Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-04-14
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LYcoMING CoUNTY.-A destructive fire oc-
Cured in Williamsport on the morning of the
9Th April. The large store room owned by
r. Elliott, and occupied by j. III. Fullmer 4
Co., and the store-room and dwelling occupied
by E. V. V. Higgins were entirely destroyed,
together with all the goods and household fur
niturc. Also the house belonging to R. FAIRIES
and occupied by Mr.. Cornell Eliott's loss is
fourteen thousand dollars insured for five
thousand. j. II. Fullmer's loss is eighteen
thousand insured for thirteen thousand. E.
V. V. Higgins loss is from three to four thou
sand dollars. Mr.. Faries' loss, one thousand.
The property of Updegraff x Winegardncr,
and Jacob Sallada, was saved by the utmost
exertion. Great praise is due the fire COM
panieS and the citizens fortheir efforts to save
property. The fire was first discovered in
Eliott's store about three O'Clock. The cause
of the fire is unknown. Two young men,
| named Jos. Wonderley and George Gould who
slept over the store of j. III. Fullmer, barely
escaped by means of a ladder. -. An at
tempt was made to burn the Town Hall in Jer-
sey Shore on the night of the I'd inst. In the
apartment where the fire engine is kept, fire
had been made with chips and shavings, and
number of benches piled over it. The fire
burnt through the floor and then went out.
The affair is involved in mystery.
JUNIATA CoUNTY.-The Mifflintown papers
which developed itself last week, in the per-
son of young girl residing at Patterson.
She had been employed in the family of Adam
Holiday as servant. The fever usually ac-
companying this loathsome disease brought
on delrium, under which she wandered off,
| and could not be found for several days. One
night she remained out with nothing for shell
ter but a friendly hay-stack, and the pale
| moon and stars as her silent watchers. Re-
turning to town, she concealed herself in the
| stable attached to the Central Hotel, where,
by her groans and sufferings, she was discov-
cred by DR.. James l.. Kelly. The Doctor at
once set about to have her properly cared for,
and in the afternoon removed her to the coun-
try. All who have been suffering from this
disease are rapidly recovering, or are entirely
well of it, and the above is the only case
which has occurred since our last report, some
weeks since.
CENTRE CoUNTY.-On the 4th inst, the barn
of VIM. Zeigler of Madisonburg, was destroy
ed by fire. 1t appears the children had built
fire in the yard to boil Easter eggs, and that
the fire originated from sparks. Seven horses,
one buggy, three wagons, and many other ar
tces were also burnt. Loss about $1,000.
A casting, weighing 1912 pounds, was made
by Messrs. Harris & Co. for the Washington
Iron Co., few days since. -. 7. G. Moore,
the bartender at the Franklin house, in Belle
fonte, was robbed of $50 on the 4tb. A man
on examination was discharged, no evidence
sufficient to warrant a committal being pro-
duced. A woman was bound over to an
swer, at the next term, charge of breaking
% panes glass in the house of VIM. l.. Raphile,
near Bellefonte. 80. A horse ran away with
a two horse carriage, in Bellefonte, in which
were boy and two ladies'. The ladies were
badly injured, but the boy escaped unhurt.
YORK CoUNTY.-A horrible affair occurred
in Spring Garden township, on the Sd inst.
George Reibling was engaged in burning
brush in field. His wife had gone to market
and left a little boy four years old to take care
OF himself. The little fellow went to the field, ,
and coming too close the burning brush, his
clothes caught fire. Reibling rescued the
child without any serious injuries. Provoked
at the child for his mishap, he took it to the
house, put it to bed, and left. Soon another
German, who was assisting Reibling, saw
smoke coming out of the house, and on reach
ing it they found that some fire had clung to
the child, from which the bed had caught and
that the little fellow was burned almost to
crisp-the head completely bare of hair. Dr
Fisher was called in, but no skill could save
the partially roasted child. The father is much
blamed for his carelessness.
CAMBRIA CoUNTY.-On the first inst. Fred
kummacher, German farmer, in company
with his son, visited Conemaugh boro to col
lect back rent of n tenant named Joseph Baker.
Peter were there. He demanded his money.
which, not forth coming, he threatened to
| seize upon the furniture. Peter Baker order
ed him to leave the house, Kummacher picked
up stick and struck him. Baker seized a
shot gun, and discharged its contents in X. IS
left breast. Ten shot were lodged in it, three
of them deep in the heart. He is dead. Ba-
ker escaped, and had not been arrested at last
| accounts. The miners and puddlers at
the Cambria Works, in Johnstown, are on
strike. They ask for the same wages paid be-
fore the financial troubles. Operations in
the mill are suspended for the present.
WASHINGTON CoUNTY.-Revival meetings of
great interest are in progress in Monongahela
city. The Monongahela Republican says:
a son of Mrs. Rutherford, colored woman
of this place, went down the river, we believe,
on boat, and got off at Covington, Kentucky.
He was around town for short time and then
went over into Ohio. He was pursued by
some Kentuckians and taken back as fugi-
tive, and lodged in Jail. His mother got
letter few days ago, from some humane gent
leman in Covington, apprising her of the
facts, and states that her son will be sold into
slavery to pay the costs of his arrest Jail fees,
&C., unless immediate steps be taken to liber-
ate him. Rutherford was born in this county,
and is free man.
FAYETTE CoUNTY.-Mr. Daily, one of the
Superintendent of the Gibson Mills, near
Bellevernon, fell through the hatchway of the
main building, from the third story, on Tues
day last, and was so mangled that he died in a
lew minutes. lie was recently from Philadel-
phia, and leaves family to mourn his sudden
death. Soloman Curry, native ofIreland.
who emigrated to this country in 1889, died
in Dunbar township on the 10Th ult., at the
advanced age of one hundred and one years.
woman named Rush has been arrested
in Connellsville for the larceny of watch at
Somerset. The churches in Brownsville
are all holding protracted revival meetings.
The religious interest increases daiIx