NEWS: Cambria Freeman; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA; Jul 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, 31 Jul 1908 Volume 42, Number 30 Local and Personal Rev. Samuel G. Craig of the Presbyterian Church in this place was suddenly called to his home at Tarkla, Mo., on account of the serious illness of his mother. The pulpit will be occupied next Sabbath morning and evening by a Pittsburg minister. Mr. Thomas A. Cassidy, the well known barber of Spangler, accompanied by his wife drove to Ebensburg on Sunday morning last and spent the day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Cassidy of Mary Ann and Crawford street in this place. Alexius H. Parrish of Loretto was stricken with paralysis of the right side one day last week. He is being attended by Dr. J. H. Murphy, who does not consider his condition serious. Ex-Sheriff John A. Blair, who had been for several weeks seriously ill at his home on High street in the West ward, is now able to sit up on the porch in front of his house. Superintendent Marsteller of the Pennsylvania Beech Creek & Eastern Coal & Coke company does not see any immediate prospect for a revival of the coal business. W. H. Denlinger of Patton was in Ebensburg on Wednesday and delivered an address during "convocation hour" to members of the Mountain Summer Assembly. Squire F. J. Parrish of Gallitzin and Messrs. D. C. Little of Cresson and Philip Pritsch of Lilly, were in Ebensburg on business today. David Williams, constable of the West ward, was suddenly called to Cookport last week on account of the serious illness of a relative there. Mrs. R. Edgar Leahey and children of Johnstown are visiting Mrs. Leahey's parents, Thomas Peach and wife of Julian street. Landlord M. J. Stoltz and family of the Mountain House journeyed to Altoona in T. Stanton Davis's auto Monday. Ed Boas and son of Allegheny township drove several head of beef cattle to market in Ebensburg on Wednesday. Misses Frances and Margaret McDonald of Altoona are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Johnson here. Deck Lane took a photograph of the students and faculty of the Summer Assembly on Monday last. Squire Dodson of Barnesboro was a visitor to Ebensburg and THE FREEMAN office on Monday. Richard Rinn of Patton was a visitor to Ebensburg and THE FREEMAN office on Tuesday. Miss Mary Yeckley of Gallitzin is at present visiting friends in the County Seat. L. J. Bearer of Susquehanna township was in Ebensburg on Wednesday. Ed Fry and his son, Paul, of Cresson were in town on Wednesday. John A. Schwab and wife of Loretto were in town on Monday. H. R. Frederick and wife were in Altoona Saturday. Luke Wills of Loretto is sick of nervous trouble. Seeks Aid of Public Fifty-Five Cases in Hastings Some of them Very Bad Help Needed Word from Dr. D. S. Rice of Hastings today is to the effect that the typhoid fever situation in that town is not improved. There are now fifty-five cases among them some very bad ones. Especially so is the case of Mrs. L. L. Binderi [end of surname missing] to keep whom alive requires all the expedients known to medical science. Financial aid is badly needed as the people are poor and the expenses are great. Burgess Waters of this place has requested the people of Ebensburg and vicinity to leave contributions for our stricken neighbors with the banks in this place as much as possible this week that it may be immediately forwarded. "Who gives quickly, gives doubly (sic)." Illness of Edward Griffith West Ward Man Seriously Ill Edward Griffith, formerly a prominent business man on High Street, is now seriously ill at his home in the West Ward. Last winter, Mr. Griffith contracted a severe cold which settled on his lungs and his condition is most serious. Professor Karlson Called Away Left for Cleveland, Ohio, to the Bedside of His Wife and Daughter on Monday Night Prof. C. E. Karlson, Director of M*****[word faded] Training in the Altoona Public Schools and instructor of the same line at the Mountain Summer Assembly in this place was called to Cleveland, Ohio, by a message on Monday evening, informing him that his wife and daughter are lying sick in that city. Prof. Karlson was driven overland to Johnstown the same evening at which point he took the first train for Cleveland. Prof. Karlson is well and favorably known in Ebensburg where he has given