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Tri County Clippings- Page Two Hundred Eleven |
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Adelbert H. Gridley
A few days ago a most distressing accident occurred in Ulysses, Potter
county, by which Adelbert H. Gridley lost his life. The deceased
was about 14 years of age, a son of Lucius Gridley, and was out hunting
pigeons with some companions and on the way home stopped to rest.
After talking awhile the young man said he must go home, and grasping his
gun by the muzzle pulled it towards him as he rose from the ground.
The hammer caught on the ground or a stone, and the gun was discharged,
a charge of shot entering his left lung. The accident occurred about
11 o’clock. The forenoon and the young man lived till about 5 in
the afternoon, remaining conscious till the last. (Tuesday, May 11,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mahalia Bronson
In Westfield, on Sunday, May 2d, 1875, Mahalia, wife of A. R. Bronson,
in her 57th year. (Tuesday, May 11, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
BLACK - Mrs. Betsy Morgan [SRGP 06176]
In Sullivan, April 28th, 1875, Mrs. Betsy Morgan, widow of Mr. Dennis
Morgan, aged 74 years and 3 months. She rests from her labors and
her works do follow her. (Tuesday, May 11, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)[State Road Cemetery]
HALL - Mrs. Elizabeth Smith [SRGP 03065]
In Sullivan, May 1st, 1875, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, wife of Jasper Smith,
aged 68 years. She died in the triumph of faith in Christ.
(Tuesday, May 11, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
[State Road Cemetery]
Levi M. Rumsey [SRGP 06519]
In Mainesburg, May 2d, 1875, after a brief illness of typhoid pneumonia,
Levi M. Rumsey, an old and much respected citizen of the town, aged 53
years and 6 months. A bereaved widow and three sons and an only surviving
brother mourn his loss. But they sorrow not as those without hope.
For more than 30 years he had cherished an abiding faith in Christ.
(Tuesday, May 11, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
[Mainesburg Cemetery]
Samuel White
Samuel White, a prominent citizen of Ludlow, Mass., was bitten in the
thigh by a boar Saturday forenoon, and bled to death. (Tuesday, May
18, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Fielding
John Fielding, of Sohoes, NY, died on Tuesday from having a tooth pulled,
the bleeding from which could not be checked. (Tuesday, May 18, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Willard Hall
Hon. Willard Hall died at Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday, in the 95th
year of his age. He was a classmate of Hon. Horace Binney in Harvard
College. (Tuesday, May 18, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph Froser
Joseph Froser, colored, was hanged at Camden, SC, last Friday, for
the murder of Benjamin Cooper in December last. He confessed the
crime on the scaffold, and said he had murdered his wife and child and
a negro woman. (Tuesday, May 18, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Albert Young
A dispatch from McGregor, Iowa, says Albert Young, son of Senator Young
of Wisconsin, shot his father on Friday, and then committed suicide.
His father will survive. It is thought the son committed forgery,
and resorted to this means of covering it up. (Tuesday, May 18, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph Yeader
The Lock Haven Republican says: A young man named Joseph Yeader,
aged about 22 years, died on Monday night, under the most distressing circumstances.
The deceased, in company with several other young men had been drinking
very freely during the evening, and when the hour for retiring came they
were unable to help themselves. They were put to bed, and during
the night the young man Yeader, for some cause, strangled to death.
In the morning when his companions awoke, a sight met their gaze such as
they shall never forget. Death had entered their very room and taken
one. How powerful a warning! Will its warning voice be listened
to? (Tuesday, May 18, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
John C. Breckinridge
John C. Breckinridge is dead, of abscess of the liver and consumption,
leaves the saddest history of all the men of his time. Others have
hoped, and erred and failed, but none climbed so high in the morning of
a life of brightest promise, to fall so hopelessly. Of proud, Kentucky
lineage, gifted and cultivated to a degree that distanced common rivalry
and entering the councils of the nation when scarcely 30, after having
vanquished Governor Morehead and Leslie Coombs in the old Whig district
of Henry Clay, he was greeted by his party as the coming man, and at once
took the highest rank in political leadership. When but 34 years
of age he was the nominee of the then dominant party of the nation for
Vice President, and entered the chair of the Senate as the second officer
of the Republic before he had reached the noon-time of life. And
when the eventful days of the Buchanan administration had ended, he stepped
from the chair to the floor of the Senate, to wear the honors of Kentucky
as her leading Senator. Even when war came he was steadfast, and
sat in the extra session of that Senate the accepted the inevitable arbitrament
of the sword and marshaled the loyal people for the struggle. It
was in the capital of the country that had so highly honored him, sitting
as one of its Senators, that he heard of the disaster at Bull Run in the
first conflict of arms, and it cast his destiny against himself, against
his hopes, his patriotism, his honor. He was next known as a Confederate
commander, but ever distrusted and subordinated, and his stars were never
brightened by victory. Not until the Confederacy was tottering and
hopeless, did he command recognition, and then he became the Secretary
of War when the armies were wasted, and all resources were ended.
