NEWS: Items from The Cambria Freeman, October 14, 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, October 14, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 40 Local and Personal E. O. Jones, Elmer C. Davis, George Dunnegan, Cetus Peach, Ray Bolsinger, Fred Hoffman and Alonzo Cresswell of this place were among those who attended the Johnstown-Altoona ball games at Altoona on Friday and Saturday. A. Y. Jones of Renova, Mrs. Maud Griffith and Mrs. Will Echols of Kane attended the funeral of the late Thomas Jones on Thursday. Harry Kelley and family of Mifflin, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Pannybaker returned home on Thursday. The Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company have finished their new tipple at Nantyglo and work has been resumed. Capt. Thomas Davis was 73 years old last Friday. The Captain says that since he quit politics his health is better. Charles Patton of Curwensville returned home on Monday, Mr. Thomas McNamara accompanying him. There are several cases of scarlet fever at Hastings and some of the rooms in the public school have been closed. Mr. and Mrs. James Eck of Carrolltown spent Sunday with Mrs. Eck's sister, Mrs. James Scanlan. W. C. Shiffer and Jno. Dingwalt of Big Bend attended the Masonic meeting here Tuesday evening. Wm. Kimbell has sold a pair of heavy draught horses to the Spangler brewery. The price was $600. Mrs. Jos. Pringle of Conemaugh is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Humphreys. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Pannebaker are spending a few days in Pittsburg and Leechburg. Dr. Olin Barker attended the wedding of a school mate in Philipsburg, N. J., on Tuesday. Misses Marie Link and Mildred Shoemaker visited friends in Altoona this week. Mrs. Deborah Kinkead and Miss Sue Kinkead are visiting friends in Johnstown. Albert Nagle of St. Augustine was a pleasant caller at this office on Thursday. Miss Annie O'Neill of Pittsburg is visiting her sister, Miss Mary O'Neill. Mrs. T. L. McNamara and daughter, Lottie, left Wednesday for St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barker spent several days in Pittsburg last week. There is a new son at the home of Jesse Ferguson in this place. Thomas Collins of Philadelphia is visiting Mrs. Maud Collins. Jno. E. Thompson is spending the week in Philadelphia. Allen Barker is attending business college in Pittsburg. E. R. Tate of Economy is visiting his father, Wm. Tate. Miss Margaret Tibbott is visiting friends in Philadelphia. Herschell Davis is attending the fair in St. Louis. Philip Pritsch of Lilly spent Monday in town. Bright News from Patton Frank Lingle made his annual pilgrimage last week to Bellefonte, to attend the Center County Fair. Frank never fails to attend these festive gatherings and always comes back with regret at having to leave that stirring village. John T. Sanker, our popular jeweler, has purchased the Young building on Magee Avenue. John now owns one of the best business blocks in Patton and as there are fine dwelling apartments on the second floor, some people are of the opinion that there will soon be a Mrs. John to contribute to his joy and happiness. It is now Leiden Brothers, Harry A. Leiden having associated with him in the Shoe & Gents' Furnishing store, his brother John. Both are young pleasant and energetic men and we prophesy for them a successful business career. Miss Grace Cowher returned home Saturday from a five weeks visit at Altoona. Inglebert Young has purchased the Pyle's property on Fifth Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Pyle will