The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-07-30

Cumberland County.-We copy the fol-
lowing from the Cumberland county
papers of last week:
On Saturday afternoon James Town
send, colored, of the Second Ward, sent
for our inspection chicken Just coming
from the shell, said fowl having been
Matched in quart fruit can with no
other heat than that afforded by a bunch
of curled hair. The chicken was lively
and will doubtless live.
On Monday last, Mr. Moses Eberly,
who lives one mile south of Mechanics
burg, was threshing grain. About five
O'Clock in the evening, his daughter,
sixteen years of age, was driving the
horses in the power, and while attempt
ing to urge up tagging horse, stepped
beyond the platform and plunged one
foot and ankle into the master wheel of
the power. Before she could recover
her position the limb was drawn down
between the revolving wheels and broken
and mangled in the most horrible man.
ner. AS soon as possible she was res
cued from her perilous position, and
Drs. Day, Musser, Brandt, and Long
summoned to consider her case. The
sad result of their consultation was that
ulI f@NtillOl was hCNCSSulJ W buNO tuO
life of the unfortunate girl.
On Tuesday evening last VIM. Geese,
of Frankford township, attacked Amos
Swigert, of same township, near Watts
bridge, with a large knife, and cut him
severely, making wound in the left
breast six inches long and within o hair
breadth of severing the main arteries,
and cut piece out of the left arm, COW
ering two inches or more. After strik-
ing down his victim, the would be assis-
sin threatened to tramp the brains out of
him, but on reconsideration made no
further attack, but went off and inform
ed the neighbors that Mr.. Swigert was
lying along the road, ripped open and
dead. Next morning he made confes-
sion of what he had done. On the depo-
sition of Mr.. Swigert, Geese was arrested
and is now in Jail. ae lrii
Jacob Ecket, aged 76 years, and his
wife few years younger, reside in Silver
Spring township on their farm, near the
Cumberland Valley railroad, two miles
miles west of Mechanicsburg. They,
with Hannah Pagan, lady about the
same age as Mrs. Eeket, were the only
occupants of the house.
Between IL and II o'clock Monday
night last, six men with masked faces
knocked for admission at the front door.
When Mr.. e. attempted to run for his
gun he was seized by powerful man
who had ascended the stairs, and had a
pistol thrust in his face. Some of the
other robbers came to the assistance of
the first outlaw, when Mr.. e. was thrown
upon bed and securely bound with a
leather strap. Mrs. Pagan was next
tied, and threats were uttered to the
effect that they would kill the first per-
son who gave the alarm. ft l-
The robbers next struck light; made
Mrs. Eckert go with them to search the
house, brandishing a butcher knife
across her throat; took her down stairs !;
forced her to tell where some money
was put away in a bureau drawer in the
front room $235-which they stole;
then took her up stairs, threw her upon
the floor and securely tied her.
The scoundrels then commenced opera
tiOns up stairs, taking watch belong
ing to John Eckert, son of Jacob Eckert,
and robbing valise of $50; tore up beds