After a few months of vain effort to retrieve an utterly hopeless cause,
he sat in the last Confederate Cabinet and council of war at Charlotte,
and witnessed the death throes of the rebellion and the dissipation of
all the fond dreams he had so dearly cherished. Since then, broken
in hope, in health and in fortune, he has patiently waited for the night
that should close a life so full of mingled promise and bitterness.--Philadelphia
Times. (Tuesday, May 25, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Jesse D. Bright
Hon. Jesse D. Bright, ex-United States Senator from Indiana, died at
his residence in Baltimore last Thursday, of organic disease of the heart,
aged 63 years. (Tuesday, May 25, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
James M. Deise, Esq.
James M. Deise, Esq., District Attorney for Clinton county, died at
Lock Haven a few days ago. Mr. Deise was a very popular and genial
gentleman, and had been repeatedly re-elected to the office he filled.
He was a victim of consumption. (Tuesday, May 25, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Buckley Thompson
In Wellsboro, March 23, 1875, Mr. Buckley Thompson, aged 86 years,
5 months. (Tuesday, May 25, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Seeley Johns [SRGP 07598]
In Sullivan, May 17, 1875, Mr. Seeley Johns, aged 74. (Tuesday,
May 25, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) [Mainesburg
Cemetery]
Mrs. Arvilla Close
In Westfield, May 19th, 1875, of consumption, Mrs. Arvilla Close, wife
of Bernard Close, in the 19th year of her age. (Tuesday, May 25,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles d’Remusat
Charles d’Remusat, the eminent French author and politician, is dead.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mary Fogarty
Mary Fogarty, a servant girl, aged 23, mysteriously disappeared from
the residence of Postmaster Robertson, at Troy, NY, on the 10th of May,
while she was supposed to be sweeping the sidewalk. A week ago her
body was found in the river. The face was terribly mutilated, and
the body indicated that a fearful outrage had been committed on her person.
No clue of the circumstances of her death have as yet been discovered.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Elisha Cravens
Three brothers, named Hood, Elisha and Thomas Cravens, living near
Liberty, Mo., quarreled Saturday week about a division of land. Thomas
struck Elisha with a hoe, when the latter shot him through the heart, killing
him, and also shot and wounded the other brother, perhaps mortally.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. R. W. Wishart
D. P. Cloyd, one of the editors of the Dardanelle (Ark.), Independent,
shot and killed Hon. R. W. Wishart, a prominent lawyer and ex-member of
the Legislature, at that place last Thursday evening. The affray
was caused by some publication in the Independent reflecting on Wishart.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Edward F. Fisher
In Tioga, May 16, 1875, of disease of the heart, Mr. Edward F. Fisher,
aged 68 years. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lizzie Wood [SRGP 00599]
In Sullivan township, May 20, 1875, Lizzie Wood, daughter of Lemuel
Wood, aged 16 years. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) [Wood Cemetery]
Alice Stratton
In Blossburg, May 29, 1875, Alice Stratton, aged 20 years. (Tuesday,
June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John R. Horton
In Blossburg, June 3, 1875, John R., son of L. M. and Emma Horton,
aged 1 year. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Bridget Maher
In Blossburg, May 29, 1875, Bridget Maher, aged 16 years. (Tuesday,
June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Amanda Smith
At the residence of her son, Mr. O. A. Smith, of Marshfield, Mrs. Amanda
Smith, relict of the late David Smith, deceased, of Gaines, in the 86th
year of her age. Mrs. Smith was a woman of sterling worth--one of
those who came into the country in its earlier days and helped to build
it up to its present prosperity.--She was a native of New Haven, Conn.,
and moved to the county with her husband about 40 years ago, from that
time on doing her full share in subduing the wilderness. Her married
life was a long and eminently happy as well as useful one, only ending
after the lapse of 61 years, with the death of her husband some five years
ago in the 88th year of his age. She was one of a class of women
who are entitled to the highest respect for their unostentatious virtues
and practical usefulness, and she has fallen peacefully asleep at a ripe
old age in a blessed hope of immortality. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Adam Miller
Adam Miller, the well known school-book publisher, of Toronto, Canada,
dropped dead on Thursday--it is supposed of heart disease. (Tuesday,
June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Judge Martin Ryerson
Judge Martin Ryerson, late member of the Commission on the Alabama
claims, died at Newton, NJ, Friday morning, 60 years old. (Tuesday,
June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
James M. Sweeny
James M. Sweeny, brother of Peter B., and one of the defendants in
the latest suits against the Tweed Ring, died in Paris on Saturday week.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George O. Evans
George O. Evans, whose trial on a charge of fraud in the collection
of State claims against the General Government recently made considerable
sensation, died in West Philadelphia last Thursday week, aged 54.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles W. Sergent
Charles W. Sergent, Cashier of the New Hampshire Savings Bank and Secretary
of the New Hampshire Historical Society, shot himself dead on Tuesday week
at Concord. Temporary insanity was the cause. There is no suspicion
of a defalcation. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Hannah Rohm
Mrs. Rohm, the “fat woman” of Barnum’s show, died at her residence
in East Baltimore on Friday week. Her weight was 583 pounds, height
6’ 4”, with a span around the waist of 72 inches. She was born in
Licking county, Ohio, and her maiden name was Hannah Jane Duck. (Tuesday,
June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Phineas Rogers
In Covington, April 22d, 1875, Phineas Rogers, aged 39 years and 3
days. Mr. Rogers was widely known and much esteemed as a man of good
business qualifications and sterling integrity. He had hosts of acquaintances
and a large circle of friends. A devoted husband, a kind father,
a good neighbor, a worthy citizen, his loss is deeply felt by all, but
most of all by the loving wife and the orphan children. A loving
mother, and affectionate sisters mourn the loss of a friend to whom they
never looked in vain for aid and sympathy in the struggles of life.
