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CAMBRIA FREEMAN
EBENSBURG, PA
JUNE 1903
Friday, June 5, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCALS AND PESONALS
Miss Annie O’Neill of Pittsburg is visiting relatives in Ebensburg.
Mr. Andrew Storm of Cresson was a visitor to Ebensburg on Monday.
Mr. A. Strittmatter of Carroll township was in Ebensburg on Thursday.
Mr. James Itel of Portage township spent a few hours in town on Monday.
Mr. John McTamany of Lilly made a business trip to Ebensburg on Tuesday. **[this man is the son of Nancy Ann Cassidy and Timothy McAtamney of Washington twp.]
Mrs. Michael Binder of Hastings is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Bert Boney, of this place.
Mr. Vincent Melloy of Clearfield township spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Drs. O. G. A. Barker and F. B. Roberts of Pittsburg spent Sunday in Ebensburg with their parents.
Mr. Earl Jones of Altoona is home on a vacation visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Jones of the East ward.
The Kress-Denny hearing in the Merchants Hotel lease to Johnstown has again been postponed; this time until July.
Mr. William Barkey and his wife, of Altoona, visited the formers’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Barkey in Ebensburg this week.
Mrs. T. M. Richards and daughter, Lottie, returned home on Monday evening after a three weeks’ visit to Zanesville, Ohio.
Frank McTague of Altoona and F. M. Campbell, of Cresson, have purchased the Shiber hotel at Cresson and will conduct it in the future.
One day last week, Daniel Sweeny, a Johnstown man was found dead drunk by the police lying along the railroad track with $1,000 in cash in his pocket.
One day last week Richard Vaughn Pryce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pryce, of Cambria township, was so unfortunate as to fall from an apple tree and break his arms.
A saw mill will be set up by Messrs. Isaiah Brown and son, William, of Barr township, on the Lehmire tract near Bakerton, where they will cut probably from 400,000 to 600,000 feet of hemlock and hardwood.
A bad wreck occurred on Friday evening of last week near Clearfield on the Pennsylvania railroad. Ten loaded cars were wrecked and John Ellinger of Luthersburg, who was riding on the train, had one of his legs broken.
A surprise party of their friends and neighbors visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Noel, in Cambria township today (Thursday). From the well known hospitality of the host and hostess we know the visitors were royally entertained.
W. H. Weston, the Gallitzin merchant, has purchased a lot and begun the erection of a fine store building on Main street, near his present location. The site was bought from Squire T. J. Stevens, the veteran Gallitzin jeweler.
W. B. Litzinger, the Loretto merchant who was recently burned out, has begun work on a fine residence. His won, Walter F. Litzinger, whose harness shop was destroyed will start business again, the work of erecting a new harness shop having been begun.
A deal has just been consummated by Mr. T. Stanton Davis whereby he has come into possession of 672 acres of coal right in Jackson township, embracing the lands of David Rose, Al. Long, John Gray, John Gittings and Dan Burkett. The consideration amounts to $43,000.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr. George F. Wildeman of Barnesboro and Miss Della, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bearer of Carroll township. The ceremony will take place in St. Benedict’s church in Carrolltown on Wednesday morning, June 19th, at 9 o’clock.
Cards are out announcing the coming marriage of Mr. Benjamin Franklin James and Miss Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. S. W. Davis, both of Ebensburg. The marriage will take place at the First Congregational Church on Wednesday evening, June 7th, at half past seven o’clock.
David T. Watson, Esq., a distinguished member of the Pittsburg bar, with his family, is occupying the Baker cottage on Centre street, in this place. Mr. Watson is counsel for the United States Government in the Alaskan boundary dispute and he came to Ebensburg to prepare his brief and argument in the case.
Samuel Bennet, of Hyndman, was taken to the asylum at Harrisburg having suddenly become insane. He has a horror of gray hair and for the last ten years, kept his hair and whiskers dyed a deep black. The physician who attended Bennet says the dye went to the brain. The man is of splendid physique.
It has developed that William Young, of Spangler, foreman of the Delta Mine, who it was announced recently was suffering from typhoid fever, has the small pox. His home has been quarantined and other measures taken to prevent a spread of the disease. It is not known where Mr. Young, who has been sick about ten days, contracted the dread malady.
A Hollidaysburg dispatch states that George Pearce & Co., coal shippers of Puritan, this county, have entered suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad company to recover $150,000 damages. The plaintiffs allege that they have been injured in their business to this extent by reason of illegal freight rebates having been granted by the company to their business competitors.
The Ebensburg School Board met Monday evening, June 1st and organized, electing S. W. Davis, president; F. W. Dick, secretary and John F. Tibbott, treasurer and after swearing in the new members, elect, S. L. Reed, Esq., and Mr. S. S. Kinkead, proceeded to elect teachers as follows: Principal Prof. E. B. Ott; assistant principal, Miss Pearl Bash. The remainder of the teachers will be elected Monday evening, June 15th.
The card of Mr. Thomas Peach, the well-known liveryman of Ebensburg, appears in this issue of the FREEMAN as a candidate for sheriff, subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention. Mr. Peach is well known through the county as an active Democrat and energetic party worker and if nominated and elected has the ability to perform the duties of the office in a manner that will be a credit to the Democracy.
The residence of Mr. Frank at Utahville was struck by lightning on Wednesday of last week, and although the family all escaped injury, it is almost a miracle that two of the children were not killed. One flue is badly damaged and plastering is knocked off in several rooms. Fire was started in the carpet and quite a blaze was going when Mr. Flick got down stairs. The family is thankful that their lives were all spared. **[the newspaper has Mr. Frank at the beginning and Mr. Flick at the end of the article.]
J. H. Rhinehart, a Homestead man, was on his way east on Friday night when he met with a peculiar accident that landed him in the Memorial Hospital. About Derry, the car in which he as riding gave a sudden lurch and his left foot, which he had propped up against the window went through it and was struck by a passing freight, the leg being broken at the ankle. The man was taken off the train at Johnstown and sent to the Memorial Hospital.
