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, 12 Jun 1908 Volume 42, Number 24 Local and Personal Ex-Judge Harry White of Indiana was in town on Tuesday. Squire M. C. McGough of Vintondale was in town Wednesday. Judge Rush Gillan of Franklin County assisted Judge O'Connor several days this week. Miss Boob of Tyrone is visiting at the home of our genial expressman, Samuel Ludwig. Miss Sue Bouder of Baltimore is visiting at the home of her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Kittell in this place. John F. Rosensteel is having a new brick pavement laid down in front of his residence and shop on High Street. Insurance Agent George A. Kinkead returned to this place on Sunday evening after spending a few days in Johnstown. Many Loretto people were in Ebensburg this week attending the trial of the case of W. A. B. Little vs. the borough of Loretto. Miss Stella Creery has returned to her home in this place after spending several days in Carrolltown and vicinity with relatives and friends. F. W. Eicher, editor of the Portage PRESS, accompanied by his wife, were in Ebensburg Tuesday. Mr. Eicher paid THE FREEMAN a pleasant visit while in town. Mrs. Maude Collins and her niece – Miss Henry – gave an enjoyable whist party on Tuesday evening. The prizes were won by Mrs. Cloyd P. Pannebaker and Frank Gates. Miss Julia Brown of Cresson was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown at the Cambria House from Wednesday evening until Thursday morning of this week. Rev. Fathers Deasy of Gallitzin and O'Connor of Nant-y-Glo were in town on Tuesday. Father Deasy has completely recovered from his recent illness and is looking hale and hearty. The McLaughlin Memorial Home near the Fair Ground was opened Wednesday and about fifty or sixty children were brought to the home to spend several months on the mountains during the summer. Lineman Ralph Ritchey, not being quiet tall enough to oversee all the wires on the tall poles around town, has secured an old fashioned high wheel bicycle and says they can't get too high for him now, as well as having much sport from it. Be careful, Ralph, that you don't lose your hat again. Mr. and Mrs. Milt Brown of Johnstown visited Mrs. Brown's sisters, the Misses Alice and Margaret Lloyd on Sunday last. Mrs. Brown recently returned from California where she had been for some time for the good of her enfeebled health and her many friends will be glad to hear that she was much benefited by her sojourn to the Pacific Slope. Nelson Brown, son of Joseph Brown, proprietor of the Cambria House of this place arrived home Saturday morning from California where he had been employed with a mining company in Mammouth, Shasta Co., for the past seventeen months. The western climate agreed with Nelse, as he is looking hale and hearty. Met First Time for 47 Years David Goughnour of East Conemaugh Recognized a Comrade of '61 in Captain Morgan McDonald "It that you, Morgan McDonald," said David Goughnour, a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, and now a retired PRR engineer, last week serving as a traverse juror at court, to Captain Morgan McDonald of Ebensburg Thursday morning of last week. It was the genial Captain and they had a hearty handshake and exchanged reminiscences of the war and have had several social contacts since that time. Goughnour and McDonald went to Harrisburg with Captain John P. Linton of Company F, Third Regiment of Infantry, of the three months service in 1861. There were more men than were required to make up the company, but as Goughnour was a stalwart young man of about 6 feet 2 inches and of about 200 pounds in weight, he had no difficulty in passing, but as McDonald was than a mere boy and was anxious to get to the front, he was compelled in order to get into the army to go as drummer for the company. The terms of enlistment of the three months' men having expired, both took service in other regiments, but since the discharge of Company F in 1861 had never met until Thursday of last week – almost forty-seven years since they had parted. House Struck by Lightning Electric Fluid Shatters House of Jacob Karlheim but Inmates Escape On Thursday May 28th at about 11 A. M., lightning struck the house of Jacob Karlheim of Allegheny Township, battering the building so completely as to render it almost unfit for use and its repairing a matter of great difficulty. At the time the lightning struck the building, Mrs. Karlheim and a babe a few weeks old were in bed in the second story and the electric fluid passed over them without doing them bodily harm; thence down the side of the building, tearing