Notwithstanding the urgency of their work on the part of the farmers, the
funeral was one of the most largely attended of any ever held in Covington.
Sermon by Elder I. R. Spencer, of Blossburg. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Benjamin Casbeer
In Farmington, Pa., May 17, 1875, of consumption, Benjamin Casbeer,
aged 28 years, 11 months and 20 days. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Catherine Casbeer
In Farmington, Pa., June 8, 1875, at the residence of her son, of dropsy,
Mrs. Catherine Casbeer, aged 88(?) years. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William R. Simmons
In Brookfield, June 6, 1875, by accidental drowning, William R., infant
son of Andrew J. and Martha Simmons, aged 18 months. (Tuesday, June
1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
It becomes our painful duty to announce the decease, on the 1st of
May, 1875, of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, wife of Jasper Smith, aged 68 years.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lizzie Wood
On the 19th of May, 1875, Miss Lizzie Wood, daughter of Lemuel and
Emma Wood, in the 16th year of her age. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Col. James McCoy
Col. James McCoy, of Gen. Sherman’s staff, died of consumption in New
York on Saturday. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William Hill
William Hill, a colored man well known to our local readers, died in
this village last Saturday morning. He had been unwell most of the
past winter, his disease finally resulting in dropsy. Nobody seems
to know much of William’s nativity or antecedents, though he claimed to
have served in some capacity in the Union army for three years during the
war. Whether this claim was well-founded is not known, for William
was gifted with an exuberant imagination and sometimes “drew the long bow”
vigorously. He made his appearance here soon after the war, and since
that time has been a resident of the village, doing such odd jobs as fell
in his way. At the fire on the 1st of April, 1874, he claimed to
have lost several hundred dollars which he had in his vest pocket and which
he intended to have insured the next day! Notwithstanding his popular
sobriquet--- “Sweet William”--he lived and died a bachelor. He was,
in his way, a useful and certainly a harmless member of society.
Peace to his ashes! (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Charles Copestick
Mr. Charles Copestick, of Delmar, departed this life last Sunday morning
at 6 o’clock. For several weeks past he had been suffering from a
nervous difficulty resulting in insomnia, and for the last three weeks
his disease presented the symptoms of hydrocephalus. Mr. Copestick
was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, in 1810. He came to this
country in 1832, settling first in Philadelphia, where he followed his
trade as a machinist for a few years. He was employed to run a locomotive
on the Camden and Amboy railroad between New York and South Amboy about
1833, when railroading was in its infancy. He came to Tioga county
in 1837, and purchased a farm in Delmar. He did not remain long at
that time, however, but went back to Philadelphia the next year, and was
engaged for four or five years in running a steam engine in a large manufactory
there. Finally, he left the city for good and came back to his Delmar
farm, where he has since resided, wining the respect and good will of all
his neighbors. Mr. Copestick never, we believe, filled any office higher
than that of School Director, but he took a lively and intelligent interest
in public affairs, and conscientiously discharged every duty of a good
citizen. He was a man of strong individuality, of more than average
intellectual ability and of considerable reading. Some 14 or 15 years
ago he lost a promising son by a painful accident, and the sad event cast
a shadow over the latter years of his life; but notwithstanding this he
was ever a genial companion, and his conversation was always entertaining
and suggestive. He leaves a widow and six children to mourn the loss
of a kind husband and father. His funeral was attended yesterday
forenoon, when his old friends and neighbors joined his family in paying
the last tribute of respect to a good citizen and an honest man.
(Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Daniel G. Stevens
Mr. Daniel G. Stevens, of Middlebury, died at his residence last Friday
night, his disease being typhoid pneumonia. Mr. Stevens was born
in Vermont, July 14, 1816, being at the time of his death in the 59th year
of his age. His family moved to Middlebury when Daniel was but 11
years old, and he resided in that neighborhood during the remainder of
his life. Several years ago Mr. Stevens engaged in the manufacture and
sale of lumber and speculated somewhat in timber lands, in which pursuits
he amassed a comfortable fortune. Later in life he settled down on
a valuable farm near Middlebury where he built one of the best farm-houses
to be found in the county. At one time he held the office of County
Commissioner, the duties of which he discharged with ability and fidelity.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Tioga Grange, and his remains
were committed to the grave in accordance with the ceremonies of that Order.
Mr. Stevens was a good citizen; and in his private relations he was not
less worthy of respect and esteem. For many years he had filled the
place of a cherishing father to a couple of unfortunate brothers.
He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his loss; but they are not
the only mourners, for his neighbors will long miss him from his leading
place in the community. The funeral services were attended at the
Hammond school house Sunday afternoon, the audience being very large and
Mr. Alvord, of Whitesville, NY, preaching the sermon. It is not a great
while since Mr. Ezra Stevens died, and quite recently Henry Stevens, a
cousin of the brothers Ezra and Daniel, was also taken, thus depriving
Middlebury of three most valuable citizens all belonging to one family.