remain in their present location for the present. Wm. C. Hubbard is in training for his coming campaign tour. He has given up home boarding and is living on substantial fare at the Central Hotel. Edward James, of Ebensburg, Republican candidate for Assembly, was circulating through this section of the county last week. Squire Mullen informs us that a great deal of town property has changed ownership during the past two weeks. D. Walter Ritchie who for the past two years has been resident representative of the Scranton Correspondence School at Patton has been transferred to Johnstown and with Mrs. Ritchie left for the Flood city Tuesday. We regret the going of these good people and hope they will find many pleasant friends in their new home. The circus last week was rather disappointing to those who wasted their time to attend. There was nothing new and startling, everything being commonplace. Wm. C. Helmhold of Curwensville; "Deacon" Eskridge of Philipsburg and B. F. Chase of Clearfield were Patton visitors Thursday. Miss Bess Laport of Tyrone is a guest at the home of Hon. W. C. Lingle on Beech Avenue. Prof. B. I Myers, Dean of our Public Schools and past master in the science of music, tells us that he has already selected a quartette who are preparing to render that beautiful and soul stirring cantata, "Hilda's Hood," some time during the coming season. Mrs. Tom Graham is home again from a months visit with friends at various places. There are a few cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria in some portions of our town which should behoove the health officer to be on alert. Our good friend, Dr. S. W. Worrell, was indisposed for a few days this week from the effects of a severe cold. We are glad to state however that he is rapidly recovering. Lawrence Dole left Monday afternoon for a three weeks vacation. During his absence he will officiate as best man at the McClure-Stroup nuptials. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Scholl are visiting friends in Philadelphia and Carlisle. Reuel Somerville and Meade Cowher were at Milesburg this week to give their moral support and encouragement to Frank McClure who on Wednesday became a member of the noble and magnanimous order of benedicts. Wm. H. Denlinger attended a meeting of the Directors of the Huntingdon and Clearfield Telephone Company at Clearfield Wednesday. Caught on a Meat Hook Thomas O'Brien, a butcher for Peter Gutwald of Gallitzin, met with a distressing accident the other day. He was at the slaughter house adjusting a door and in some manner slipped and fell from a stepladder upon which he had been standing. In falling he was caught under the left arm by a meat hook, being suspended in the air until rescued from his plight by other employees. Mr. O'Brien received painful injuries but if no complications ensue is not dangerously hurt. Mine Driver Hurt James Moose, a driver in the Black Diamond mines above Conemaugh was badly injured while at work Monday. Dr. George Martin of Conemaugh attended the injured man at his home at Mineral Point. While Moose is in a serious condition it is not thought fatal results will follow. Wife Sues Husband Mrs. Barbara Divers who claims that her husband from whom she is separated, secured $1,400 from her on promises which he has so far failed to fulfill has sued him for the recovery of the amount. She claims he promised to deed to her a certain property in Bakerton, as an offset to the $1,400 given for the payment of a promissory note and she asks him to deliver the deed. Fenwycke Hall Changes Hands Mrs. Emma McNamara, wife of Thos. McNamara, sold