The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
State Notes.

The hills along the Junitata and
in Juniata county are said to be |
swarming with patridges just as
plump as good feed can make them.
-AThe Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany have turned out of their shops at
Altoona over 100 new passenger cars at
an average cost of So 800 each.
An unusually large number of or
ders have been received at the various
iron works at Pittsburgh, which will |
keep everybody busy the rest of the
year.
p. K. Bargar for many years con-
| fidential clerk of John Jermyns at
| Scranton has been found guilty of APP
propriating $50, 600 to his own use.
e. r. Brown, Superintendent of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad shops at
Packerton, died at Munich Chunk of
paralysis of the brain.
John Koons, aged 2l years, residing
at fremont, while out cunning Tues
day morning fell on log and was in
stantly killed by the discharge of his
gun.
The stove works of fThomas Roberts
and Stevenson & Co.. at Quakertown
! were destroyed by fire between II and
l o'clock Tuesday morning. Loss es-
timated at $4,000; insurance, $4o,-
900.
An incendiary fire has destroyed
| William M. Henderson's barn, near
Carlisle, together with seventeen head
of stock, all this years crops and the
farming implements. Loss over ST.
0uO; no insurance.
Mrs. George Heilman of Annville,
Berks county, was found dead in bed
on Sunday morning. She retired on
Saturday in apparently good health.
Apoplexy is supposed to have been
! the cause of her death.
"A large barn at Bristol, owned by
NJ. Daniels and used by the worsted
mills of Grundy Brothers q Cham
pion of that place, was burned to the
ground. Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
1t is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
"A story comes from New Castle,
Pa, to the effect that John H. Dugan,
resident in that neighborhood has
unearthed an iron pot full of French
gold coins of the time of Louis XIII
and XIV, by means of divining
rod.
Adam Lothian, an old resident of
Reading, a native of Bavaria, died on
Monday, aged so years. He settled in
Goshenhoppen, Montgomery county,
fifty five years ago, where he carried
on farming and lime.burning, remov-
ing to Reading in 1854.
The new No. 3 furnace of the
Crane Iron Company at Catasauqua
has been lighted. This is one of the
furnaces which has been furnished
with every modern Improvements. 1t
is Cylindrical, without the massive
stonework of its predecessor; 60 feet
in height and 16 feet bosh, the blast
being supplied by three modern
Whitewell stoves, each 18X60 feet,
draft for which is furnished by the
stack-lSO feet high.
-Stroudsburg, Nov. 1.-The town
ship of Hamilton was thrown into q
wild state of excitement this morning
on finding that the l7-year old daugh.
ter of Samuel Bittenbender had been
murdered, her head being pounded to
Jelly. The girl left her home yester-
day afternoon to 60 to Jacob Marsh's
to do housework. Her little sisters,
while on their way to school this
morning, discovered her by the road
side with her brains scattered over the
fence and stones where she lay. There
were several tramps seen in the vicin-
ity early this morning, and it is sup
posed they committed the crime.
-Meadville, November l,-George
r Williamson, aged 50,engineer on the
Western mail, which left this city at
10 o'clock, was instantly killed about
one hour later near Crawford's Switch
by the breaking of the parallel driv-
ing rod while the train was running
at full speed. The end of the broken
rod penetrated the cab and struck
Williamson, producing instant death.
He was one of the oldest and best en-
gineers on the road and highly es-
teemed by the entire community. His
family resides here, ar d the body will
! be brought here for interment.