Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, November 27, 1903 Leaves for India The many friends of Christian Eicher in this county will be interested to learn that he and his family left Altoona Friday for New York. On December 1, he and his family sail for India with a party of missionaries under the auspices of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Local and Personal George Koch of Carrolltown was a visitor in Altoona Tuesday. Mrs. Harry Ritchey of Lilly is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wilt of Poplar Run. Miss Annie Tibbott spent Sunday in Johnstown. Miss Mary Plummer of Summerhill is visiting friends in Altoona. H. H. Myers Esq. of this place was a visitor to Johnstown on Monday. Rev. Samuel Craig is spending a two weeks vacation at his home in the west. Miss Margaret Tibbott is in Philadelphia where she will remain for some time. Harry Kelley, a Mountaindale newsboy, had his right arm cut off by a train last Saturday afternoon. Bishop Garvey was at Lilly on Sunday and blessed the stations of the cross at St. Brigit’s Catholic church. George Joseph & Bro. of Portage have purchased a piece of ground in Windber where they expect to erect a store building. Attorney F. P. Martin of Johnstown has filed a petition with Prothonotary Troxell asking the Court to grant a charter to the Slavish Beneficial Association, having its main office in Johnstown. Abraham Heitchue, a well known carpenter of this place received a paralytic stroke at 9 o’clock Monday morning and is in a critical condition. His left side is affected. Owing to his age, about sixty years, his recovery is doubtful. In addition to the many other improvements to be made to Maple Park Springs Hotel, in this place, D. E. Park, the new owner has decided to have a steam heating system installed throughout the hotel. The contract for the work has been let to the Darragh-Andrews Company of Pittsburg which has a force of men at work already. Another novel feature of the remodeled hotel will be a large swimming pool adjoining. The plans for the pool include coils of pipe which will be attached to the elevator boiler and used to heat the water in the pool when it is too chilly. All Around the County There are several cases of diphtheria in Frugality. A night school has been opened in Portage by H. E. Nycom. The term will continue twelve weeks, three nights a week. Supt. Claghorn, who has charge of the operations of the Lackawanna Coal & Coke Company at Wehrum and Vintondale, is employing men for those operations to take the place of miners discharged a month ago. He is trying to get a different class of men among foreigners, preferring Slavs and Lithuanians to Italians. It is expected all the mines will be running full time by February 1st. Jos. H. Hubbard has the contract for the erection of a band hall for the Patton Silver Cornet Band, says the Patton COURIER. The site selected is a lot on the flat between the old Firemen’s Hall and the railroad. The building will be one-story about 25x25 and is expected to cost about $500. It will be presented to the band boys by Hon. W. C. Lingle, who will defray all the expenses of building, material, etc. A four-year-old son of Matthew Miller, of Cambria township, is confined to the home of his parents with smallpox. The boy owns a fine Shepherd dog. The Miller family formerly resided near that of Foreman Long, whose daughter died a short time ago. The dog put in a good deal of his time with the Longs and is believed to have carried the disease home and given it to the tot who played with him. The troubles of Constable Crouse of Gallitzin continue. While in Altoona recently for the purpose of arresting a man for whom he had a warrant he was in some manner interfered with by Lawrence Glasser of that place. Despite the interference Crouse landed his man in the police station and swore out a warrant for Glasser’s arrest. In default of $500 bail, Glasser was committed to the Blair county jail at Hollidaysburg to answer the charge at court. F. G., J. B. H. and W. C. Hanlan, of Harrisburg, trading as Hanlan Brothers, wholesale liquor dealers, have instituted a suit against W. A. Mellon of Patton, to recover the balance due them on a bill for “whiskies, wines and brandies,” to the value of $3,358.25, which they allege Mr. Mellon bought. In their statement the plaintiffs give Mr. Mellon credit on this bill with $2,690 but say the defendant refuses to pay the balance or any part of it. Attorney Ruel Somerville represents Hanlan Brothers. George Ehrenfeld, supervisor of the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania railroad with headquarters at Gallitzin, has devised a signal light for sand pipes. The pipes are equipped with an automatic locking arrangement which holds the moveable arm parallel with the tracks when not in use and which, when released, allows the arm to swing across the tracks over the engine tender. It often happens that the device fails to lock and the wind blows the arm across the track. As this arm will not allow a train to clear, serious accidents sometimes occur. To warn the engineers Ehrenfeld proposed placing white and red signal lights on the pipe. Rembrandt Peale of Clearfield, one of the biggest soft coal operators in central Pennsylvania, has purchased from D. E. Notley of Hastings, twelve tracts containing over 1,000 acres of coal land, lying in Susquehanna township. In some cases the transaction is for the mineral rights, while in others it calls for the coal rights only. By the deal Mr. Peale becomes the owner of the largest tract of coal land owned by one man in the north of Cambria county. According to reports the new owner of the property will in the spring commence several new openings. Mr. Peale already operates several coal mines in the vicinity of Carrolltown. News Notes of Interest to Miners Patrick McCarthy of Barnesboro, secretary of sub-division No. 1 of the Miners’ union at Norfolk, Indiana county, on Thursday night and then on Monday night, organized a branch of the same union in Mahaffey. Joseph Ginter of Spangler, an organizer of the local Miners’ union, fell through a boardwalk in that town one day last week and his right leg was so badly injured that an operation was necessary. Dr. Helfrich amputated the injured limb below the knee. President McTagarett of sub-district No. 1, of the United Mine Workers has a force of men taking care of the interests of the union at Vintondale and other localities where the local organization is not strong enough to take care of itself. _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/