The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-20
ITlTIFNG FORD.


 Martin Doyle the fifteen-year-old son
 of James Doyle of North Cherry street,
 met with a terrible accident at Maltby,
 Stevens & Curtis company's factory
 yesterday morning. The freight eleva-
 tor, used only for heavy boxes, etc, and
 on which is notice forbidding it being
 used as a passenger elevator, was com
 ing from the second story when Doyle
 jumped on it, and, stopping down, re-
 versed the power and the elevator start
 ed up and his leg, which was doubled
 and reached over the edge of the plat
 form, caught under the floor and was
 terribly crushed before the elevator
 could be stopped and the boy taken
 from his perilous position. The tn1ur-
 ed boy showed great nerva and although
 he must have suffered eXcruciating pain
 he never showed it. He was taken to
 his home and his left leg was ampu- tated at the thigh by Drs. Russell, Will
 son and Cleaver. The accident was due to the recklessness of the boy, who had been in the employ of the company but short time Early last evening the boy was resting as quietly as could be
 expected.
 An amicable agreement has been ar rived at between the Investigating com-
 mittee and Collector R. s. Austin and
 yesterday the matter was settled up by
 the payment on the part of the collec-
 tor of $1,77O,54, which settles up all bal
 ances due on rate books up to 1893.
 The entire muddle of the accounts is
 due to other town officers than Collec-
 tor Austin, who has a clear account Of
 his collections and other business. Mr.
 Austin has from the first expressed willingness to make right any errors that may have been found, and has now done so.
 There will be an interesting and mer- ttorious concert at the Baptist church this evening, The proceeds will be de voted to the improvement fund. Miss Fannie A. Todd is expected home on Saturday from Fall River, Mass where for the past six months she has been visiting her brother, Rev. W. A. Todd.
 L. B. Scranton, the carriage maker
 on East Center street, caught his thumb in a buzz-saw yesterday and lbarely missed losing that useful member.
 Now that the work of the inyestigat- ing committee is practically over, as faG as the town accounts are concerned and there is a fair prospect that the tech nicalities and requirements of the law to a letter will be hereafter observed, it would be a good idea for one, at least, of the members of the investigating committee to see that all the require ments of the law, or of the borough charter are compiled with in his own case. D. E. Morris, recently elected as warden of the borough, is the member referred to, who for the past month has been filling the position of warden of the bol ough and presided at the meet | ings and transacted business as such, and has not as yet filed his bond, as required to by the borough charter be- | fore he can legally be qualified to act as such. There is a quotation from the 1 Bible that would prove appropriate for | this occasion, First cast the beam out | of your own eye, and then you can see more clearly to cast the mote Tout of your brothers eye.'
 When the Investigating committee 1 first began it's work there was thought to be a great discovery, of an error in | Selectman Mix's account whereby the 1 town was the loser of about $20O, and i as MT Mix at that time could not dis 1 cover where the error was he paid to | Szlectman Hall the $200 in question. Later MT Mix in hunting oyer his ac- 1 counts found that he had already paid l the sum before and so informed the ] board of seIectmen and committee, and made claim for the return of the $200, ! which was returned yesterday to MT. l Mix.
 i Attorney Harrison yesterday present. 1 ed to Superintendent Hall of the board 1 of water commissioners a bill of the eX- penses already incurred in the Patten l case, which shows the costts in the su- perior court were $57.2S and in the su- preme court $20, which makes total
 of $772S.
 l Officer Reilly received word yesterday 1 to look out for an iron gray horse stolen l on the -17th from Stafford, Conn. 4 1 turnout answering the description giv- 1 en passed through here about 1: 30 yes ] terday morning.
 Officer Dan O'ReiIly has presented to ] the Hubbard Hose company to hang in 1 it's rooms an elegantly framed photo 1 graph Of the Hubbard Hose running l team. which covered itself with glory
 at the races last fall by winning the 1 first prize in the hose race oyer the four ] other competitors.
 J. J Fleming Of Cherry street broke one of his bones Of his arm while using 1 a sIedge hammer on Q key in a machine at R. Wallace & Sons.
 l Miss Carrie McGaughey is home from ] Smiths college for the holidays.