Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, October 30, 1903 NEWS Local and Personal Miss Rowena Richards of this place visited friends in Blairsville last week. Miss Maggie O’Neill of this place who has been visiting relatives in Pittsburg returned home this week. A new public road leading from Vetera to a point on the Ebensburg and Nicktown road near Robert Gittling’s barn was opened for travel this week. In the quoit match at South Fork Wednesday Ed Simpson beat William Johnson by the score of 31 to 8. A good deal of money was posted on the result. Misses Nellie Lloyd and Florence Evans of this place and the latter’s houseguest, Miss Margaret Snyder of Harrisburg are visiting friends in Pittsburg. Miss Edna Barker of Ebensburg returned home Saturday evening after several days visit to the Misses Denny of the Merchants’ Hotel [Johnstown Democrat] W. G. Ragley and wife of Timpson, Texas, visited relatives in and about Nicktown over Sunday. After a few day stop in Philadelphia, Mr. Regley and his wife will return to their home in Texas. Thomas McConnell, aged forty-eight years, a respected resident of Altoona while calling at the home of his brother Monday afternoon, suddenly shot himself in the head with a 38-caliber revolver. There is no hope for his recovery. He is married and has two children. The St. John’s Catholic church of Johnstown, which was recently decorated and improved throughout at an expense of about $6,000 was formally reopened to divine worship last Sunday, with a solemn pontifical mass, the celebrant being the Right Rev. E. A. Garvey, bishop of the Altoona diocese, who was assisted by the Very Rev. John Boyle, pastor. Mr. Eli D. Jones of Cambria township had an experience last week while milking a cow that he will not soon forget. The animal objected to being milked, or, at least, to Mr. Jones doing the job and knocking him over tramped him about the breast and face, breaking a set of false teeth and cutting his lips in such a manner that it required several stitches to close them. The streams in this neighborhood were well supplied on Monday with trout fry which arrived from Washington, D. C. A total of 3,000 brook trout were distributed. The fish came here consigned to J. F. McKenrick, Esq., Fes Lloyd, John W. Kephart, Esq., Jeff Evans and John E. Evans, Esq., and the gentlemen distributed them in the various streams near here. James G. Hanley, a Pennsy brakeman was caught between bumpers while coupling cars in the Conemaugh yard Tuesday morning about 11 o’clock and sustained painful wounds. His left arm was badly lacerated and his left hand severely contused. Hanley was taken to the Cambria hospital at Johnstown for treatment. He is thirty-two years old, married and resides in Johnstown. Several days ago the Peale and Jackman mines near Spangler were temporarily closed and over 200 miners were thrown out of work as a result. The shut-down, it is alleged, is due to the fact that some of the miners loaded several cars of dirty coal containing what is known as “boney” and slate. The coal was shipped to the Eastern market and condemned and the operators lost on it, besides having that particular market taken from them. Five residents of Jackson township recently invaded Indiana county in search of game and were successful enough to bag fifty gray squirrels, six pheasants, two groundhogs, one of which weighed eighteen pounds and a coon. The men in question---George Fresh, David Stevens, Grant Fresh, Ray Albaugh and Benjamin Fresh,--drove from their homes in Jackson township to the vicinity of Greenville, Cherryhill township, and camped for two days during which time they made their haul. Augustine Yost of Carrolltown spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Saturday. Andrew White of Elmora visited Ebensburg on Monday. Seriously Injured in a Peculiar Manner John Pfarr, the 16-year-old son of John Pfarr of Johnstown was injured in a peculiar manner Monday afternoon about 4 o’clock and was so badly hurt that his recovery is a matter of doubt. The accident happened in front of the clothing store of A. Cohen & Bro., where a new cement pavement is being laid. The boy was going down Main street at a pretty lively gait and when he passed Cohen’s store was just about to step on one of the boards that were laid across the new pavement until it hardens when a man who was coming from the Bedford street corner stepped on the board, with the result that the end flew up and struck young Pfarr squarely in the stomach. He was removed to his home, where he is at present in a very serious condition. It is feared that the lad in injured internally and if this is so, his recovery is doubtful. Altoona Politician Injured Altoona, Pa., Oct. 28---James Carney, a well-known Democratic politician, while ascending the stairs at the Democratic headquarters, lost his balance and fell to the floor, sustaining a fractured skull. _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/