NEWS: Items from the Cambria Freeman, July 31, 1903, 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, July 31, 1903 COURTHOUSE NEWS Wills and Letters Estate of Henry Meinken, late of City of New York. Will filed and letters C. T. A. issued to Lewis Evans. In the estate of Frank Lagle, late of South Fork: Citation to take out letters of administration, issued returnable July. Estate of John Bartok, late of Johnstown, deceased. Letters of administration issued to Bozo Gojsovic. Estate of James Rush, late of Johnstown, Pa., deceased. Will probated and letters testamentary issued to Thos. J. Rush and Mary Catherine Rush. Estate of Catharine Howe, late of Johnstown, Pa., deceased. Will probated and letters testamentary issued to Mary Howe. New Suits Sisters of Mercy, St. Aloysius Academy of Loretto vs. Josephine Powers. Ligonier Carriage Co. vs. H. J. Bush Harry McHugh vs. Blacklick Mining Co. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Alfred Jones met with a serious accident at the motor barn of No. 5 Mines at Bakerton recently. He was caught between a car and the motor and had both legs smashed. Reuben Spangler will erect a handsome residence in Spangler in the near future. Mr. I. N. Wissinger of Blacklick township was a visitor in Ebensburg on Thursday. Mrs. M. Jennie Griffith was visiting the family of John H. Brown in Johnstown this week. Chas. Brainard, brother of the editor of the Curwensville Review is visiting Ebensburg friends. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Siviter of Pittsburg are visiting Mrs. Siviter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Roberts. Clerk A. C. Lampe of the Merchants' Hotel, Johnstown, spent Sunday at the Maple Park, returning Monday. Charles Miller and Mrs. Lawrence Wyland have returned after an extended visit among friends and relatives in Iowa. Edward Fitzharris of Gallitzin who went to Colorado over a year ago for his heath has returned home little benefited by his trip west and intends on remaining home. Among the couples married at Cumberland, Md., recently were Charles Edward Tedsow and Mary Catherine Knox of Elklick and Ward Sylvester Dull, Meyersdale and Bertha Younkin, Ursina. A serious wreck occurred in the Carrolltown tunnel the other day. It was at first supposed that three men had been killed, but later reports discredited this. The wreck was caused by a collision between two freight trains. W. A. Lantzy was in this place on Wednesday. He reports that a building boom is in full blast in Spangler at the present time. Lots that a year ago sold for $40 to $60 are now changing hands at prices ranging around $350 to $400. Mike Krosi, a Slav, aged thirty-eight and married, was struck by a train near South Fork Saturday night and suffered a dislocation of the shoulder and fracture of the collar bone on the left side. He was brought to the Memorial Hospital at Johnstown Sunday morning. Gallitzin and Nanty-glo like all Cambria county centers of industry are having building booms just now. At Gallitzin, Joseph G. Buch will shortly commence the erection of a brick structure containing a large storeroom and offices; and O. J. Deemer will erect a brick business block in the central portion of the prosperous coal town. The shoot of the Ebensburg Gun Club held at the fair grounds last Friday, says the Johnstown TRIBUNE, was featured by the prize offered for the best marksmanship, which was a billy goat. The b.g. was kept under cover until the shooting was all over and Uncle "Bill" McClarren, who led all the rest with the trigger, was greatly surprised when he saw what he had won. The Lilly School Board has chosen the following teachers for the ensuing term: Principal, Prof. E. J. Duffy; Room 1, Miss Ella Fitzharris; Room 2, Miss Sadie Edwards; Room 3, William Daugherty. Mrs. Coleman was appointed janitress. The schools will open on Monday, September 14th for a term of seven months. While working in the woods one day recently Mark Donahue of Wildwood Springs, tripped and fell on a crossent saw, one of the teeth severing an artery in his right wrist. For some time it was thought he would bleed to death and he was taken to the office of Dr. Ferguson, who stanched the flow of blood. He later recovered sufficiently to be removed to his home. BARR TOWNSHIP NOTES Mrs. Fanny Westover of Barnside moved into the upper story of the corner grocery last week. Mr. Sheldon McDonald is lying critically ill of typhoid fever at his home. Mrs. Celia Fronk of Pittsburg is visiting friends in this vicinity. The farmers of this vicinity are resuming their harvesting, which was delayed on account of the first week's rains. THOMPSON AGAIN OWNER The Mountaineer-Herald on Monday passed into the hands of Walter R. Thompson, he having purchased the interest of T. L. Gibson. The Mountaineer-Herald was formerly the property of Mr. Thompson who sold a part interest in the publication to Mr. Gibson about a year and a half ago. CAMBRIA STEEL CO. SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS Between 5 and 7 o'clock Saturday evening fire destroyed the buildings of the Cambria Steel company's forge, axle and bolt department in the lower mills, including the bolt mill warehouse and damaged two structures adjoining the zone immediately swept by the blaze. The damage done is variously estimated but the Cambria officials have no figures to give out. The fire started in the bolt mill warehouse at about 4:50 o'clock Saturday evening. The burned region in the mills represents a floor space of about 10,000 square feet. The buildings destroyed had brick sidewalls, most of which were bulged out of the plumb by the flames and wooden roofs. In each case the roofs, after burning, caved in on the machinery below. It is thought the bolt mill machinery suffered most from the fire, the flames there having much better material than in others and consequently burning up much more fiercely while the machinery in the axle plant is probably injured least of all. AMSBURY MAN HAS VERY OLD DOCUMENT W. K. Douglass of near Amsbry was in this place on Tuesday. While conversing with several friends the fact was noted that next year Ebensburg would be a century old and Mr. Douglass remarked that if the centennial was observed he had a document in his possession that would be of unusual interest. It was the original parchment copy of one of the first deeds ever recorded in this county. The document was drawn in May 1797 and recorded August 5th, 1807. The parties in the transaction were John Douglass and Samuel Pleasants and the land "a tract commonly called the Seasons, on the Clearfield creek, formerly county of Bedford." The consideration was 647L, 13s, 2d. Mr. Douglass says that the parchment is in a perfect state of preservation and is very proud of its possession.