The older residents of that place may well feel their recent loss keenly
and we understand they do. (Tuesday, June 1, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Salvador Cartereal
A duel took place in Havana on the 4th instant between Dr. Algernon
Sydney Curtis, of New York, and Salvador Cartereal, a tobacco merchant
of Havana and New York. The combatants had been intimate friends
for many years, and lived together in New York. The Spaniard accused
the American of seducing his wife. A challenge to fight, without
success followed, and at the fifth exchange of shots the doctor fell.
The Spaniard supposing the doctor dead, re-loaded his revolver and blew
out his own brains. Dr. Curtis is seriously wounded, but may recover.
He is under police surveillance. (Tuesday, June 15, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Daniel O’Brien
The Register says Daniel O’Brien, a young man 20 years of age residing
on his father’s farm one mile west of Covington, fell dead from heart disease
last Tuesday morning, while at work. (Tuesday, June 15, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
The Rev. Dr. Lore
The Rev. Dr. Lore, editor of the Northern Christian Advocate, died
at his residence near Auburn, NY, Sunday morning, of paralysis. (Tuesday,
June 22, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
McKee Smith
McKee Smith was killed in a drunken row near Driftwood on the night
of the 9th inst. (Tuesday, June 22, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Alonzo Simmons
Alonzo Simmons, one of the oldest and best known citizens of the town
of Reading, NY, died at his residence in Reading Center, on the 5th inst.,
at the age of 77 years. He was one of the veterans of the war of
1812. (Tuesday, June 22, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Roswell Webster [SRGP 05003]
In Richmond, May 7th, 1875, Roswell Webster, an old and respected citizen
of Sullivan, aged 85 years, 9 months and 10 days. (Tuesday, June
22, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) [State Road
Cemetery]
Rev. John Borden
Rev. John Borden, of Erwin Center, died on the 3d inst., of apoplexy
at the advanced age of 75 years. The Sunday morning before his death
he preached at Erwin Center. In the evening of the same day he attended
church at the same place.--On his way home he was attacked by a fit of
apoplexy and was unable to speak from that time, though he lived till the
next Thursday. Mr. Borden was a native of New Hampshire and had been
a resident of Erwin Center for the past 24 years. At the age of 19
he experienced religion and united himself with the Free-will Baptist church.
He engaged in the ministry at the age of 21, and continued its labors till
the time of his death. (Tuesday, June 22, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles Marsh
The Lockport Union has this item: A little boy, seven years of
age, named Charles Marsh, went after dinner to his father who works in
Johnson’s Threshing Machine Factory, on 18 Mile Creek, and as usual, Saturday
afternoon, remained playing about the shop. His boy’s curiosity was
excited by the movements of the machinery, and it would not do to look
at it, but he must touch it--which desire is understood, to more or less
extent, by everyone. Charlie passed around the shop with a piece
of rag in his hand, hitting this thing and that as he went by. A
spinning shaft attracted his attention and he touched it with the rag.
The rag caught, and so rapidly did the shaft turn that before the little
fellow had time to let go, his slight body was turned about the shaft,
his brains dashed out, and he was left a mutilated corpse on the floor.
(Tuesday, June 22, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William Keemer
A mob of about 125 men lynched a colored man named William Keemer,
at Greenfield, Ind., last Friday night. He was arrested in Rush county
for attempting to commit rape on a white lady, and was removed from Rushville
to Greenfield for fear of violence. (Tuesday, June 29, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
James Kane
At Long Island City, last Sunday afternoon week, two boys, named Patrick
McGee and James Kane, aged respectively 17 and 16 years, quarreled while
playing cards, and Kane was shot through the heart. McGee was subsequently
arrested in Greenpoint and held to answer. (Tuesday, June 29, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
M. W. Mason
M. W. Mason, inventor of the locomotive head light, is dead, aged 70.
He lived in Rochester. (Tuesday, June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William H. Dildine
William H. Dildine, a young married man, was killed near Troupsburg
Center, Steuben county, last week Sunday, while attempting to take his
child from its mother. Dildine and his wife had separated and the
latter, with her child, was living at the home of her parents. He
received three wounds from pistol shots fired by his wife’s brother, Eugene
Hendricks, a youth of 20. (Tuesday, June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Fred Gortner
One day last week Frederick Gortner was instantly killed by a piece
of timber falling on him, at a barn raising on the farm of Pierce Butler,
one mile from the borough of Muncy. He was about 55 years of age,
and leaves a large family. (Tuesday, June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Silas Allis
At Lamb’s Creek, Pa., June 19, 1875, of cancer of the stomach, Silas
Allis, aged 63 years. (Tuesday, June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John S. Reem [SRGP 85724]
At the Soldiers’ Orphan School, Mansfield, June 18, 1875, John S. Reem,
a pupil, of Holidaysburg, Blair county, aged 15 years and 6 months.