her property known as Fenwycke Hall to Capt. Thomas Davis. The price paid was $15,000. Fenwycke Hall has for years been conducted by Mrs. McNamara as a fashionable boarding house, a number of Johnstown lawyers making it their stopping place while in Ebensburg. She has leased it until the 1st of January and will continue to run it until that time. Mr. Davis, it is understood, will sell two of the four lots and will lease the house and the other two for boardinghouse purposes. Lands Fine Contract Thomas Keenan of Johnstown has landed a large contract with the Pennsylvania Coal Company. He has already commenced the work. The contract calls for the grading and laying of a railroad one and one- half miles in length from the Cresson & Coalport branch of the P. R. R. to the Pennsylvania Coal company on the No. 16 at Amsbry, Cambria County to Coalport. The Pennsylvania Coal company has a traffic arrangement with the New York Central Railroad company, hence the contract. Mr. Keenan also has a contract to build a bridge over Clearfield creek for the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Fall Arbor Day, Friday, 21st: Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, has issued a proclamation fixing Friday, October 21st, as Autumn Arbor day after reciting the fact that the State now owns almost 650,000 acres of land for forestry purposes and recounting the efforts of the railroad companies to beautify and adorn their property in the vicinity of the stations, Dr. Schaeffer says: "Friday, October 21st, 1904, is designated as Autumn Arbor Day with the request that suitable exercises be arranged for the day. Let the home newspapers be used to create public sentiment in favor of village improvement. Let the schools discuss the events which transpired under trees like the Charter Oak, the Liberty Elm, the William Penn Tree and others which have become famous in history. Let the economic value of trees be discussed and above all let trees be planted upon the school grounds, around the homes and along the highways so that the day may be profitable from the economic point of view as well as valuable for educational purposes." Who Will Sit on the Jury The Jury Commissioners on Monday finished the work of selecting the men who are to serve at the regular December term of court as traverse, petit and grand jurors. The names as drawn from the wheel are as follows: Traverse Jurors - Fourth Week of November William Striker, mill hand; Johnstown, 16th wd. Edward Wissinger, farmer; Richland twp. Irvin Bowman, draftsman; Johnstown, 6th ward. Jno. Plunkett, steel comm.; Gallitzin Boro Jacob Wonders, Jr., farmer; Croyle twp. C. M. Shaffer, druggist; Hastings Boro. Lippman Cohen, merchant; Johnstown, 3rd wd. Casper Lieb, merchant; Barr twp. Charles Cullen, hotelkeeper; Portage Boro. F. E. Wharton, laborer; Reade twp. Jno. Arbaugh, gentleman; Johnstown, 8th wd. Jerome Ream, mill hand; Upper Yoder twp. David H. Slagle, laborer; Lower Yoder twp. Thomas Durbin, farmer; Clearfield twp. Noah Dishong, farmer; Jackson twp. Thomas Callan, wholesaler; Cresson twp. Jno. Reffner, farmer; Chest twp. Frank Leahey, farmer; Summerhill twp. H. H. Skelly, agent; Summerhill twp. Nicholas Keller, laborer; Johnstown, 9th wd. Elmer Simon, clerk; Johnstown, 7th wd. Joseph Vasbinder, laborer; Blacklick twp. Charles M. Rhodes, laborer; Johnstown, 5th wd. Patrick Coyle, foreman; Gallitzin Boro. Patrick Marshall, laborer; Johnstown, 20th wd. Ed Hoover, barber; Wilmore Boro. Jno. Meegan, farmer; Jackson twp. Thomas McGough, farmer; Summerhill twp. David Rose, farmer; Jackson twp. G. D. Williamson, painter; Johnstown, 