NEWS: Items from The Cambria Freeman, January 29, 1904, 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 29, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 5 Local and Personal February 2 is ground Hog Day. M. G. Stoltz drove to Barnesboro Wednesday. William Martz of Wilmore is upon the sick list. Noah Carter and family of Beula have located in the West ward. Bridget Riley of Portage has been seriously ill during the past week. Emmet Wilkinson of this place who has been ill is reported much better. Rev. J. A. James of Radnor, Ohio, is visiting Rev. J. T. Jones of this place. Miss Mildred Owens entertained a number of friends at a Mush party on Saturday evening. J. L. Sechler of South Fork attended the funeral of Abel Lloyd in this place on Monday. Friends of Sylvester Skelly of Wilmore will be pained to learn that he is dangerously ill. Harvey Lehmon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lehmon is visiting his parents in this place. The State Board of Fisheries contemplates placing 5,000,000 fish in Cambria county streams. Mrs. C. T. Roberts entertained the Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational church on Saturday. A daughter of John Long of Cambria township, residing in Boswell is reported dangerously ill of smallpox. Miss Jane Keating of Wilmore who has been suffering with a dropsical affection is reported as being very low. William Richardson has rented a house in the Cresswell property in the West ward and will make his home there. Mrs. J. A. O'Hara and Mrs. John Rosensteel of this place attended the wedding of their sister, Alma Rosensteel in Sharpsburg this week. Peter Smithbower of Patton was taken to the Altoona hospital on Thursday of last week where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. Justice J. W. Bland, who, with his four children has been exposed to contagion from his wife, who is confined to the Bland home with smallpox, is the latest smallpox victim. Dr. Paterson of Loydell has notified the state authorities through their representative stationed here of a particularly virulent case of smallpox in that place and asked for instructions in its treatment. Dr. A. F. Stott of Ehrenfeld assisted by Dr. V. L. Sagerson of Johnstown on Monday afternoon performed an operation for varicose ulcer on Mrs. Josephine, wife of David Shannon of South Fork. The operation appears to have been entirely successful. L. J. O'Neil of South Fork, manager of "Kid" Burk of the same town, has challenged to combat "Kid" Randolph who has the reputation of being a fast and clean scrapper. Burk will fight Randolph at any time and place on condition that the latter gets down to weight - 130 pounds at the ringside. Philip G. Fenlon of this place who recently underwent a serious operation in a Philadelphia hospital was brought home Saturday evening. Mr. Fenlon is not responding to treatment as well as his physicians would like and his condition is serious although there is still strong hope of his ultimate recovery. The Philadelphia Evening TELEGRAPH of Monday last contains a notice of the issue of a marriage license to George H. Bunker of Philadelphia and Miss Mary McCabe of this place. Miss McCabe is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bart McCabe of the West ward, who are very well known here on account of Mr. McCabe having been for many years engineer on the Ebensburg branch. The Rev. J. Twyson Jones, on Sunday last, preached at the Welsh Baptist church in Johnstown. The congregations which turned out to hear Rev. Jones were so large and the interest evinced in his sermons so great that he has been invited to conduct a series of Evangelistic services in the Johnstown church in the near future. No definite arrangements however have been made as yet. The Republicans of Cambria township have nominated the following ticket: Justice of the Peace: David Griffith, David C. Black Judge of Election: Benjamin Evans Inspector: Roy Cunningham School directors: George D. Pryce, John J. Evans Supervisors: David D. Lewis, Thomas Bumford, Edwin Bumford Assessor: William W. Howells Auditor: John S. Davis Township clerk: John W. Evans. The teachers of the Ebensburg public schools were very pleasantly entertained by Mr. and Mr. F. B. Ott at their home in the East ward last Friday evening. Captain "Tom" Says That He is Out This year will probably see the passing of Captain Thomas Davis as an active figure in Cambria county politics. Most of his friends admit that the Captain will not seek a re-nomination. Captain Davis confirms this admission. When approached upon the subject one day this week the Captain said: "You may say that I am out of politics, that I have retired from the firing line. My remaining years are limited and I am not quite as strong as I used to be. If I wanted to make the race I could be re-nominated and reelected. I have decided to quit and I am going to stay quit. I will always be interested in politics while I am alive, but I have made my last race for office." The retirement of Captain Davis would remove a character that was in many ways forceful, in all ways unique from Cambria county politics. Davis was a man who could snap his fingers at the party leaders, go out and make his own campaign and lead the ticket when the votes were counted. Davis could always win in a walk. The Republican who wishes to succeed him will have to run and run hard