(Tuesday, June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Clarence Osgood
In Richmond, June 15, 1875, Clarence Osgood, aged 4 months. (Tuesday,
June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Matthew Smith
The Courier says that last Tuesday morning, as Mr. Matthew Smith--well
known in that business community--was driving to Bath, accompanied by his
daughter, his horses became frightened at the cars somewhere in the vicinity
of the residence of Seneca. Smith on the road to Savona, and turning
suddenly, Mr. Smith and daughter were thrown from the wagon and dashed
to the ground with such terrible force as to cause the death of Mr. Smith
in a short time after the melancholy occurrence. Miss Smith sustained
severe injuries in the nature of a fracture of the leg. (Tuesday,
June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles Smith
On Saturday evening, about seven o’clock, as Mr. C. Bacon and a man
named Charles Smith, were driving down Academy street, the bolt of the
whifletree broke, and the horse becoming frightened sprang forward, upsetting
the wagon and throwing the occupants heavily upon the ground. Mr.
Bacon was for a time unconscious, but finally recovered enough to drive
home. Upon examination Smith was found to be dangerously injured,
and as soon as possible was removed to the poor house in an unconscious
condition. Shortly afterwards he became very sick. About 12
o’clock he was taken with severe pains which lasted until five o’clock
the next morning, when he expired.--Williamsport Gazette. (Tuesday,
June 29, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sarah Ann Huss
Last week, as Sarah Ann Huss, of West Nottingham, Chester county, aged
about 60 years, was alone smoking her pipe, her clothes caught fire from
the latter, when she ran out doors in her fright, where she fell and was
found lying dead having died from her terrible injuries, all of her clothes
having been burned off her. (Tuesday, July 6, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Samuel Chubbuck
Samuel W. Chubbuck, of Utica, inventor and pioneer manufacturer of
telegraph apparatus, died last week of pneumonia, aged 76 years.
(Tuesday, July 6, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Hogan
John Hogan, a negro, was hanged last week Monday by a party of citizens
near Russelville, Ky., for attempting to commit a rape on two girls.
(Tuesday, July 6, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Col. E. B. Carling
Col. E. B. Carling, Quartermaster at Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory,
committed suicide last Wednesday night by cutting his throat. Financial
embarrassment complicating his official affairs is assigned as the cause.
(Tuesday, July 6, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Thomas B. Florence
Hon. Thomas B. Florence, formerly Member of Congress from Philadelphia
and afterward editor and publisher of the Constitutional Union of Washington,
and more recently proprietor of the Washington Sunday Gazette, died in
that city last Sunday night. (Tuesday, July 6, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Albert Brown
The negro, Albert Brown, who was convicted of the murder of a little
girl named Cora Greenleaf, in Canton township, Bradford county, last August,
was executed at Towanda on the 1st instant. The Reporter gives the
following account of the scene: The gallows was erected under the
direction of Avery Frink, Esq., of Montrose, the architect and superintendent
of the jail. It consisted simply of a hickory pole about 16 feet
in length, with one end securely fastened in the south wall of the jail-yard,
near the east side. Several supports were also placed under the pole
which contained near the end two pulley-wheels, through which the rope
was passed. At one end of the cord was attached a 400 pound weight,
suspended about six feet from the ground. The prisoner ate his breakfast
as usual that morning, and was afterward visited by the clergymen, who
remained with him most of the time up to the hour of execution. Just
before leaving his cell, he partook of a hearty dinner, and just as the
dial indicated 12 o’clock, he was led to the yard, leaning upon two of
his fellow prisoners, and preceded by Revs. Stewart and Chandler, and Sheriff
Smith. Approaching the gallows, he appeared as unconcerned and composed
as though he were the most innocent person in the world. Deputy Prothonotary
Buck read the death-warrant after which Brown was asked if he had anything
to say. He replied in a few brief remarks, admitting the crime, but
protesting that he was not responsible, and was willing to answer before
God for his conduct. He said he freely forgave all, and hoped to
be forgiven by God; said he had asked Mr. Greenleaf to forgive him, but
was refused forgiveness. His last words were: “I am willing
to die, and want to do so like a man.” Rev. G. W. Chandler then committed
the soul of the prisoner to the mercy of God, in a feeling prayer.
After shaking hands with the clergymen, Sheriff, and a few others, at 10
minutes past 12, Sheriff Smith adjusted the black cap and rope, and touching
the lever, Albert Brown was launched into eternity, and the demands of
the law satisfied. After hanging 22 minutes, life was pronounced
extinct, and the lifeless remains were placed in a plain coffin, and given
in charge of J. S. Allyn for interment. Notwithstanding the fact that the
execution was to take place within the prison walls to be seen only by
a limited number of persons, and that not a glimpse could be had from the
outside of the gallows nor of the proceedings within the inclosure, yet
the unusual occurrence brought to our town hundreds of people, impelled
by a morbid curiosity or attracted by the vain hope of seeing something
connected with the execution. The crowd, which, to their credit be
it said, were unusually orderly, consisting of both males and females,
gathered about the jail to the number of hundreds, and as the time for
the final consummation of the sentence approached, watched with anxiety
to catch, if possible, the sound which proclaimed that the dread sentence
of the law had been fulfilled, and that a fellow-being had been launched,
in an instant, from time to eternity. (Tuesday, July 6, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
General Francis Preston Blair, Jr., died at St. Louis last Thursday
night. He was a brilliant but rather erratic and imprudent politician.
