NEWS: Cambria Freeman; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA; Jan 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, 17 Jan 1908 Volume 42, Number 3 Local and Personal Detective James Berkebile and Warden Edward Knee on Tuesday returned from Wisconsin, bringing with them as a prisoner, Charles Young, whom they rounded up Friday in Jefferson, a small city in the interior of the state. Young, who was indicted in court here two years ago on the charge of robbery, was committed to jail. O. H. Osman enjoyed a sleigh ride to Nantyglo Saturday. While there the horse he drove became sick and Mr. Osman was obliged to engage a veterinary surgeon to treat the animal while he returned to Ebensburg on the afternoon train. Ira Tibbott, son of Sherman Tibbott and Harvey Williams, both of this place, have gone to western Iowa to visit friends. Should they find a good business proposition it is likely they will catch on and remain in the west. Robert Varner, farmer and tax collector of Jackson Township, made his returns to the county treasurer Wednesday morning and spent a few hours greeting county seat acquaintances. George Miller and his sturdy crew of workmen on Monday went to Potage for the purpose of lathing and plastering a dozen or more new mine cottages for Thompson & Co. W. H. Mondy, the real estate and moving picture man of Blairsville, made a business journey up along the Blacklick to this place and Cresson Tuesday and Wednesday. The Messrs. John Ward and G. B. Newport arrived here on Monday from Pittsburg and opened a stock brokerage office in the Davis building Tuesday morning. Farmer John Thomas of Cambria Township came over to the county capital in the family cutter Saturday. He reported the sleighing fine out his way. M. J. Good represented Pittsburg in Ebensburg Tuesday. E. F. Diamond made a business trip to South Fork on Tuesday. J. B. Denny of Johnstown was among the Ebensburg visitors Saturday. Attorney and Mrs. F. J. Hartmann went out to Carrolltown on a sleigh ride on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Edwards of Belsano paid friends in Hollidaysburg a visit Tuesday. Miss Susan Pryce is numbered among those who are on the sick list. She is ill with pneumonia. A. W. Flick, PRR division at Nantyglo, transacted business at the county capital Wednesday. E. Weil, representing the Oliver Typewriter of Pittsburg, was here yesterday calling on our business men. Matthew Rolfe, an employee of the Commercial Coal Company, was badly injured Wednesday by a fall of rock. Attorney W. F. Dill departed Thursday morning for Barnesboro where he opened a law office in rooms on Philadelphia Avenue. Mrs. W. F. Moore is seriously ill at the home of Dr. Donald H. Shoemaker. District Attorney J. W. Leech made a trip to Pittsburg on business of a private nature Thursday. John Blair is very busy with a strong crew of men filling the ice house with an excellent product. Mr. T. J. Byrne of Barnesboro paid us a pleasant call while in the county capital on business Tuesday. Commissioners' Clerk, J. R. Lehman, was confined to his home Wednesday with a severe attack of toothache. F. A. Thompson and E. J. Brown, well known people of Lilly, combined business with pleasure in Ebensburg Monday. Attorney H. H. Meyer returned Friday night from an important business trip to Philadelphia and New York City. Miss Thecla Shoemaker has succumbed to the fashionable fad of contracting the grip. The sympathy of her friends is extended. Miss Sarah Gallagher had the pupils of her Fenwycke Hall preparatory school for boys and girls out for a sleigh ride Monday. Miss Ada Ritchey of Wolfsburg, Bedford County, is the guest of her uncle, Ralph Ritchey, lineman for the Bell Telephone Company. There is no change for the better in the condition of Mrs. Marian Davis who has been seriously ill for some time. Members of the family fear she may not recover. Among the callers at this office on Saturday were the Misses May Biller, Emma Marsh and Bertha Marsh. They were out enjoying the good old winter weather. Wm. Crouse, an employee of the Bell Telephone Company here since Thanksgiving, has resigned on Wednesday and returned to his home in Bedford County on Thursday. Senator J. C. Stineman of South Fork was up this way Wednesday interviewing his constituents. Mr. Stineman will be a candidate for re-election. He has many elements of strength. Late word from Mercy Hospital is to the effect that William M. Kimball, proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel here, is much improved and will be able to return home at an early date. Register and recorder Arthur Griffith and Attorney F. J. Sharbaugh drove out to Carrolltown in a sleigh on Wednesday on duties relating to the will and testament of the late Raphael Hite. John Heffron of Spangler and Joseph Deitch and Andrew Verts of Johnstown were lodged in jail here Monday, the