Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-11-11
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.


dletown, was sold, on Saturday a-week for Sl33
| an acre. Pretty fair price we should say.
There at present 40 persons cohtined in
| the Dauphin comfy Jail. This includes those
who sentenced and those awaiting trial.
-Four gentlemenin Harrisburg, have given $500
for the relief Of the poor in that city, during
| the coming winter. Several labOrerS in
| Harrisburg were offered work day or two
| since, which they refused, stating that their
| intention to sslive on the poor committee"
| this wiuter.~ They should be kicked out of
/ town.. Joseph Poulton and Col. kebner.
! of Harrisburg, shot wild ducks each, at one
shot, on NJ Monday a-week. Bates and Mar
/ SHALL two young men, were sent TO Jail on
| Thursday, for assault oE Porter Castner.
| \ package OF gold is in the Adams Express
office, at Harrisburg, awaiting an owner.
| Mr. John Irwin, a clerk in the Auditor Gen
era's office. died suddenly on Thursday night
at the residence of Mrs. Leconte, in Harris
| burg. q r.e.-..--.
BERKs CoUSrY.-On the 29th ult. a farmer
went to Reading with marketing. At the side
| of his sstruck,'' in his wagon, he had place
| for his own accommodation, to watch his goods,
as it was after night. He lay down and fell a.
| sleep, and as the wagon was either TO short,
or the man too long, his understandings ssstuck
| out about a-feet.'' Some rascal in passing dis
| covered his position, and after satisfying him.
| self that the man was asleep, pulled of the
! boots and made good his escape. During
/
clothes OF a child of Jacob Hcmming's caught
| fire at the stove, and was so severely burned
| that it died in few hours. On the night
| of the 30th Oct, in Reading three men stop
| ped another on the street, and robbed him Of
| pair of boots and pair of shoes. They
were arrested the next day and committed to
/ prison. The Reading Press says the Com
| mon Council of that city have passed resolve
| to authorize loan of Sl0,0 900, to be expended
| in repairing streets, during the winter, thereby
| giving relief to the poor
| MIFFLIN CoUNTY.-Wm. Cooper, young
man, was accidentally shot by his father,
! Oct. %, near Lewistown. The father fred at
a Pheasant, shot glanced, struck the son in
| the eye, and is suppos d to have entered the
| brain, causing almost instant death. Ohm
| Murphy was run over, one mile east of MIfin
| by the fast passenger cars, going west, on Sat-
! urday a-weck. David Zook, of Memo
| township, trapped two bears in pen, during
| last week. J. Rittenhouse killed two fine
! deer, and Dr.. Belford one, last week. a
| party of hunters captured five scoons' in one
night. A man applied to Rev. J. r. Han
| await for work, stating he would be satisfied
| with anything atfording hIm home during the
| winter. y few days after he pocketed Mr.. HIS
| watch, and took suit of clothes belonging to
| young man of the house, and made tracks
/ Pursuit WAS made, the felIew overtaken, the
property recovered with some other that he
| had taken somewhere else, and then he was
/
POTTER CoUNTY.-On the 21st ult., Mr.. Ga
/ bre Barnes, of Oswayo tp., went hunting and
| not returning in the evening his friends felt
| anxious but did not make search until Wednes-
| day. Nothing was heard of him up to Thurs
| day evening. On Friday about 200 persons
searched all day without discovering him, and
made arrangements for the next day. On sep
| Grating, several persons waded Oswayo creek,
| and accidentally found the body of Mr. Barnes,
few rods from Mr.. r. Browns house. MI
| Barnes, it is supposed was much fatigued and
| was making his way to Browns, and on wading
the creek, became so chilled by the water, that
| he died before he reached the house.
LuzERNE CoUxrY.-Andrew Lindsey. who
| was ascending the shaft at VI M'Farlane's mine
was instantly killed by falling from the bucket
-. The Eagle Hotel in Wilkesbarre was en-
tered last week, and overcoats, boots, cloth
| ing, &c, were taken from the rooms of the
| boarders, by unknown persons. Chest
| nuts were selling in Wiikes6arre at 50 a bush
! el. The farmers in various portions of the
county are complaining much OF depredations
| upon their corntields, patato patches, &c. In
| several instances persons were seen leaving
! fields laden with corn, potatoes and beans
which they had taken without leave.
! CENTRE CoUSTY.-The Rev. James Linn.
| Presbyterian minister at Bellefoute, has been
! seriously i'll from third attack of apoplexy.
| He has been laboring in the ministry, in that
| place and vicinity. forty-seven years. His
usefulness IN the Church mas been almost
| limited. =. The erection of flowing foun-
tain, in the Court House yard of Bellcfonte is
! contemplated. A child Of George B. Lu-
| cas- of Howard township, had its arm acciden-
tally broken on the 4th inst.
CoLUMBI, CoUSTY.-Last week. the Grocery
store of J. W. Henderson,, near the new fur
mace, was broken into and robbed of large
amount of goods: On Friday night two
weeks. Robert Gilroy, of Berwick while stop
| ping at the Exchange Hotel, Bloomsbury had
| his pocket picked of a valuable gold watch.
! Chestnuts were sold in Bloomsbury, on Satur-
! day a-week, at twelve cents per quart al
though, it is said, they are plenty.
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.-A man named Nc
| Carly, of Carol township, had several of his
ribs broken by being caught in the gearing of
a threshing machine. \ boy was thrown
from buggy, a few miles west of Washington,
and had very severe wound inflicted on his
head. Peggy Donney, an inmate of the
| Poor House, fell in the fire and was badly burn
ed, while laborlng under an epileptic fit.
INDIANA CoUNTY.-Mr. Scott, of the Bor-
! ough of Indiana, manufactured over a barrel
OF excellent molasses, from the Chinese Sugar
cane, raised on a quarter of an acre of ground.
Bears said to be unusually plenty in
| some portions of the county. and are commit
ting heavy depredations apon the corn fields
.... Col. VIM. Ill. hinter, and DIR. J. G.. Cald-
well, of Indiana, have gone to Kansas.
| LANCASTER CoUNTY.-On the lst inst, fire
occurred in Columbia, by which two stables
and their contents were DESTROYED. A horse
was burned in one of the stables. 1t is said
to have been set on fire. At a meeting
of the Stockholders of the Columbia Bank. on
! the 5th, ihe provisions of the late act of the
Legislature were accepted by a unanimous
vote
! CAMBRIA CoUSTY.-The Cambria Iron works
at Johnstown, employ about 1000 persons. and
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