Newspapers: Indiana Register (Sept 1859), Indiana Co., PA Contributed for use in the US GenWeb Archives by Sonya M. Barclay, MCHG@grove.iup.edu (SMB). US GENWEB NOTICE: Printing of this file by non-commercial libraries and individuals is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying this file to another site, requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other site. We encourage links to state and county table of contents. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Indiana Register, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Extracts September, 1859 6 September 1859 DIED. In Armstrong county, on the 9th ult., ISABELLA FITZGERALD, aged 63 years. --On the 27th ult., in Cherryhill township, MARY HUSTON, aged about 73 yeras. NEW HOUSE. --Our neighbor, ALEX. TAYLOR, ESQ., is erecting a neat brick dwelling house on his lot adjoining the new store house of McQuaide, Kinter, and Company. ALICK keeps up with the age and his new vuilding will be quite an ornament to that part of the town. THE FOUND BABY. There being a number of applicants for the pleasure of raising the little foudnling, noticed in our last, they resorted to drawing lots and MRS. WILLIAM EARL being the lucky one, the Overseers of the Poor gave her the baby. The demand for the article was greater than the supply. INJURED. E. CARPENTER, ESQ., of West Indiana, was considerably injured, one day last week, by a stroke from a handspike used in removing some of the timbers about a new building in the course of erection, and which, having been left with one end under a large piece of timber, was by some means thrown from its position, striking MR. C. forcibly upon his left breast near the heart. 13 September 1859 HONEY. One day last week, 'SQUIRE COLEMAN of this borough cut a "bee-tree" on his farm two miles west of this place, from which he obtained seven gallons of very fine honey. BEE-TREE. On last Friday night, MR. ABRAHAM MOORE, of this place, cut a large tree on his farm, about ten miles north of town, that contained a swarm of bees and from which he took about twenty gallons of very fine honey. Several honey combs measured six and a half feet in length. ACCIDENT. On last Wednesday, MISS SARAH McMULLEN of Centre township, while returning home from this place, was thrown from the horse, which she was riding and had her collar bone fractured. The unfortunate lady was taken to the house of MR. SAMUEL LOWRY, of White township, and surgical aid procured. She is recovering. LEG BROKEN. On last Wednesday, a young man named JOHN D. MEEKINS, of Canoe township, whilst engaged working on a clearing after night, had his right thigh broken, by a limb of a large tree which had been set on fire and burned down, and in its fall struck the young man with the above result. He is now lying at the hosue of MR. JOHN DEHAVEN, in Canoe township, and is improving slowly. MARRIED. By the Rev. W.S. Emery, on the 6th inst., MR. GEO. HILEMAN, of Brushvalley, to MISS A. LOUISA DORNEY, of Indiana. --On the 7th inst., by Rev. William P. Johnston, of Saltsburg, MR. HOUSTON HILE of Clarion county, to MISS ISABELLA ANN McCOMB, of Westmoreland county. --On the 6th inst., by Rev. D. Blair, MR. JAMES MITCHELL, to MISS LOUISA THOMPSON, all of this borough. DIED. On the 24th ult., in White township, MRS. SARAH HARBISON, wife of WILLIAM HARBISON, iin the 53rd year of her age. --On the (25th) ult., WILLIAM REESE, only child of REESE R. AND ISABELLA ELLI(S), of South Bend, Armstrong county, Pa., aged (19) months, 3 weeks and (5) days. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ISABELLA FITZGERALD. Fare thee well, my mother; fare thee well, we part in pain; But the light shines through our sorrow; Mother, we shall meet again. Where the wicked cease for troubling, where the weary are at rest, Where his head the loved disciple leans upon the Master's breast. Where the meeting has no parting that can break the heart of love, Where no shadows cross the threshold in our Father's house above. Where the family unnumbered, of the holy and the blest, Have no grave to damp their pleasures, have no toil to mar their rest. Mid the grandeur and the glory, mid the echoing songs of love, We shall meet again, my mother, in our Father's house above. -White township, September 5 -M.W. A LAMENT ON THE DEATH OF JOHN W. FOULKS [a very long verse, tagged "-A."] 20 September 1859 FINE APPLES. We received from MRS. SAMUEL KAUFFMAN, a few days since, a valuable present, in the form of some luscious apples of large size, several of which weighed a pound each, for which MR. K. will please accept our thanks. MR. K. is one of our best and most successful farmers, and always brings superior articles to market. A CURIOSITY. MR. JOHN M'QUILKIN, of Kellysburg, a few days since, sent us quite a curiosity in the vegetable kingdom. It is a small potato, not grown upon the roots of the stalk, as in usual and natural, but upon the vine itself, above ground. The specimen sent us is one of seven grown upon