NEWS: Cambria Freeman; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA; Jun 1908 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 5 Jun 1908 Volume 42, Number 23 Local and Personal Mr. F. H. Barker of this place has been ill for several days past. Thomas Greevy, Esq. of Altoona was among the visitors in town Wednesday. Miss Margaret Griffith is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bishop in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. James McClune of the East ward visited Johnstown last week. Miss Lola Williams, who is attending Rowe College at Johnstown, was home several days this week. Attorney Philip N. Shettig and Dr. Donald H. Shoemaker spent a few days last week in Philadelphia. Among the visitors from Ebensburg in Johnstown last week were Attorney and Mrs. Mathiot Reade and family. Master Leslie Davis arrived home Thursday after a few days stay in the Daniels and McCleary homes in Johnstown. Captain Hugh Bradley of Hollidaysburg is visiting his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scanlan here. Mr. D. E. Park and family are here for the summer and have taken up their quarters at their fine home near the Ebensburg Inn. Mrs. John S. Davis of Cambria Township visited her daughter, Mrs. Commons, in Hastings this week. John S. is on the jury this week. Mr. C. H. Claghorn, formerly of Vintondale, but who for some time has been located in the State of Washington was in Ebensburg Tuesday. We are glad to note the fact that Mrs. Wm. Davis, wife of the prominent lawyer of this place, who has been seriously ill for some time, is recovering rapidly. Miss Elsie McKenrick is in Indianapolis, Ind., where she attended the graduating exercises of the law university of Indianapolis on Wednesday of this week. Her brother, Ivan, is a member of the graduating class. Paul L. McKenrick, cashier of a Kittanning Bank, delivered an address before the Alumni Association at Clearfield last week and his mother, Mrs. J. F. McKenrick, of this place went over to attend the meeting. Mr. Harvey VanAsdlen of Cresson, who has just completed the deal disposing of his hotel at that place, moved with his family to Ebensburg Wednesday and their many old friends here will be glad to have them among us again. Miss Martha Jones, daughter of the well known blacksmith of Ebensburg, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Moran in Johnstown. Miss Jones expects to remain with the Moran family some time before returning to her home. Editor Warren Worth Bailey of the DEMOCRAT came to Ebensburg today in an automobile. Mrs. Bailey and children have been at the Mountain House since Saturday last. Mrs. August Mentredon Altoona, Pa., June 4 -- "I shot that woman and I don't care what happens to me," was the statement made by Carmello Allemo when arrested near Lovett for the shooting of Mrs. August Mentredon at South Fork. Allemo shot the woman through the neck as she was stooping over a spring to fill a pail with water and she lies in a critical condition at a Johnstown hospital. No motive for the crime has been discovered. Narrowly Escaped Drowning On Sunday last while Mrs. Matthew Nairn of Nant-y-Glo and her four- year-old son - Paul – were on a visit to the house of Mr. Nairn's father – Martin Nairn – in Ginter, Clearfield County, the child fell into a well from which the pump had been removed and the hole covered with a board which he lifted, the water being 26 feet deep in the well. His mother heard the splash and running to the well could see nothing of the child and ran screaming for help. An aunt of the boy - Miss Laura Nairn - remained at the well and soon saw the boy coming to the top of the water which fortunately came within two feet of the platform when she seized him by the hair and pulled him out of the well. It was a narrow escape from drowning, which would undoubtedly have occurred but for the presence of mind of Miss Nairn. 'Squire Parrish's Eighty-Third Birthday Anniversary 'Squire Joshua D. Parrish Celebrated the Eighty-Third Anniversary of His Birth at His Home Yesterday Squire Joshua D. Parrish celebrated the eighty third anniversary of his birth at his home on Julian Street yesterday. Joshua Demetrius Parrish was born at Parrish's Mill (now known as O'Hara's Mill) then in Summerhill township, June 3, 1825 and is a son of George Parrish. His mother's maiden name was Catharine Storm. When young, Joshua Parrish learned the carpenter trade from his uncle – Lewis Storm – in Loretto. Early in the Mexican War he enlisted in Captain James Murray's Cambria Guards which left Ebensburg for the seat of war Jan. 2, 1847 and fought throughout the war and was the second man over the walls of Chapultepec in the memorial storming of that fortress and when he jumped over, he captured Gen. Bravo, a brave Mexican general of whose valor at the battle of Palo Alto a Mexican poet wrote: Rio Bravo! Rio Bravo! Was there ever such a fight Since the field of Roncesvalles Sealed the fate of many a knight! He was present at the entrance into the City of Mexico and after the war, resumed his avocation as a carpenter. In 1852 he was married to Mary Myers by Father Joseph Gallagher, pastor of Loretto in 1852. The children of this union are: Evaristus Mitchell, born September 5, 1853; Callistus Mitchell, born February 26, 1856, now a druggist in Bellefonte, Pa.; Philomena Flora, born Mach 2, 1858; and John, born September 12, 1862. Squire Parrish and his venerable partner enjoy the respect of the entire community and their many friends wish them joy and peace in their declining years. Jeff Davis Remembered New Orleans, June 4 -- With appropriate exercises the people of the south celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis. The day was observed as a whole or partial holiday in Kentucky, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Louisiana and Virginia and varied between the entire cessation of business and the mere closing of the public schools. Doings of 50 Years Ago! – Extracts From the Mountaineer of June 8, 1858 Mrs. Margaret Purdy, aged one hundred and six years, lately died at Spencer, New York. She had been a widow over eighty years, her husband having been killed in the Revolutionary War in the year 1777.