NEWS: Items from The Cambria Freeman, February 5, 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, February 5, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 6 Local and Personal Joseph Skelly, a well known farmer of Cambria Township, is lying critically ill of heart and stomach trouble at his home and is not expected to recover. He was taken ill about 2 o'clock Saturday morning and got out of bed only to fall into a chair in a faint. Since that time, he has been threatened with pneumonia and though the danger of that disease is about past, it is thought that the patient who is about sixty-seven years of age, cannot recover. Mr. Skelly is a member of John M. Jones Post 556, G. A. R. Attorney H. H. Myers had business in South Fork Monday. Miss Ella Evans of Patton is the guest of Mrs. M. J. Stoltz. T. F. Callan, the wholesale liquor man of Cresson, was in the County Seat Monday. Alex Strittmatter, a prosperous farmer of near Bradley Junction, was doing business here Saturday. On Tuesday, Charles M. Moses of Johnstown was admitted to the Cambria county bar. Senator Stineman of South Fork and J. W. Leech and McCourtright of this place were guests at the Penrose dinner in Philadelphia. Mrs. W. R. Hughes is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Rowland of North Ebensburg this week. James Spangler of Spangler has purchased the large clubhouse at Hastings. Mr. Spangler will raze the structure and use the material to construct tenement houses at Benedict. C. C. Holter, for the past eight years yard master for the New York Central at Patton, left that place on Monday to accept a similar position on the Rositer branch of the same road. The last will and testament of Mrs. Margaret McGough, late of Summerhill borough has been filed. By the terms of the will Paredes J. McGough, husband of the decedent, is given a life estate in all her property, both personal and real. Howard McGough, a son, is named executor. John Vingler, a Gallitzin Hebrew, was arrested recently for threatening to burn the store of Mr. Gelman, a merchant of the town of tunnels. At the hearing before Justice Stephens the men got together and amicably settled their case. The trouble arose over the settlement of a bill of $15. While Mrs. Ed Stevens of Maysville, a Gallitzin suburb, was going up stairs on Tuesday evening, the lamp she carried exploded. The woman had a baby in her arms at the time. After putting the infant in a place of safety she succeeded in smothering out the fire caused by the blazing oil. Luckily Mrs. Stevens and the baby escaped burns and the fire caused but slight damage to the house. John Schwab of Gallitzin has returned home from Pittsburg where he had been for ten days with his son, Leo, aged about thirteen years at Mercy Hospital. The boy fell two years ago and was badly injured about the spine, being subject to spasms ever since. Mr. Schwab took the lad to Pittsburg to see if he could get relief for him but the physicians there decided that nothing could be done. The Vintondale Lumber Company Limited of Vintondale is defendant in a suit for $7,300 brought by J. L. Edwards and J. P. Davis, committee for Ebenezer L. Edwards. The plaintiffs own over 600 acres of land in Blacklick township, through which the lumber company has been granted permission to lay tracks connecting its mill with a branch of the P. R. R. The track was of the standard gauge and a standard size locomotive was operated upon it. There was no spark arrester in the track, it is said, and as a result of fire falling to the ground, timber to the value of $7,300 was destroyed. The plaintiffs will be represented by Attorneys William Williams, P. J. little and S. L. Reed. The original South Fork Dramatic company presented for the first time in this part of the state, at the Portage Opera House on Thursday evening, the drama in four acts, "Crawford's Claim or Nugget Nell." The cast is made up of well known people of South Fork: the Misses Dora Myers, Tillie Kallet, Martha Peel and the Messrs. J. William Peel, Fred George, R. D. Peel, J. Ford, William Ganley, Frank Myers, J. Stroud, James Cooney and Thomas Gangley. Singing and dancing specialties were introduced and the performance was voted an unusually clever one for amateurs. Winfield Reese of Johnstown spent Sunday with relatives in Ebensburg. David James of the East Ward sustained an ugly accident at Griffith's saw mill where he was employed Saturday. In some way he was caught between the carriage and a log and had both bones of an ankle fractured. A. J. Darragh took a business trip to the east last week. Miss Theodore Pollock of Somerset who has been engaged as a stenographer by Evans, Leech and Evans has taken up her residence in this place. Barnesboro Work about the mines is very dull. John Burns has joined Mort Cline's one-piece orchestra. Barnesboro has 62 business places including all the different commercial enterprises. Herbert Goodrum's restaurant has been robbed again. This makes the third time Herbert has been robbed in six weeks. It looks like Herbert is easy. The Barnesboro bowling team went over to Gallitzin on the 20th to roll a few games and the boys of Gallitzin gave the Barnesboro boys the bumps in proper style. J. M. Weakland of Chest Springs is visiting his brother of the Globe Hotel and is telling the boys the latest Chest Spring Ghost stories and what terrible snowdrifts they have in the