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Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, January 29, 1904
Volume XXXVIII, Number 5

Local and Personal

  February 2 is ground Hog Day.
  M. G. Stoltz drove to Barnesboro Wednesday.
  William Martz of Wilmore is upon the sick list.
  Noah Carter and family of Beula have located in the West ward.
  Bridget Riley of Portage has been seriously ill during the past week.
  Emmet Wilkinson of this place who has been ill is reported much 
better.
  Rev. J. A. James of Radnor, Ohio, is visiting Rev. J. T. Jones of 
this place.
  Miss Mildred Owens entertained a number of friends at a Mush party on 
Saturday evening.
  J. L. Sechler of South Fork attended the funeral of Abel Lloyd in 
this place on Monday.
  Friends of Sylvester Skelly of Wilmore will be pained to learn that 
he is dangerously ill.
  Harvey Lehmon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lehmon is visiting his 
parents in this place.
  The State Board of Fisheries contemplates placing 5,000,000 fish in 
Cambria county streams.
  Mrs. C. T. Roberts entertained the Ladies' Aid Society of the 
Congregational church on Saturday.
  A daughter of John Long of Cambria township, residing in Boswell is 
reported dangerously ill of smallpox.
  Miss Jane Keating of Wilmore who has been suffering with a dropsical 
affection is reported as being very low.
  William Richardson has rented a house in the Cresswell property in 
the West ward and will make his home there.
  Mrs. J. A. O'Hara and Mrs. John Rosensteel of this place attended the 
wedding of their sister, Alma Rosensteel in Sharpsburg this week.
  Peter Smithbower of Patton was taken to the Altoona hospital on 
Thursday of last week where he underwent an operation for appendicitis.
  Justice J. W. Bland, who, with his four children has been exposed to 
contagion from his wife, who is confined to the Bland home with 
smallpox, is the latest smallpox victim.
  Dr. Paterson of Loydell has notified the state authorities through 
their representative stationed here of a particularly virulent case of 
smallpox in that place and asked for instructions in its treatment. 
  Dr. A. F. Stott of Ehrenfeld assisted by Dr. V. L. Sagerson of 
Johnstown on Monday afternoon performed an operation for varicose ulcer 
on Mrs. Josephine, wife of David Shannon of South Fork.  The operation 
appears to have been entirely successful.
  L. J. O'Neil of South Fork, manager of "Kid" Burk of the same town, 
has challenged to combat "Kid" Randolph who has the reputation of being 
a fast and clean scrapper.  Burk will fight Randolph at any time and 
place on condition that the latter gets down to weight - 130 pounds at 
the ringside.
  Philip G. Fenlon of this place who recently underwent a serious 
operation in a Philadelphia hospital was brought home Saturday evening.  
Mr. Fenlon is not responding to treatment as well as his physicians 
would like and his condition is serious although there is still strong 
hope of his ultimate recovery.
  The Philadelphia Evening TELEGRAPH of Monday last contains a notice 
of the issue of a marriage license to George H. Bunker of Philadelphia 
and Miss Mary McCabe of this place.  Miss McCabe is a daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Bart McCabe of the West ward, who are very well known here on 
account of Mr. McCabe having been for many years engineer on the 
Ebensburg branch.
  The Rev. J. Twyson Jones, on Sunday last, preached at the Welsh 
Baptist church in Johnstown.  The congregations which turned out to 
hear Rev. Jones were so large and the interest evinced in his sermons 
so great that he has been invited to conduct a series of Evangelistic 
services in the Johnstown church in the near future.  No definite 
arrangements however have been made as yet.
  The Republicans of Cambria township have nominated the following 
ticket:  
Justice of the Peace:  David Griffith, David C. Black
Judge of Election: Benjamin Evans
Inspector:  Roy Cunningham
School directors: George D. Pryce, John J. Evans
Supervisors: David D. Lewis, Thomas Bumford, Edwin Bumford
Assessor: William W. Howells
Auditor: John S. Davis
Township clerk: John W. Evans.
  The teachers of the Ebensburg public schools were very pleasantly 
entertained by Mr. and Mr. F. B. Ott at their home in the East ward 
last Friday evening.

Captain "Tom" Says That He is Out

  This year will probably see the passing of Captain Thomas Davis as an 
active figure in Cambria county politics. Most of his friends admit 
that the Captain will not seek a re-nomination.  Captain Davis confirms 
this admission.  When approached upon the subject one day this week the 
Captain said:  "You may say that I am out of politics, that I have 
retired from the firing line. My remaining years are limited and I am 
not quite as strong as I used to be. If I wanted to make the race I 
could be re-nominated and reelected.  I have decided to quit and I am 
going to stay quit. I will always be interested in politics while I am 
alive, but I have made my last race for office."
  The retirement of Captain Davis would remove a character that was in 
many ways forceful, in all ways unique from Cambria county politics.  
Davis was a man who could snap his fingers at the party leaders, go out 
and make his own campaign and lead the ticket when the votes were 
counted.  Davis could always win in a walk.  The Republican who wishes 
to succeed him will have to run and run hard in order to keep from 
getting the flag.