the same stalk, and although quite small, has all the characteristics of a large potato of natural growth and has about six inches of the vine attached. It still retains its freshness although the vine upon which it was grown has withered. FIRE. On last Tuesday, the dwelling house of SAMUEL HUEY, of Montgomery township, was destroyed by fire altogether with nearly all the household furniture in it. All the clothing of the family were burnt except what they had on at the time of the fire. The fire originated from a stove pipe running through the ceiling of the second story. The accidents sets severely on MR. HUEY at this time. The failure of crops and the high prices of provision in that township has placed many in narrow circumstances, and MR. HUEY is perhaps among those who have suffered the most from "hard times." SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. MR. GEORGE BOWERS, residing near the Stone House, in Pine township, has for some time past been troubled with a diseased leg. Recently mortification set in, and , on Saturday, lst, DR. JAMES McMULLEN of Mechanicsurg, assisted by DR. BARR, of Indiana, and DR. McMULLEN, of Greenville, amputated the leg above the knee. The portion of the limb amputated had already become a mass of corruption, and was swollen to four or five times its natural size. The operation was successfully and skillfully performed and MR. BOWERS has a strong prospect of recovery. THANKS. MR. GEORGE SIMPSON, of White township, will please accept our thanks for a fine lot of potatoes left at our office one day last week. GEORGE is noted for bringing to market some of the best produce the county can afford. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., by J.Y. Smitten, Esq., MR. JNO. [SIC] MOGUL, and MISS ELIZABETH RISHELL, both of Kellysville, Indiana county. --On the 6th inst., by Rev. C.L. Streamer, MR. HENRY LEWIS, of WEst Mahoning township to MISS ELLEN STEER, of Smicksburg. --On the 15th inst., by Rev. W.T. Johnson of Saltsburg, MR. ROBERT J. GETTEMY, of Altoona, to MISS MARY E. MEARS, of Westmoreland county. --On the 14th inst., by Rev. J.C. Greer, MR. M. WILSON, of Mechanicsburg, to MISS C.K. GREER, of Westmoreland county. DIED. At the residence of MR. R.M. GIBSON, Elderton, ARmstrong county, Pa., on the morning of the 6th, MR. ABNER BERRYHILL, aged 21 years, and 10 months. LINES. Written on the death of JAMES CLARK, who died at the residence of his Father, in Montgomery township, April the 27th, aged about 28 years. [very long verse, tagged "-P." 27 September 1859 BIG TOMATO. MR. A. CLIFFORD REED, of this borough, left at our office, a few days ago, a tomato which weighs one and three quarters pounds. LARGE BEET. MISS AGNES M. DAVIS, of this place, has a beet growing in her garden, which measures 26 inches in circumference. Can any one beat it? THEFT. On last Thursday night some evil-disposed person entered the lot of MR. WILLIAM WEAMER, in Plumville, and stole therefrom various articles of clothing. Such petty villanies are becoming quite numerous throughout the county. DANGEROUS PRACTICE. --The boys of our town have been practicing pretty extensively walking on their hands and standing upon their heads. A little son of MR. DAVID ELLIS, a few days ago sprained his neck while engaged in thsi dangerous exercise. Last week we noticed the death of a lad from this cause. The practice should not be indulged in by the young, and parents should use every effort to suppress it. BEARS. A MR. BRICKLE, of Canoe township, a few weeks since, shot a large he bear. When discovered, bruin had just about finished a wholesome repast upon the carcass of a hog which he had killed, and having his appetite pretty well sated, he was sitting up erect upon his hind legs, and using his forepaws in the capacity of hands, was amusing himself by dandling the remains of hsi ill-gotten feast in the air. MR. WILLIAM STEWART of Plumville, and a MR. BEATTY of Montgomery township, about two weeks ago, while out coon hunting one night, succeeded in killing a large she bear. These "vermin" are becoming quite numerous in the north of this county. A party of hunters, we understand, gave chase to four of the "pesky critters" one day last week. ACCIDENT. On the 24th inst., MR. DAVID HAMILTON, of East Mahoning township met with an unfortunate accident by being thrown from a sled against a stone pile, and fracturing his skull. MR. H. was returning from a field which he was plowing, when the horses took fright and upset the sled with the above result. Little hope is entertained of his recovery. DIED. At No. 46 Broomlands, Paisley, Scotland, MRS. SUSANNA RICE, in her 60thyear. --On Monday, 12th inst., at his residence in Esat Berlin, Pa., MR. WILLIAM HILDEBRAND, aged 63 years, 7 months and 10 days. --At his residence in White township, on the 21st inst., of Typhoid Fever, MR.WILLIAM LOUGHREY, aged upwards of 45 years. --At his residence in this borough, on Tuesday evening, 20th inst., MR. H. THOMPSON, in his 74th year.