Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 31, 1903 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Alfred Jones met with a serious accident at the motor barn of No. 5 Mines at Bakerton recently. He was caught between a car and the motor and had both legs smashed. Reuben Spangler will erect a handsome residence in Spangler in the near future. Mr. I. N. Wissinger of Blacklick township was a visitor in Ebensburg on Thursday. Mrs. M. Jennie Griffith was visiting the family of John H. Brown in Johnstown this week. Chas. Brainard, brother of the editor of the Curwensville Review is visiting Ebensburg friends. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Siviter of Pittsburg are visiting Mrs. Siviter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Roberts. Clerk A. C. Lampe of the Merchants’ Hotel, Johnstown, spent Sunday at the Maple Park, returning Monday. Charles Miller and Mrs. Lawrence Wyland have returned after an extended visit among friends and relatives in Iowa. Edward Fitzharris of Gallitzin who went to Colorado over a year ago for his heath has returned home little benefited by his trip west and intends on remaining home. Among the couples married at Cumberland, Md., recently were Charles Edward Tedsow and Mary Catherine Knox of Elklick and Ward Sylvester Dull, Meyersdale and Bertha Younkin, Ursina. A serious wreck occurred in the Carrolltown tunnel the other day. It was at first supposed that three men had been killed, but later reports discredited this. The wreck was caused by a collision between two freight trains. W. A. Lantzy was in this place on Wednesday. He reports that a building boom is in full blast in Spangler at the present time. Lots that a year ago sold for $40 to $60 are now changing hands at prices ranging around $350 to $400. Mike Krosi, a Slav, aged thirty-eight and married, was struck by a train near South Fork Saturday night and suffered a dislocation of the shoulder and fracture of the collar bone on the left side. He was brought to the Memorial Hospital at Johnstown Sunday morning. Gallitzin and Nanty-glo like all Cambria county centers of industry are having building booms just now. At Gallitzin, Joseph G. Buch will shortly commence the erection of a brick structure containing a large storeroom and offices; and O. J. Deemer will erect a brick business block in the central portion of the prosperous coal town. The shoot of the Ebensburg Gun Club held at the fair grounds last Friday, says the Johnstown TRIBUNE, was featured by the prize offered for the best marksmanship, which was a billy goat. The b.g. was kept under cover until the shooting was all over and Uncle “Bill” McClarren, who led all the rest with the trigger, was greatly surprised when he saw what he had won. The Lilly School Board has chosen the following teachers for the ensuing term: Principal, Prof. E. J. Duffy; Room 1, Miss Ella Fitzharris; Room 2, Miss Sadie Edwards; Room 3, William Daugherty. Mrs. Coleman was appointed janitress. The schools will open on Monday, September 14th for a term of seven months. While working in the woods one day recently Mark Donahue of Wildwood Springs, tripped and fell on a crossent saw, one of the teeth severing an artery in his right wrist. For some time it was thought he would bleed to death and he was taken to the office of Dr. Ferguson, who stanched the flow of blood. He later recovered sufficiently to be removed to his home. BARR TOWNSHIP NOTES Mrs. Fanny Westover of Barnside moved into the upper story of the corner grocery last week. Mr. Sheldon McDonald is lying critically ill of typhoid fever at his home. Mrs. Celia Fronk of Pittsburg is visiting friends in this vicinity. The farmers of this vicinity are resuming their harvesting, which was delayed on account of the first week’s rains. AMSBURY MAN HAS VERY OLD DOCUMENT W. K. Douglass of near Amsbry was in this place on Tuesday. While conversing with several friends the fact was noted that next year Ebensburg would be a century old and Mr. Douglass remarked that if the centennial was observed he had a document in his possession that would be of unusual interest. It was the original parchment copy of one of the first deeds ever recorded in this county. The document was drawn in May 1797 and recorded August 5th, 1807. The parties in the transaction were John Douglass and Samuel Pleasants and the land “a tract commonly called the Seasons, on the Clearfield creek, formerly county of Bedford.” The consideration was 647L, 13s, 2d. Mr. Douglass says that the parchment is in a perfect state of preservation and is very proud of its possession. _________________________________________________________________ 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/