The Cambria County Bar Association held a meeting at the court house on Monday evening. The old officers were re-elected as follows: President, W. Horace Rose; vice president, Alvin Evans; Secretary, H. H. Myers; treasurer, Mathiot Reade. The president and secretary of the association and the Messrs. M. D. Rittell, R. S. Murphy and T. J. Itell were chosen as the board of directors. The grievance committee is as follows: H. W. Storey, S. L. Reed; John M. Rose; F. P. Martin and William Davis.
The Keystone Hotel Company, owners of the Cresson Springs Hotel at Cresson, are said to be anxious to dispose of the nine cottages belonging in the company, on their grounds at Cresson. It is said that the cottages will be offered for sale with the understanding that purchasers remove them off the grounds. There are also a number of very fine cottages on the same grounds which were built and are owned by private parties, the finest of which is the one owned by the late B.
F. Jones, who died at his home in Pittsburg last week and who devised the same to his wife.
DEATHS
Mrs. Rachel Cooper died at her home in Clearfield township Friday, May 22, 1903, aged 77 years, from heart trouble.
George Geelich and wife of Lawrence township, Clearfield county, were driving from their home to Clearfield the other day when their horse frightened and ran off. Both were thrown from the buggy and Mrs. Geelich was so badly injured that she died a couple hours after the accident.
John K. Owen, who lived near Westover, was fatally hurt on Wednesday morning while at work about seven miles from Portage. The particulars of the accident could not be ascertained, but persons from Portage stated that a log rolled over the unfortunate man and injured him so badly that he died within a few minutes.
Michael Delancey, check weighman at Sterling mine No. 13, near Bakerton, was killed by a fright train on the “Y” at Spangler about 2 o’clock Wednesday morning. No one saw the accident and the mangled body was found by the train crew. His feet were both cut off, as were also both of his arms and his body was otherwise disfigured. He is survived by his wife and four children.
Stephen Johan, of Philadelphia, and Edward Donnelly, of Jersey City, were stuck by a freight train near South Fork early on Saturday morning and Johan was so badly hurt that he died shortly after being taken to the Memorial Hospital at Johnstown, while Donnelly was only slightly injured and will soon be able to go on his way. Johan was forty-four years of age and leaves a wife and seven children in Philadelphia.
Mike Masurick was killed by a fall of rock at Sterling mine No. 13 near Bakerton on Tuesday. He had started in to work only the day before. He was about starting a new room and it encountered what is known as a “slip,” which caused a piece of rock that weighed about four tons to suddenly fall and the immense boulder caught the unfortunate man, crushing his head to a pulp. It required four men to roll the rock from off the body.
John Kane, of South Fork, was almost instantly killed at Ehrenfeld on Saturday night about 6:30 o’clock. Kane had been in Ehrenfeld some time Saturday night, he went to the depot in Ehrenfeld. When a swiftly moving train passed, Kane attempted to board it, but missed his footing and fell under the wheels of the car following the one he tried to board. As he fell to the ground the unfortunate man shrieked in agony and attempted to get from behind the car. He was ground to pieces, however.
On Sunday morning Thomas N. Sutton, a boy aged 12 years, son of James and Mary Sutton of Flynn’s Mills, (Collier’s Station), on the line of the Pennsylvania and Northwestern railroad in Blair county, was sent to Blandburg, this county, on an errand. This was about 7 o’clock. At 10 o’clock his dead body was discovered by a couple of other boys at the side of an embankment along which at one time ran a tramway for hauling logs. The boy had evidently been walking this old road when he slipped and fell. In his endeavor to save himself, it is supposed he loosened some stones with the result that the embankment gave way and falling on him, broke his neck. His body when found was partially covered by debris. Deceased was the son of James and Mary Sutton and was 12 years old on March 10th last.
On Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Comey, wife of Patrick Comey, died at her home in Summerhill township, this county, about one mile from Wilmore. Her maiden name was Kearn and she was aged 78 years. Besides her husband, she leaves three daughters and one son. She was a Catholic and a member of St. Bartholomew’s church at Wilmore, in which the funeral services were held on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock.
MARRIAGES
David Powell and Miss Ella Elder, both of this place, were united in marriage at Cumberland, Md., Thursday of last week and will reside in Ebensburg. The best wishes of their many friends are extended.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, June 4, 1903:
Gilbert Springer and Francis Josephine Reig, Carrolltown.
Edward F. Farabaugh and Mary R. Baker, Carroll township.
Michael J. Sullivan, Kentucky, and Ray E. Mapstone, South Fork.
John M. Eichenlaub and Monica C. Benden, Elstie.
William Duffy, Washington township, and Caroline A. Moyer, Lilly.
Edward Francis Lantzy and Annie Overberger, Hastings.
Leo Billar, Wildwood Springs, and Ella Thomas, Patton
Henry A. Kline, Elder township, and Salome E. Warner, Chest township.
George A. Leahy, Lilly, and Anna Augusta Carney, Allegheny township.
Anthony Keebler, St. Lawrence, and Mary Holtz, St. Boniface.
M. A. Burgoon and Cora M. Myers, Ashville.
G. H. Wildeman, Barnesboro, and Della Bearer, Carroll township.
COURT PROCEEDINGS
Court met on Monday morning at 11 o’clock with Judge O’Connor on the bench. The following cases on the civil list were disposed of:
Asa Knepper vs. the Pennsylvania Railroad company, trespass. When the case was reached for trial counsel announced that a settlement had been made.
Use of John R. Thomas vs. Silas W. Long, Constable of Washington township, assumpsit. Jury find for defendant.
Mrs. Miriam Duncan et al vs. James and N. D. Altimus, ejectment for land in Blacklick township. Jury find for defendant.
F. A. Cresswell vs. A. P. Ellis, settled.
Oscar Schultz vs. David G. Knepper, settled.
