NEWS: Items from the Cambria Freeman, October 24, 1902, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright July 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, October 24, 1902 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Tibbott, of this place, visited Johnstown Sunday. Joseph Anderson, of Cambria township, killed a 24-pund wild turkey on Friday. Mrs. Dr. Richards, of this place, returned home on Tuesday from a visit to Pittsburg. P. J. Sanders, of Munster township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Wednesday. Mr. James White, of Summerhill township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. John Borabaugh, of Croyle township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. Jerome Flick, of Allegheny township, spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Wednesday. Liveryman Thomas Peach left on Tuesday morning for Philadelphia with a car load of sheep. Miss Ann McDonald, of this place, left on Thursday for Pittsburg, where she will spend the winter. Mrs. C. F. O'Donnell and her sister, Miss Mary Lacy, of Loretto, were visitors to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mrs. William Garman, of Clearfield, formerly of Ebensburg, spent several days here this week visiting friends. Harry Riblett, of Jackson township, recently while walking in the woods was severely hurt by a limb of a tree falling upon him. Mr. Willard Jones, of Pittsburg, after spending a few days vacation with his parents in this place, returned to his duties on Wednesday. Mr. John E. Thompson, of this place, has purchased the Jennie Roberts property on High Street in the East ward, the consideration being $1,500. Mr. John McBride, of Cambria township, has bought the residence now occupied by Mr. Nelson Sipes in the West ward of Ebensburg, from Mrs. David Williams. South Fork is to have a national bank. All of the stock will be subscribed by people of that town, principally business men, and a meeting of the subscribers will be held soon to elect a board of directors. N. A. George is at the head of the movement. Mrs. John L. Stough, of this place, while out walking on Sunday afternoon, was taken suddenly ill near the residence of Mr. George H. Boney, where she was taken in. She was afterwards taken to her home in a conveyance and we are glad to state soon recovered. Last week five new cases of smallpox were discovered at Barnesboro among the miners. The houses are quarantined and guarded by men furnished by the Webster Coal & Coke Company. The cases are said to be a mild form of the genuine smallpox but chicken pox has been epidemic at Barnesboro since early in the spring. An Altoona dispatch of Monday says: Workmen employed in reconstructing the Portage road, in blasting to-day discovered a cave in which they found traces of habitation. Among the contents was a whiskey barrel, marked "Snowberger, 1854," a brand well known in these parts fifty years ago. The boys prepared for a feast, but when the bung was drawn, they found nothing but a gelatin formation. Pius Bott, aged 25 years, of Frugality, was taken to the Altoona hospital on mail express on Tuesday evening to receive treatment for injuries received in a hunting accident on Friday. He and a companion named Archibald Price were out gunning, and while homeward bound, Price tripped and his gun was discharged, the contents carrying away Bott's left heel. The wound is a serious one and will likely leave Bott a cripple. Michael Hamm, of Duncansville, while out shooting for game with Ed Langham, near Pomeroy, Saturday morning was seriously, if not fatally injured by the premature discharge of the gun of the latter. Thomas McCloskey, the seventeen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. McCloskey, of Tunnelhill, in company with Jesse Donaldson, went to the woods Thursday of last week and the two became separated. Donaldson noticed something moving in the bushes and thinking it was some large game, fired without further investigation. McCloskey, with a cry of pain, came out of the bushes having received the contents of the shotgun in his legs. Thirty five shots were found in one leg and five in the other. He will recover. Fifteen cases of small pox are reported at Ehrenfeld, Cambria County, and the public and parochial schools have been closed to prevent the spread of the disease. Some difficulty has been experienced in securing nurses for the smallpox patients but in order that they may secure suitable attention, Sisters Bertha, Ursula and Catharine of the convent of the Sisters of Mercy at Cresson, have volunteered to minister to the stricken people. Their aid was much needed and will be highly appreciated.