Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-02-17
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of his legs were nearly severed from the body, |
and he was so terribly mangled that he died |
in A few hours. The deceased was intoxicated |
and living on the track at the time. Medical
aid was procured. but proved Of no avail. -.
The Messenger office in Indiana was discover
ed 10 he fire, but was fortunately extinguish-
ed before any further harm than the burning
of couple joists, was done. 1t is supposed
>thc fire was caused by mice carrying matches
into the space between the ceiling and the
floor. ;. John Ii. Shryock and James Johns
ton, Jr., of Indiana, and S. s. JamsoD, of
Salisbury, have obtained large contract 10
furnish the Government with muIes, wagons
and wagon beds, to be used for transporting
supplies for the Utah expedition. The wagons
and wagon-beds will bc manufactured in the
Borough of Indiana, and will require consider
able lumber, and give employment to large
number of mechanics. The contractors also
wish to employ 100 young men 10 go to Salt
Lake as teamsters, to whom liberal wages will
be paid by Russell, Majors & Wadde, who
have transportation contracts for four years.
BLAIR CouYTY-On the 5th a son of Mr..
Danly, miller at Cayuga Mills, had his leg torn
off, by stepping through hole in the floor,
whereby his leg caught upon wheel as it was
revolving. =. There were taken into the
Lutheran church in IIolidaysburg, on Sunday
the 9TH inst, one hU2ilrGd Gad one nlrtRberS viz
rs by confirmation, Q by baptism, and II by
certificates and application. In the Presby
terian church about fifty have been admitted
recently to the communion OF the church;
and so far as known between sixty and seventy
have profeSsed conversion. whilst still larger
number have been the subject of spiritual i'm
preston. In the NJ T.. church the meetings
are held nightly, and up to the 7th, eighty
| four persons had been admitted TO church
| membership. Some 50 souls have been ad-
dcd also to the Baptist church. The gut
| tl percha pen man has been swndling several
| persons in Altoona. Tyrone and other places.
! \ warrant was issued by ,he Tyrone victim,
and the diddler arrested somewhere down the
Juniata. He employed lawyer. and as the
! Blair county warrant Informal, the fellow
was discharged, when he gave his lawyer the
| slip without paying him his fee, and disap-
pearcd.
Elk CoUNTY.-On the 18th January, the
| wife of Benjamin Smith, of Gibson township,
| gave birth to a child, which has two heads. or
parts of heads, one mouth only which extends
up each side of the nose nearly to the left eye,
! three eyes of unequal size, the left one with
| out lids, the middle one opens crosSwiSe or up
| and down, the third is shut-SIln over it. The
| back of the head indicates that of two heads,
| with two crowns, and the two heads are bound
| together by griSsel about six inches long and
| of the thickness Of Il knitting needle. The
| fingers are of unequal size and grown rogeth-
| er. Its feet have only four toes, the big toes
being absent. The child cannot nurse, but
takes food as any other child, and is more
than usually vigorous. Mrs. Smith is an amiG-
bic woman, and has given birth to six children
we'll formed and natural We take this account
from the Eihf Reporter, published over the sig
| nature Of James Barr.
MIrFLIN CoUNTY.-A boy at the poor house,
| named Crozier aged about years, let baSkit
fall into the creek, and in attempting to recov-
er it, feH into the water and was drowned, on
the 9th. =. Frederick Hcigus, of Derry
ont tbn lro Of on ha Loo
by a log which was thrown around in schute
and crushed it so bad that it had TO be am
putated. A wild cat was killed in Gran
vile, on the Sth, by james Brothers-mabing
the second shot in that region this winter. On
Sunday evening the 7th Mrs. Eisenbisc. OF
Lewistown, was frightful!y burned by acciden-
tally spilling some burning fuid on her dress
out Of a lamp, whilst reading the Bible. In
moment the upper part Of her body, was en-
velopcd in flames, and in their efforts to cx,
tinguish them, Major aud Alex. Eisenbise had
their hands severely burnt. Mrs E. fingered
until about O'Clock on Monday morning
:, when death terminated her sulferings.
CENTRE CouYrY.-Thc Democrat. of the It'll
, saws 1--WE understand that when Sheriff
; Mccoy and T. NJ. Hall, arrived IN Phladcl
phia with John Leonard, he informed then
that they were lucky in starting to the Peni
tcntiary with him when they did, for said he
Il had made all necessary arrangements to af
+ feet my escape on Saturday night last.'' II,
informed them that when they went home the,
, should go to the bed where he had slept. anC
they would there find keys manufactured b,
himself, which would unlock the doors. Ac
coriing to his statement, when they cam,
| home, they proceeded to search in the bee
t clothes for them, and there discovered them
I and upon examination it was found that h
: could have unlocked the doors, and withou
: any trouble made his escape.
/ MCKEAY CoUyrY. the ID inst. q boru
: manufacturing establishment WIS broken VI
}, in Shippen, and the operators, Henry Stelte
q, and son. arrested and lodged in Jail. The in
: formation which led to the discovery and ar
+ rest was obtained from Charles Miller, VIII
S was tried and convicted OF larceny and coun
: tcrfcitng, at Willamsport, a few weeks since
y Upon making the arrest. S143S,l0 of bogu
/, | coin was found, some finished and some unfin
II ishcd. 1t consisted principally of 81. 50
: and 50 gold pieces; S755 ready for use. Th
s limitations OF gold dollars were good. Th
: entire apparatuSfor manufacturing is suppose
to have been found. number of letters
which may lead to further arrests, were ais
i found.
5, CAMBRIA CouSTY-A sad affair occurred a
c the residence of Mr.. Shank, in CIearfe
township, on Saturday evening, Goth ult. Mr.
/ Shank had s;rollng frolicll'' and anon
= other persons was Il man named McMul
! lin. As is common, the evening the
turned it into a dance. A difficulty occurre
between McMulhn and a man whose name
p" not given. Shank interfered, and separates
: them; quarrel ensued between Shank an
Z McMuliin, when the former struck the latte
> over the head with fail inflictng a severe
, not fatal injury. 1t was thought the iniure
- man could not survive.
WASHINGTON CoUNTY.-Thcre were l22 pau
pers in the county alms-house on the 3lst jar
"a nary. During the month 10 were admitted