The following cases were continued: Joseph J. Kowicz vs. Teutonia and Orient Insurance companies, actions in assumpsit; use Cambria county vs. Nunzio Battaglio and Philip O Connor to recover bond; Johnstown Supply House vs. Charles E. Leister, appeal.
Thomas Kennan, Jr. vs. Neal Sharkey, assumpsits. Jury find for plaintiff.
Mary A. Byrne et al vs. E. W. Lantzy et al, ejectment. Plaintiff becomes non suit.
Hugh F. Murphy vs. Thomas Keenan Jr., settled by the parties.
Friday, June 12, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Bloom & Skelly lost another valuable horse by death on Friday.
Mr. W. J. Buck of Allegheny township spent a few hours in town on Thursday.
Landlord John Manion and wife, of the Central Hotel, in this place spent Sunday with relatives in Cherrytree.
The Johnstown school directors have raised the salaries of the seventy-two teachers employed in the schools of that city, $5 per month.
Mr. C. M. Parrish and wife of Bellefonte, Pa., spent Sunday in Ebensburg with the formers’ parents, Squire J. D. Parrish and wife.
Misses Gertrude and Ethel Plank, who are spending the summer in Ebensburg, left on Tuesday for a two weeks visit to friends in Pittsburg.
Squire John T. Long of Summerhill was in town on Monday, having been summoned here as a juror but excused by the court on account of ill heath.
Miss Nellie Lloyd of this place left on Tuesday morning for Wooster, O., to attend the commencement exercise of Wooster College, after which she will visit friends in Polo, Ill.
Demetrio Jonnella, of Amsbry, while dumping coal on a tipple at that place Saturday was caught between two mine cars and his left leg was fractured. He was taken to Altoona and admitted to the hospital.
Andrew Oschak was taken to the Memorial hospital at Johnstown on Saturday morning from Garman’s Mills, suffering from a broken back, the injury having been sustained in the Greenwich Mines there. He is thirty-six years old, married and is in a serious condition.
A letter received by Mr. Ambrose Schettig of this place from his brother, Anselm, who at present is in the northern part of California states that the latter is seriously ill with consumption, with very little hope for his recovery. Anselm Schettig is well known in Ebensburg where he formerly worked at the blacksmith trade for E. J. Luther.
J. S. Eeisenring, Esq., a well-known Republican lawyer of Altoona has announced himself as an independent candidate for president judge of that county. Judge Bell, the present judge, is the regular Republican nominee for re-election and A. V. Dively is the Democratic nominee. If the three corner fight continues the chances will be in favor of Mr. Dively.
Wesley Horner, of Jenners, Somerset county, is a sufferer from a peculiar accident the other of the other day, as a result of which he will lose the sight of his right eye. He was hammering a nail into a piece of hard wood in a buggy when the nail rebounded from the wood and flew back into his eye, where it punctured the ball. It is thought it will not be necessary to remove the eye, but the sight is gone.
Friday last the surviving members of the Fifty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers and their friends and relatives held a reunion at Lakemont. The regiment was made up of men from the counties of Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin and Blair. Among the principal speakers of the day were Major General John R. Brooke, formerly colonel of the regiment and ex-Governor James A. Beaver.
John Flitz was a stationary engineer at the Allport mines, living at Barnesboro. Tuesday evening, June 2, after he had finished his day’s work, he disappeared and his whereabouts was unknown until Mrs. Flitz received a letter from him Saturday. In the letter he told his wife to sell the household goods and shift for herself as he was joining the United States navy. Mrs. Flitz says that her husband took with him $400 which he had in the Barnesboro National bank.
The card of Mr. Samuel Lenhart, a well-known Democratic citizen of the 3rd ward, Johnstown, appears among the political announcements this week as a candidate for sheriff. Mr. Lenhart is known to the Democracy of Cambria county as one of the working Democrats of the Flood City, who at all times has been in the front in advancing the cause of Democracy. Should he receive the nomination the Democracy of Cambria county will have a standard bearer worthy of the united efforts of the party.
Mayor Pendry, of Johnstown, on Monday entered suit on behalf of the city against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company for $50,000 for encroachment on the Stony Creek river. The mayor’s affidavit was filed with the prothonotary and sets forth the damage done the city in the matter of filling up the river and rendering it narrower than it should be. The action was rendered necessary by the refusal of the attorney general of the state to permit the suit to be brought in the name of the commonwealth.
DEATHS
We learn through the Blandburg correspondent at Coalport WEEKLY GLEN that Dr. Kephart died several days ago at Mountaindale, where he lived with his son and practiced his profession.
Victoria J., a child of Mr. and Mrs. Alex J. McMullen, died Tuesday evening of last week of whooping cough, at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cullen at Wilmore. The child’s father was away and could not be reached in time to secure his presence at the funeral which took place at Wilmore on Friday.
Prio Bartoloneo, a fourteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Veto Bartoloneo, of Johnstown, was drowned in the Conemaugh river near the stone bridge in that city on Monday afternoon between 1 and 2 o’clock. The boy was out on his boat when he lost his paddle or oar and in attempting to recover it, fell. Being unable to swim he disappeared in the swift moving current.
John M. Stanley, a deaf and dumb man who has resided in Ebensburg for several years making his home and working at his trade as a shoemaker for John Rosensteel in the East ward was found lying on the floor of his room, unconscious about 7 o’clock Wednesday morning. A physician was summoned who pronounced the man suffering from brain trouble. He lingered until 9:30 when he expired. His parents, William Stanley and wife, reside near Rochester Mills in Indiana county and on Thursday morning after the arrival of some friends of the decedent, his remains were forwarded to that place for interment.