in order to keep from getting the flag. Another Coal Deal Attorneys Frank Keener and D. B. Taylor of Indiana have closed a deal for the purchase of 5,000 acres of coal in Montgomery and Cherryhill townships in Indiana county. Y. E. and J. O. Clark of Glen Campbell were the land owners and the purchasers were former Attorney General John P. Elkin, the Beech Creek Coal and Coke company and the Indiana Coal company. The price was $200,000. Will Give a Concert A concert will be given at the Congregational Church here Friday evening, February 5th. The program will be rendered by the following persons: Soprano, Miss Forsha; contralto, Miss Agnes Stokes; tenor, Philip Evans; baritone, Walter S. Bishop; reader, Miss Josephine McMurray; pianists, Miss Kathryn E. Stokes and John Prague. The Schwabs Entertain Nearly all the residents of Loretto were invited to a dinner given in that delightful little town Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Schwab the venerable parents of Charles M. Schwab were the hosts. They sent out the invitations a few days ago and no resident of the borough was missed. The dinner was given as a token of the appreciation Mr. and Mrs. Schwab feel for the kind reception accorded them by their town folk on their return from Europe. There was a large attendance of Loretto people, the festivities not being concluded until late. Claim Timber was Rotten Suit has been brought in the court of common pleas by W. N. Beers, Jeremiah Good and J. J. Landis for use of the Equitable Building and Loan Association of Altoona vs. S. W. Davis and E. F. Spencer to recover the sum of $1,000. The present case grows out of an action of ejectment brought by Messrs. Davis and Spencer several years ago for a tract of land in Reade township. In the present action the plaintiffs allege that the timber cut went to destruction and that the logs lay upon the ground for years and rotted away. They therefore bring suit on the bond of the sum of $500 and an additional sum of $500 damages, which they allege they sustained as a result of the improvident issuing of the writ of estrepement. A. V. Dively, Esq., of Altoona represents the plaintiffs. Applicants in Trouble Remonstrances Filed Against Eleven Men who want Licenses Monday was the last day for the filing of exceptions and remonstrances to the granting of liquor licenses, and when Prothonotary Troxell closed his office eleven had been prosecuted. Among them were two from Johnstown, one against Joseph Brown, who wants to open a bar in collaboration with the Windsor Annex Hotel, Main street, and one against Joseph C. Hoffman, and Frank Seltonhardt who have applied for a retail license in the Ninth ward. The other nine filed are as follows: John Santo, Dunlo, retail. This remonstrance which arose out of a dispute between Santo and Joseph Miller, who runs the place was filed by Attorney John H. Stephens. R. A. Kirkpatrick and James P. Kirkpatrick, St. Benedict, Carroll township, wholesale. It is alleged by 145 petitioners that the license is unnecessary. Attorney M. D. Kittell appears for the remonstrants. John Trollan and Dennis Maher, St. Benedict, Carroll township, retail. This petition which had many signers also alleged the license to be unnecessary. Rembrandt Peale, the coal operator, swore to the facts set forth in the petition. William Lantzy and E. M. Flick, St. Benedict, Carroll township, retail. Also alleged to be unnecessary and facts sworn to by Rembrandt Peale. Peter J. Hartman, Adams township, retail; C. C. Greer for the remonstrants. W. H. Chapin, Reade township, retail; S. L. Reed, Esq., appeared for the remonstrants. S. A. Cooper, Reade township, retail; J. W. Leech and F. D. Barker Esqs., for the remonstrants. Harry D. Kuhn, Reade township, retail; J. W. Leech and F. D. Barker, Esqs., for the petitioners. Quarantine Case Argued Arguments were heard Tuesday in the certiorial case brought by the borough of Wilmore on an appeal before Judge O'Connor, T. J. Itell appearing for the borough and J. B. O'Connor for Mrs. Thomas Kerbey who was the petitioner in the case originally brought before Squire McGonigle of Lilly. Mrs. Kerbey who is a resident of Wilmore was quarantined for smallpox recently and she claims that the borough somewhat overdid it and that she was unable during the quarantine to procure the necessary amount of food to properly sustain the health of herself and her family. In the view of the injuries suffered, Mrs. Kerbey brought suit for damages against the municipality before the justice of peace in Lilly. The justice sustained the claim of Mrs. Kerbey upon the evidence present and gave judgment for $250 against Wilmore. As the law does not allow the justice any jurisdiction in this case, the borough of Wilmore disregarded the judgment and appealed the case. Opinions in all these cases will likely be handed down some time during the first week in February. Smallpox at Nant-y-Glo The smallpox situation at Nant-y-glo continues to be somewhat serious and unless the school directors of Jackson township take some action to prevent the further spread of smallpox in that district, where two well developed cases of the disease exist, it is probable that the entire township will be placed under quarantine by the State Board of Health. It seems that the School Board of Jackson township has been somewhat lax in its method of handling the situation.