Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-09-05
pENNsyLvANIA ITEMS.

red on Pine Greek on the oath of August. The
water rose some ten feet in about four hours.
The saw logs came down in vast numbers, ana
with such force as to carry away many rats
which were tied along the shore. A portion
of the Safe Harbor boom was carried away,
and large number of logs escaped. part
of the boom below, at Phelps Mills, also gave
wav and the logs were carried out into the
river We have no reliable information as to
the quantity of logs lost by the Phelps Mills
Company, but have heard it estimated at two
mill lion feet. We learn with regret that the
food proved very destructive at Jersey Mlls,
{StoddarG's) The water overfowed the banks
and washed awav a considerable quantity of
the ground about the establishment 1t is sta
ted that the damage done is not less than
thousand dollars. The flood has entirely OBJ
liberated the rafting channel IN the Greek,
and the raftsmen have found great difficulty IN
getting out. Bars are found in places where
none ever existed before. number OF RATS
have been brought out, however, and are on
their way to market. The flood seemed to
come from the very head of the Greek; and,
from the heighth of the water and the rapidity
of the rise, it is evident there must have been
an extraordinary rain. The river also rose
very rapidly. and good many logs were lost
out of the lower boom at Williamsport. The
upper boom remained secure, and caught most
OF the logs from above.
BIddy Greedy, whose husband is in the Ilolli-
daysburg Jail, was found lying on the porch
in frort of her house in Ironsville in a state OF
beastly intoxication, and her child about three
weeks of age, on the floor in the house, cover
ed with filth, and so emaciated as to scarcely
have the semblance of a human being. Its
limbs were not thicker than the hnger OF
man, and its feet and hands resembled the
claws of an animal, whilst it's face was fairly
ta1 with tha of If
fering. The child was taken up and cared for
by some OF the humane neighbors who had
been attracted thlther by its cries, and Blddy
was arrested and committed to jail, on the
charge of wilfulIy and cruelty neglecting and
abandoning her child. A beast in human
shape, named Michael Corcon, was lodged in
the Hollidaysburg Jail for committing rape
on Mrs. Filler of Allegheny township, on the
2lSt Aug. The woman and her little son had
been berry hunting, and or their return were
met by Corcon. who laid hold of the woman,
and after tearing the hair from her head. and
otherwise maltreating her, in the scuffie which
ensued, finally accomplished his hellish pur-
pose. A clerk in VOLTS Clothing Store in
Altoona. undertook to have little fun with a
worthless fellow known as ssBlack Charley" on
Thurday the Odd but in the effort lost his tenn
per aud stabbed the poor darkey, though fortt =
nately not infiicting fatal wound. He was
taken into custody and bound over to answer
at next Court.
CRAWFORD CoUNTY.-On the afternoon of
the 24th Of August, storm of wind, rain and
hail passed over Venango borough, blowing
the roof off the large brick store room Of ohm
Culbertson, and otherwise iniuriug the build
ing, one barn was blown over and another un-
rooted, brick building occupied by Mr.. Kern,
was also unroofed, all the window paneS expo
sed to the storm we're broken. the fruit trees
were stripped bare, and corn and garden vege-
tables destroyed. On the evening of the
9th, dreadful accident occurred at the saw
mill and lath-machine of Mr.. Robert Herring
ton, near the aqueduct. The Lath Machine
was under full Roadway, when Mr.. Harrington
observed some irrcgularity in the movement,
and going down below the mill. he found 20
his horror that his little daughter had been
caught by her clothes upon a revolving hori-
zontal shaft and was whirling round it at the
rate of one hundred and sixty times minut 2,
and at every revolution striking her head up
on the ground. She was dead, of course, when
he discovered her, and mutilated in manner
too dreadful too describe. She was about u
years of age and remarkably intelligent. 1t is
supposed she had went below to play, and in
stepping over the shaft her clothes were wrap
ped around it by the rapidity of its motion.
MIFFLIN CoUNTY.-Mss Maggie Roseborough
was bitten by rattleSnake, about two miles
from McVeytown. on Thursday the 23rd of
august NIlliSt returning from JACK ) mount
ain, where, in company with several others,
she had been gathering berries. She was "a
bout to cross a fence on which the snake was
lying. 1t was SO concealed on a rail that the
girl did not observe it until it had buried it's
fangS in her wrist, where IL held until she shook
ii off. She then with great presence of mind
bandaged her arm, which was rapidly swell
ling, and very painful, and fastened to the
residence of Rev. j. Hanawolt, where vari-
Gus remedies were applied to destroy the
poison and restore the suffering girl. DR..
Rothrock was Immediately sent for, and has
tened to the bedside of the almost dying one
and by his skilful and timely aid she was sa-
we'd from an untimely death. Miss r. is yet
very i'll, but the physician has pronounced her
out of danger. She was alone when the occur
renee took place, the company having preyi-
ously separated.
INDIANA CoUNTY.-On the Goth Aug. Mr..
John Rough, conductor of a freight train on
the p. r. R., killed near Hillside station, two
rattlesnakes, one Of which measured five feet
eight and half inches in length, and had
eighteen rattles; the other measured five feet
two inches and half. and had twelve rattles
On Sunday, the 28th, about O'Clock in
the morning, the house of Mr.. Archibald
Stewart, of Armstrong township, together with
all its contents. was destroyed by fire. Mr.
Stewart, who is an old man and was sleep
ing up stairs, was obliged to make his exit
through an upstairs window on to a porch
and thence jumped to the ground. He saved
all his papers. The fire originated in one of
the lower rooms, probably from the stove.
CLINTON CoUNTY.-On Friday night the 24h
August, the river rose suddenly to an unusual
height; the Boom above Lock Haven having
been left open, all the logs remaining it, which.
amounted to near five million of feet, were
swept out into the stream and were not stop
ped till they reached the Willamsport Boom
This will be a severe loss to the mill owners
and the people of that place generally. The
mills will all have to close operations for the
season for the want of logs. :. Lock Haven,