For his services in the field he deserved the gratitude of his countrymen;
but his fame as a soldier was thoroughly darkened by his subsequent career
as a political leader. (Tuesday, July 23, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
O. G. Griswold
O. G. Griswold, a citizen of Port Jervis, NY, was killed by his step-son,
Ezra Huntington, who shot him with a pistol last week Monday, causing instant
death. There had previously been a fight between them, in which Huntington,
who was intoxicated, was beaten in a shameful manner and ejected from the
house. A few minutes afterward he returned and perpetrated the murder.
He made no attempt to escape, and was at once arrested. An inquest
was held, and a verdict of willful murder returned. (Tuesday, July
13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Robert N. Yerby
Robert N. Yerby was shot and killed on the steamer A. J. White, near
St. Louis Landing, Ark., last week Monday, by B. L. Oliver and his son.
The affair was the result of an old grudge. Young Oliver first shot
Yerby in the temple, and after he had fallen the elder Oliver fired upon
him. The Olivers then ordered the captain to stop the boat, which
was done, and they landed and escaped into the woods. (Tuesday, July
13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Brown
George Brown, the celebrated oarsman, is dead. (Tuesday, July
13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. E. A. Warner
Hon. E. A. Warner, ex-Member of Congress from Arkansas, died in Nevada
county on Friday week. (Tuesday, July 13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Frank Doud
A shocking murder was committed in Scranton last week Monday night,
the victim being a young man named Frank Doud, who was stabbed in the abdomen
with a butcher’s knife by a companion named Walter Whittaker. The
stabbing occurred on a public street in a locality known as Boone Hill,
where the murderer and his victim have resided for several years.
Doud and Whittaker, although boon companions, had been rival suitors for
the hand of a young woman named McNamara, to whom the murderer was especially
attached. In the afternoon they met, and indulged in a war or words,
during which the young lady’s name was freely mentioned. Doud declared
that he would take her away from all rivals, and this so incensed Whittaker
that he became desperate, and going to his home, armed himself with a butcher’s
knife, which he concealed in his boot, swearing that he would take the
life of Frank Doud as soon as he met him. They met in Washburne street
in the evening, when Whittaker plunged the fatal knife into his victim
and then ran off, leaving Doud lying on the road with his intestines protruding.
He died about midnight. The assassin fled to the adjacent woods,
and was closely pursued by the people of Boone Hill, who turned out and
gave chase, searching every house and nook in the neighborhood without
avail until Tuesday morning, when the fugitive was captured at Newton Centre,
about eight miles distant, and brought back to the city. He had a
preliminary hearing before Mayor McKune in the afternoon, and was committed
to await trial at the next term or court, to be held at Wilkesbarre, on
the charge of killing Francis Doud. The affair has created a good
deal of excitement in that vicinity. (Tuesday, July 13, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Isaac M. Singer
Isaac M. Singer, inventor of the Singer sewing machine, died in London,
Eng., on Friday evening, aged 64 years. (Tuesday, July 20, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lewis Thompson
Lewis Thompson, colored, who had brutally outraged and beaten a young
lady at Iuka, Mass., in May last, was taken from jail by a mob a few days
ago and hanged. (Tuesday, July 20, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Child Broderick
Patrick Broderick, in a fit of drunken devilishness, threw his own
child, a babe six months old, out of a third story window causing its death,
in the city of Philadelphia, on Saturday week. (Tuesday, July 20,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Sylvina Bacon
Miss Sylvina Bacon, of Pottsville, died at the residence of Mrs. Hoyt
Bacon, in Deerfield, on the 15th instant. Many residents of that
township will remember her with grateful affection for she taught school
there years ago. We understand she was about 50 years of age at the
time of her death. (Tuesday, July 20, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
J. W. McCrea
J. W. McCrea, of Mauch Chunk, stepped on a nail which penetrated his
foot.--He suffered terribly, having many of the symptoms of hydrophobia,
until death relieved him. (Tuesday, July 20, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Thos. Briggs
A young man named Thos. Briggs, son of John Briggs, of LeRoy township,
Bradford county, was kicked by a horse and horribly bruised, on Friday,
July 2, from the effects of which he died the following day. (Tuesday,
July 20, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lois M. Alexander
In Wellsboro, July 22d, 1875, of typhoid fever, Lois M., daughter of
John and Sophia C. Alexander, aged 14 years and 11 months. (Tuesday,
July 20, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Elizabeth Skelton
In Wellsboro, May 7th, 1875, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. George Skelton,
in the 65th year of her age. (Tuesday, July 20, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ashton Frost [SRGP 03476]
At his residence in Sullivan, July 2d, 1875, Ashtor Frost, aged 35
years. (Tuesday, July 20, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.) [State Road Cemetery]
Thos. A. Kenturd
On Tuesday night John Frawner shot Thos. A. Kenturd, a clerk in the
War Department, who Frawner charged with estranging his wife from him.
Kenturd died Friday night, and Frawner was arrested. (Tuesday, August
3, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Millard Richardson
Millard Richardson, founder and editor of the Galveston News, is dead.
