Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Cambria Co., Pa. Friday, November 21, 1902 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Johnstown has a couple cases of diphtheria. Mr. Joseph Bengele, of Gallitzin, spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Tuesday. Fire destroyed about four panels of fence at the Ebensburg Fair grounds on Friday evening. Mrs. A. J. Darragh, of this place, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. P. J. Gallagher, at Youngstown, Ohio Mr. Chas. C. Brainard, of Curwensville, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Wednesday. Messrs. Joseph Griffin and Alex Parrish of Munster township, spent a few hours in Ebensburg on Wednesday. George Phillips, aged 22 of Altoona, took laudanum by mistake at an early hour Friday. Medial treatment saved his life. The Ebensburg Electric Light, Heat and Power company has purchased a lot adjoining the plant from William Kimball. Rev. Father Hurton, of Vintondale, was quite ill at the home of Father Luden, in this place, several days last week but is now improving. The Slavish Congregation at Barnesboro has purchased three lots adjoining the Baptist church property and will erect a handsome church in the near future. Mr. A. C. Flick, of Allegheny township, was a visitor to Ebensburg on Tuesday. Mr. Flick has accepted a position with the Lackawanna Coal company at Wehrum. The store of Constable Joseph Myers, of Gallitzin township, near Ashville, was entered on Monday night of last week and 25 pairs of men’s shoes all size 3 1/2 were stolen. John Galligan, of Gallitzin, was admitted to the Altoona hospital Tuesday suffering with a fracture of both bones of the left leg. The injury was received while at work in that vicinity. Steward Thos. J. Hughes, of the county home, on Friday, sold his farm in South Ebensburg containing 80 acres, to Mr. John R. Jones, a prosperous Munster township farmer for $3,000. Al Young, the Morrellville liveryman, lost a horse and buggy Saturday evening when Fast Line west-bound struck the outfit at a grade crossing near Seward, killing the horse and smashing the rig. The damage is estimated at $125. Girls employed by the United States Cigar Company which recently started a factory in Altoona, are on a strike over the wage question. The strikers claim that they were told they could make $1 a day, when in fact they only make $3 a week. The factory employs 150 girls, but they are not all on strike. Dr. L. Ellis Glasgow, of Cresson, has resigned as assistant relief physician on the C. & C. division of the Pennsylvania railroad and accepted the position of senior resident position in Mercy hospital, Pittsburg. He left Cresson for the Smoky City on Thursday of last week and at once entered upon his duties. James McHugh and wife, of Johnstown, celebrated their golden wedding at St. Johns Catholic Church, in that city. Rev. Henry McHugh, of Soho, celebrated a mass in honor of the event. The McHughs are an old family of Munster township pioneers and patriots and many of their descendants are scattered over the county. The stable and slaughter house of C. L. Stoltz, at Carrolltown, were completely destroyed by fire Tuesday evening of last week. A quantity of hay, grain, straw, etc., in the stable was also consumed, entailing a loss of $1,000, with no insurance. All the livestock was saved, though a dog was cremated. The origin of the blaze is not known. Dr. Cadwaleder Biddle of Philadelphia, general agent and secretary of the State Board of Charities, accompanied by his clerk, made his annual visit to the county home of Cambria county, on Tuesday last and was highly gratified at the excellent sanitary condition in which he found that institution and the manner in which the establishment is conducted in all departments under present management. Attorney Charles C. Linton, of Johnstown, was shot in the face and breast by Owen Stahl, of the same city, on Wednesday evening of last week while hunting game in the vicinity of Stanton’s Mills, in Somerset county. While scouring around a bush in search of pheasants, Stahl sent a load from a shotgun into the brush. Attorney Linton happened to be on the opposite side of the heap about forty feet away, and twenty-six of the pieces of lead found their way into the young attorney’s face and breast. Luckily he was not seriously injured and was taken to Boswell where a physician removed the lead and he was then able to return home. The smallpox situation at Ehrenfeld steadily improves. Six patients have been discharged from the pesthouse. Nearly a score of cases are under treatment which is less than half the original number. A FATAL EXPLOSION Two men were killed by an explosion in the mill of the Cambria Powder Company near Seward which occurred about 10:30 o’clock Monday morning. It destroyed the coining mill, in which the two victims met their fate. Between 300 and 500 pounds of powder went up. The dead are: Joseph France, aged twenty-seven and unmarried and worked in the storage house of the mill. William Norris, aged twenty-two years and unmarried; worked in the storage house. Just how the explosion occurred no one knows, but the usual spark is blamed. The bodies of France and Norris were not recovered until about an hour after the accident. This was caused by the necessity of the rescuers falling to and extinguishing the blaze which started in the ruins of the coining mill immediately following the explosion. When the bodies were recovered they were found to have been burned to a crisp, being unrecognizable except through their relative sizes. The feet of both men dropped off when the remains were lifted up and placed in the wagon to be removed to Seward. A powder can was used in carrying the feet. This is said to be the seventh explosion which has occurred since the Cambria Powder Company began operations. Three of the explosions including that of Monday have had fatal results. In the first of the trio, a man named Fink, from one of the eastern counties was killed; in June last occurred an explosion from which six men lost their lives. The financial loss entailed by the destruction of the mill will be very small and the damage will soon be repaired. _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008