off the weatherboarding and doing other damage. That the family escaped unhurt considering the force of the strike was almost miraculous. Struck by Lightning Johnstown, Pa., June 11 -- Mrs. Alex Rabb of Lilly was struck by lightning and is in a serious condition. Mrs. Rabb was in the kitchen of her house when a bolt of lightning struck the barn in the rear and ran over a wire clothesline to the home. Mrs. Rabb was rendered unconscious. Captain McDonald Mourns Death of His Comrade Thomas Van Irwin of Mifflintown Passes Away Captain Morgan McDonald of this place recently received a marked paper from Mifflintown containing an account of the death of an old comrade, Thomas Van Irwin, for forty years cashier of the Juniata National Bank of Mifflintown, Penna. Thomas Van Irwin enlisted January 1, 1864 in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry commanded by his uncle, Col. Wm. Bell Irwin and was at the latter's request enrolled in Company M of that regiment of which Captain Morgan McDonald was the commanding officer and was taken prisoner in the summer of 1864 but escaped from prison. The deceased was well known by many Johnstowners. The Irwin and Bell families from whom he was descended were two of the foremost families of Central Pennsylvania. In Very Hard Luck Hugh Drisket Loses an Out Kitchen by Fire and Two Cows on Railroad On Monday last an out kitchen on the farm of Hugh Drisket of Allegheny township took fire from an overheated stove and burned to the ground, considerably damaging the dwelling house near by, entailing altogether a loss of several hundred dollars. On Tuesday while Mr. Drisket's cows were being driven to pasture, a train on the Cambria & Clearfield Division killed two of then. Harry McGonigle Acquitted Lilly Youth Exonerated of a Charge of Rape The trial of Harry McGonigle of Lilly, charged with rape on the person of Miss Sally Sweeney of the same town on the first of February last, resulted this afternoon in a verdict of "Not Guilty." Letters Lately Issued Estate of Lewis Fiascot, late of Carroll Township. Will probated. No letters issued. Estate of John S. Tittle, late of Johnstown. Will probated and letters testamentary issued to Jane M. Tittle. Estate of John James, late of Johnstown. Renunciation of eldest brother filed. Letters of administration issued to Enoch James. Estate of Harry B. Pringle, late of East Conemaugh. Will probated and letters testamentary issued to Ada Pringle. Estate of Thomas Brown, late of Barnesboro. Will probated and letters testamentary issued to Martha Brown. Estate of Max Frick, late of Reade Township. Will probated and letters testamentary issued to Louise Frick. Estate of Sina R. Greene, late of Patton. Renunciation of husband filed. Letters of administration issued to J. E. Parnell. Doings of 50 Years Ago! - Extracts From the Mountaineer of June 10, 1858 The Welsh Baptist Church of this place intends dedicating their new Meeting House on Friday the 18th inst. An appropriate English sermon will be preached in the evening at 7½ o'clock by Rev. A. H. Taylor of Hollidaysburg. For some time past a large drove of wolves has infested this county a few miles north of town. Lately they have become very bold and troublesome to some of the farmers. During the last week they committed several depredations, principally by killing sheep, passing through the fields and killing some of them in daylight. One of the wolves was captured on Saturday last; this may have a salutary effect upon his erring brethren. [snip] Hymeneal – Married on Thursday, the third inst., by the Rev. S. E. Babcock, Mr. Wm. T. Devine of Montour County to Miss Mollie J. Hamilton of Johnstown, Cambria County. Again we herald the pleasing announcement of two congenial spirits united in the joys of wedlock. May hope ever buoy up their spirits, comfort always find its way to their dwelling and joy ever crown them with blessings. Obituary – Died at the residence of his father in Munster Township, in Thursday the 3d inst., John C. Luckett, aged 28 years. When the young are stricken down in the flower of manhood, no consolation is sufficient to assuage the pangs of grief except certain consciousness that their lives have been well spent and a rational hope that they have exchanged this world's trials and troubles for the ever lasting bliss of the roseate bowers of eternity. Free from the vices of the world and possessing a gentle and generous disposition, the subject of this note was always a favorite, admired for his many manly virtues, he passed through life without a stain upon his name or a blot upon his honor. May he rest in peace.