NEWS: Items from the Cambria Freeman, April 3, 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, April 3, 1903 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. Joseph Davis spent a couple days in Pittsburg this week. T. J. Stephens, Esq., of Gallitzin, spent a few hours in town on Thursday. Mr. A. G. Kramer, of Belsano, spent a few hours in town on Thursday. Mr. John D. Bradley, of Allegheny township, spent a few hours in town on Thursday. Mr. Andrew Illig, of Carroll township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. Augustine Yost, of Carroll township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Thursday. Mr. Isaac N. Wissinger, of Blacklick township, was in town for a short time on Thursday. Mrs. T. M. Richards and Mrs. W. J. Dutton of this place are visiting friends in Pittsburg. Rev. Fathers Ludden and Hurton of this place visited Father Deasy of Gallitzin on Tuesday. Mr. Ambrose Weaklen, and his son, Edwin, of Carroll township, were visitors to Ebensburg on Wednesday. Mrs. Milton Connell of Philadelphia is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Barker of the East ward. Mrs. Robert Livingston of Braddock is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson of this place. Liveryman Thomas Peach of this place returned home from a month's visit to Texas and the south on Saturday. Contractor W. A. Lantzy of Spangler has the new Catholic church at Nantyglo under roof and the plasterers will go to work on Monday. Mr. William O'Neill, manager of the Vinton Supply Co.'s store at Vintondale has accepted a position with the Webster company at Cresson as book keeper. Burglars broke into the residence of Frank Murphy of Cresson early Saturday morning and removed goods to the value of nearly $100. Entrance was made through a kitchen window. Mr. John F. Tibbott of this place who went South for the winter last fall in the hope of benefiting his health returned home on Friday feeling much improved. Mr. Tibbott looks well and speaks highly of the southern climate. Dr. W. E. Matthews of Johnstown has been notified by Dr. Benjamin Lee, Secretary of the State Board of Health, of his appointment as Quarantine Officer for Cambria County. Dr. Matthews will have jurisdiction in all cases of smallpox in this county. Landlord Kimball of the Metropolitan Hotel in this place will build a three story addition to the hotel on the vacant ground fronting on High street during the coming summer. The first and second floors will be used for office purposes and the third floor for sleeping rooms. A charter will be taken out in a few days by a new banking institution of Altoona, to be known as the Real Estate Title & Trust company. The promoters have taken an option on a fine business block and will open up about May 1st. John Murphy of Altoona will be treasurer of the company. On Tuesday afternoon, while Mr. John Ludwig, Sr. of the East ward was engaged with an assistant in putting the stocks in a machine at his woolen mills, one of his thumbs was caught in the machine and torn open, making a severe wound. Mr. Ludwig had a narrow escape from having his whole hand drawn into the machine. Edward Clark, aged 27 years and a laborer employed by the Kerbaugh company at Portage, narrowly escaped death about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. He was riding on an eastbound freight train and when a short distance west of Portage, he fell off. He sustained lacerations of the head and body bruises. He was taken to Altoona and admitted to the hospital. Messrs. Augustine Eberly, and Philip J. Sanders, of Munster township, started for Mt. Clemens, Michigan on Tuesday morning, the former to take a course of treatment at a sanitarium, he having been in poor health for some time past, while the latter accompanied him for the purpose of giving him any needed attention on the trip. Mr. Sanders will return home in a week or two while Mr. Eberly will remain for some time if the treatment proves beneficial. Mr. Arthur Howell, who for the past year and a half has been manager of the Postal Telegraph Co.'s office in this place has resigned and left here today, Thursday. Mr. Howell was an obliging gentleman and both he and Mrs. Howell made friends during their stay here who regret to see them leaving. The Postal office is now in charge of the new manager. Fire which began shortly before 9 o'clock Monday morning destroyed in less than an hour, the planning mill of Michael Bracken, located in Maysville, the north ward of Gallitzin borough. No one knows how the blaze started but it is supposed to have commenced business in a pile of shavings. Between 25,000 and 20,000 feet of all kinds of lumber were picked up like tinder, the efforts made to stem the seep of the flames making no impression. The loss is estimated to reach $5,000 at the lowest. It is understood that the plant will not be rebuilt at once. Says the Johnstown DEMOCRAT: Several cases of smallpox have broken out at Dunlo - Edward Morgan, Mrs. Bai, and a member of the Harrison family being the victims in that town. Clifford Fox, another patient, has been taken away for treatment. Fox boarded at the Merchants' Hotel. Several men went to see him before his case was diagnosed as smallpox and these men are now quarantined in their homes. Several clerks of the Logan Supply company's store also boarded at the Merchants' and they have now been quarantined to the store. Several others who came in contact with Fox are also locked up. A number of those now quarantined objected strenuously and even went to the extent of interfering with the health officer. Dr. A. J. Miller of Loretto was a visitor to Ebensburg on Wednesday. TO SELL MOUNTAIN HOUSE OUTFIT Pittsburg newspapers on Monday contained an advertisement announcing that the entire equipment of the Mountain House at Cresson will be offered at auction sale on Wednesday, the 22d of April. A Philadelphia firm of auctioneers will have charge and they announce that the sale will be without reserve. The articles offered will include bedroom suites and other equipment of a hotel from basement to attic. The Mountain House is owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, but it has not been open for several seasons because it did not pay. There have been rumors that it was to be turned into a boys' military school and later that a sanitarium was to be established. Evidently the sale marks the conclusion of some arrangements to use it.