The Penn's Grove record., 1884-01-26

had been killed in Il similar way in
Maine.
\ fow months afterward Arthur
Fraicy and William Jennings were
hunting in the woods near bIalleys.
They had shot a deer and after loading
walked up to where the deer lay. Fra
ley stopped down and Jenning stood
behind him. While in these positions
Jenning saw "a fawn come leaping
along the edge Of the ridge. lie cooked
his gun. The click caused Fraley to
look up. Seeing the faSn he rosequick
by. jennings gun was discharged at
the same instant and the ball passed
through Fraley's head, killing him i'll
stautly.
y few weeks later Jenning was en-
gagged with others in driving o q, and
Willie he was breaking a jam, the jam
gave way unexpectedly, ami he wa
carried down with it and crushed to
death.
After William jennings death An
drew Malcross declared that he could
MT remain in such an apparently fatal
spot, and he obtained work in Potter
county. Last week the news was re-
eelyed hat he had been killed by a fall
ing tree.
Hiram Stephens was now the only
one alive Of the five young lunbermen
who mad come together to Pennsylya-
mia. He had remained ut Nlalley's
mills. Last week WHEN he heard of
MaIcr0ss's death he resolved to return
to Maine. lie had agreed to work at
the mills until the lst of February.
aud, Is his employer would not release
him before that time, lie made his ar
engagements to go when the time eXpir-
ed. Two weeks ago a young man
named George Cough went to Nalley's
mills to work a5 a tcamster. On the
following Monday there was bat little
fOr the teams to do, ana as one of the
choppers was sick Cough was sent to
the woods to chop. lie and Hiram
stephens went together. They were to
york on Il job about three miles from
the mills. Cough was Il queen hand
at chOpping and until about : O'Clock
in the afternoon he had simply trim
med he branches from the trees that
stephen felled.
Stephens had just fS4led II tree, and
suggested to young Cough that he try
his hand at one. Cough selected a
mediHn-sized tree near by and com
menced chopping. Stephens prepared
to trim the one that lac had fellpd and
paid no atteatiom To Coughs work.
After awhile he heard Cough shout to
him to run, as the tree would fall in
such a way rs to strike him with 3
branch. Stephens started carrying
his TX in front him. He stumbled
and fell Cough WAS giving the last
| strokes on the tree with his AK. aud
seeing that stephens did not rise after
falling he ran TO his aid; before he
reached Stephens the tree f u with Il
crash and pinned Cough ON his back to
ths ground, a limb lying across his legs
Nc part of the tree touched Stephens,
although Cough dill not lie six feet
from him.
When the tree fell Stephens raised
his bead and saw Cough lying beneath
the branch. lie rose to his feet and
chen Cough saw that blood was pour
ing from a fearful wound in Stephens
stonoch. lie had fallen On the up
turned blade of his keen axe.
Stephens staggered toward his com
paniou and, although it was evident
that he was dying, began choppiug at
In limb with the intention of releasing
Cough if possible. lie gave Il few ran
dom blows, and then turning to Cough
he laid the axe within his reach and
said: 'I'm done for, George! You'll
have to cut yourself out" He then
staggered off a few feet and fell to the
ground dealt.
After long aud difficult labor Cough
succeeded in cutting the limb in two
with stephens AK, and in pushing off
of his leg that portion Of it that had
aim fast. tt Ell for the first time he
knew that his leg was broken. lie
dragged himself through the snow for
a mile to a cabin occupied at night by
choppers
When the choppers came into the
cabin about 6 O'Clock they found
Cough lying unconscious en- the floor.
His l2lgers were torn and bleeding and
his clothing torn. Such r~estoratives
as We're at hand served to revive
Cough, ard he was soon enabled to
,ell ol las terrible experience of the
afternoon and tie awful fate of young
Stephens.
Coughs fingers were torn to the
bone by clutchiug in the ground and
on BUSHES to drag himself along to the
cabin. He was taken at once to NAL
ley's Mills, add he will doubtless recov
er. Steph, rs dead body WAS fouad
10y a party Of choppers WHO went in
search Of it.
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