Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-06-25
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to the Centre Furnace Company, were killed |
by lightning. The team had been sent out 10 |
the barrens, some four miles distant from the |
furnace, for load OF coal, and when ON the |
way back, the storm came on-the driver |
sought shelter from the rain under the wagon. !
which was most proyidential, for scarcely hao |
he gone under the wagon ere the mule on |
which he had been sitting was struck 10 the |
ground. The magnetic fuild then ran along
the fifth chain, to the lead mule, and killed it |
instantly. The other four mules, and the dri |
yer, escaped, though they We're badly stunned.
The driver has entirely recovered from the
paralptic effects of the stroke. The Oys- |
ter Saloon of J. G. Ritter. in Bellefonte, was
entered several nights since, and the money
drawer robbed of its contents. An ale barrel
was also tapped and several gallons of the bev
erage carried of. The saloon was entered By
breaking open the back door. Mr. Cha
nv OF Beaver Mills, was seriously injured by
being thrown from sulky- He w Stdit ng
from the residence of J. l. Thompson, al Mar
tha Furnace, and his horse taking fright ran
down towards the plank road, and threw Mr..
Chany into the race, breaking bis collar bone,
and injuring him other ways. The Belle
fontc Whig says: William and Lewis Shear
man were arrested last week-the former IN
Juniata county, and the other at Tyrone--and
brought to this place, charged with enticing
young girl away from home. After hearing
they entered bail in the sum of S400 each for
their appearance at the August Court. The
girl disappeared about the first of April and
has not since been heard Of Her mother is
the prosa in the case.
WAsHf6TbT CoUSTY.-Thc house of Sam
ucl Wagers, Pike Run. was entered last week
and seventv-five dollars taken. Mr.. Wagers
discovered the thief retreating, collared him
and threw him to the floor. The thief sur
rendered his booty, and light being intro
duced. he was discovered to be the son OF
respectable farmer in that neighborhood.
A gentleman named Glassock, who recently
died in Missouri, made will n:anumitiing SIX
slaves and setting aside three thousand dollars
of his estate to be invested in the purchase of
a farm in Washington county, Pa, costing
twenty five hundred dollars, the residue. five
hundred dollars, TO be eXpeiitied IN the pur-
chase of stock. The negroes have arrived IN
Washington. A child of Jonathan Mar
tin died last week, from the effects OF swtl-
lowing a piece of glass or Queensware.
CLIxrox CouxrY-A lad about Ii years old,
| slipped into building, in Lock Haven, re-
| Gently, and took from pantaloons pocket
portmonie containing S2.15. The owner Sus-
| pectng the boy, decoyed him TO the SheTif's $
residence. where he threatcd TO lock him up.
| If he did not fork over. lie promptly caved,
| and sforked' over the money. Another
| entered shop on Water street, in daylight,
| and took 81 80 from a drawer. He attempted
| to pass quarter the same day, which proved
to be counterfeit. at the shop where he had
| taken the money. which led to his detection.
| Such Young scamps should be promptly pun
| ishcd. ... An ordinance was passed by the
| Town Council of Lock Haven, prohibiting per-
| sons from driving at faster pace than $40.
| Fast town, that
JEFFERsox CoUSrY.-One day last week the
| body of child about three years old. was
| found drowned in Mabon's mill-race, in the
south end of Clarion borough. There is
| a prospect of abundant frGit and grain crops
| in 10 r,rfv he prpS Dur-
| ing the high waters last week, q portion of the
-Ia. - tsar-sIIili, :; in
| Knox township, was carried away. Loss about
! $500. -. During the past week quite num-
| Der of persons have been arrested, and fined
| or imprsed, for intempcrance and profanity,
| in this county. Considerable damage was
| done, in Several sections Of the county DUR
| ing the late freshet. 4 number of families
removed from their dwellings, through fear
| that they would be swept away.
| ISrIASA CoUSrY.-On Saturday. the 18Th
1 inst, the lightning struck chestnut tree in
| front of the dwelling house Of Mr.. John Fer
guson, OF White township, passed down the
tree and killed two cows and three hogs which
were congregated about its roots. The effects
of the shock were also felt by Mr. Ferguson
and other members of the family who were in
| the house at the time. On the 18th inst.
| the Borough of Indiana was visited with a vi
| olent fall of rain mixed with small sprink-
ling of hail. Bat little hail fell. Some them
| however, We're equal in size to 4 full grown
walnut. -. The bridge and part of the Min
! dam at Diam ond Mills was swept away by the
! floods, last week.
| BLAIR CoUNTr.-The large Steam Saw Mill
of the MessrS. White, at Somnan, on the Allie
| ghenv Portage Railroad was DESTROYED by fire.
! on the lIth involving a loss of some S6 OO0
! The fire is supposed to have originated from
| sparks from Locomotive. During the
thunder storm on Saturday evening, tn. 18th
InSt th.al lIrht Il
residence of Mr.. John Miller, of Hollidavs-
burg, passing down the entire depth, knocking
out few brick, but thorougly-c leansing it of
soot-about two bushels. No other damage
done.
FRANKLIN CoUSTY.-On 10th inst, at Green
castle, the tavern of John Reilly and the gro
cery of Henry AppenzelIor, were both hurgla-
riously entered. and the money drawers with
their contents, carried off from each. The
loss in both cases is small. - a horse of
Mr.. Flemming, near that place, was stolen on
the same night. :. Mr.. Allen of New erk
in jumping from buggy, the horse of which
had run OFT, was considerably injured, near
Chambersburg.
Bucks CouSTY.-The dead body of man.
10 years of age, was found near Falsington last
week. An empty laudanum vial. from Shines
drug store, Philadelphia, was found near him.
A small stick was stuck in the ground rhe up-
per part was split into which was let a small
piece of paper; upon this, on one side was
written with lead pencil, s.Death,'' and upon
the reverse, 81 have Committed suicide. /
have consumption of the lungs John Latham
of New York;
LEHIGH CoUSrY.-The German Lutheran
Synod met at Allentown last week About
100 were in attendance. =. TAe store of ]
Benninger. near Slatington, was entered late.
", and S15, stolen. -. d. The books of the
BANK OF Catastrophe were opened on Monday
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