Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-01-25
f'Oxvillc Letter.
FNNv,lle, Jan. 18Th, 1881

FoNvilp Jan. 18th, 1883.
EDITOR CLARI,N:-
Our usually quiet village his
been the field of a series of exciting events
during the past ten days. On Saturday
one week ago Luther SwOpr, a lff, some
fourteen years of age while ont hnntng
with his father and several other pcrrons,
accidentally got shot. 1t seems that while
The boy was ON his hands and knees look
ing among some rocks for rabbit, a gun
belonging to one of the party, which had
been laid on a limb, fell from its position
and was Discharged the muzzlc being only
few feet from him, sending the entire
load al No shot INTO his leg The load
entered at n point below the left knee max
an awful wound and after entering scatter
ed in more than Il d0z"n different lirer.
tons through the tack flesh towards the
body. 4 large portion Of the powder with
which the yum WAS loaded, together with
quite a Quantity OF the clothing WAS blown
INTO the wound
Although the wound Is a very serious
AID painful one, at present Writing the lad
j. nn.Ig Vel.
Tine excitement Attending this almost II
tradcgy had seaicvlY hcE0a To subsidc
wien we were again startled on last Tues
dav bv the sad news that our friend DR.,
II n Shultz had been caught bv some of
the gearing of the Steam saw mill OF Geo
J. Fox and seriously, if not fatally injured
Investigation proycd that the intelligence
was correct
The ID. while regulating some Of the
machinery was cnught 10y the thuml OF his
glove, by The bell running the saw shalt
aud as QUICK as " fash Of lightning his arm
Was while, round the shaft breaking and
crushing the bones below the elbow in a
laa'ful manner
The shaft was making some $50 revolu
tons to the minute and when his arm was
caught it ierkcd him to the floor. and in
the fall he struck the belt which threw it
oil the pulley Which circumstance Lo doubt
saved his life,
As it IT, he has sustained compound
fracture O. the Radius together with an oh.
hque fracture of the CIna, the upper ror-
ton oil which protIuded through the flesh
to such an extent rs TO necrssiate the re
moval Of a portion before it could be ad-
justed The Dr.. stood the moving in a
sprn wagon from tic mill to Geo l.
FoX's some three miles and the adjusting
and dressing of the wounded arm with the
most heroic f,rtilude imaginable. While
strong men turned pale a. the operation
and sought fresh air MS a restorative or q
cold floor as II soft couch on which they
could recuperaie lleir timber 'cnemen,s of
clay, the DR. sat unmoved, quietly assist.
ing as + as lie was able with his left arm
his physician to adjust and dress the man
g'ed right The Drs wound is an extreme
ly serious one and very painful, vet at this
time he is doing well, and DR. Buhrman
who has charge Of both the above cases
thing that they will without doubt recov-
ef.
Another event Of an exciting turn Ito
two at least) but MT OF such tragic ma.
ture happened on last Thursday, and that
was, the marriage # Mr.. Peter Bussard
and Miss Florence Fox. The event has
been the gossip Of the neighborhood for
some time past, and some busy bodies hav.
lug more CAB" than brains bad sought by
SANDERS and anonymous letters to break
up lhe lnA,c1, 23t 81 IbsJf fo3' ectsnte