2d wd. A. J. Glass, farmer; Reade twp. Roberts Lees, miner; Patton Boro, 1st wd. Jonathan Hughes, farmer; Carroll twp. Matthew Roach, miner; South Fork, 2d wd. James Wood, machinist; Johnstown, 1st wd. Peter Loner, gentleman; Johnstown, 16th wd. Josiah Hoffman, engineer, East Conemaugh Boro. D. A. Sipe, miller; Summerhill Boro. Frank Stutzman, clerk; Johnstown, 18th wd. Augustine Craver, farmer; Susquehanna twp. Harry Humphreys, laborer; Wilmore Boro. James Hagan, miner; Lilly Boro. L. M. Delozier, laborer; Patton, 1st wd. Patrick Donoughe, carpenter; Ashville Boro. Wm. Connelly, laborer; Wilmore Boro. John McCann, photographer; Barnesboro. John F. Smith, mill hand; Johnstown, 16th wd. George McKinney, miner; Gallitzin twp. F. P. Wenderoth, clerk; Wilmore Boro. George Meisel, farmer; Carroll twp. P. M. Kinney, liveryman; Hastings Boro. Jerry Fisher, carpenter; Johnstown, 21st wd. C. F. Baldwin, clerk; Johnstown, 5th wd. James Scanlan, farmer; Cambria twp. C. W. Schryock, merchant; Wilmore Boro. George Dopp, carpenter; Summerhill twp. Harry Brandt, miner; Patton Boro, 1st wd. Henry Friedhoff, farmer; Conemaugh twp. Carl Kammer, laborer; Johnstown 6th wd. Nelson Brown, laborer; Ebensburg, E. Ward. Grand Jury, December Term Abels John, laborer; Johnstown, 15th wd. Betterman, Gustav, butcher; Johnstown, 16th wd. Burk, Vincent, farmer; Croyle twp. Darragh, A. J., superintendent; Ebensburg, West wd. Davis, G. L., farmer; Reade twp. Dempsey, Jno. F., farmer; Gallitzin twp. Eash, Levi, miner; Richland Twp. Fitzsimmons, Wm., laborer; Johnstown, 15th wd. Hines, A. C., farmer; Blacklick twp. Helsel, Joseph, laborer; Scalp Level Boro. Hilderbrand, Jno. C., machinist; Johnstown, 17th wd. Long, Peter, farmer; Croyle twp. Lloyd, Harry, merchant; Ebensburg, E. Wd. Leitz, George, farmer; Cambria twp. Murty, James, laborer; Johnstown; 2d wd. Opperman, Henry, machinist; Johnstown, 1st wd. Oaks, Joseph, farmer; Croyle twp. Polf, John, laborer; Johnstown, 8th wd. Sheehan, Edward, farmer; Allegheny Twp. Schmidt, Wm., mill hand; Stonycreek Twp. Thompson, Wm H., gentleman; Johnstown, 7th wd. Wagner, Samuel, laborer; East Conemaugh Boro. Wakefield, Carl, gentleman; Johnstown, 5th wd. Wolfhope, Henry, laborer; Johnstown, 8th wd. Traverse Jurors - First Week, December W. D. Hines, conductor; Johnstown, 8th wd. George When, mill hand; Johnstown, 7th wd. Robert M. Campbell, driver; Johnstown, 20th wd. John F. McGough, carpenter, Summerhill Boro. Joseph Tredennick, miner; Johnstown, 1st wd. Frank Brookbank, farmer; Summerhill Twp. Frank Vilsack, farmer; Adams twp. George E. Buchanan, grocer; Johnstown, 13th wd. Nicholas Evans, foreman; Lilly boro. Conrad Bader, market master; Johnstown, 6th wd. Joseph Boltz, mill hand; Daisytown Boro. W. S. Foust, laborer; Johnstown, 6th wd. Charles Cassidy, farmer; Clearfield twp. Tilos H. Myers, farmer; Gallitzin twp. Elmer Winslow, laborer; Reade twp. William R. George, farmer; Blacklick twp. Walter L. Hammer, painter; Johnstown, 8th wd J. C. Akers, agent; Johnstown, 1st wd. Edward Mannion, farmer; Susquehanna twp. Daniel McGough, farmer; Croyle twp. William Beegle, clerk; Johnstown 17th wd. Michael Bradley, miner; Washington twp. Neil Dorian, laborer; Johnstown 16th wd. James Dull, carpenter; Johnstown, 6th wd. William Dishart, farmer; White twp. Frank Duly, farmer; Croyle twp. John Burkhardt, hotelkeeper; Johnstown, 16th wd. D. K. Sharp, laborer; Washington twp. Joseph Schneider, dairyman; East Taylor twp. Sylvester Bradley, farmer; Carroll twp. William Benson, mine boss; Barnesboro Boro. Jerome Airhart, fireman; Patton Boro, 1st wd. Austin