Two men were shot, one fatally by footpads in Wilkesbarre, Pa., on Tuesday. John Baldes, of that city, and Benedict Kessler and John Weidman, of Altoona, delegates to the state convention of German Catholic Societies, were returning from a banquet when they were stopped by two highwaymen and ordered to throw up their hands. All complied with their demands and the footpads started to go through their pocket. The robbers secured Weidman’s money and railroad ticket and had taken $6 from Baldes, when the latter made an outcry. This enraged the robbers and they backed away and began firing at the men. Baldes was shot three times in the stomach and cannot recover. Kessler was shot in the knee but Weidman was uninjured. The footpads escaped.
Alex Ribblett, a former resident of Johnstown, aged about fifty years was so badly burned at Bolivar on Saturday evening that he died soon after being rescued without recovering consciousness. The deceased was a shoemaker and lived alone in a room in the back of his shop. It is supposed that an oil lamp exploded and set fire to his bed which was all ablaze when the fire was discovered by a passerby. The deceased was born in Conemaugh township, this county, where a step brother, John Ribblett, still resides.
MARRIAGES
Mr. G. H. Wildeman of Barnesboro and Miss Della Bearer of Carroll township, were married at St. Benedict’s Catholic church in Carrolltown on Wednesday morning, June 10th, 1903. The groom is a well-known young man of Barnesboro who holds the responsible position of assistant cashier of the First National Bank of that place. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bearer, of Carroll township, and as she is both amiable and accomplished, she will preside over the new household with grace and dignity. The FREEMAN extends it congratulations and wishes them a long and happy life.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, June 11, 1903:
Earnest Clifford and Ann Conway, Gallitzin.
M. J. Behe, Wildwood Springs, and Katie Morrisy, Barnesboro.
James H. Plummer, Summerhill, and Catharine Smith, Tunnelhill.
Frank O’Bryan, Jefferson county, Pa., and Annie Cox, Carrolltown.
Howard G. Huff and Amanda J. Breth, Vintondale.
William Oswald Hutchinson and Emma Taylor, Barnesboro.
Jacob Senseberger and Stella Manlon, Hastings.
Michael J. Farabaugh, Carrolltown, and Bernetta M. Leib, Nicktown.
John Jarvis and Louis J. Bassett, South Fork.
Charles B. Waite and Lizzie Barr, Summerhill.
COURT PROCEEDINGS
The following cases on the civil list were disposed of last week, in addition to those already reported:
Mrs. Mary Gates vs. The Johnstown Passenger Railroad company, trespass. Jury find for plaintiff $668.
Mrs. Clara Hildenbrandt vs. The Johnstown Passenger Railway company, trespass. After the evidence had been proceeded with a compulsory non suit was entered.
James Keenan Jr. vs. Neil Sharkey assumpsit. Jury find for plaintiff, $1,445.62.
Commonwealth vs. Clement Shorty, fornication and bastardy. Defendant plead guilty and received the usual sentence.
Commonwealth vs. George Keverknight, aggravated assault and battery. Grand jury ignored the bill and the prosecutor, George Kegg, to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Richard Plunkett, felonious assault and battery. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $50, and costs, further sentence suspended.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Wicks, Herman Lucas, Henry Meredith, David Strasser, Alex Nelson, William Malin and Charles Robinson, breaking and entering and larceny and receiving. Sentenced to pay the costs and for the stolen property, further sentence being suspended.
John Andrews vs. John J. Reddinger, trespass. Jury find for plaintiff, $73.22.
Commonwealth vs. Annie Cushman now Miller, violating the liquor laws, seven charges and one charge of aggravated assault and battery. Defendant plead guilty and was sentenced to pay the costs and fines aggregating $2,900, further sentence suspended.
Commonwealth vs. Lilian Shugart, violation of the liquor laws, two charges. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs and $50 fine in one case and $500 fine for the other.
Commonwealth vs. Frank Douglass, colored, carrying concealed weapons. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, $20 fine, and three months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. Robert Howard, colored, carrying concealed weapons. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, $20 fine and three months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. Thomas Morris, aggravated assault and battery, with intent to rob. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, $60 fine, and one year in the penitentiary.
Commonwealth vs. Dick Wells, colored, selling liquor without license and on Sunday. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, $500 fine, and three months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. Thomas Kennedy, breaking and entering, larceny and receiving. Defendant plead guilty, sentenced to pay the costs, $10 fine and four months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. John McCull, malicious mischief. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, $10 fine, and two months in jail.
David D. Blough vs. James W. Dick, trespass. Jury find for plaintiff $8.
Henry Campbell vs. The Vinton Lumber company, trespass. Continued.
Patton Supply company vs. Frank W. Ruskauff, H. Murphy and W. H. Heininger, trading as the Ruskauff Lumber company, trespass. Jury find for plaintiff, $288.06, with interest and costs.
Second Week
Court met on Monday morning at 11:30 with Judge O’Connor on the bench. The following cases on the criminal calendar were disposed of:
Commonwealth vs. William T. Adams, surety of the peace, his wife, Elizabeth Adams, being the prosecutrix. Ordered to pay the costs, further sentence suspended.
Commonwealth vs. Edward Scott, fornication and bastardy. Jury find defendant guilty of the first charge and not guilty of the latter. Defendant sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs.
Commonwealth vs. Ed. Reed, James Burns, and John Sutchall, fornication. Defendants plead guilty. Sentenced each to pay a fine of $50 and costs.
Commonwealth vs. James, Peter and Joe Polaski, assault and battery and breaking the quarantine laws. Jury find all three guilty of violating the quarantine laws and each was fined $100 and costs and given three months in the county jail. Peter was found guilty of assault and fined $25, while James was found guilty of aggravated assault and battery and fined $100 and costs and serve six months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. John Stibick, malicious mischief. Defendant acquitted, the county to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. George Galitz and William Shinskey, aggravated assault and battery. Jury find defendants guilty. Shinskey was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs and six months in jail to date from time of the his incarceration, with Galitz was fined $50 and costs and six months in jail to date from day of sentence.
Commonwealth vs. Michael Covalitz, surety of the peace. Defendant ordered to pay the costs and to enter into his own recognizance the sum of $300 to keep the peace.
