Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-03-02
THE AFTsMAn's JOURNAL,
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS.
PREPARED FOR THE "RArTsNAN's JOUR

| eOAMBRIA COUSTI--JO1D DuTheII ana J.f
| gerald, with car and horse, were precipitated
off bridge into the canal near the rolling
1 mill at JohnstowD, on the Goth February. The
| horse was killed, and the men were seriously
| injured. Mr.. Burkett had his right arm bro
ken. John Hutcbings, an ore-digger, had
his eyes and face badly burned few days
since, by the premature discharge of q blast.
=. On the. 10Th February, a little son of
| Bartle Morley of Johnstown, ran against tub
| containing hot water, and upsetting it, he was
! badly scaded. 4 man named Skeen had
| his left hand nearly cut through from the right
side of the wrist to the little finger, and cash
/ up his arm, whilst playing with circular saw
at Ashtola Mills week or so ago. -. The
Ebensburg Senfinfi says the prospect of the
| construction of a Railroad from that place to
Cresson are every day growing brighter, and
thinks the work will at least he commenced
during the present year. On Tuesday
night the 22d, the shoe shop of Benjamin Rel
/ ghert. about five miles from JOhnstOwn on the
Ebensburg road, in Jackson township,was rob-
| bed of two pairs of boots, a lot of tools, pair
of pantaloons and some eight dollars worth of
/ leather. Mr.. Reighert afterwards recovered
one of the pairs OF boots, which the rogueS
had dropped behind an adjoining school-house.
| \ 20 clue to the perpetrators OF the theft.
INDIANA CoUSrY.-A hog that for four years
! has been running wild in the woods in Centre
| township, was captured recently, and is now
| secured in strong stye on the premises of
| Mr.. Dcvinncy. The animal is of large size,
and will weigh when fattened, at least 500 lbs.
| 1t is said that no less than four dogs, four
| cows, five calves and some twenty head of
sheep were killed by this animal during the
| time he was at large in the woods. A sur
! gical operation was performed on the 18th by
| DrS. St. Clair and Reed of Indiana Borough,
! for the removal of an ovarian tumor, which
weighed so or 50 lbs, on the person of girl
named Huston, of Cherryhll township, aged
about 20 years. The operators, it was thought,
accomplished their work skillfully, but on the
| evening of the 21st she died. Mr.. Isaac
| Ackright, soldier of the war of 1872 died
| on the 18th in Shelocta Borough, at the ad-
| vanced age of so years. A lover of black
berry brandy has been paying private visits to
the cellar of the American House in Indiana
| borough, and helping him sell, without so much
as troubling the landlord to take any pay for
the same.
CENTRE CoUSTY-Daniel Roush, of Madi-
sonburg, captured a Black Wolf, two weeks
ago, by means of a poisoned bait which he
had set for the purpose. fox got held of
the bait frst ate part of it and carried the
remainder off short distance, when he fell
dead from the effects of the poison: the
wolves soon got upon the trail and followed
after, and devoured Reynard and the bait, and
next morning Mr.. ROush found one of the
wolves near by, unable TO get away, and dis
patched him with few blows. This flock of
wolves number some six or seven, and have
lately killed several dogs and sheep in Brush
valley. \ little daughter of David Shank,
Esq, of Boggs township, on the 18th Feb,
fell against the glass in the school windows,
severing the muscles and ligaments of one of
her arms, and otherwise injuring il so much
that it is feared she will lose the use of her
hand. -. The Typhoid fever has been raging
fearfully in Millhcim, within few weeks. AS
many as twenty-five cases have been counted
IN week. Several cases proved fatal.
BERKs CoUSTY.-The graveyard in BOYER
town, was the scene of considerable excite
ment on Thursday a-week, caused by the ex-
humlng of the body of Samuel Oxenford who
died in Pottstown, in the latter part of De-
cember last, of consumption, and was by his
request, buried there. For some time, since
his interment, his wife and daughter have been
laboring under some strange hailucination that
HIS spirit appeared to them daily, and COM
manded them to remove him from the place
lie was buried TO a remote corner of the grave
yard, as he could have no rest where he was.
This superstition had worked so strongly on
their minds as to leave them no rest until the
removal was accomplished. When taken up,
and the sofin which saturated with water
opened, the body found all right, but bear
ing evidences of decay. The case is a strange
one, and has been the theme of considerable
gossip.
ARMSTRONG COUSTY.-Two men. named res
idan, were arrested, in kittanning last week.
charged with deadly assault on a Mrs. Multi
gan. Rum was at the bottom of the trouble
OF course. They were arrested and commit
ted to Jail to await the result of the blows in
hicted. On Saturday a-week the stage
running between Kittanning and Brady's Bend
was precipitated into Sugar creek. in conse-
quence of an abutment of the bridge across it
giving way. The passengers miracuously es-
capped, but were thoroughly duckcd. One of
the horses was drowned.
BUTLER CoUSTY.-A few DAYS ago LYMAN
y. Briggs made information before Esq. |
RoeSSing in Butler borough, against two men
whom he charged with robbing store, &C.,
in Ohio. They were committed and after
word being sent to the injured parties, they
appeared here, and failed to identify them as
the robbers. After which an action of sander
is brought against the worthyLyman a. Briggs, |
who was thereupon committed to the county |
JAIL in which he now resides.
CLIFTON CoUSTY.-A man by the name of
William Wichte, in walking towards Mr.Loeb's |
house, in Lock Haven on the 10Th inst, fell |
against the sharp edge of the board walk |
breaking his leg. He is now doing we'll.
The Shingle Mill, recently purchased by |
Messrs. Stine,near the Foundry, Lock Haven, |
was entirely consumed by fire on the evening |
of the 22d Feb.
GREEN CoUNTY.-On Thursday last young |
man named James Bradford was fatally iniur- |
ed at the coal shaft of M'Kahn & Dodd, near
Waynesville. He was pushing the car up to
the shaft to receive coal the car leaped over
the rails into the shaft, carrying him with it.
His head struck first, daShipg out his brains
and causing instant death.
M'KEAN CoUNTY.-On the 18th February as
Mr.. Conrad Dane was driving tEro' the streets
OF Smethport, with span of horses, the sleigh
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