NEWS: Items from The Cambria Freeman, November 25, 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, November 25, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 46 Local and Personal Wm. Davis was a Johnstown visitor on Saturday. F. H. Barker and his son, O. L. A. Barker, are at St. Louis. Squire A. J. Waters of this place spent Saturday in Johnstown. Harry Caron of Cherrytree was a visitor in this place last week. Miss Emily Evans has returned from a visit to relatives in Johnstown. J. G. C. Bearer is building an addition to his hotel property at Spangler. There is another pair of twins at the home of Owen Sheridan in Lilly. H. L. Sharbaugh of Carrolltown spent several days in Johnstown this week. The County Commissioners have returned from their visit to St. Louis. D. E. Parks and family left on Monday last for their home in Allegheny. E. C. Parrish and A. E. Marsh drove a large flock of turkeys here from Indiana county last week. Miss Ella Evans of Patton spent Thanksgiving day in Ebensburg as the guest of Mrs. M. J. Stoltz. Mr. Peter Moran, a progressive farmer of Allegheny township, was among the Ebensburg visitors Wednesday. The ladies of the Catholic church at Lilly gave the usual Thanksgiving supper in the Parochial School hall. Bert Luther of Carrolltown has moved his household effects to this place where he will reside in the future. Among those from this place who attended the funeral of Thomas Wilt on Wednesday were A. E. Bender. Miss Ruth Connell of Ebensburg is at the home of her brothers, J. H. and O. J. Connell in this place. [Lilly SIGNAL] Richard Rinn of Spangler has accepted a position as salesman with the Cresson Springs Brewery Co. Dick is very popular and will no doubt be successful in his new line of work. Possibly the largest insurance policy ever written in Cambria county was issued to J. L. Mitchell of this place last week. The policy was for $100,000 and was written by J. T. Kline of Lilly. A mail carrier is wanted for the new free rural delivery, Cresson district. Persons wishing to apply will write for papers and particulars to J. W. Hall, postmaster at Cresson. The residences of M. D. Kittell, Esq., and James Scanlan, both of this place were the scenes of enjoyable family parties Sunday. They were held in celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Scanlan's twenty-first and of the fifteenth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Kittell's wedding days. Arthur Nelson of Lloydell who was operated on for appendicitis at the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, about 9 months ago has been taken home. Although he is not yet fully recovered, he is on a fair way to recovery and is much improved in health as a result of the operation. Messrs. Tillman Saylor of Johnstown; Alfred M. Shoemaker and R. Edgar Leahey, both of Ebensburg, took preliminary examinations in the Court House library Monday for admission to the Cambria County Bar. Clifford D. Jones of Ebensburg and Karl F. Stremel of Johnstown both final candidates were examined Tuesday. Bright News from Patton Mrs. H. W. Bailey with her two little sons are spending a couple weeks visiting friends at Mechanicsburg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lucas of Greensburg were guests over Sunday at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Denlinger on 5th avenue. Henry Gaston Dill is spending this week at Atlantic City. We hope the salt water breezes of that health giving resort may be of physical benefit to our friend. Andrew Rainey was so unfortunate as to break his shoulder wile playing the gentle and harmless game of foot ball last Saturday at Hastings. T. T. Rees and B. F. Spencer, both prominent citizens of Wellsboro, Pa., were Patton visitors Monday. J. Lawrence Dale, while experimenting with an electric battery Saturday, received a shock which put him "out of business" for a short time and from the effects of which he is still suffering. Palmer Sperry has severed his connection with the Adams Express Company, at this place, and has been succeeded by John Tulley. H. S. Lingle spent the week at New York. Business connected with the Beech Creek Coal & Coke Co., required his presence at the metropolis. W. H. Denlinger attended a reception at Philipsburg Friday given by Moshannon Commandery K. T. in honor of Grand Commander Wilson I. Fleming. Mr. Clark Tyler who for the past year has been employed in Gunn's Pharmacy has resigned his position and gone to Barnesboro in the employ of Dr. Miller. Mr. Tyler won the confidence of our people by his careful attention to the compounding of prescriptions and was at all times affable, agreeable and accommodating to visitors at the store. We commend him to the citizens of Barnesboro as a thoroughly competent and conscientious pharmacist and it is with regret we lose so good a man from our midst. Thomazine Holter of Rossiter spent several days this week in Patton being the guest of Mildred Lewis. Mrs. Graham, mother of our townsman, Thomas G. Graham, returned to her home in Altoona Tuesday after an extended visit to this place. With turkeys in the rough at 22 cents per pound is it any wonder that the national bird graced the tables of but few in our town on Thanksgiving day? Nicktown Notes, Nicktown, Pa., Nov. 19: Harry Dunn of Barnesboro was in town Monday. Miss Emma Lieb, Miss Anna Lambour, Harry Lieb and Samuel J. Lambour attended the leap year ball held at Barnesboro last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Malloy drove to Carrolltown Tuesday. Mr. M. J. Farabaugh and Bert Lieb of Carrolltown were in town Sunday. J. Brickely and son, Wilmer, of Vetera were in town one day this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blum of Carrolltown were callers in town Wednesday. Landlord Geus is having steam heat put in his new hotel, the work being done by Louis Helfrick. Notes from South Fork, South Fork, Nov. 19th: A. D. Whetstone who has returned from a hunting trip in Bedford County bagged twenty-two gray squirrels, nine pheasants, seven quail, one ground hog, two wild ducks and one coon. S. W. Treese was in Johnstown on business Thursday. Mrs. G. H. Fessler and Mrs. J. J. George spent Thursday in Johnstown. C. O. Dimond is putting an addition to his meat market. Conductor Frank Hillman has gone to Altoona where he has been assigned a run on the main line. Miss Annie Croyle spent