Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-10-12
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of Joseph Ober :. a daughter of James Nc
Cracken, of PIumcreek township, Armstrong
county, whilst returning home from church at
Shelocta, on the 25th, was thrown from her
horse and had her thigh fractured. On the
night of the 2Stf1, the store of Thompson &
Stewart in Indiana Borough was broken into
and robbed of ten dollars in change. Mr..
Alex. Long. of Green township, had one OF
hi. legs fractured on the 18th, by a. log which
he was dragging flying around and striking
the limb. The fracture was set by DR.. Platt,
when the sufferer fell into slnmber, in which
state he remained until Saturday, when he
died - fire destroyed the stable of Mr..
James Sutton in the town of Indiana on the
morning of the 30th Sept. portion of the
building was occupied as granary by John
Weamer, Jr., who lost, in -four, seeds, salt, &c.,
about 81 .OO0 Mr.. Sutton's loss is about $3.50.
1t is not known how the fire originated.
few nights since, Mr.. Charles Beatty and sis
ter of Armstrong township, whilst returning
home from Shelocta, on horseback, were
chased By n wild animal, supposed to be
panther which sprang upon the horse Mr. b.
was riding, sinking its claws into Mr.. BIS. coat
tail and tearing the rump of the horse, but
not having good hold, it slipped of, and the
party made their escape. a man named
q. W. Nivling in West Lebanon, on the 10th,
whilst intoxicated abused his family, throwed
them out of doors, and arming himself threat
end TO shoot any one who approached, after
having set the house on FIRE, which was, how
ever, extinguished and NiVilng arrested ana
put to iail. :. /. Joseph II. Campbell, Esq. OF Eb-
ensburg when about leaving Indiana in at
tempting to curb his horse which was restlye,
struck his hand on the horn of the saddle and
broke three OF his fingers.
CAMBRIA CoUNTY.-A woman by the name of
Powell died suddenly in Cambria City on the
1st inst, in an appoplectic fit young
girl from the country came to Johnstown on
the 4th, and before she left became beastiy in-
toxicated. She presented pitiable spectacle
indeed. a coal miner named CARNEY
had one of his legs broken below the knee on
the 9th, by the falling of heavy stone upon 1t
while at work in the Gompany's 'syard."
German miner named HOlstine on the 5th
had one of his hands badly shattered and was
otherwise slightly injured by the accidental
discharge of blast. Elias Penrod, FAR
mer in Richland township, was visited, on the
4th inst, by an old bear and three cubs. They
sat down within few feet OF the front door;
Mr. p. shot two of the cubs, when the old one
made off, and the other was dispatched with
club. =. 4 little child, Is months old, ,daugh-
ter of Frederick AreHfelt, was run over by a
heavily loaded wagon, on the street in Will
more, on the 9th Sept. The child was seri-
ouSly Injured, but is still living. a son OF
Michael Boyle, of Afllville borough, while
getting nuts in the woods. short time since,
ate some poisonous substance from the effects
OF which he died shortly afterwards.
BUTLER CoGETY.-A case of somnambulism
occurred on the night of Sept. 2S, at the no.
tel of Capt. Coffin Oakland township. It ap-
pears that Mr.. William Hart, of Brady Bend
had been at the Fair, and with his brother had
stopped at Capt. COTS over night. He
was the first TO retire, and when his brother
came to his bed, about ten O'Clock, he got up
in an excited manner, and went into the hall,
taking his bedclothes with him. AS he laid
down. and Immediately went asleep, they did
not modest him further. In the middle of the
night he got up again, crawled out of the
window on the porch roof from that he climb
ed up to the roof of the main building. and
from there, distance of twenty-five feet, fell
to the ground, breaking one thigh, and dislo-
eating the other thigh joint.
LYcoMING CoUNrY.-A lad about six yeas
of age. son of Mr.. Conrad Ludy of Montours-
vile, was drowned in LoyalSock Greek, on
Friday the 23d Sept. f. On the 23d ult., a
half f-famiShed deer was seen In the River at
Jersey Shore when the whole town was thrown
into CONSERVATION, and everybody turned
out to capture it. Soon the deer was surroun-
ded, ducked stabbed, &C., until finally it was
killed, when fight was near ensuing. as to
who should partake of the spoiis, but the
matter was adjusted without the shedding of
any other blood than the small quantity that
had kept the deer alive.
LANCASTER CoUsTY.-On the 1st inst, Reu-
ben Chambers. died at his residence at Betha-
MIA, near the Gap, having fallen a few days be-
fore from an apple tree, and received internal
injuries which caused his death. He was a
Thomsonian doctor, and his house is said to
be botanical curiosity, being crammed from
cellar to garret with herbs of every descrip-
ton. On the 4th, the machine shop and
engine house of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, at Elizabethtown, were destroyed
by fire. causing loss of about $4,000.
CLARION CoUNTY.-The store of Henry AL
exander and Joseph Reynolds of Calensburg
was robbed OF watches, jewelry, silks, &c.,
worth from $500 to $1,000, one night week be-
fore last. -. An old bear and two cubs were
seen near the Academy in Clarion a few days
since. a young man named Morgan was
drowned in the Clarion river near Clarington,
last week. He fell of ssboom- - which
he was walking, with candle in his hand.
JEFFERSON CoUxTY.-On the Sd inst, lad
aged about ten years, son of Mr.. Jackson Hall,
of Eldred township, whilst playing around a
thres;Iing machine which was in operation, had
his right hand caught on pulley, dislocating
his wrist, and breaking his arm above and be-
low the elbow. The next day the arm was
amputated.
MHFLIN CoUNTY.-A young girl named Re-
becca Stull was poisoned on Tuesday a-week,
but by the timely aid of Drs. Worrall and Van
Valzah escaped death. The story is that a
young man. sent her an apple by the hands of
boy and that it had been dcsguedly poisoned.
MokEAS CoUSrY.-The old red mill on Bun
ker Hill was recently set on fire and burned
down. :. Bears are said to be plenty in this
county. On the 29th Sept, one was killed on
Amin creek, which weighed 467 lbs, and was
over feet in lergth.
An attempt at economy by one of the Roth
childs, is told in French paper. Going to
Paris, he registered eight trunks at Metz, but