Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-09-01
THE RAF FTsMAn's JOURNAL,
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.

( in the Foundry owned By c. E. Craine, Esq.
I at Dayidsburg in this county on the evening
/ of the 18th ult. which consumed the building
and many OF the patterns of the establishment,
making total loss of some 81 900 or 81 200.
! Messrs. Crotzcr Il Smith who had the estab-
/ lishment rented, share the loss with Mr.. Craine.
=. On the 18th ult. an inmate of our County
/ Aims House, named Henry MCauley, aged "a
! bout 6S years, attempted TO commit suicide
1 by opening veins arteries in his and
legs. In the effort he made no less than twen-
! ty-seven incisions, some of them half an inch
| deep and an inch-and-a-haf long He had
| gone ont from the house, as he was accustomed
| TO do, in the afternoon. and remained out over
night, and was not discovered until next morn
ing. His mind is evidently deranged. He
says he did not mean to kill himself, but in
/ ficted the wounds to relieve pain in his head.
| On Sunday night the 22d nit. the Locomotive
/ ran over man lying on the Railroad track
| near kittanning Point, nearly severing his
1 head from his body, and of course killing him
/ instantly. He was Irish laborer from Hut
chison's Coal Bank. A woman named
/ Mrs. Wiley, wife of German laborer of that
I name living over the hill in HOllidaysburg,
| died suddenly on Friday evening the 2lst,
/ few minutes after rising from her supper table,
! of disease of the heart, as it is supposed.
| INDIANA CoUSTY.-Last Friday night the
! 20th ult. Mrs. Rebecca Maken took lodging at
j. y. Jamison;s Hotel in Indiana and left
early on Saturday morning Soon after she
| had left it discovered that five yards Of
| silk had been taken ont Of bureau i'm the
room she slept. The Col. and Constable Trim
| ble went in pursuit and overlook the woman
about 20 miles from town. She denied having
! the property but her pursuers took her to Jus
! tice Patterson's office and made search and
! found the silk cunningly concealed in some of
/ her underclothiDg. She has not been prose-
cuted. -. On Saturday the 18th ult. three
| oil f-or ToI I'm
of Georgeville. Mr.. c. was taking drove of
! cattle and few horses east and put up for the
| night at place 8 miles East of Hollidaysbu
| in Blair CO., placing his horses in a stable and
/ locking it carefully. During the night the
| locks were broken and the horses stolen as a.
bove stated. :. :. Mr.. Robert Mcfarland, of
| Wheatfield township, aged about 80, fell out Of
the door of his barn. on the 18th, thereby
breaking his back, and causing his death on
the same evening. Truly, ssin the midst OF
life we are in death.'' The toll-houSe a.
bout mile on this side of Blairsville was con-
sumed by fire on the 18th nit.
CAMBRIA COUSTY.-The Tribune chronicles
a sad accident at the Johnstown rolling mill,
which occurred on the Doth ult. Men were
at work putting brick cOrnice on the outside
of the mill, when part of the scafiOlding, on
which they were standing, gave way, precipi-
tating those who were on it to the ground-a
distance of sCme twenty feet -Four men.
James M'Keever and William Williams, were
seriously injured, while several others re-
ceived painful contusiOns and bruises, but
were able TO go about after the accident. San
derson had both legs broken, and was other
wise seriously hurt. Mahoney had rib frac-
tured, one hand crushed, and was considerably
| cut about the head and face. He bled pro-
fuseiy at the ears, nose and mouth and became
delirious. He is injured internally. Williams
had no bones broken, but was much cut and
bruised in the head and face. M'Keeyer had
one ankle joint dislOcated and received other
injuries requiring the aid OF physician. 1t
is not thought that either of the men is fatally
injured, but the wounds of Sanderson and Ma
honey will keep them bed fast for some time
The cause of the accident is said to have been
the overlooking of the scaliold with brick and
mortar.
CENTRE CoUyTY.-On Wednesday, the 18th,
while a Mr. HOckman was passing along bank
in the vicinity OF Centre Mills, in Brush-valley,
the horse became frightened and ran over the
bank which was, We understand, about thirty
five feet high. Mr.. Hickman had lady in the
buggy with him at the time, who was badly
injured by the fall. The gentleman was unin-
jured. The accident happened about O'Clock
at night. On the 2lst ult. fight occur
red near Unionville, between two men named
Lucas and Bush in which the latter was stab
bed. The parties were arrested. -. We un-
derStand that on Monday the Goth, Young
man named Andrews was stabbed at Phillips
burg by an old man named Porter. who, it
appears, was intoxicated, and whom number
of young men had put in an out house, and
whilst Andrews was holding the door &c, Porter
stabbed him in the bowels through a crack in
it. Andrews is in precarious condition. Por
ter was arrested and taken to Bellefonte Jail.
SOMERSET CoUNTY.-Two of the prisoners
confined in the county Jail, made desperate
attempt to escape on the 1Ith. Ben Johnson,
committed for assault aud battery with intent |
to kill, and William SmallwOod, imprisoned
for horse stealing, previous to that time had
received from some outside friend a couple of |
files, with which they managed to cut their hop |
Piles. Late in the evening, Major knabe, |
(whO had the prisoners in charge during the |
temporary absence of Sheriff Swope) paid |
them a visit. While standing at the door |
speaking with them, he received a stunning |
blow from the fist of Johnson, when be and |
Smallwood rushed past him into the street |
The Major soon recovering. raised the alarm |
and followe hard in pursuit himself The |
prisoners were unable, from their long confine- |
ment and want OF exercise, to make good |
run, and were captured before they were half |
a mile from the Jail.
LAWRENCE CoUSTY.-Mrs. Boyles, an old |
lady residing in Shenango township, had her |
collar bone broken last week, while milking |
cow-the animal starting and pushing her over
Stewart, son of widow Sppy, of West |
New Castle, had the scalp stripped from his
head, last week, by the kick of a horse.
Martin Hoover, of Croton, fell from the ioist |
in the second story of a building, on the 10th,
and was seriously, if not fatally injured ..
A boy named Smith, while driving canal |
team, last week was thrown over an embank-
ment, and his collar bone broken.
ARMSTRONG Bark ell, of Pine
township, had his thigh bone and several ribs
broken last week, by being dragged some dis
tance under the foreuart of a sled with which