(Tuesday, August 3, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Vicompte de Beaument Vassy
Vicompte de Beaument Vassy, the well-known French political writer,
is dead. (Tuesday, August 3, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Gen. Geo. E. Pickett
Gen. Geo. E. Pickett, died last Friday night at Norfolk, Va., after
a brief illness, aged 50. (Tuesday, August 3, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John McIver
John McIver, one of the proprietors of the Cunard steamship line, who
retired from business sometime ago, is dead. (Tuesday, August 3,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Commander Andrew Jackson Drake
Commander Andrew Jackson Drake, United States Navy, died Wednesday
night, at Newark, NJ. (Tuesday, August 10, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hans Andersen
Hans Andersen died of a cancer. There is universal morning in
Denmark at his death. Deputations from various parts of that county
and elsewhere in Europe attended his funeral. (Tuesday, August 10,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Cullen Harlan, Howard (the engineer)
A terrible explosion occurred on the farm of Mr. Ben Haskins, in Maury
county, Tennessee, Thursday morning. Mr. Cullen Harlan and a number
of hands were engaged in threshing with a steam thresher when the boiler
exploded, killing Mr. Cullen Harlan, Howard the engineer, and a colored
man instantly, and wounding seven others, two of whom will probably die.
(Tuesday, August 10, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
George Batty Blake
George Batty Blake, a well known banker of Boston, died last Friday.
(Tuesday, August 10, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, a son of the great Alexander Hamilton, died on
the 2d instant in New York, aged 90. (Tuesday, August 10, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Archie Kelley
A colored man named Archie Kelley was hanged on Friday at Selma, Ala.,
for killing Andrew Cunningham. (Tuesday, August 10, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Robert McFarland
Robert McFarland, financial editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer for the
last 13 years, died last week Monday night. (Tuesday, August 10,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Isaac Van Auden
Isaac Van Auden, founder and one of the present owners of the Brooklyn
Eagle, died on Wednesday at Poughkeepsie, aged 62. (Tuesday, August
10, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Margaret Ann Hunter
At Hills Creek, Pa., July 27, 1875, Margaret Ann Hunter, aged 15 years,
5 months, and 20 days. (Tuesday, August 10, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Hughes
In Blossburg, Pa., August 4, 1875, John, infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Hughes, aged 1 year and 2 months. (Tuesday, August 10, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Catherine Trahey
In Blossburg, Pa., August 4, 1875, Catherine, relict of James Trahey,
aged 41 years. (Tuesday, August 10, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Nathan Hall
Nathan Hall, collector of customs at Whitehall, NY, was found dead
in his room Wednesday evening. Apoplexy was the cause of his death.
(Tuesday, August 17, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Ex-Governor Wm. A. Graham
Ex-Governor Wm. A. Graham, of North Carolina, died of organic disease
of the heart at Congress Hall, Saratoga, Wednesday last. He went
there a few weeks since, and had been confined to his room four days when
he died. (Tuesday, August 17, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Horace Binney
Horace Binney died in Philadelphia last Thursday, aged 97. Mr.
Binney was the oldest member of the Philadelphia bar, to which he was admitted
in 1809, and was the oldest graduate of Harvard University, having been
graduated there in 1797. (Tuesday, August 17, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Frick
A sad accident happened last Wednesday at Marshfield, resulting in
the death of John Frick, a young man living at the Block House and aged
about 20 years. Mr. Frick was engaged digging a well for Mr. J. D.
Strait. Wishing to descend into it, and the bucket being down, he
undertook to let himself down “hand over hand” on the chain. Unfortunately,
before starting, he did not notice that one coil of the chain was still
on the windlass, and the result was, when he swung off the platform the
windlass whirled around, letting him down with a jerk and breaking his
hold on the chain. He fell about 20 feet, striking his right side
on the edge of the bucket. No bones were broken, but he was so severely
hurt internally that notwithstanding the best of care inflammation set
in, and he died Friday noon. Mr. Strait took the unfortunate young
man’s remains to his father’s residence at the Block House, and the funeral
service was held there on Sunday. (Tuesday, August 17, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Prof. Joel Parker
Prof. Joel Parker, the eminent jurist, died at Cambridge, Mass., last
Tuesday, 80 years of age. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. John B. Weller
Hon. John B. Weller, ex-Governor of California, died at New Orleans
last Tuesday, aged 70. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Dr. George Dock
Dr. George Dock, a prominent physician of Harrisburg, died at Clearfield
Tuesday week, after a long illness. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary Killerhouse
Mrs. Mary Killerhouse died in Kinderhook, NY, Friday night, aged 106
years, 2 months, and 9 days. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Benjamin T. Clarke
Benjamin T. Clarke, aged 79 years, died on the 14th instant, at Cazenovia.
He was widely known and highly respected. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles G. Finney
Charles G. Finney, for many years President of Oberlin (O.) College,
died suddenly last week Monday, at Cleveland, of heart disease. (Tuesday,
August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Prince Charles Theodore
Prince Charles Theodore, great uncle of the King of Bavaria, fell from
his horse on the 16th, while out riding in Naples, Italy, and was instantly
killed. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lieut. J. H. Chase
Lieut. J. H. Chase, of the regular army, died suddenly on board a pilot
boat, in New York harbor on the 16th, on which he had been cruising several
days for his health. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Commander George Morris, U. S. N.
Commander George Morris, U. S. N., died at Jordan, Va., last week Monday.
Commander Morris was in command of the Cumberland when she was sunk by
the Merrimac in Hampton Roads. (Tuesday, August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Samuel Henry
Hon. Samuel Henry, member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Cambria
county, was found dead on the railroad track near Jamestown last Thursday
morning. He is supposed to have fallen from a train. (Tuesday,
August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. John Young
Mr. John Young, of Blossburg, died at Troy last week Sunday.