county. Barnesboro, Jan. 29: John Hubert, the well known Globe Hotel bartender resigned recently and is now doing bar duty at Hastings. Henry Mannon succeeded Mr. Hubert at the Globe. Charles Luther has parted with his whiskers. This saves M. C. Weakland the price of a tailor made suit of clothes as Mr. Weakland had agreed to get Charley the suit should he let this whiskers rush till spring. Charley claims it's his girls' fault. Phil Bender's educated poll parrot made its escape from its cage one morning recently and was found in a clump of thick woods near Keith hollow by Zeek Weakland and Jim Wheeler. Before they saw the parrot they could hear it yelling, "One at a time, gentleman! Fair play! Fair play!" To Weakland's and Wheeler's surprise they found three big crows picking the life out of the poor poll. The crows made their escape but Bender is happy. The following are persons nominated for offices in South district, Susquehanna township: Judge of election, G. V. Byrne Inspector, J. T. Miller Justice of the peace, J. C. Williams Auditor, J. A. Bearer Supervisors, E. M. Davis and Charles Miller Assessor, W. E. Lantzy School directors, L. J. Bearer and Mike Cline Township clerk, C. J. Williams Register assessor, F. J. Byrne Thomas Stevens, constable of Barnesboro arrested young Port Shaddel recently for stealing a watch from [first name unclear] Keith. Before taking his prisoner by train for Ebensburg he brought him a pair of shoes, stockings, tobacco and also gave him a dollar. When they changed cars at Bradley Junction, the prisoner gave the constable the slip and has not been heard from since. Thomas says the next prisoner he takes to Ebensburg, he will put the handcuffs on him, should the prisoner be only five years old. Pineton Notes Mr. and Mrs. Ferman Edmiston of Pineton visited Spangler friends on Sunday. John Hoffman and sister, Miss Susie, of Pineton, spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. A. Soisson of Nicktown. John Farabaugh, Merle Roser and Steve Monoski of Spangler spent Sunday with C. G. Farabaugh and while going home had the misfortune to upset and break the sleigh. After this they would better hire a driver. Miss Goldie Miller of Pineton has been sick for the past two weeks but is improving now. James Sloey spent Sunday last with C. G. Farabaugh. Brother Sues Brother Joseph Frazer of Portage township has brought suit against his brother, Andrew, to recover the sum of $700 with interest from the 28th day of December, 1896. The suit is an action to assumpsit and by the plaintiff's statement it appears that on the 28th of December, 1896, Joseph Frazer sold to his brother certain houses and lots of ground situate in Portage township, near the village of Jamestown; that Joseph Frazer and his wife executed good deeds for the property and the defendant took possession; received the rent and the advantages accruing from them but has never paid his brother all the purchase money and still refuses to pay the same. F. P. Martin of Johnstown appears as counsel for the plaintiff. Nant-Y-Glo Man Held Must Face Serious Charge at the Coming March Term of Court David Hammond of the Ninth ward, Johnstown, accused by Doss Kemery of Nanty-Glo of harboring a minor child was given a hearing before Alderman John Rutledge Saturday afternoon and was held to answer the charge at the next term of court. He was also held on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, preferred by Constable W. J. Griffith, who served the warrant and found a loaded revolver on the man's person when he was taken into custody. It developed that the child in question was a daughter of the divorced wife of the defendant and that she is fourteen years old. It seems David Hammond wedded the present Mrs. Kemery, who though unmarried, had a two year old daughter which Hammond at the hearing Saturday claims as his offspring. Mrs. Kemery denies that her former husband was the father of the child and claims that he is too fond of her and lured her from her home at Nanty-Glo to keep house for him in Johnstown. Hammond claims the girl wrote to him that she was dissatisfied with her home with her mother and step-father at Nanty-Glo and that she wished to go to Johnstown. The defendant claims he wrote her that he would provide for her if she came to Johnstown. The result was that she was met at Cresson by Hammond who took her to Johnstown. F. P. Martin, Esq., appeared for the prosecution and E. G. Kerr for the defendant. Hammond could not furnish bail and was locked up in default. New Mine Inspectors Mine Inspectors Joseph T. Eckenrode Monday forwarded to the State Department of Mines orders for sealed certificates for thirty-four new mine inspectors and fire bosses. The names of the successful Cambria county applicants follow: Mine Inspector, first class: Alfred Taylor, Scalp Level Rees Johns, Johnstown A. B. May, Johnstown William B. Jones, Johnstown James Finnigan, Johnstown David T. Davis, Johnstown David D. Clemence, Johnstown William Gray, Martsteller James Glancy, Ehrenfeld Robert Barker, Ehrenfeld Edward Joyce, Ehrenfeld Mine Inspectors, second class: Chas. W. Large, Scalp Level James B. Dunmyer, South Fork Thomas D. Williams, Johnstown Frank Roberts, Scalp Level Fire Bosses: Charles Evans, Johnstown George Alberter, Johnstown James O. Farrell, East Conemaugh James Dumire, Ehrenfeld Joseph L. Jones, Johnstown E. T. Jones, Meyersdale A. Alexander, Ehrenfeld