NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 19 Oct 1906; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 19 Oct 1906 Volume 40, Number 42 Items Local and Personal Miss Eulalia Maucher of Carrolltown has gone to Pittsburg where she will enter Mercy Hospital to take up the profession of nurse. The condition of Leo Luttringer of Johnstown, formerly of Ebensburg, who was operated upon at Harrisburg a few days ago for appendicitis is improving steadily. He expects to go to Johnstown shortly. Comrade Jacob Burkey of Ebensburg received word Wednesday that a pension of $46 per month had been granted him by the government. Mr. Robert Ferguson of Ebensburg has sold the farm in Summerhill township known as the Martha Pringle place to Mrs. Frank White and will go to South Dakota for the winter. Mrs. J. S. Bolsinger has been quite ill recently and is being attended by her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Lingle of New Brighton, Pa. Mrs. T. L. Gibson and children, Caroline and Thomas, of Baltimore, have been spending a few days with Mrs. A. V. Barker. Miss Estella Creery returned home Friday from a visit to Johnsonburg in the interest of her health which we are glad to learn is much improved. The venerable Gibbs Hasson, who has been seriously ill at his home on Julian street during the past two days, is reported today as being somewhat improved. Mr. H. R. Frederick and family have moved from the East ward to his store on Center street where Mr. Frederick will, within the next few days, open up a restaurant. The venerable Edward Owens of the East ward sustained a fainting spell Wednesday afternoon of last week and for a time his condition was quite critical. Mr. Owens, who is aged 84 years, went to the cellar on an errand and the trip was too much for him and he took sick while in the basement of his home. He is the father of County Commissioner John Owens. Late News of County Joy Loy, an Italian, aged eighteen years, was arrested recently, charged with cutting Raymond R. Lannon with a knife. Both men were employed at the plant of the Patton Clay Manufacturing company and had a little trouble, when it is alleged that the Italian stabbed Lannon in the left side near the heart, inflicting a severe but not serious wound. Loy was held for court. The following Cresson boys have left to resume their studies at the different colleges: William Little, Hackett Lynch and James Fitzgerald at Western University of Pennsylvania; John Slattery at Medico-Chi; Thomas Slattery at Brown's Preparatory school, Philadelphia; Bernard and Leo Little of Loretto will enter the dental department of W. U. P. this year. Highway Holdup John Stiffler, of Cambria township, is suffering from a lacerated forehead and a battered nose as the result of an encounter with highwaymen the other night while on his way home from Ebensburg. As Mr. Stiffler approached the Myers schoolhouse, south of town, two men suddenly confronted him and demanded his valuables. Mr. Stiffler concluded to put up a fight and during the scuffle was struck on the head with some instrument, presumably a stone and it was only after his assailants had forced him into submission at the point of a revolver that the highwaymen were able to rifle his pockets. They secured three dollars in cash for their trouble. There is no clue to the identity of the highwaymen. Brakeman Has Foot Smashed William Wirick, aged 25 years, and married, of South Fork, had his left foot badly crushed Friday afternoon. He is employed as a brakeman on the South Fork branch and while making a coupling, tripped and the wheels ran over his foot. He is at home and is being attended by Dr. Fitzgerald. Insane Patient to be Discharged The County Commissioners have received advice from Dr. H. A. Hutchinson, Superintendent of the Dixmont Insane Asylum, that Washington St. Clair, a colored patient, admitted to that institution from Johnstown November 19, 1905 has sufficiently recovered to warrant his discharge. Boyish Play Results Very Seriously Cresson Lad Thrown Under Cars by Companion Frank Hoover, aged ten years and residing near Cresson, had a close call one day last week through the carelessness of one of his schoolmates. The boy with several others was walking home from a school along the tracks of the Cresson and Clearfield Division of the PRR. Hoover and another boy got to wrestling and while they were so engaged they failed to notice the approach of a freight train. Hoover's companion threw him down directly in front of the train and the wheels passed over the right leg, crushing it at the knee. His companion hurriedly summoned assistance and the boy was carried to the Cresson station and later taken to the Altoona hospital where it was found necessary to amputate the leg at the knee. John L. Sechler Sells Out Hotel Business John Rosenbaum and Dennis Walsh, who have been employed as bartenders by Steve Quirk, the Washington hotel man, have purchased the Bon-Air Hotel at Conemaugh from John L. Sechler. The deal includes the fixtures and real estate and the consideration is said to be $12,000. The new proprietors expect to apply for a license transfer at next court. Scarlet Fever at Cresson Cresson, Oct. 12 The scarlet fever situation here is becoming more alarming each day. More than a score of homes have been quarantined but as there are no guards, the inmates go and come when they please. The officers of the borough are considering the plan of placing guards at each house and taking further strict measures to prevent the further spread of the disease. The Keystone Avenue School has been closed and the pupils of Mt. Aloysius Academy who reside in Cresson are being kept from the institution. Black Squirrels Plentiful Black squirrels are reported to be quite plentiful in some sections of northern Cambria county this season, a number