Commonwealth vs. John Bentley assault and battery. Jury find defendant not guilty but that he pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. George Igon, assault and battery and carrying concealed weapons. Jury find defendant guilty of the first charge and not guilty of the latter, the costs on the latter charge being placed on the prosecutor, Harvey C. Smail. On the assault and battery charge Igon was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.
Commonwealth vs. Joseph and Mary Bennett, sending threatening letters. Jury find Joseph Bennett guilty and Mrs. Bennett not guilty.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Moore, battery and perjury. Jury find defendant guilty. On the charge of battery, the defendant was sentenced to pay the costs, a fine of $50 and six months in jail and on the perjury charge he was sentenced to pay the costs, $100 fine and one year and one month in the penitentiary.
Commonwealth vs. W. r. Evans, desertion. Jury find defendant not guilty but that he pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Annie McGuire, adultery. Jury find defendant not guilty and the prosecutrix, Annie Miller, to pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Patrick Greeley, malicious mischief. Jury find defendant guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, $25 fine and three months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. Frank Coleman, desertion. Jury find defendant not guilty and divide the costs between defendant and the prosecutrix, Emma Coleman.
Commonwealth vs. James Shields, violation of the liquor laws. Jury find defendant not guilty and the county pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Stephen Mindik, larceny. Jury find the defendant guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, $50 fine and one year and one month in penitentiary.
Friday, June 19, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. Roland Evans, of Bloomington, Ill., is visiting friends in Ebensburg.
Mrs. S. J. McClune and children of Johnstown spent Thursday in Ebensburg.
Mr. Joseph Huffman of Barr township spent a few hours in town on Tuesday.
Mr. Joseph Bearer of Carroll township spent a few hours in town on Thursday.
Mrs. Julia Eger of Washington township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Wednesday.
Railroad men report that snow fell on the mountain east of Gallitzin Sunday afternoon and night.
The choir of the Ebensburg Catholic church will sing at the dedicatory services at Nantyglo on Sunday.
Messrs. Joseph Griffin and Alex Parrish of Munster township were visitors to Ebensburg Thursday.
Misses Mary and Bird Kinkead, of Johnstown, visited their uncle and aunt, Mr. F. C. Lloyd and wife of this place.
Mrs. Albert Morris of Hastings spent a few days in Ebensburg this week with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Davison.
Contracts have been let for the erection of 200 houses at Vintondale for the use of employees of the Vinton Lumber company.
Captain Thomas Davis of East ward is laid up and is extremely ill with a carbuncle. His condition is said to be serious.
The Pennsylvania Editorial Association will enjoy its annual outing at Atlantic City during the week beginning June 22nd.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bender, of Altoona, former residents of Ebensburg, celebrated their fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on Sunday.
Mr. David Evans (sawyer) lost a turkey hen and fifteen young turkeys through the depredations of a fox on Wednesday night of last week.
McMenamin & Bailey of Philadelphia have been awarded the contract for the laying of five miles of track on the Pennsylvania railroad from Lilly to Portage.
Rev. Chester Sprague, pastor of the Christina Church of this place, has recovered from his recent illness and will occupy his pulpit next Sunday morning and evening.
Mrs. Richard Paul Miller, of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Frank Thomas, and sister, Miss Amy Davis, of Johnstown, were in Ebensburg this week in attendance at the James-Davis wedding.
A competent caterer from Altoona will be at Nantyglo on Sunday with ample provender to feed all the visitors that attend the church dedication. The new hall will be used for the occasion.
Constable McFeely went to Ebensburg yesterday and returned with Chester Trout, who is wanted on a charge of larceny. He was locked up at the police station to await a hearing before Alderman Crawford. [Tuesday’s Altoona Times]
Stephen Kieber, a young man of eighteen years, residing in Pittsburg was injured at Portage on Tuesday and was taken to the Memorial hospital at Johnstown where his leg was amputated at the ankle. Kieber was attempting jump a freight train when he fell under it and had his right foot badly crushed.
The many Cambria county friends of Squire John A. Kennedy, who some twenty years ago was treasurer of this county, will be sorry to learn that he has been ill for several weeks and is still poorly; the information coming from a letter lately received by the FREEMAN from his daughter, Miss Germaine at their home at Adrian, Minn. We trust the Squire’s old time rugged constitution will pull him through.
During a thunder storm Wednesday of last week, John Mattern, whose farm adjoins Gaysport, lost seven head of cattle. The animals had taken refuge under a tree from the storm and it was struck by lightening. They were valued at $400.
The Altoona grist and sawmill owned by Benjamin Coke of Altoona was burned to the ground early Sunday morning, entailing a loss of $9,000 on which there is an insurance. The mill is located outside the city and the blaze started in the stables. Two horses were burned to death in the barn. The plant was valued at $6,000 and 3,000 worth of grain was destroyed with it.
H. S. Smith, who has been cashier of the First National Bank of Gallitzin since it opened, has resigned and will go to Hollidaysburg, July 1st, to take charge of a bank there. He will be succeeded at Gallitzin by W. G. Gilson, formerly connected with the Webster Coal & Coke company at Cresson. Mr. Gilson has entered the bank in order to become thoroughly acquainted with his new duties before Mr. Smith leaves.
Coal shippers and operators in the Clearfield and Cambria district are much hampered by a car famine at present and the most serious in months, as a result, are falling far being in the filling orders. The miners, too are losing financially by the car shortage, there being various mines where work is temporarily suspended because the mined coal cannot be moved. All of the big operators in the districts named are affected: the Berwind-White, Webster, and Pittsburg and Rochester companies and J. C. Stineman & Sons, suffering along with smaller operators. The scarcity of cars is due to the heavy shipments in the far east and the delay of the railroads in rushing empty cars back to the mines.