a few days with friends in Altoona. Engineer G. L. Rhodes of South Fork spent Sunday with his brother in Derry. Dunlo Accidents, Dunlo, Nov. 22: This morning twelve-year-old Frank Grief of this place while handling a gun accidentally discharged it. The charge struck his six-year-old sister on the side of the head and inflicted a rather serious though not fatal wound. The little girl was waited on by Dr. Livingston. George Rishel, the small son of Mrs. Mary Rishel, was run over by a mine car yesterday and had both legs broken. The boy is thirteen years old and is employed as an assistant driver for the mining company. Poisoned a Little Child The police officials and residents of Franklin Borough are considerably puzzled over the poisoning of Anna Belle Fetzer, two-and- one-half years old, and are making a through investigation of the case on suspicion that an attempt was made to murder the child. The little one's illness was due to strychnine poisoning and followed the eating of some candy given her by a party on the street. Who this person is and whether the donor was aware that the candy was poisoned when he or she gave it to the little one are the questions which the police are trying to solve. Coupon Toughs Arrested The Altoona TIMES of Thursday last says: Yesterday afternoon two individual from the wilds of Cambria county giving Coupon as their place of residence loaded up with bad liquor and proceeded to get themselves in trouble. Two young Altoona women, Rose Porter and Irene Chirk were driving in a buggy on the other side of the Buckhorn when the inebriated individuals started to purse them. The two men were later arrested in Altoona. At the police station they informed the officers that as the offense had not been committed in the "borough" as they were pleased to call it, nothing could be done with them. However the disorderly conduct ordinance is elastic enough to cover the offense of trying to pull a wheel off a buggy, making indecent and obscene remarks and in other ways breaking the peace and on this charge they were locked up to await a hearing. The young women later went before Alderman Dobyne and made a charge of disorderly conduct against the fellows. Quite likely their little fun will prove very expensive before they are through with it. Mining Notes The call has been issued for the sixteenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers which meets in Indianapolis January 16th, 1905. For taking a naked lamp into the gaseous part of the Cambria Rolling Mill mine in violation of the bituminous mining laws, Steve Slobonik and Joseph Stedoda have been locked up at the instance of Mine Inspector Josiah T. Evans who has announced that all such cases will be vigorously prosecuted. This is the mine in which more than 100 lives were lost by an explosion about two years ago. Sub-District President Wm. Currie has sent circulars to all local unions in his territory requesting them to warn all members against going into the Meyersdale region where a strike has been on since December, 1903. Looking for Team, Bakerton, Nov. 21: Liveryman J. M. Baldwin, of this place, is bemoaning the loss of a horse and buggy which he hired to a man Saturday afternoon to be used on a drive to St. Benedict about three miles away. The horse was a gray one about sixteen hands high and peculiarly marked with a white face. He was slightly sprung in the front knees and was hooked in a Gutelius buggy which had seen considerable service. The fellow for whom the police authorities throughout the county have been notified to look out, is a tall smooth-faced man. He visited the Baldwin barn about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in company with another fellow and contracted with one of the attendants for a horse and buggy which he said he would return by 7 o'clock that evening. He didn't come back Saturday night nor Sunday and this morning Mr. Baldwin began a search for the missing man and outfit. It was learned that the couple had driven to St. Benedict and that the tall man had there run away from his companion and was later seen in Carrolltown with the rig. Horse Shies and Throws Young Couple Out While out driving Sunday, Miss Eldora Humphreys and Mr. Harvey Tibbott, both Ebensburg's well known young folks were thrown from the buggy and more or less injured by the horse suddenly shieing at an object along the roadside. The animal then ran off and pretty completely smashed up the rig. It was a narrow escape from serious injury and the young folks are to be congratulated that it was so. Robbed at St. Louis According to reports Ira Gray of Spangler was robbed of $300 and his railroad tickets at St. Louis recently. The young man told the police he was robbed by a saloon keeper named Fouchs, who was later arrested. Jeannette Doctor Acquitted, Greensburg, Nov. 20: Dr. J. C. Miller of Jeannette, charged with having caused the death of Miss Dollie Tyger in Indiana County at Barnesboro, May 22, was found not guilty by the jury in the case, which returned a verdict at 10 o'clock this morning. Old Time Printer Passes Away, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 23: John M. (Budd) Dillon, an old time printer is dead at the Confederate Soldiers' home near this city, age 71. He was a friend of Opie Reade and the author made use of him as a character in several of his books. Artist's Plan Expensive, New York, Nov. 22: The national trustees of the McKinley Memorial association who have in their charge the erection of the McKinley monument in Canton, O., met here and viewed the design presented by the official architect, H. VanBuren McGonigle. The drawings are said to show a massive structure unlike either the Grant monument in New York or the Garfield monument in Cleveland. Its situation on the top of a hill renders a beautiful approach possible and the opportunities offered gave the architect an idea which it is said would require more money than the trustees have in hand. They have now about $550,000 and need about $50,000 more to carry out the plans. The trustees appointed a committee to confer with the architect regarding the changes after which they will report to the trustees. The committee consists of Governor Murphy, New Jersey and E. W. Bloomingdale, Cornelius N. Bliss and William M. Conway. The design will not be disclosed to view until it has been completed and finally accepted.