Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-14
Pennsylvania Items.

ELK CoUNTY.-On the morning Of Nov
! ID. the banking house of Sbuther, Willis
& Soutber. in Ridgway, was broken into by
burglars, and $500 in money Stolen. The
| robbers failed to open the safe
INDIANA oUNrY.-Mrs. Sarah Lewis,
wife of John Lewis, of Rayne township.
on the Sd Nov, committed suicide by hang
ing herself on a weaving loom. She was
nearly sixty years of age, and for the past
twelve months has been laborlng under
marked abstraction of mind.
MONTGOMERY CoUNTY.-On the lst of
November, a young daughter of Mr.. w
Sassaman, of Douglas township, was pois-
oned by eating the seeds of the poisonous
plant, commonly known as jamestown weed,
but by the timely use of proper antidotes
she was soon placed beyond danger.
ADAMS CoUNTY.-On the 29th of Oct.
Mr.. John Hoke, of Gettysburg who had
just returned from the country and unloaded
barrel of cider at his door, was driving
down street, when he fell back dead in his
wagon. 1t is supposed that heart disease
caused his death. :. Joseph Fink, Esd,
a prominent citizen of Littlestown, also
died suddenly at his residence in that place
on the 30th of October.
FAYETTE CoUNTY.-Jeremiah Stewart,
of Nicholson township, was shot few day
since, by the accidental discharge of his gun,
the hammer of which caught on cane
stalk, at a neighbors who was making Sor-
ghum moiasses, and pulling it back caused
the discharge. He fingered five DAYS when
he died from the effects OF the wound. lie
had served three years as a faithful soldier
In the l4th Pennsylvania cavalry.
BEAVER COUNTY-A few days since,
distressing accident occurred in the town of
Rochester. Samuel johnson, and his broth
er, intended going on hunting excursion.
The former took down his shot gun with
this in view and putting the muzzle to his
mouth, not knowing that it was loaded 1t
was accidentally discharged while he was
blowing into it. The shots from the gun
riddled his mouth and tongue, broke his
jaw, and carried off part of his nose and
Iirs, disfguring him frightfully He was
still living, at last accounts, but his recovery
is doubtful.
LUzERNE CoUNTY-On Saturday even
ing, Oct 9th, an interesting little daughter
of Henry P. Myers, of Wilkesharre, was so
severely burned by her clothes accidentally
catching fire that she died on the following
Monday. -. About 10 clock on the eve
ming of Nov. Sd, Henry BEETLE was assault
ed IN one OF the streets OF WllkeSbarre,
forced into an alley, and robbed of his pocket
book containing fifteen dollars. He was
unable to call assistance. On the eve
ming of the Sd Nov, James Flynn was found
dead on the track of the passenger street
railway between Wilkesbarre and Kingston,
having evidently been run over by one of the
horse cars.
WESTMORELAND COUNTY j. Irving
Graves, peddler of patent straw cutters,
was arrested in Greensburg. on the I'd Nov.
charged by jeremiah Cramer. of Cook
township, with the forgery of three judgment
notes, each calling for three hundred dol
lars. :. The wool growers of the county
were to hold meeting in Greensburg on
the 18th for the purpose of forming an as
sociation. The skeleton of man nam
ed John George Drum. was found in coal
mine in Sewicky township, few days since.
He suddenly disappeared some two years
since, and his friends never heard anything
of him until the finding of the skeleton,
which was identified by handkerchief on
which his name was written and also by
parts of his clothing. How he came to his
death remains mystery. j.. i. 4 little daught-
er of Mr.. Abner Evans, of Unity township,
was few days previously so horribly man
gled by being caught in the ''tumbling shaft
of threshing machine that she died on
the I'd Nov. She was IA years Of age.