Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-01-30
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FROZEN To DEATH--A woman and her two
children were found frozen TO death in a snow
oahk, at st. Louis, on the night Of the l4th inst
Al Cincinnati, on the night of the 18th inst,
woman and boy were frozen TO death. On
the following day two men were found nearly
lrozen. One of them was so badly frost bitten
that portions of his arms, legs, and face had
commenced peeEng off.
According to the notes of the weather made
at the National Observatory at Washington. il
appears that between the 18th of December
and the 18th of the present month, both inclu.
slVe, there were eight falls of snow, the aggre-
gate depth Of which was Mirty-One and a
third inches. This is more than fell in the
three preceding winters together, and more
than IN any winter witllin the last ten years.
A serious accident occurred in this city on
Saturday last. 1t appears that two sleighs
came III collision in East King street, by which
a young lady, named Catharine Laucomer. was
horribly mutIaed The shafts of one of the
seighs penetrated her skull, dslodoing one of
her eyes, and otherwise seriously iniuring her.
She died on Wednesday last, in consequence
of the injuries recelved.-Lancaster Republi-
can.
UNPLEAsANT TERMINATION OF A TRIP AcRoss
THE ATLANTIc.-Among the passengers in the
S. 5. Lewis were 9 MIR. Dixon and lady.n ac-
cording to the list. Upon the arrival of the
SAID steamship, yesterday, officers Butman and
Iarleton, accompanied by an English police Of
hcer, went on board and waited on % Mr.. Dix
on" as being one MIR. Edward Reynolds de-
1aultlng clerk, from house IN Leeds, and de-
serter from his wife, whose place had been
usurped during the passage by the female who
passed for his g lady" The amount of his al
legged embezzlement from his employers was
yariousy reported to be from $1,000 TO IO0Ot.
He was taken TO the city marshaI's office. and
subsequently committed, to await further action
in his case to-day.-Boston Post 9th
FINE SroRT.-The people Of Fort Des Moines
and the surrounding country are making an or
ganIZed demonstration against the wolves by
which they have been for long time ANNOYED
Thomas J. Brooke has been appointed Grand
Marshal, and has issued General Orders No. |,
dividing the entire population into four divisions
and appointing marshals TO the command of
each. On the morning Of the Goth each division
Is to form, as specified by the order, the whole
to constitute hollow square, with dogs in the
rank of file closers, and at the command bv sig
nal the whole army is to advance towards the
centre. Firearms are forbidden on the field
and the dogs are relied upon as the principal ex-
ecut!oncrs. The scene wi no doubt be grand
and terrble.-DUjuque (Io5ca) Herald Dec 30
a MoNsTER.-A drunkard in Dearborne
county, Ia, near Harrison, a short time ago.
drove his wife from home IN a cold night, as re-
ported to us by the BrookvilIe Democrat. She
took with her young child and started to
nelghb0r's After being out awhile, he started
{ little girl OF SIX years after the mother. The
child was thlnIy clad, and started on her er-
rand. Reaching a small stream. she could not
get over II, and turned towards home The
Democrat says she bad almost reached home in
safety; but IN attempting TO climb the fence
around the house, rail slipped from lis place,
throwing her TO the earth and falling across
her neck. In this position she was found by
her fLther the next morning, dead, and cold al
the snow drifts around her. Without lifting
the rail- or removing the corpse into his house,
the brute started for an officer to hold an in-
quest over The body!
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT TIE BIG Tunnel ON
THE BALTIMORE AND ONO RAiLRoAD--At After
Iaborng cboul three years to pass under a
mountain of rock, working day and night. the
hands. from each end met together on Friday
last. Those on the west end being nearer TO
those on the cast end than was expected, (only
eight feet between thern.) IA blast was applied.
!" LtIh, Nb'H tx AplNbii!Gf pIlultpu IbafIQi ana
fatal consequences. From the number at work.
which was eleven, one man was killed and
eight seriously, some MORALLY wounded. Two
only escaped unhurt, and they were considera-
bly, stunned. They did not know that they
were So near together until the explosion
How tearfully suggestive the truth, that in
the bloom Of life we are in death, and as the
flower OF the field lite passeth away" Rich
ard Garter Is the name of the man who was
ki.led.-- Uaiontorn (Pa) Democrat, ljih inst
lMpoRrANT TO CALIFORNIA PAssEycERs.-
Mr.. Corwne, u. :. Consul at Panama. states
that hundreds of our countrymen have arrived
at Panama, with tickets purchased tor the Pa
ciic Mail Steamship Line in New York, from
Bertord &, Co, and, being unable to procure a
passage thence to San Francisco with these
tickets, the greater part of them having ex-
pended their all in the investment, have been
c3mpeIed'to remain on the lsthmus in the most
abect poverty aad distress, and not n few Of
them have contracted disease and died Mr.
Flint, the agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company's line, has written TO Mr.. Corwine,
stating that tickets purchased from Bcrtord &
Co, are not recognized by the Mail Steamship
Company. Iachrsson, Nelson & Co state
that Mr.. f. Mills, agent of the Brother Jona-
than, has no authority TO sell tickets for the
" Union" Persons going TO California will
govern themselves accordingly.