Neary, laborer; Johnstown 13th wd. Henry Smay, carpenter; Johnstown, 11th wd. Thomas Luther, farmer; Munster twp. Benjamin Wirtner, gentleman; Carrolltown Boro. Harry Dugan, laborer; Portage twp. Pius Cramer, farmer; Allegheny twp. Fred Beck, carpenter; Hastings Boro. Ed P. Reilly, assistant cashier; Johnstown, 4th wd. William Moss, boss; Richland twp. John Bodenschatz, farmer; Summerhill twp. Joseph Heider, laborer; Johnstown, 18th wd. George Huey, miner; Tunnelhill twp. Paul Strittmatter, lumberman; Hastings Boro. O. Wingard, laborer; Rosedale Boro. Henry Rorabaugh, laborer; Summerhill Boro. R. R. Davis, insurance agent; Ebensburg, E. Wd. Daniel Fornwalt, laborer; Johnstown 5th wd. A. C. Beck, carpenter; Cresson Twp. Max Reich, barber; Summerhill Boro. Daniel Sanders, clerk, South Fork, 2d wd. William Hetzlein, hotelkeeper; Johnstown, 10th wd. James E. McGough, farmer; Clearfield twp. J. Ashbridge, carpet weaver; Johnstown 11th wd. S. S. Scott, miner; Reade twp. Joseph J. Smith, laborer; Scalp Level Boro. Daniel Cobaugh, roller; Johnstown, 7th wd. A. Anstead, laborer; Gallitzin Boro. Albert Brawley, farmer; Portage twp. Petit Jurors - Second Week, December Mattley Connelly, laborer; Wilmore boro. B. F. Horner, mill hand; Johnstown, 20th wd. Ashbury Grove, laborer; Johnstown, 6th wd. Cyrus Fry, miner; South Fork, 2d wd. Daniel Kerr, farmer; Jackson twp. J. L. Harshberger, laborer; Adams twp. V. T. Kissell, stone mason; East Conemaugh boro. Peter Goff, boiler maker; Johnstown, 9th wd. Andrew Kist, carpenter; Johnstown, 9th wd. Thomas Doran, farmer; Summerhill twp. L. F. Stutzman, laborer; Adams twp. John Hogan, mill hand; Johnstown, 10th wd. George E. Empfield, carpenter; Blacklick twp. Noah Koontz, boardinghouse keeper; Johnstown, 17th wd. W. J. Gibbons, laborer; Chest Springs Boro. William Horner, teacher; Adams twp. William O. Orris, laborer; Franklin boro. Jacob J. Weaver, farmer; Summerhill twp. Irvin M. Musser, miner; Susquehanna twp. Harry Bergman, clerk, Johnstown, 11th wd. John B. Murphy, grocer; Franklin Boro. Michael Seigh, boiler maker; Johnstown, 1st wd. James Callahan, Sr., foreman; South Fork, 1st wd. Michael Elliott, miner; Spangler boro. Thomas D. Powers, farmer; Portage twp. Henry Helsel, farmer; Adams twp. Alexander Leslie, laborer; Spangler boro. Henry Reynolds, farmer; Croyle twp. Charles A. Hager, dentist; Johnstown; 4th wd. D. J. O'Hara, farmer; Munster twp. Hiram Orris, farmer; Richland twp. T. J. Yoder, farmer; Upper Yoder twp. Joseph Gerber, gentleman; Johnstown, 10th wd. Anthony Sherry, miner; Barnesboro boro. Vincent McGlade, miner; Portage boro. F. G. Boyer, farmer; Croyle twp. Franklin Orris, farmer; Richland twp. Harry Englebaugh, foreman; Johnstown, 6th wd. Peter Shank, merchant; Adams twp. John Sheehan, farmer; Clearfield twp. Harry Colbert, laborer; East Taylor twp. Lewis Orris, hotelkeeper; East Conemaugh. Evan D. Evans, mine foreman; Portage twp. Zach Kaylor, laborer; Allegheny twp. John Hartzog, farmer; Allegheny twp. Alvin Sherbine, student; Summerhill twp. C. L. Forsberg, merchant; Patton boro, 2d wd. Patrick Ford, farmer; Clearfield twp. Conrad Rieg, wholesaler; Carrolltown boro. William Leventry, farmer; Stonycreek twp. John Welsh, weighmaster; Barnesboro boro. James Marron, mill hand; Johnstown, 11th wd. A. W. Pringle, laborer; Wilmore boro. Jacob Hennecamp, laborer; Johnstown, 9th wd. D. G. Herbert, gentleman; Adams twp. G. W. Caldwell, Jr., hotelkeeper; Johnstown 3rd wd. John C. Lowery, merchant; Lilly boro. Fred Hipp, laborer; Daisytown. Richard Berkebile, operator; East Conemaugh Boro. A. J. McConnell, miner; Lilly Boro.