having been killed by Ebensburg hunters within the last few days. Wednesday morning merchant E. C. Parrish secured a fine large one, together with several gray squirrels. Dick Lane, the Ebensburg pool room man, has also killed several this season while hunters report that a number of others have been seen in the woods at various other places. Prisoner Sent to Australia John Pierce, a foreigner, who has been a prisoner at the county jail since spring, was taken to New York Sunday by Detective Ed Knee and placed on a steamer bound for Australia. Pierce was in the act of kidnapping a foreigner's child in the vicinity of Dunlo some time ago and shot the child's mother in the foot when she wrested the child from him. Survivors of the 11th Reserves Meet Here in Reunion [Most of this article is faded] Grizzled Old Veterans Meet in Ebensburg Wednesday and Regale Themselves with Anecdotes from War Time Experience About 200 Present Camp Fire Held in the Evening Not for a long time has there been such a military air in Ebensburg as was created here Wednesday by the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves who chose Cambria county's capital as the place for holding the annual reunion of the survivors of this squad of honored heroes. All of the school children turned out in line of march and went to the depot Wednesday morning to welcome the visitors. John M. Jones Post 556 G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans, led by the Ebensburg band, were there also and escorted the veterans to the Court House. The court room rapidly filled while the war-scarred heroes thronged the inside of the railing, the space set apart for members of the bar association. Capt. John Kelly of Butler was chosen as chairman of the meeting, but before he could rise to acknowledge the honor of the occasion, the strings of a violin twanged ominously and a grizzled old veteran stood up and sawed off "The Arkansas Traveler" in a way that seemed to possess every old veteran gathered inside the railing with a desire to get up and shuffle off a clog dance. The manipulator of the horse-hair and cat-gut was known as "The Fiddler of the Eleventh Reserves" and he punctuated each motion of the bow with an emphatic nod of his gray head, accompanied by a distinct tap with the toe of his right foot. Audience Applauded The audience listened intently and then set up a deafening applause as the fiddler sat down. Again and again they applauded. The chairman called for order, but the audience would not be quiet. They wanted more of that fiddle. At length the fiddler stood up, bowed, waved the bow, stuck the fiddle under his chin and then - sat down. Everybody wanted to know more about his old time fiddle. It was finally learned that his name is Aaron Laughner of Pittsburg and that his precious old fiddle to which the audience had just listened, had been carried by its owner all through the war and brought home intact, with the exception of incidental bruises, scratches and a few cracks, the latter of which had been easily remedied by the application of a little glue. Chairman John Kelly addressed a few remarks to the meeting and then introduced the Hon. A. V. Barker, who he said would accord the visitors a fitting welcome from the eloquent speech to the visitors. Following Mr. Barker's address, Chairman Kelly responded in a very able manner, thanking Ebensburg for the welcome accorded the visitors and touching with tender memory incidents in the history of the gallant Eleventh. Aaron Laughner and his fiddle broke out at this juncture and "Sugar in the Gourd" and "Money Musk" filled the court room for a brief spell. It certainly was amusing, the way everybody stuck in the old vet and his war-stained fiddle. After being requested by the chairman to assemble at 3:30 in the afternoon for a business meeting the delegates adjourned to the Opera House for dinner. [The next several paragraphs list all the names of the attendees but they are too faded to read]. Notes The Opera House where the veteran guests were entertained was decorated with flags and bunting and in addition to the old soldiers above mentioned many ladies participated in the repast. The menu consisted of bean soup, coffee, hardtack and all the delicacies of the culinary art that go with a cold dinner. The supper was about the same, both repasts being excellent. [rest of article faded] An Approaching Wedding Formal invitations have been issued within the last few days announcing the approaching wedding of Miss Lyda Davison, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Davison of Julian street to the Rev. W. H. Oldham of East Liverpool, O., on Wednesday evening of next week at five o'clock. The ceremony will take place in the Methodist Episcopal church. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hoover of near Patton celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their marriage on Thursday, October 4th. A large number of relatives and friends assembled during the afternoon and in the evening a bountiful supper was served. Mrs. Davis Dead Widow of President of Confederacy Succumbs to Pneumonia New York, Oct. 17 Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the president of the Confederacy, who had been ill for a week at the Hotel Majestic in this city, died at 10:25 o'clock last night. Death was due to pneumonia, induced by a severe cold which Mrs. Davis contracted on her return from the Adirondacks, where she had spent the summer. At the bedside when death came were Mrs. J. Addison Hayes of Newark, N. J., the only surviving daughter of Mrs. Davis; Jefferson Davis W. Hayes, a grandson who is a student at Princeton university; Mrs. Charles E. Bateson, a niece; Dr. and Mrs. Gustave Webb, the latter a granddaughter; and Dr. Robert H. Wylie who with Dr. Webb had cared for Mrs. Davis throughout her illness.