Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-05-04

month.
CorRr-Persons interested will bear in
mind that Court commences on the first
Monday in June.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE. we give
/. list ofthe Deeds, as entered of record in
the Recorders office in this county, for the
week ending Monday, May the I'd, 1870,
together with the consideration named,
where located, and the names of the grant
ors and grantees:
Deed, Eleanor and Algernon Holden and
others to Catharine Holden, for lot OF ground
in Pike tp. Consideration So.
Deed. VIM. F. McCorklc to David Coul
ter. for IS acres in Girard tip. Considera-
ton $3.50.
Deed, David Coulter to Anderson Muir
ray, for IS acres in Girard tp. Conside IA
ton $500.
Deed, Emanual Bouch t o Andrew Walls,
for Sc acres in Armstrong Co. COnsldera-
ton $500.
Deed, Wm K Wrigley, Treas. to Il. II.
Shaw, for l3 acres in Lawrence tp. ConSid
Grafton S1,35.
Deed, j. G. Smith ( Co to John Peel.
dor 81 acres in Brady tip. Consideration
800.
Deed. George A. Boal TO Joseph Bailey
for Q acres in Piketp Consideration 81 200
Deed. John Patton to Joseph Bailey, for
lot IN Curwensville. Consideration $500.
Deed. John NJ. Chase 10 John RowleS,
for 80 acres in Woodward twp. Considera
ton 800.
Deed. Horace IIeeman to D. T. Coplin
for loi in Decatur tp. Consideration $500
Deed, Joseph B. McEnally TO Catharine
Kline, for lot in Wallaceton. Considera
ton 81 900.
Deed, Andrew s, Moore to Reuben Lew
is, for 81 acres ia Ferguson tp. CGnsidera
ton $3.50
Deed, Miles Dent to Mary 4. Lewis. for
81 acres in Ferguson tp. Consideration
500.
Deed, Jacob D. snoke to George Thorn,
for lot in Ciearficld. Consideration $500.
Deed, Wm. Y. Heating to Jos. Owens.
for 90 acres in Lawrence tp. Consideration
S2g7.
Deed. r. 3. -Wicton & Davis to 7. & G.
Il. Z. Co, for lot in Decatur tp. Consii-
eration 81.
A HORRIBLE AND FATAL ACcIDEST-It
Is with feelings Of intense sadness, that We
record this week, one of the most distress
in and heartrending accidents that ever oc
cured in our county. On "Wednesday last.
April 27th, Mr. John II. Hoover. OF Law
renee township, was accidently killed, on the
saw mill Of q. d. Goodfellow. Esq.,, situate
on the river, and at the mouth OF M0utgom
cry creek, two miles south of this place, By
being caught in tie buil-wheel' rope while
engaged in drawing logs upon the mill. a
bour . o clock, A. d., Mr.. II. was observed
floating some logs down the race, which was
the last seen of him until near | clock, 2.
NJ, when his lifeess remains were discover
ed on the bull-wheel shaft, and still revolv-
ing. The wheel was stopped and The body
removed. The sight was a horrible one.
Ills arms and legs were 50 terribly broken
that the bones protruded through the flesh
several iuches-the head crushed in on one
side so as to force the left eye entirely out of
IT'S socket-and, in fact, almost his entire
body was crushed and rangled mass-the
rope having passed over the body and around
the shaft of the wheel some twenty five or
thirty times. How the accident precisely
occurred Is mere conjecture, as Mr.. I'll. was
alone upon the mill al the time, but from in
a'catIons 1t would seem the rope was not
winding right and that he attempted to ad
Just The same, when it caught his hand and
ne vas unable to extricate himself. The
aged parents have the sympathies of the
entire community in their sad bereavement,
ani hrs many friends and neighbors deeply
ahent his sudden and terrible death. The
deceased was 4 single man, of sober and in.
alstTous habits, and about 30 years of age.
Loo much care cannot be exercised with
machinery Of this character The bull
wheel shaft, upon which the rope is wound
u ira" the logs from the dam, being so ar
ranged that its motion is continuous unless
'n'o"n out of gear; and In this case the
power OF the wheel was SO great that it
UIoke a inch cable Had friction wheel
'veh used, which requires the weight of
man on the lever to draw up a log, such an
accident could not occur, for if 4 limb of the
opeFatOrwas to get under the rope, or crush
81 by the rolling of the log, it would remove
The weight from the lever at once, and the
rope would become slack and the motion of
'he log cease. This is the second fatal ac-
eident that has occurred in this neighbor
mood within two years. from the use of the
continuous motion. Had the power been
applied by friction, in both of these cases,
the motion of the log would have been ill.,
stantiy stopped, and the fatal results pre-
vented Would it not be well if mill own
efs we're TO give this matter some attention,
aud endeayor to have their machinery so ad-
listed to prevent the recurrence of simi
2T aeeidents2-