Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-04-18
pRHHsYLyAN1A ITEMS

story building in Ebensburg, known as the
| town Hall, was struck by lightning on the 9th
| inst. The electric current passed down the
| fue, destroying part of the same, upsettiDg
| a stove, and finally made its exit through the
| floor. Jacob Kaylor, an old and highly
| teemed citizen, died at his residence in Alle-
| gheny township, on the 7th inst. A son of
Mr.. jeremiah M'Gonigle, of Hemlock, aged
about 10 years, accidentally fell from the porch
of his Fathers residence on the 9Th inst,
| fracturing his arm. A stranger, calling
himself Isaac Ling, was arrested in Johns
town, on Friday the 9Th instant, charged
with passing counterfeit money, and after
hearing committed to prison. He has since
been released, having given bail to the amount
of $500 for his appearance at Court. Some
| three or four months ago, miner named
| Thos. MNally mysteriously disappeared from
his home in MillvilIe borough. When last
| seen he was intoxicated. On the 10th inst,
| his body was found floating in the water at
| the foot of One Mile Dam. A coroner's jury
| rendered verdict of ssfound drowned.'' =. :.
| A man named Andrew Hovran had his legs
severely burnt, on the 9th inst, by the falling
/ of mass of heated ore at the Cambria Iron
/ Works. :. On the 10th, miner named ThoS.
! S. Edwards, had his skull fractured and was
/ otherwise injured, by the premature explosion
! Of blast in the Company's colliery. His face
and eyes were badly burnt. A son of Mrs.
/ Sharp, aged about ten years, had his left hand
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| of Beam, Aaron & Co., on the 7th inst. His
hand was caught between the cogs of two
wheels, by which three fingers were crushed
! to shapeless mass.
| WEsTMoRELAND CoUNTY.-On the 9th inst,
| the barn of A. B. McChesney, of Derry town
| ship, was struck by lightning, and entirely
| consumed, together with several hundred
| bushels of corn, and a quantity of hay and
| oats. A fine horse was also killed by the
| Of he a bar
| rel full of whisky and six bushels of oats,
were stolen from the barn of jonas Gongaware,
| in North Huntingdon township. The barrel
was found couple of days after in a stone
| quarry, on the farm of Jacob Harold, and was
| then about half full. The perpetrators Of the
| larceny have not been discovered. ;. The
| growing crops present fine appearance, and
| the prospects of an abundant harvest are fat
teriDg. On the I'd inst, Valentine Ward,
| until lately resident of Youngstown, whilst
on his way to st. Louis boat, permit
ted himself to be vctimized out of $50
ard watch, by three gamblers, at the swind-
| ling game of ssthree card monte." Last
week the dead body of boy, whose name was
not known, was found in North Huntingdon
township. His brains were crushed out, and
from other marks found upon his body, it is
supposed that he had been killed by run-a-
way horse.
INDIANA CoUNTY.-An immense traffic in
hoop poles has of late been carried on in this
county. The poles are dressed ready for bind
ing, and command $50 thousand. During
a heavy rain storm on the 9th inst, the barn
of Mr.. John Duncan, of White township, was
struck by lightning but did no further damage
than tear up the ground about the foundation,
and giving his stock bad soaring. The
two-story frame dwelling house of Mr.. Thomas
Adams, of West Mahoning township, was des-
troyed by fire on the I'd inst. All the furni-
ture and clothing, quantity of gram, and $40
in money, were also burned. The family have
no clothing left except what they had on their
persons at the time the fire occurred.
few weeks since Mr.. Robert Huey of Cherry
hill township, had his ankle broken while en-
gagged in hauling timber. A large otter
measuring about four feet in length, was kill
ed few days since, by Mr.. Adam Lower, of
Cherryhill township.
ARMSTRONG CoUNTY.-Mr. James Baney, of
kittanning, on the evening of the 7th inst,
fell from the platform of the stairs of his broth
er's paint shop to the ground, receiving such
injuries as to cause his death two days after.
Robberes are of frequent occurrences in
Kittanning. Some nights since, the clothing
store of l.. Watchtel entered, and few
nights afterward the clothing store of Henry
Bush, and considerable quantity Of clothing
stolen from each. The bakery of Mr.. Frsch-
| know was also entered and large let of bread
| stolen.
CENTRE CouNTy.-On the I'd April, Wm.
| Hunter had one of his legs amputated about
| midway between the knee and thigh. His
| illness is supposed to have been brought on
| by going into the water too early in the spring.
Every effort to save the limb proved unavailing,
and at last amputation was regarded as neces-
| sary to save his life. On the 9TH, small
| frame tenant house, belonging to Mr.. A Val
| lentine, on the Half-moon road, about half a
| mile from Bellefonte, was entirely consumed
| by fire. The house was occupied by a colored
| family who lost the most of their effects.
JEFFERSON CoUNTY.-Mr. George Mcconnell,
resident of Washington tp., was drowned at
| the Iowa Mills on the 10th inst. He was walk
| ing the bracket-log over the breast Of the dam,
when it is supposed he took fit, Ito which
we learn he was subject) and tell IN. He
| was fine young man, and leaves wife to
| which he had been married but a short time,
to mourn his untimely death. Up to this date
his body had not been found.
| PAPERING RooMs.-The Scientific. american
| remarks that many lives have been lost from
the careessness Or ignorance of paper hangers,
who have laid one paper above another, in
stead OF tearing off the old before hanging the
new. There was very handsome house near
one of our best provincial towns, which could
never keep its tenants. A ready-witted OBJ
| server promised the owner to find out the
cause. He traced the mischief to one room,
and presently coDjectured what was the mat
| ter there. He let slip of glass into the wall,
| and found it next day dimmed with foetid