NEWS: Items from the Cambria Freeman, January 2, 1903, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, January 2, 1903 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]