Newspapers:  Indiana Register (Nov 1866), Indiana Co., PA


Indiana REgister, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Extracts
November, 1866



7 November 1866

SUICIDE. On Saturday morning last, MRS. SARAH LEWIS, wife of JOHN LEWIS, of
Rayne township, this county, committed suicide by hanging. For more than a year
she has been suffering from melancholy and marked abstraction of mind. On
Saturday morning, she was about as usual. MR. LEWIS, and other members of the
family went to the fields to work. Toward noon, a son of MR. LEWIS went to the
house and found his mother hanging upon the weaving loom, on the second floor,
upon her knees, and quite dead. The son raised the alarm, and attracted the
other members of the family to the house. An inquest was held upon the body,
eliciting about the facts, as stated. No settled reasons [sic] is assigned for
the commission of the rash act, and it is quite probable that it had its origin
solely in the deranged condition of her mind. She was upwards of sixty years of
age.

DIED.
On Friday, October 26th, 1866, JERRY C. McINTIRE, of Jacksonville, Indiana
county, Pa., aged 24 years, 7 months and 12 days.
    "He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; He fleeth also as a shadow
and continueth not." Job 14:2.




14 November 1866

"BLOWED." On last Friday night We [sic] were serenaded in our office by the
"Indiana Brass Band," under the leadership of PROFESSOR SMITH. The band is a
good one and "blowed" forth some of the sweetest and most excellent music it
has been our pleasure to listen to for a long time. May they long continue to
"blow," and may each successive "blowing" prove a more successful one than the
"blow" which proceeded it.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT. On last Friday, MR. JOHN McGUIRE, of Cherryhill township,
while engaged in threshing with a machine met with a serious accident.
Something about the machine having gone wrong, MR. McGUIRE stepped to the side
to examine into the difficulty, when the skirt of his coat became entangled
with the shaft, and was so firmly held as to defeat his efforts to get away. He
was drawn upon the shaft, which he grasped and clung to, until the machine
could be stopped. He was unable to keep entirely free from contact with the
floor and adjacent objects, and at each revolution of the shaft he received
some new bruises. It is thought that he was carried round upon the shaft forty
or fifty times. We are glad to hear that the injuries are not considered
dangerous.

MARRIED.
LAUGHLIN-BROWN. On the 1st instant, by Rev. A. McElwain, MR. J.M. LAUGHLIN, of
Jacksonville, to MISS SARAH J. BROWN, of White township, this county. 
FAITH-ASKINE. On the 8th instant, at the Hendrick's House, by the Rev. A.C.
Eherenfield [sic], MR. DAVID L. FAITH, to MISS ELIZABETH ASKINE, all of
Indiana, Pa.
HART-MYERS. On the 13th instant, by the same, at the Lutheran Parsonage, MR.
L.L. HART, to MISS SUSAN MYERS, both of Westmoreland county, Pa.



21 November 1866

FRACTURED HIS ANKLE. On Monday forenoon, MR. SOLOMON EARHART, of this place,
had one of his ankles badly fractured; by jumping off a train of cars, near the
bridge across the Connemaugh [sic] river at Blairsville. He was brought home
the same day, and is improving.

BROKE HIS NECK. MR. WILLIAM OAKES, of Burrell township, while carrying a scap
of bees across a field, on Wednesday night last, stepped into a rut and fell,
striking his chin upon the box, which dislocated his neck, killing him almost
instantly. His body was brought to town on Thursday morning, to the residence
of his brother, MR. P.B. OAKES, and interred on Friday. He was a single man,
but he left a large circle of friends to lament his sudden and accidental
death. -Blairsville New Era.

MARRIED.
RAGER-DONALD. On the 13th inst., by Rev. A. M'Elwaine, LIEUT. WM. A. RAGER to
MISS SARAH E. McDONALD [SIC], both of White township, this county. 



28 November 1866

MARRIED.
ADAMS-MATHERS. On the 22nd inst., by the Rev. Stevenson, MR. J.R. ADAMS, of
White township, Indiana county, and MISS NELLIE L. MATHERS of Ligonier,
Westmoreland county.
STEPHENSON-MOORHEAD. On Thursday evening, November 22d, 1866, at the residence
of the bride's father, by the Rev. Daniel Blair, HUGH H. STEPHENSON, ESQ., of
Oil City, to MIS SMARGARET ANN, third daughter of COL. WILLIAM MOORHEAD, of the
city of Pittsburg [sic].
CAMPBELL-BEATTY. On the 20th instant, by Rev. M'Elwaine, MR. ADAM CAMPBELL, of
Saltsburg, to MISS REBECCA BEATTY, of Montgomery township, this county.



5 December 1866

DIED.
WEAMER. At St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 29th of November, 1866, of consumption,
GEORGE WEAMER, of Indiana, Pa., aged 27 years, 10 months and 5 days. His
remains will be brought home for interment.



12 December 1866

SERIOUSLY INJURED. This Wednesday morning, MR. JOHN S. SUTOR, of this place, a
Baggage Master on the Western Penna. Railroad, while attending a switch, had
one of his legs badly crushed and broken, below the knee. He had changed the
switch and signalled the train to back in, which it did--while at the same time
his foot slipped into the frog, holding him fast and subjecting him to a most
serious, if it does not result in a fatal affliction. He was brough home at
noon, and his leg has since been amputated.

MARRIED.
M'GEE-HODKINSON. At Marietta, Ohio, November 26th, by Rev. Jno. Boyd, D.D.,
JNO. M'GEE, to SALLIE HODKINSON, all of that place. 



19 December 1866

DIED.
ROW. December 8th, in Lancaster, Pa., ANNIE VIOLA, daughter of AMOS AND L.
VIOLA ROW, in the 8th year of her age.
    We condole with the afflicted parents in their bereavement. The deceased
was a bright and interesting child, whose loss will be deeply felt by her
parents, and the circle of her youthful acquaintances.
BORELAND. September 18, ARCHIBALD BORELAND, aged 49 years, 3 months and 4 days.
         Brother, why do we mourn for you?
         You only died to live again
         Where there's no pain--in realms
         Apart from our embrace; to dwell
         With Him who doeth all things well.
         And thine whose love you shared,
         Will follow soon the dreary path
         Through death's dark valley,  
         To meet you in eternal bliss
         At God's right hand.     M.E.S.



26 December 1866

DEATH OF CAPT. J.S. SUTOR. We unintentionally neglected last week to mention
the death of this excellent young man; on the 14th, from accidental injuries
received upon the West Penn'a Railroad, of which we have already made mention.
CAPT. SUTOR was one of the most worthy young men of our town. He served with
honorable distinction during nearly four years of the late war. In private life
he was respected and beloved by all who knew him, and his death is sincerely
regretted by the whole community.

A FIRE. On last Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, the house of MR. JAMES
ANDERSON, in this place, was discovered to be on fire, in the upper story. The
family had retired, but were fortunately awakened in time to escape, the upper
part of the house was badly injured before the fire was subdued. A young woman,
living in the family, had all her clothing destroyed, and she came very near
losing her life. Missing one of the children, who she thought was still in bed,
she made haste to seek it up stairs, and while prosecuting her researches, she
was overcome by the heat and smoke, and sank into a corner, where she was
afterwards found, in a state of complete prostration. She was promptly cared
for and is again moving about. MR. ANDERSON'S loss amounts to several hundred
dollars. The fire originated in a small room in which clothing was kept, and
its cause is unknown. The old engine was brought into requisition and received
the credit of being the means whereby the house was saved from total
destruction.