former charged with carrying a deadly concealed weapon and the latter charged with larceny. Late News of County The Hon. J. J. Thomas is the newly elected master of Concord grange in Carroll Township. Fred Morley has announced his willingness to accept the nomination of justice of Barnesboro. Between 400 and 500 farmers and their wives attended the week of special study at State College last week. Leap year dances and sleighing parties are becoming quite popular. Our girls are determined to round up the bachelors this year. Harry Stock commenced hauling paper wood Monday morning for Arthur Simpson from Cambria Township to the railroad station in this place. Miss Annie Lloyd entertained the 500 club Thursday evening at her home in Cambria Township. The club went out in sleighs and had a fine time. A dozen or more employees of the C. & C. division of the PRR have been temporarily laid off by retrenchment orders from headquarters of the company. The PRR yards at Nant-y-Glo are soon to be enlarged to include six tracks, all of which are needed to facilitate the handling of the heavy coal traffic. The new U. B. Church at Big Bend will be formally dedicated next Sunday, January 19. The Rev. J. S. Fulton of the Pittsburg conference will preside. The coal equity case of Hughes vs. Hughes, in which father is arraigned against son, is scheduled for trial at the March term of court. The property is located at Lilly. The Doctors are a busy lot of people these days. The many who are afflicted with la grippe or have had colds give the physicians much to do aside from attending to other patients. Grip prevails to an alarming extent in this place and through the county. Many people here are down with the disease and the same is true of Loretto, Carrolltown, Nant-y-Glo, Belsano, Winterset, Nicktown and Ashville. Miss Martha Kirsch and Miss Cleta Dumm of Spangler who went to Colorado recently for the benefit of their health, according to a late report, are much improved. They say the hills of Colorado are delightful and the winter climate is invigorating. Many Johnstowners Are Sick Physicians say there are 4000 cases of grip in Johnstown. Doctors are working, night and day, and druggists are swamped with orders for remedies. A few deaths have resulted. Many School Children Sick The attendance of pupils at the city public schools as well as at many of the public schools throughout the county is below the average this month. This is due largely to the prevalence of sickness among the children. Edward McDonald Improving Edward McDonald, of this place, who was admitted to the Memorial Hospital in Johnstown with two toes of his right foot smashed, is improving nicely under the treatment of an expert physician there and will be able to return home in a few days. Had a Carnival of Pleasure A dozen young people hailing from Carrolltown visited Ebensburg this afternoon and had a carnival of pleasure. The merrymakers were conveyed here by liveryman W. J. Shettig in a large sled drawn by four horses. They arrived at the Mountain House about 3 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Stoltz entertained the party in a royal manner. The supper served was grand. The names of those composing the party are: Harry Thomas, Anna Sharbaugh, Fannie Wetzell, Gertrude Sharbaugh, Lena Huber, Alma Sharbaugh, Emily Mellon, Mrs. Dr. Arble, Mrs. Reubin Sharbaugh, Golder Wetzell and Helen Prindible. Captured an Apossum (sic) A fine specimen of the American mammal known as the opossum (sic) was on exhibition at Miller's café Tuesday. The animal was captured Monday morning two miles north of town in Pryce's woods by a local hunting club composed of E. G. Miller, Joseph Davis and R. S. Tibbott, who strolled out that way to do a little hunting. They also brought in the carcass of a large red fox shot by Mr. Miller in the vicinity of Jones' farm. Coroner Makes Appointment Dr. J. C. McMillen of Barnesboro, Cambria County's new coroner, has appointed Alderman H. B. Mainhart of Johnstown as a deputy coroner and Dr. Elmyn Jones of Johnstown as coroner's physician. Bounties Paid During Year The treasurer of Cambria County has received from the state treasurer at Harrisburg a check for $679 to reimburse this county for bounties paid for obnoxious animals killed by local hunters during the year 1907. The total of the animals killed during the year is: Foxes, 198; minks, 52; weasels, 50; wild cats, 25; hawks, 37; lynx, 5. Fifty Four Hundred Dogs There are 5,400 dogs in Cambria County. The owners of these animals paid taxes amounting to nearly $3,000 in 1907. They cost the county exactly $2,029.63 in damages resulting from the killing of sheep. The largest single item of this expense is $193.50, paid to Joseph O. Thomas for the killing of 16 and the injuring of 17 out of a flock of 50 sheep on August 6th on his farm in Cambria Township. Jacob Singer's Will Filed