EBENSBURG TEACHERS
The Ebensburg public school directors have elected the following corps of teachers at the salaries named for the ensuing term:
Principal F. B. Ott, salary $90 per month; assistant, Miss Pearl Bash, $65; Room No. 7, Annie Jones, $50; No. 6, Agnes Myers, $45; No. 5, Mary Englehart, $45; No. 4, Mary Connell, $40; No. 3, Flo Stiles, $40; No. 2, Jennie Evans, $40; No. 1, Allie Lloyd, $45; Janitor, Wm. McKay, $320 per year.
The millage was set for the coming year as follows: School: 7½ mills, building 2½ mills, being the same total taxation for school purposes as last year.
DEATHS
Mr. N. S. George, a well known resident of South Fork, died at his home in that place on Tuesday evening, aged 79 years. His funeral will take place at south Fork at 1:30 on Friday afternoon.
Annie Lausch, the five-year-old daughter of Polanders living near the coke ovens at Hastings, was burned to death one day last week. Her dress caught from a bonfire in the yard of her home. The mother of the child severely burned her hands in trying to extinguish the flames.
Mr. Andrew H. Haug, a well-known citizen of Carrolltown, died on Friday, June 12th, 1903, aged about 65 years. Mr. Haug is survived by a widow and grown up family. His funeral took place at Carrolltown on Monday, the interment being made in St. Benedict’s cemetery in that place.
Andrew Osechak, the foreigner who had his back broken in a mine at Garman’s Mills, this county, ten days ago, died on Sunday evening at the Memorial Hospital in Johnstown, aged thirty-six years. He was a Hungarian and leaves a wife and family at Garman’s Mills. The remains were taken to Garman’s Mills for interment.
John Gratch, the Conemaugh man who was so badly injured in the Conemaugh slope of the Cambria Steel company on Friday, died at the Cambria hospital in Johnstown, at 6:05 o’clock Saturday evening. Gratch was thirty-three years old and is survived by his wife and three children. He was hurt by a fall of roof which crushed his pelvis, sustaining some contusions also.
OBITUARY
Mr. George Schettig, a well-known citizen of the West ward, Ebensburg, died at his home on Thursday, June 18, 1903, aged 62 years.
Mr. Schettig was born in Bedford county, this state, and came to Carroll township, this county with his parents when a boy about twelve years of age and he has resided in the county ever since. In early life he learned the carpenter trade and from that on followed that occupation in the latter years of his life being favorably known as a contractor and builder. Sometime in the sixties he married Miss Margaret Tierney, a sister of Mr. William Tierney, of Ebensburg, who survives him with the following grown up children: Francis and Philip, the latter being a member of the Cambria County Bar, both of Ebensburg; and one daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Plummer of Coalport, Clearfield county, Pa. He is also survived by three brothers, Adam of Carrolltown; John of Altoona; Frank of Carroll township and one sister, Mary, wife of John Blum, of Carrolltown. His funeral will take place on Saturday morning when, after a High Mass of Requiem in the church of the Holy Name at 9 o’clock the interment will be made in the new Catholic cemetery.
MARRIAGES
Mr. Benjamin Franklin James and Mary Elizabeth Davis, both of Ebensburg, were married in the Congregational church in Ebensburg on Wednesday evening, June 17th, 1903, at 7 o’clock, by Rev. J. Twyson Jones. The groom is the junior member of the firm of E. James & Son, druggists, and is a well known and popular young business man. The bride is the eldest daughter of Col. and Mrs. S. W. Davis and is an attractive and accomplished young lady. The FREEMAN congratulates the young couple and wishes them a long and happy life.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, June 18, 1903:
Paul L. Fry and Adaline Bush, Hastings.
James Kiley and Mary Sheehan, Nantyglo.
Henry Nagle, Spangler, and Minnie Steen, Garman’s Mills.
John Anderson and Jennie Blumquist, Gallitzin township.
Clarence Good, Indiana county, Pa., and Annie Sallsgiver, Flinton.
Wm. A. Miller and Elsie M. Kemerder, South Fork.
COURT PROCEEDINGS
The following cases were disposed of last week in addition to those already reported:
Commonwealth vs. George Updegrave, Samuel Shell and James Scott, larceny and receiving. Updegrave who was out on bail, failed to appear and his recognizance was forfeited. Shell and Scott pleaded nolo contender and were let off with paying the costs.
Commonwealth vs. M. Dannenbaum, receiving stolen goods, assault and battery and resisting an officer. Jury find defendant not guilty.
Commonwealth vs. Micky Etchison, violation of liquor laws. Jury find defendant guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $500, costs and six months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. William McKinzie, assault and battery. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs and further sentence suspended.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Smith, false pretense. Continued.
Commonwealth vs. William Harkins, violation of the liquor laws. Jury find defendant not guilty, the county to pay the costs.
Joseph Bennett. convicted of sending threatening letters, was sentenced to pay a fine of $50, costs and three months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. John J. Clark, perjury. Jury find defendant not guilty but that he pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Lord M. Ward, larceny. Jury after being out 12 hours and failing to agree were discharged.
Commonweal vs. Feeld Kirkwood, larceny and receiving stolen goods. Jury find defendant guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $25, costs and 15 months in penitentiary.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Lawrence, defrauding boarding housekeeper. Jury find defendant not guilty but that he pay the costs.
Commonwealth vs. Mike Laboski, larceny by bailee. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs, further sentence suspended.
Commonwealth vs. George Kegg and Samuel Kegg, assault and battery. Defendants plead guilty. Ordered to pay the costs, further sentence suspended.
Commonwealth vs. Miles E. Stedman, embezzlement.
Commonwealth vs. John Vasbinder, forgery and uttering a forgery. Jury find defendant guilty on the latter count. Defendant ordered to pay the costs, further sentence suspended until September, the defendant being remanded to the custody of the sheriff.
Commonwealth vs. William Myers, desertion. Court discharged the defendant on his paying the costs.
