Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-07
Pennsylvania Items.

Reiber, in Summit township, was destroyed |
by FIRE In one of the upper rooms three |
children were sleeping, one OF whom. a lit |
tie girl eleven years OF age, perished in the |
flames
DAUPHIN CoUNTY.-Mr VIM Fernsler, |
of Harrisburg, on the lst Nov. fell into a |
cellar and broke his neck He was 20 years
of age and leaves a wife and several chill |
dren to mourn his death. On the |
evening of the same day, a son OF Mr.. ThOs. |
Stevenson fell off the scaffod at the water |
works in Harrisburg and fractured his skull
10 such an extent that he died several hours |
after.
Elk CoUNTY-The Ridgway Adcocate
says: On the morning OF the 18th Oct. two |
men named Ford and Cole, who were con |
fined IN the Jail in this place on the charge |
of stealing horses, by some means made |
their escape, and up 10 this time have not
been apprehended. The Sheriff, we under
stand was to have taken them to fifusville
in Crawford county on the morning they
made their escane.
FENANGo CoUNTY.-A carpenter, en-
gaged in rebuilding part of the Grant House
in the borough Of Franklin, received the
welcome intelligence on the 22d of Oct. that
he had fallen heir to e6, 0J0. Thirty thous-
and dollars, left ny relative in England.
He was so elated that he got spree
the next day, bv which he took delirum tire
mems, and on the 26th, though he had the
best medical care, died from its effects.
CLARION County dwelling house
of Mr. n H. Sloan, of Limestone tp., was
burned to the ground on Monday, Oct 2ath,
caused by 81 arks falling on the roof whilst
| attempting to burn out the chimney.
Between $500 and $500 worth OF goods. st,
IL L
! Helen furnace, some weeks since, were
] found recently secreted in the woods near
that place The thieves have made good
| their escape.
CENTRE COUNTY Christian Van Pool
aged between l2 and ia yef RS, the oldest
citizen of this section of the country died
on the 22d of October, at his residence in
Half Moon township. He, in his time, saw
! Washington and Lafayette. last summer
he was seen reaping and shocking grain. aud
making himseG generally useful as hand.
Thieves are said to be plenty in the vicinity
| of Bellefonte, and quite a number of hen
roosts, graneries and spring houses have
| been robbed recently.
| HUNTINGDON CoUN1Y-The Sh;rclcys-
burg Herald says: The barn of VIM. j.
| Goshorn, of Tell tp., was utterly consumed
| with all its contents on the morning of the
23d, Oct, by being set fire to BY a desperate
named Joseph Matthews Matthews, who
resides in Backlog Valley approached the
premises Of Mr.. Goshorn on the morning
aforesaid, making demands Of Mr.. Goshorn,
which he refused TO concede; whereupon
| Matthews entered the barn. and deliberate
| ~ set fire TO he hay, all the while holding
| Mr.. Goshorn at bay from extinguiShing the
flames, with rifle and pistols with which he
was armed, until the fire had full sway. He
then made for Shade Mountain across the
fields of Mr.. Goshorn, shooting and killing
three Of his horses to complete his fiendish
| deed. Matthews is still at large. One hun
dred dollars are offered for his arrest.
JEFFERSON COUNTY. the night OF
the oath Oct, some vilIainous persons tried
| to enter Mr.. Isaac Leobman's Store, in
Brookville, by boring off the lock, but ow-
ing to the appearance of Mr. Kaufman up
on the scene they gave up the undertaking
and made themselves scarce suddenly This
is the third or fourth time, lately, that eff
forts have been made to enter dwellings and
places of business in that town. 5. Fl.
Lucas, for many years highly respected
citizen of this county, was drowned in the
Allegheny river, at Franklin, Vcnango CO.,
on Saturday, Oct. 27th,. by falling from a
steamboat. 4. A gentleman and lady with
a rather suspicious appearance, were arrest
ed at the American House, Brookville, or
the 3lst Oct, charged with having in THEN
possession two horses and a carriage that
are advertised as stolen. They are being
held over for a further hearing as soon as
the owner can be heard FROM
LUzERNE County On Sunday morning
Oct. 2lst, the dead body of German stone
cutter named August Deinich, resident O.
Hyde Park, a married man, 45 years of age
of good habits and character, was found ly
ing dead under tree by the roadside, neal
the old Presbyterian church in Hyde Park A
part of his necktie was hanging from bougf
of the tree under which he lay, and the 9th
er part was about his neck-it having beer
broken or torn in two. Coroner Wagner
!, summoned jury, and an inquest was held
but not concluded of the jurymer
thinking it case of suicide, and others sus
pecting foul play. DIR. A. Davis was called
IN as a surgical expert He found no mark.
of violence on the body except slis bit dis.
coloration of the throat, and considers it ar
undoubted case of suicide. About
noon, on Thursday, Oct 24th. as Mr.. B. f,
Gould was coming in from Hickory Run. In
two-h horse wagon, he was stopped on the
turnpike, about mile this side of the Sew
en- Mile House, a revolver pointed at his
breast, and his money demanded Mr..
Gould had pistol in his vest pecket, but
butto6ed up under his coat and overcoat.
The robber was of medium height, dressed
In faded brown sack coat, and had patch
on his nose, and handkerchief tied over
his nose and mouth to disguise him. Mr..
Gould was ordered to get out and put his
watch and purse on the ground, which he