from this place started out on the bear's trail but bruin escaped.
Extra train No. 370 got beyond control after leaving the Gallitzin tunnel Saturday morning and crashed into extra No. 1620, also running on No. 1 track between Bennington and the tunnel. The engine and five cars of No. 870 were wrecked and traffic blocked for a time, the Gallitzin wreck crew being called out to clear up the debris. Brakeman Edward Whitesill, of Altoona had his right leg caught under the wheels and it had to be amputated above the knee. He was the only person
hurt.
The famous stone house, located a few miles from Gallitzin on the Old Portage railroad, has been purchased by James D. Callery, a wealthy Pittsburg man, from S. H. Lemon, of Philadelphia, for a cash consideration, aggregating a number of thousands of dollars. Mr. Lemon retains ten acres of the land. It is the intention of Mr. Callery to make improvements about the property. Mr. Lemon, the former owner, is well and favorably known in Cambria county, and spent considerable of this time at the stone house.
Augustine Eberly, of Munster township, has sold his farm, stock and machinery. His health has made it imperative that he leave the farm, which he will do in the spring.
FORESTALLING A DAMAGE SUIT
The Barnes & Tucker colliery at Barnesboro took a peculiar action last week to avert a damage suit on the part of the father of brakeman Berringer, who was knocked off his car and killed by an overhanging chute. The chute was removed within twenty four hours after the accident. L. I. Berringer had intended photographing and measuring the chute to show that the accident was unavoidable on the part of his son. The coroner was busy at another case and did not arrive until after the chute had been removed. In case the elder Mr. Berringer should desire to enter suit for damages he is thus deprived of a valuable piece of evidence.
Mr. Berringer formerly lived in Barnesboro. [Indiana Messenger]
Friday, 9 Jan 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
OFFICIALS SWORN IN
Court convened on Monday with Judge O'Connor on the bench for the purpose of swearing in the new county officials elected at the late election. The new officials are:
County Treasurer - Harry B. Heffley.
Commissioners - Benjamin Jones, W. S. Stutzman and T. M. Sheehan;
Auditors - John Gittings, L. W. Kaufmann and F. E. Farabaugh.
At noon Deputy Prothonotary Kinkead administered the oath of office to each of them in open court.
County Treasurer Heffley filed two bonds as follows: One of $10,000 to cover the county moneys due to the state, and the other for $80,000 as assurance to the county. On the bond to the state, which was filed in the office of the Register and Recorder, the sureties are H. B. Heffley, Charles C. When, W. G. Heffley and Louis A. Geis. On the county bond appear the names of John Bergman, J. B. Denny, P. S. Fisher, C. J. Mayer, Joe T. Kelly, John H. Waters, John Emmerling, John
Dowling, Conrad Hahn, Patrick Boyle, John Stenger and Charles B. Schry.
Immediately after being sworn in the County Commissioners organized by electing Benjamin Jones, president of the board; F. B. Jones was chosen for chief clerk and John Lehman and James McClune were chosen for transcribing clerks.
The county auditors after being sworn in commenced the work of auditing the receipts and expenditures of the county for the year 1902.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Six murders and seven suicides occurred in Cambria county in the year 1902.
Girls can whiten their hands by soaking them in dish water three times a day.
Mr. Henry E. Fenlon, of Bellefonte, Pa., was a visitor to Ebensburg this week.
Miss Della Bearer, of Carroll township, visited friends in Ebensburg on Thursday.
Eight foreigners were naturalized at the afternoon session of court held here on Monday.
Mr. Isaac N. Wissinger, of Blacklick township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday.
Editor Milton Spencer, of the Barnesboro SENTINEL, spent a few hours in town on Tuesday.
Fred D. Barker, Esq., of this place, went to Philadelphia on Wednesday evening on a business visit.
Mr. C. M. Parrish, of Bellefonte, Pa., spent Sunday with his parents, Squire J. D. Parrish and wife, of this place.
Mr. J. L. Elder, of this place, returned home from Pittsburg on Tuesday where he spent several days transacting business.
Mr. John C. Gates and daughter, Miss Alberta, were in Pittsburg on Tuesday, the latter being on her way to school at Oberlin, O.
The court on Monday appointed Charles Stiffler Constable of Blacklick to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Merton Edwards.
Mr. Edward W. Humphreys, of this place, has sold his property on Julian street in the West ward to Mr. Alex J. Evans for $2,200.
Mrs. J. R. Manion, of this place, accompanied by her sister, Miss Baker, of Susquehanna township, spent a few days in Tyrone this week.
Mr. Webster Griffith, of this place, on Christmas Day surprised his foreman, Mr. Elisha Mahon, by presenting him with a fine driving mare.
Miss Annie C. Oatman, a native of Ebensburg, daughter of the late George W. Oatman, Esq., has been appointed assistant to Postmaster D. W. Coulter at Conemaugh.
A child of Mike Senig, who resides near Lancashire mine No. 6 at Barnesboro, was badly scaled about the arms and face Friday afternoon by falling into a pan of boiling water.
William Isenberg of Ebensburg, driver of Herman Apel's teams, hauled 85 bushels of coal from Nantyglo to Ebensburg one day this week. Pretty good two-horse load.
At court on Monday the wholesale liquor license of James McCann at Lilly, was transferred to I. E. Carman. The retail license granted to Edward Rhue for the Hastings Hotel at Hastings was transferred to T. F. Maher.
Prof. Morris D. High, Johnstown, has sold a copy of the New England Primer, printed at Boston in 1727 to Dodd, Meade & Co., the publishers of Philadelphia for $2,500. Prof. High paid 12 cents for it at an auction sale.
Mr. John F. Tibbott left on Tuesday for a visit to his brother in Georgia and with the hope of benefiting his health by a brief sojourn in a milder climate. During his absence his duties as borough collector and treasurer will be attended to by Mr. G. Calvin Port.
The B. P. Anderson homestead in Allegheny township, between Loretto and Cresson has been sold to a party from Pittsburg, who, we understand, will utilize it for a summer residence, $8,000 being the
consideration. Rev. Father Gallitzin at one time owned the property.
A meeting of delegates from the different Catholic societies of Cambria county was held in the Y. M. I. Hall in Johnstown on Tuesday of last week. Six Catholic societies were represented, they being present from almost all the towns of the county. An organization was effected and two sessions were held.
Frank W. Pearman, a well-known P. R. R. conductor living at Conemaugh, suffered a fracture of the left leg at the ankle Monday evening by falling from a car when his train parted near South Fork.
He was taken to the Cambria hospital at Johnstown. Pearman is aged thirty-eight years and is married. His escape from being killed is said to have been miraculous.
Professor John McCormick, of Wilmore, has in contemplation the writing of a history of Cambria county. It is, needless to say, that it is a work that should have been undertaken by some competent person long ago and that in consequence of the delay much valuable material
and information has been lost. We hope Professor McCormick may see his way clear to the undertaking.
One hundred business and professional men of Johnstown attended a banquet at the Crystal Cafe on Monday night, given by Attorneys Robert S. and Thomas Edwin Murphy, in honor of their guests, Colonel J. A. Johnston, U. S. A., of Washington, D. C., and Captain Timmerlin of the Military Academy.
Among the appointments sent by President Roosevelt to the Senate on Monday was that of Hugh Pitcairn of Pennsylvania, Consul at Hamburg, to be Consul-General at the same place. Mr. Pitcairn is one of the owners of the Altoona TRIBUNE, a brother of Robert Pitcairn, Assistant to the
president of the P. R. R. and has been Consul at Hamburg since early in President McKinley's first administration. He was appointed from Altoona though his home is in Harrisburg.
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