He came to this country from Scotland about 40 years ago, and for many
years was superintendent of the coal mines at Morris Run. (Tuesday,
August 24, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Grove
George Grove, 86 years of age, was fatally beaten by corner loafers
on Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, on Thursday. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Abram & Female child Symonds
Abram Symonds, probably insane, killed his daughter with an axe, near
Kingston, and then killed himself, on Saturday week. (Tuesday, August
31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sir Edward Ryan
Sir Edward Ryan, Vice Chancellor of the University of London, is dead.
(Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Martin Grover
Martin Grover, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, died at his
residence in Angelica, NY, last week Monday. (Tuesday, August 31,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rev. Cyrus Nutt
Rev. Cyrus Nutt, 15 years President of the Indiana State University,
at Bloomington, Ind., died at that place last week. (Tuesday, August
31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Willis Nazary
Willis Nazary, Bishop of the British Methodist Episcopal Church of
Canada, died at Shelburne, N. S., last week Sunday. (Tuesday, August
31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Bayard Boyd
Bayard Boyd, of Baltimore, for many years paymaster of the Erie Railway,
died on the 16th inst., at Clinton, Illinois, aged 63 years. (Tuesday,
August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rev. Isaac Denman
Rev. Isaac Denman, a well-known Baptist minister, aged 80 years, was
killed at Lodi, Indiana, Saturday afternoon by being run over by a train.
(Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
G. W. Northrop
G. W. Northrop, a respected merchant of Tunkhannock, committed suicide
a few days ago by cutting his throat. Mr. Northrop was a brother-in-law
of Jay Gould. He had been suffering for sometime under a dyspeptic
melancholy. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
James V. Leach, Esq.
We regret to announce the death of James V. Leach, Esq., which took
place at his residence in Westfield last week Monday. As our readers
already know, Mr. Leach had been in failing health for many months before
his death, his disease being consumption. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ed. Kelly
Ed. Kelly, aged 15 years, residing two miles east of Addison, died
recently from the effects of inhaling Paris green while he was sprinkling
it upon potato vines. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Daniel Clark
Daniel Clark, of Campbell, Steuben county, died a few days ago, aged
nearly 92 years. He was one of the oldest residents of that place,
having lived there over half a century. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Charles C. Higgins
Mr. Charles C. Higgins, a prominent hardware dealer in Dansville, NY,
was recently found in a dying condition in the woods near that village.
A post mortem examination showed that he died from a partial softening
of the brain. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Richard Austin
Richard Austin, who had been a resident of Corning for more than 20
years, a tinner by trade, and for some years foreman at Walker & Lathrop’s
tin shop, committed suicide by hanging on Sunday week. He had been
out of work for some time, and was much depressed on this account, which
no doubt has much to do with his sad end. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Arthur Sanguin(?)
Arthur Sanguin(?), a lad about 12 years of age, met with a horrible
death a few days ago in the L. L. & Co.’s rolling mill at Scranton.
He was playing hide-and-seek with two other boys, and attempted to run
through a narrow place, when he was thrown headlong into the wheel-pit.
His head was struck by one of the ponderous arms of the wheel, which at
that time was making 85 resolutions to the minute, and he was killed instantly.
His body was swung around in the wheel, and thrown some 20 feet to the
other end of the pit, a limp and mangled mass with nearly every bone broken.
(Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Hon. Samuel Henry
A correspondent writes from Johnstown under date of the 19th instant
as follows: A gloom has been cast over the inhabitants of this county
to day by an accident to Hon. Samuel Henry, ex-member of the Legislature,
which resulted in his immediate death. Mr. Henry had been in Philadelphia
for several days past, and was returning this morning. He intended
to stop here a few hours, after which he meant to go to his home at Ebensburg,
several miles distant. He was in conversation with Conductor Hare,
of the Pittsburgh express, which arrived in this city at 4:12 a.m., and
hearing Johnstown announced as the next station, opened the door of the
car and stepped out, intending to get his baggage in readiness, which was
in the rear sleeping car. But just as he reached the platform, a
jolt of the train threw him suddenly from it to the ground with a great
force, literally splitting his head in two and causing the brains to ooze
out. His body was discovered on the track about two miles east of
here this morning. Mr. Henry was elected to the Legislature from
Cambria county on the Republican ticket in 1871, and took his seat in 1872,
serving three years. He was a young and promising politician, and
unlike a majority of politicians was thoroughly honest. He was a
man of ability, of high character and commanding reputation, and was deservedly
the most popular gentleman in the county. Previous to the accident
he was in high spirits. His life was insured in two companies for
$10,000, and on his person were found two traveling insurance tickets for
$3,000 each. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Wealthy Wetmore
In Wellsboro, August 27th, 1875, Wealthy, infant daughter of Job and
Jane Wetmore. (Tuesday, August 31, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
J. M. Turner
A duel was fought at Waco, Texas, last week in the dark, between Charles
Carrick and J. M. Turner. The distance was four feet, and the weapons
used were six-shooters. Three shots were fired, and Turner was killed.
The affair arose out of a quarrel on some trivial matter. (Tuesday,
September 7, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
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