The Tribune, Hastings, PA, FRI 30 NOV 1894, VOL VI., NO. 45 Page 5, Column 1 JUST AROUND TOWN Short Items of an Interest Peculiarly Local Elder Township has the best public roads of any township in Cambria County. Look out for Wm. F. Gable Co.'s new "ad". It will interest and save you money. Prof. Jones, Principal of the schools in this place, is teaching a well attended night school. The editor of this paper was confined to his room by illness a couple of days this week. Cook, Salmond & Cowden, the great Altoona dry goods house, has a local reading notice of interest in this issue. Andrew Lantzy, the wholesale liquor dealer, has had a new street lamp put in position in front of his place of business. FOR RENT. - A first-class store-room next door to the postoffice. Rent reasonable. Apply at the TRIBUNE office. A dangerous counterfeit of what is known as the Windom $2 silver certificate is abroad. It is said to be almost perfect. An arrangement has been made whereby the clothing store of Sol H. Wartelsky in this place has been reopened for business. A number of prominent people from this place went to Ebensburg on Tuesday evening to attend one of the lecture's connected with the institute. M. H. Shultz, a prosperous farmer living near Altoona, was run over and instantly killed by a car on the Logan Valley electric line about four o'clock on Monday evening. Some time during Monday night an unknown man was murdered in the woods near Tyrone by having his throat cut with a razor, and his remains were found latter by a passerby. A little son of Otto Carlson, of this place, died on Monday and was buried on Wednesday in the Swedish cemetery in this place. He was only twelve years of age, and his death resulted from heart failure. A goodly number of people in this place have provided themselves with thanksgiving turkeys without either raising or buying them. This does not mean that they stole them either. William Woodley died at the home of his father, Martin Woodley, of Elder Township, on Friday, and was buried in the Catholic cemetery in this place on Sunday afternoon. He was about 30 years of age. Postoffice Inspector Hugh J. Gorman recently visited the office in this place. He was detailed to adjust certain inaccuracies in the accounts of previous postmasters, but incidentally took a look about the office, which he found in excellent shape. Mary Washington, a colored woman well known in Shalersville and the West End, Pittsburg, died Monday night at her home, in Shalersville, of pneumonia. She was five feet seven inches in height and weighed 460 pounds. Mr. John Sharbaugh, one of the oldest and best known residents of the Summit, this county, fell from a ladder one day last week and sustained a fracture of the thigh. He is recovering slowly from the accident, which his age rendered exceedingly serious. One day last week Drs. Rice, of this place, Hazlett, of Cherrytree, and Bennett, of Mahaffey, performed a delicate and difficult operation on Mrs. Lowman, of Cherrytree, for the relief of cancer in her breast. The patient is doing well and will recover completely. Mr. A. Dietrick, as usual, scooped his full share of the goods at W. A. Lantzy's shooting match. He brought home four turkeys. Mr. Dietrick and Jacob Bollinger, intend to spend a couple of weeks in the wilds of Huntingdon County in the near future in pursuit of bear, deer, and other small game. Mr. Angus N. Gill, for two years foreman on this paper, has resigned his position, which is now filled by Mr. H. A. Morris. Mr. Gill is a young man of unusual worth and character, and he took with him on his departure from this place the best wishes of all who came in contact with him during his residence here. Philip Pringle, grandfather of J. W. and father of the venerable William Pringle, of Summerhill, planted an apple tree in New Germany, Croyle Township, in 1800. It still bears fruit, a specimen taken from the tree a few days since having been brought to our office on Saturday, and it bids fair to last as many years longer.