Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-08-21
NeighbOring Counties.

/ 10y DrOU8eQ.-Bennie Jones q boy
about four years of age, whose parents re-
side in Hollidaysburg, was missed from
home, on Wednesday evening of last
week. Dlllgent search was made for the
lost boy in town and vicinity, but no
trace OF him was found, until after ten
/ O'Clock; while party of men were search
ing in the canal, when his little boat was
found floating on the water, in the slip
! next above the rolling mill of the Juniata
Iron Manufacturing Company. Soon
after his body was found close to the
mouth of the slip in the canal by Mr..
! George Atkins.
/ A number of gentlemen from PhiIadel-
phla are engaged at present in making
maps OF Union and Snyder Counties
The surveys have been made and they are
now ut work making the maps.
On Sunday night a week the office of
John Farnsworth, Esq, Treasurer Of
northumberland county, was forcibly en-
tered and robbed of $50, which was de-
posted in the money drawer of his table.
Barn B,nnt-The large barn, belong
ing to Mr.. William Stump, about p miles
below Centre Hall, was struck by light
ming on Saturday last and totally destroyed
by fire. 1t contained the crops of the
past harvest, and much other valuable
property. We presume the loss is COW
cred by insurance in the Penns Valley
Insurance ompany.-BeHJoate Press.
Accident and DedH.-A young man
named Calvin Cypher, employed as
brakeman on the Huntingdon and Broad
/ Top Railroad, was injured to such an ex-
tent, on Friday evening week, that he
died few hours afterwards. From what
Information we can gather, he was on the
train that conveyed the Good TemDIars
if /
ing them TO town, the train was taken to
the cut across the river, and while en-
gagged in getting the cars in their proper
positions, young Cypher was caught be-
tween one OF the cars and the platform, a
space about eight inches wide, and rolled
the entire distance of the platform. which
Is some twenty feet in length, literally
crushing him to 4 jelly about his heart
and shoulders. He was a young man
about sixteen or seventeen years of age,
and from what we can learn was sober
and Industrious s.-HnatiagdOn Journal.
Sad and Fatal 1 Accident.-Last Friday. .
Daniel Stuck, OF Mahantango, Juniata
county, suddenly lost his life by the acc-
dental discharge of q pistol i'm the hands
OF another person. Mr.. Stuck was a ma
tVe OF W est Perry township, Snyder CO., .
and bad during the last two or three wears
been engaged in the mercantile business
at McKee's Falls, Snyder county. Bat
during the present summer he erected .
building at MahantOngo station where he .
proposed TO engage again in the mercan-
Tile business. The building was about
completed, and he had also secured a post .
Office for the place, and intended in week
or 50 to 90 TO the city to purchase goods. .
when suddenly and unexpectedly he is .
cut down in the prime Of life-being
ABOUT - or 30 years of aye. He and sew
efai other persons engaged at shooting /
mark with a pistol, and whilst he and .
some one of the company were examining
the mark they We're shooting at, another
stood Oft ready to shoot, and by some
means or other the pistol was accidental /.
ly caused to discharge its contents, which
entered Mr.. Stuck's breast or side and /,
passed through the liver, etc. He walked /
to the house, but soon expired. -Ni61jJ,- .
torn RepUbijc0R.
The Republicans of Huntingdon coun-
ty have nominated the following:
Senate-Samuel McVitty.
Assembly-Henry s. Wharton.
Treasurer-Michael NJ. Logan.
County Commissioner-Sam Cummins
Jury COmmissioner-Geo w. Sh0ntZ
Director of the POOr-A dam Heater
AuditOr-A. Z. White, w. l.. Rex.
The cops of Centre county held their
on Tuesday of last week, and /
placed in nomination the following ticket:
Senate-S. T. Shugert, Bellefonte.
Assembly,, Gray Meek. Bellefonte. /
Treasurer-A. &. Geary, Walk 4r twp. /
County Comlnissioner-Wm Keller, |
Potter twp.
Jury Colnmissioner-John Shannon,
Potter twp
Auditor-Solomon Etlinger, Hains twp.