Another Coal Deal

  Attorneys Frank Keener and D. B. Taylor of Indiana have closed a deal 
for the purchase of 5,000 acres of coal in Montgomery and Cherryhill 
townships in Indiana county.  Y. E. and J. O. Clark of Glen Campbell 
were the land owners and the purchasers were former Attorney General 
John P. Elkin, the Beech Creek Coal and Coke company and the Indiana 
Coal company. The price was $200,000.

Will Give a Concert

  A concert will be given at the Congregational Church here Friday 
evening, February 5th.  The program will be rendered by the following 
persons:  Soprano, Miss Forsha; contralto, Miss Agnes Stokes; tenor, 
Philip Evans; baritone, Walter S. Bishop; reader, Miss Josephine 
McMurray; pianists, Miss Kathryn E. Stokes and John Prague.

The Schwabs Entertain

  Nearly all the residents of Loretto were invited to a dinner given in 
that delightful little town Wednesday night.  Mr. and Mrs. John A. 
Schwab the venerable parents of Charles M. Schwab were the hosts.  They 
sent out the invitations a few days ago and no resident of the borough 
was missed.  The dinner was given as a token of the appreciation Mr. 
and Mrs. Schwab feel for the kind reception accorded them by their town 
folk on their return from Europe. There was a large attendance of 
Loretto people, the festivities not being concluded until late.

Claim Timber was Rotten

  Suit has been brought in the court of common pleas by W. N. Beers, 
Jeremiah Good and J. J. Landis for use of the Equitable Building and 
Loan Association of Altoona vs. S. W. Davis and E. F. Spencer to 
recover the sum of $1,000. The present case grows out of an action of 
ejectment brought by Messrs. Davis and Spencer several years ago for a 
tract of land in Reade township.  In the present action the plaintiffs 
allege that the timber cut went to destruction and that the logs lay 
upon the ground for years and rotted away. They therefore bring suit on 
the bond of the sum of $500 and an additional sum of $500 damages, 
which they allege they sustained as a result of the improvident issuing 
of the writ of estrepement.  A. V. Dively, Esq., of Altoona represents 
the plaintiffs.

Applicants in Trouble
Remonstrances Filed Against Eleven Men who want Licenses

  Monday was the last day for the filing of exceptions and 
remonstrances to the granting of liquor licenses, and when Prothonotary 
Troxell closed his office eleven had been prosecuted. Among them were 
two from Johnstown, one against Joseph Brown, who wants to open a bar 
in collaboration with the Windsor Annex Hotel, Main street, and one 
against Joseph C. Hoffman, and Frank Seltonhardt who have applied for a 
retail license in the Ninth ward.
  The other nine filed are as follows:
  John Santo, Dunlo, retail.  This remonstrance which arose out of a 
dispute between Santo and Joseph Miller, who runs the place was filed 
by Attorney John H. Stephens.
  R. A. Kirkpatrick and James P. Kirkpatrick, St. Benedict, Carroll 
township, wholesale.  It is alleged by 145 petitioners that the license 
is unnecessary. Attorney M. D. Kittell appears for the remonstrants.
  John Trollan and Dennis Maher, St. Benedict, Carroll township, 
retail.  This petition which had many signers also alleged the license 
to be unnecessary.  Rembrandt Peale, the coal operator, swore to the 
facts set forth in the petition.
  William Lantzy and E. M. Flick, St. Benedict, Carroll township, 
retail.  Also alleged to be unnecessary and facts sworn to by Rembrandt 
Peale.
  Peter J. Hartman, Adams township, retail; C. C. Greer for the 
remonstrants.
  W. H. Chapin, Reade township, retail; S. L. Reed, Esq., appeared for 
the remonstrants.
  S. A. Cooper, Reade township, retail; J. W. Leech and F. D. Barker 
Esqs., for the remonstrants.
  Harry D. Kuhn, Reade township, retail; J. W. Leech and F. D. Barker, 
Esqs., for the petitioners.

Quarantine Case Argued

  Arguments were heard Tuesday in the certiorial case brought by the 
borough of Wilmore on an appeal before Judge O'Connor, T. J. Itell 
appearing for the borough and J. B. O'Connor for Mrs. Thomas Kerbey who 
was the petitioner in the case originally brought before Squire 
McGonigle of Lilly.  Mrs. Kerbey who is a resident of Wilmore was 
quarantined for smallpox recently and she claims that the borough 
somewhat overdid it and that she was unable during the quarantine to 
procure the necessary amount of food to properly sustain the health of 
herself and her family. In the view of the injuries suffered, Mrs. 
Kerbey brought suit for damages against the municipality before the 
justice of peace in Lilly.  The justice sustained the claim of Mrs. 
Kerbey upon the evidence present and gave judgment for $250 against 
Wilmore. As the law does not allow the justice any jurisdiction in this 
case, the borough of Wilmore disregarded the judgment and appealed the 
case.
  Opinions in all these cases will likely be handed down some time 
during the first week in February.

Smallpox at Nant-y-Glo

  The smallpox situation at Nant-y-glo continues to be somewhat serious 
and unless the school directors of Jackson township take some action to 
prevent the further spread of smallpox in that district, where two well 
developed cases of the disease exist, it is probable that the entire 
township will be placed under quarantine by the State Board of Health.  
It seems that the School Board of Jackson township has been somewhat 
lax in its method of handling the situation.