satisfaction as instructor both to the students of the Assembly and the Directors. Handcuffed Man at Large Joseph Urda Sees Stranger Near Fair Grounds on Wednesday Morning Joseph Urda, of the West ward, who keeps a dairy and acts as sexton for the Holy Name Catholic church in this place, on Wednesday morning last about 5 o'clock, when on a trip to a pasture field near the old fair grounds, north of town, saw a man walking away from the place. When he had driven his cows out of pasture, he noticed the man following him and on closer inspection saw that the man was handcuffed. He was a large man, who apparently had not been washed for some time and Urda did not care to make his acquaintance. District Attorney Leech and County Detective Berkebile investigated the matter on Wednesday without result beyond ascertaining the foregoing facts. Steamship Agent Arrested for Libel Father Kovaliczky Claims Damages in the Sum of $10,000 On Saturday last, Sheriff Griffith arrested A. Summer, a foreigner, who conducts a steamship ticket office at Barnesboro, on a capias issued at the instance of Rev. Victor Kovaliczky. Rev. Kovalicsky (sic) is pastor of the Greek Catholic church at Barnesboro and in his affidavit filed in the action, alleges that Summer circulated stories among his parishioners reflecting upon his honesty. The amount of damages claimed is ten thousand dollars. Mr. Summer gave bail in the sum of two thousand dollars and Polo Azzara, Aftan Lichvarcik and J. J. Reisetar, all of Barnesboro became sureties on his bond. Simelsberger Loses Sunday Clothes Burglar Enters House and Appropriates Suit Worth $18 On Saturday evening last Peter Simelsberger, a hard working German, who lives a couple of miles south west of town went to a spring in the woods some distance from his house for a bucket of water and on his return found that his house had been broken into and a suit of clothes which cost him $18 had been stolen. On the floor of the house was a handkerchief on which were lettered, "W. Rose." A little dog was in his house. Mr. Simelsberger suspected a tramp that stopped at the house of a neighbor - a Mrs. Weimar - on Saturday night and who gave the name, Bront, as the thief; and armed with a club went to the Weimar home on Sunday morning and when the stranger saw him, he threw off the coat and ran into the woods, Peter says, "like a deer," so that his pursuer did not get a chance to use his shilaleagh or recover the balance of his Sunday clothes. He came to Ebensburg, however and made an information against the purloiner of his property before Squire Oliver Evans and Constable Richard Evans looked in vain for the fugitive on Monday. Doings of 50 Years Ago! From the Mountaineer of July 29, 1858 Gallitzin – P. S. Noon, Esq. – The reminiscences of Dr. Gallitzin, copied into the best number of your paper from the [word faded] RECORD, will be presented as a treasure by all acquainted with the history of that remarkable man. The article bespeaks the gentleman and Christian while the polish of the narrative and purity of the diction point to R. B. McCabe Esq., as its author. It is not however to eulogize the article or its author that I address you in the present note, but to correct an apparent anachronism in the article alluded to. The last time the writer sees Dr. Gallitzin in 1840 he stated that while conversing with him in the hall of Mr. M. Donald's tavern, W. B. Conway Esq., addressed the Dr. in French and he walked over to meet him. Mr. Conway was not in Ebensburg at that time – and the person who thus addressed the Dr. was the late and much lamented Dr. Roderigne, who at that time resided in the building opposite the tavern. Yours, etc. R. L. J. Of course, Wm. B. Conway was not in Ebensburg in 1840 for he was not then in the land of the living. He left Ebensburg in 1838, having been appointed to the position of Secretary to the Territorial governor of Iowa and in that territory he died in 1838. A remarkable incident in the life of Mr. Conway was that before he left Ebensburg his father-in-law, Charles Kenney Esq. of near Philadelphia for and in consideration of $1 and the natural love and affection he bore his daughter – Mrs. Conway – deeded to the poet-editor 400 acres of land, now amongst the most valuable coal land in Portage township, worth enough at the present day to enrich all the editors in Cambria county.