NEWS: Items from the Morning Tribune, January 17, 1891, Blair County, PA

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Items from the Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, January 17, 
1891

COUNTY COURT.
The Record of Business Transacted at Yesterday's Session.

  The county criminal courts reconvened yesterday morning at 9 o'clock 
at Hollidaysburg, Hon. John Dean presiding.
  The following is the record of business transacted during the day.
  Woodcock, W. L. - W. W. Rudisill and George W. Kessler were appointed 
appraisers to appraise the personal property in the custody of C. B. 
Clark, esq., receiver of the Altoona Brush company, limited.
  Baldrige - Henry C. Lorenz was appointed guardian of Frank Rhodes and 
directed to give bond in the sum of $1,500.
  Neff, Hicks & Ambrose - The report of the auditor in the assigned 
estate of Ed. T. Dunn was referred back to Hon. A. S. Landis, the 
auditor, to investigate the liens of A. R. Wolf & Co.
  Final disposition was made of the following criminal cases on the 
list for trial:
  Commonwealth vs. Crawford Funk.  Defrauding a boarding house keeper 
on oath of Stewart Cowman.  The jury found the defendant not guilty and 
that the prosecutor, Stewart, pay $55.49, the costs.
  Commonwealth vs. S. W. Opelinger.  Defrauding landlord, H. D. Smith, 
out of the amount of his board bill.  This one was tried on Thursday 
evening and the jury brought in a verdict yesterday morning of guilty 
in manner and form as indicated.
  Commonwealth vs. S. W. Opelinger.  Defrauding landlord, James Snyder, 
of Altoona, out of the amount of his board bill.  The jury found the 
defendant not guilty and that the county pay $71.20, the costs of 
prosecution.
  Commonwealth vs. Mollie Schell.  Furnishing liquor to minors.  The 
defendant admitted the truth of the charge in the stand and the jury 
found the defendant guilty, without leaving the box.
  Commonwealth vs. Albert Courson and William Courson.  These 
defendants were two little 12-year-old boys who were accused of giving 
a beating to Henry Kleinsorgen, one of their companions.  The jury 
found no blame in these midgets and directed that E. Kleinsorgen, the 
prosecutor, pay $29.92, the costs.
  Commonwealth vs. Michael Sprinzold, Thomas Ross and Rody Davis.  
Furnishing liquor to Rosie Kennedy, a minor, at an Italian ranch in 
Altoona.  This case was on trial when court adjourned.
  Court adjourned to meet on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.

Local Brevities.

  Johnstown Tribune: George Ehrenfeld, of Coalport, supervisor of the 
Cresson and Clearfield railroad, has been appointed supervisor of the 
mountain division of the Pennsylvania railroad, with headquarters at 
Gallitzin, to succeed Mr. Mitchell, who will go to the Monongahela 
division as assistant engineer.

Last Day of the Glass-Blowers.

  Catharine Barnacle was voted to be the handsomest baby.  This is 
their last day and a prize will be voted to the most popular high 
school teacher.  All school children will be admitted this afternoon 
from 1 to 5 for 5 cents.  Evening reception from 7 to 10.  Admission 10 
cents, with vote and present free.  They go to Williamsport next week.

Most Agreeably Surprised.

  EDS TRIBUNE: A most pleasant surprise was sprung on post 62 Thursday 
night by circle No. 8, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic.  
Notice was given during the meeting of the post that the ladies were 
forming en masse at the out post seriously threatening to storm the 
hall.  In a moment the guards were increased, the cannon double shotted 
with shrapnel and everything was put in fighting trim.  When lo! A flag 
of truce was presented by Comrade Sallie J. Cover, accompanied with the 
happy assurance that their mission was one of peace instead of 
hostility.  Being satisfied of the truth of this assertion and that 
there were neither "Brule nor Sioux" in their crowd, they were admitted 
to seats on the right and facing the boys on the left.  The boys were 
not only on the left but were left, indeed.
  Comrade Bushman presided.  The ladies soon made known the object of 
their visit in brief, but [by] pertinent remarks by their past 
president, Mrs. Cover; followed by Mrs. T. H. Nicewonger, president for 
1891.  And now very mysterious looking packages began to appear, done 
up in paper, and as the strings burst and the paper unfolded, there 
appeared six beautiful cushions which were placed on as many chairs, 
viz., post commander, senior vice commander, junior vice commander, 
surgeon, chaplain and officer of the day.  These cushions were of crazy 
quilt silk patchwork and were wonderfully wrought in many fantastic 
colors and shapes and were nicely lined, braided and bound.  Next the 
laid down a magnificently wrought altar-piece, composed of finest silk 
plush in blue, gold and scarlet, finely bound, with name, number and 
insignia of post worked in with floss of colors to nature on one end, 
and a large, beautiful flower in which were blended "F. C. & L." on the 
other.  Lastly, a rich brown organ cover, nicely scalloped and bound 
with floss in variegated colors.  Indeed, the ladies of the G.A.R. far 
exceeded all their previous goodness to us.  They have put money in our 
treasury, encouraged our hearts, strengthened our hands, beautified and 
made pleasant our post room time and again and have dispensed charity 
unostentatiously on every hand.  The valuable presents were accepted on 
behalf of the post in brief and appropriate remarks by Comrades 
Bushman, Kendig, Applebaugh, Hawk, Valentine, Fettinger, Meechen, 
Fentiman, O'Donnell, Gerst (post 39) and Kreider.  God bless the ladies 
of the Grand Army of the Republic in their labor of love, and may their 
name be legion. - ADJUTANT.

TYRONE TOPICS.

  Yesterday afternoon F. D. Beyer conveyed to Richard Irvin Ward lot 
No. 67 in block No. 2, Jefferson street, for $350.
  Watson Strunk, book-keeper for the Tyrone Iron company, is confined 
at the home of Mr. Dunmire, on East Juniata street, with illness 
tending strongly to a case of pneumonia.
  Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock T. M. T. Symington was surprised 
in his store room, on East Juniata street, by a crash of the plate 
glass in the front door of his store room.  A circular hole some two 
inches in diameter was made in the same, which apparently was caused by 
a bullet from a pistol intentionally or accidentally fired in the 
vicinity of the Neptune steam fire engine company's room, on Blair 
street.  Fortunately none of the inmates at the time were in line of 
the ball.

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  Mrs. Henry Balt received a telegram on Thursday evening informing her 
of the serious illness of her sister, Miss Annie Ayres, whose home is 
in Pittsburgh.  Mrs. Balt departed for Pittsburgh yesterday morning.
  Our enterprising merchant and owner of four and a half prosperous 
stores, Mr. John H. Law, is taking off a good quantity of eight-inch 
ice from the ore ponds north of town and shipping it to Williamsburg.  
Thus it is that the Pennsylvania railroad is carrying trains of cars 
loaded with ice east and west over its Williamsburg branch.
  The upper part of the Juniata river is at present clear of ice.  But 
our ice men have improved the opportunity offered and our houses in 
this vicinity are about three-fourths full of an excellent quality of 
ice.  That which is stored ranges in thickness from four to seven 
inches of clear solid ice, whilst a good quality, suitable for the 
refrigerator, ranges with solid ice and crystallized snow, as high as 
eleven and twelve inches.  Another good freeze-up, which is confidently 
expected, will insure a full and superabundant ice crop.