The last will and testament of Jacob Singer, deceased, late of Conemaugh Township was filed at the register and recorder's office Wednesday. The estate is estimated to be worth about $100,000. The will directs that all just debts be paid by the executors, that they shall sell and dispose of all real estate, personal and mixed property as soon as the same can be conveniently done, and when the whole shall have been converted into money, then the executors shall, after paying all just debts and expenses incident to the selling of the estate, divide and dispose of the said money as follows: One-fourth part to be given to his brother, Aaron Singer; one-fourth part to his sister, Sarah Carrel; one-fourth to the children of his deceased sister, Christina Horner; and out of the remaining fourth, is bequeathed to a niece, Jane Boyer, the sum of $100; to a nephew, John Roberts, $100; and the remainder of said one- fourth is bequeathed in equal shares to the children of his deceased sister, Susan Roberts. The will further requests that the executors shall employ as their attorney to assist them in settling the estate John H. Brown, of Johnstown, who for many years has been attorney and counsel of the deceased and has an intimate knowledge of his views and wishes concerning the disposition of the estate. Last Will of Raphael Hite The last will and testament of the late Raphael Hite of Carrolltown was probated and entered for record at the court house yesterday. The terms of the document are as follows: He gives and bequeaths to his wife, Magdaline, the dwelling house in Carrolltown during her lifetime and one- third of all crops grown on the farm in Carroll township His son, William Hite, is to have the farm for the sum of $2,000 to be paid to the heirs as follows: To his daughter, Catharine McCormick, $200; to his daughter, Mary, $200; to Bertha Strittmatter, $100; to John Hite $200; to Elizabeth Huber, $200; to William Hite, $200; to Martha Springer, $200; to Rosan Bishop, $200; to Amanda Hite, $200. The property at Carrolltown, after the death of his widow, Magdaline Hite, is to be sold and the money realized thereby to be divided in equal shares to the heirs. The money received from the sale of coal shall be divided in equal shares among the children. Peter J. Huber is named as executor of the will. Black Hander's Fatal Shot Italian Seeks to Mulch a Fellow Countryman and is Killed – Latter Escapes With a demand for money on his lips, an Italian known as Frank Leo, believed to have been an agent for the Black Hand, was fatally shot Saturday morning in a boarding house at Punxsutawney, conducted by Domonic Provinco at the Florence mine of the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company. Provinco, who is accused of the shooting, disappeared immediately after the tragedy. Leo, who was but slightly known among the Italians at the Florence mine, is said to have appeared at Provinco's house several times recently with demands for money. The foreigners are reticent as to the amount he obtained. Last night Leo is alleged to have demanded $50 from Provinco and $20 from each of the two other Italians in the house. When Provinco's wife responded to a knock at the door this morning she was confronted by Leo, who said he had come for the money. The woman screamed. An instant later Provinco emerged with a shotgun and taking quick aim, fired at Leo. The latter was not hit but the shotgun was fired at a range so short that his face was scorched and his eyes blinded by the powder. As he fell gasping to the floor, Provinco shot him through the right lung. Another load was fired into the dying man's stomach. Provinco left, saying he was going to Punxsutawney to surrender himself. It is supposed he became terrified and changed his mind. The only weapon found in Leo's pockets was a razor. There is no feeling against Provinco, but no effort will be spared to locate him in order to secure evidence that will aid in clearing the region of the murderous society. Argument Court Next Week The following cases will come up for consideration at argument court Monday, next, January 21, 1908: Exceptions in the return of inquest in petition in the estate of John R. Sitman, late of Adams Township. Citation on Joseph O'Donnell, Abbie Jones and Susan Sennet, to show cause why certain real estate of Daniel O'Donnell, deceased, should not be sold. Exceptions to the auditors report of the estate of William M. Powell, late of the city of Johnstown. Petition of Caroline Doell and Henry Werner for citation to heirs of Wilhelmina Korchner. Rule for issue. Estate of Patrick Biggin, citation to show cause why [three words faded]; not issue. Exception to the return of order of sale of purports 7 and 8 on sheriff's inquest in the estate of Frank Devlin. Exceptions to the auditor's report in the estate of John Cereusak, late of the city of Johnstown.