Commonwealth vs. William Sabot, Frank Sabot, Joe Kamara, and Andy Washko, larceny. Jury find Washko and Kamara not guilty and William and Frank Sabot guilty, but recommended them to the mercy of the court. Court ordered them to pay the costs and make restitution and remain in custody of sheriff until further action of the court.
Commonwealth vs. Jacob Smith, larceny by bailee. Jury find defendant not guilty.
Commonwealth vs. Gabriel Porehock, assault and battery. Defendant plead guilty and was sentenced to pay the costs, $25 fine, and six months in jail.
Commonwealth vs. Ed Musser, assault. Jury find defendant not guilty and the prosecutor, E. Eazkaskas, to pay the costs.
These cases were tried together: Commonwealth vs. Andy Garnish, John Garnish, Mike Bias, and John Gigger, felonious assault and battery. Andy Kusmire being the prosecutor, and Commonwealth vs. Andy Kunsmire (sic), Mike Ditos, John Sprock, Mike Patsick, and Mike Savik, felonious assault and battery. John Garnish, being the prosecutor. A mixed verdict was rendered as follows: Mike Bias was found not guilty in the first case while in the second John Sprock and Mike Ditos were acquitted. Savik, Patsick, and Kusmire being found guilty. A motion was at once made for a new trial and the men were not sentenced.
Steve Polevis, aggravated assault and battery. Pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay $25 fine, and the costs and serve six months in jail.
Alfonsus Ostrander and James Burk, receiving stolen goods. Defendants plead guilty and were sentenced to pay the costs, make restitution and serve four months each in jail to date from time of commitment.
Steve Babish, carrying concealed weapons. Case not pressed.
J. F. McKenrick, false pretense; J. Cox, prosecutor. Continued.
Steve Barns, aggravated assault and battery. Continued.
Joseph Kuhn and Sophia Kuhn, perjury. Continued.
Friday, June 26, 1903
Contributed by Patty Millich.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Maple Park Springs opened up for the season today, (Thursday).
The Ebensburg band will help Patton celebrate the Fourth of July.
Mr. Fletcher George of Lilly was in town today (Thursday).
Mr. Ira Bloom has a sick horse that he hopes to soon see convalescing.
The inmates of the almshouse were treated to ice cream and cake on Sunday.
County Commissioner W. S. Stutzman was in town for several days this week.
Prof. John McCormick of Summerhill township was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Mrs. Paul Short and Mrs. Mary Burns, of Patton, were visitors to Ebensburg on Tuesday.
Mr. John Kirshner of Fitzgerald, Georgia, a former resident, is visiting friends in this place.
Mr. Ronald Darragh and sister, Miss Bessie, are home from Canada where they attended school during the past year.
The union journeymen plumbers of Johnstown are on a strike, their object being to compel their employers to recognize the union.
The children from Pittsburg who spend the summer at the Laughlin Memorial Home near the fairgrounds, arrived here last week.
Misses Fannie Lloyd and Alberta Gates, of this place, who attend different schools during the past year, returned home on Monday evening.
We are pleased to note that the Lilly SIGNAL which was burned out some time ago made its appearance again this (Thursday) evening after a brief suspension.
Cambria county will be 100 years old on the 26th day of March next. Cambria county was formed out of parts of Huntingdon and Somerset by an Act of Assembly of March 26, 1804.
Mrs. John Zorn, of Carroll township, is minus twenty-two fine fat chickens that helped to keep her customers in Ebensburg in eggs and as a consequence some scalawag is living high at her expense.
In accordance with the usual custom, there will be no paper issued from this office next week—Fourth of July week. The office will be kept open, however, for the accommodation of those who need job printing or desire to pay subscriptions.
Two weddings of interest are announced to take place in the near future in Cambria county. Prof. Hugh Slater, of Loretto, and Miss Beatrice Mower, of Summit, are one couple, and J. E. Shields of Cresson and Miss E. Cully, of Loretto, the other. The Shields-Cully wedding is set for June 29th.
The latest report from Captain Thomas Davis, whose illness was mentioned in last week’s FREEMAN, is to the effect that his condition is unchanged, he having, however, rested somewhat better this morning than usual. His condition is critical but his many friends have hopes that his rugged constitution will pull him through.
James Rabolt, a boy 16 years of age, whose home is at Dysart, was taken to the Altoona hospital on Sunday night overland from Ashville with his right knee crushed. He was riding some cars and at Dean station attempted to put on a brake and fell off. His right knee was caught by the wheels and crushed. An effort will be made to save the limb.
George Hettle, employed at T. J. Long’s mill at Summerhill, was caught by a circular saw while at work about two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon and had his left hand so badly mangled that it had to be amputated at the Memorial hospital. Hettle is fifty years old and has a wife and family, the wife and two sons accompanying the patient to the hospital.
Samuel Mauk, an old resident of Altoona was a victim of a runaway on Monday evening. He was driving home when his horse took fright and ran away. Mauk was jolted from his seat and falling into the shafts, was carried several squares and finally was thrown to the street. He was picked up unconscious. He was badly cut about the head and sustained a probable skull fracture. His condition is serious and he will likely die.
William Edwards, of Glen Campbell, and John Patrick, of Pittsburg, were arrested Thursday of last week at Bakerton, Cambria county, by Railroad Officer Bratton of Altoona for breaking into a car of merchandise, with the intent to commit a felony. They were found in the car, having entered it at a station some distance away from Bakerton. The men were brought to Ebensburg, where information was made against them before Squire Waters.
Riston Bennett, a colored laborer, aged about 35 years, and working at Gallitzin, was taken to the Altoona hospital on East Line east on Monday morning with a bullet in his body. Bennett and several others had gathered together on Sunday night and were drinking when a row was started. He pulled a revolver from his pocket and in doing so it was discharged. The bullet entered his right side about the eighth rib and lodged somewhere in the intestines. After reaching the hospital an effort was made to locate the ball but it could not be found.
DEATHS
Christian Grumbling died at the almshouse Tuesday night last, at what hour is uncertain, from cancer in the face and head, aged 68 years. He was admitted to the institution September 11, 1901, coming from Johnstown. His remains were taken to Johnstown for interment.
Maude Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Priser, of Barr township, died at the home of her parents on Tuesday, June 15th, 1903, from spinal disease, aged 12 years. The funeral took place on Thursday of last week, the interment being made in the Catholic cemetery at Nicktown. The parents have the sympathy of the community in which they live over their deep bereavement.
John Shoutz died at the almshouse on Sunday, June 21st at 6 o’clock P.M., aged 80 years. Death was caused by rheumatism of the heart and diseases incident to old age. He was admitted to the institution October 1, 1892, from Johnstown. Nothing is definitely known of his history or his family but it is reported that he left a wife at Ehrenfeld. His remains were taken to Johnstown for interment.
George Snyder, aged seventy-eight years, succumbed Saturday evening to a complication of diseases at his home, three miles from Carrolltown. He had spent his entire life in that neighborhood and was widely known. He is survived by his wife and seven children, including three daughters, two of whom are married, and a brother, Michael Snyder, of Dubois. The funeral took place at Carrolltown on Monday morning, interment being made in St. Benedict’s church cemetery.
Mrs. Anna Gallagher, wife of George M. Gallagher, of Portage township, died at her home on Sunday morning, June 21st, 1903, aged about 34 years. The deceased was a daughter of the late Edward and Mary Ann Lynch, of that township. She is survived by her husband and six children—-six boys and two girls---[that’s what the notice says], the oldest being about fourteen years of age. The funeral took place from the Wilmore Catholic church on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock when after a High Mass of Requiem by Rev. Father Egan, the remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery.
John Alexander Luther, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Luther of Ebensburg, died at his home on Wednesday, June 24th, 1903, aged fourteen years and four months. The deceased had been ailing for about three months with rheumatic fever, which finally affected his heart and caused his death. The deceased was a bright manly boy and had many friends about the town where he was generally known. His parents have the sympathy of the entire community. The funeral will take place on Friday morning at 10 o’clock when after services in the Church of the Holy Name, the interment will be made in the cemetery adjoining.
MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED
The body of John Schilling was found in a clump of laurel bushes about four miles south of Nicktown on Saturday morning. The man, who was aged about 75 years, disappeared from his home in Barr township last September and has not been seen since. The body was very badly decomposed and was found by James and Thomas Miller while working in the woods some ten feet away from Blacklick creek in a depression, being covered by water except part of the back and head. They left the body where they found it and word was sent to Coroner Miller at Johnstown.
On Monday Coroner Miller accompanied by Dr. Wheeler of Spangler proceeded to the grounds and after carrying the body out, proceeded to a saw mill about half a mile away where they held an inquest.
The jury consisted of William B. Brown, J. G. Bearer, John A. Ager, Q. W. Brickley, C. V. Flick, and Henry Ager, who after hearing the testimony of James and Thomas Miller, Bert Dumm and John Schilling Jr. and Dr. W. Stuart Wheeling, rendered the following verdict.
We, the jury find that John Schilling Sr., came to his death on or about the 15th day of September, 1902, from a bullet wound in the right side of the skull about one inch above the ear and, said bullet being fired from a 44-calibre revolver in the hands of some person unknown to the jury.
The post mortem examination brought forth a bullet from a 44-calibre revolver, taken from the left side of the skull. It had gone through the brain, but had not shattered the side of the skull opposite from where it made an entrance.
After the ball was found a search was made for the revolver, which was recovered from the bottom of the little pond, where the corpse lay, directly under where the body had been found. It was a self-acting American, bulldog weapon and was recognized by the dead man’s son as one which his father had obtained from Samuel Adams of Coopersdale about four years ago. It had one empty shell in it as well as a cartridge which had not been fired. After the post mortem the body was wrapped up and placed in a coffin, later being interred at Hickory Kingdom.
PARALYSIS SEIZES FATHER E. A. BUSH
Catholic authorities of the Pittsburg diocese have received word that the Very Rev. E. A. Bush, a priest very well known in Cambria county, where he was formerly stationed and now a Vicar-General of the Pittsburg diocese, is quite ill in Italy, having been stricken with paralysis while taking a much needed rest. He is to be taken to Rome, and if not too weak, will be brought to Allegheny, where he is pastor of St. Peter’s church, which he has served since 1894.
Father Bush was born in Canada but came to this country and entered the College of St. Louis at Bardstown, Ky., when a young man. After taking his preliminary course at this institution, he matriculated at the Seminary of St. Michael’s at that time located at Summit, near Cresson, this county, but which afterwards was removed to the South Side, Pittsburg, and still later to Hazelwood. After graduation and ordination he was appointed to the professorship at St. Francis Seminary at Loretto and while there, attended the Catholic congregation in Ebensburg. Later he was made rector of the church at Loretto where he served for about twenty years. Later he was made rector of St. John’s, now the cathedral of the new diocese at Altoona, where he served until summoned to the rectorship of St. Peter’s in Allegheny after the death of Father Wall.
MARRIAGES
Mr. Joseph Henger and Miss Nellie Green, both of Ebensburg, were married at the Catholic parsonage in Ebensburg on Wednesday evening, June 24th, 1903, by Rev. John J. Ludden. The FREEMAN extends its congratulations.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses were issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court for the week ending Thursday, June 25, 1903:
Thos. Glasgow Snyder, Hastings, and Mrs. Rose Prince, Windber.
Henry Dillon and Miss Hilda Weakland, Hastings.
Nicholas L. Schalles and Emma F. George, Lilly.
Thomas Smith, Dunlo, and Catharine Simindinger, Ehrenfeld.
Dorris Lansberry and Nellie Williams, Patton.
Peter J. Watson, Lockport, Pa., and Mary M. Diehl, Benscreek.
John Fitzgerald and Catharine Supple, Portage.
Oscar Hofmann and Martha J. Emfield, Ebensburg.
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