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October 4, 1860 A sad accident occurred in the vicinity of Easton, in this State, on the 25th ult., by which a Mr. Leastner, a farmer, and his two sons lost their lives. It was at a cider mill; they have a very large tank to put the cider in for fermentation. The tank leaking, … Read more
August 2, 1860 Fatal Mistake. – Mrs. Myers, wife of Mr. John Myers, of Rayne township, Indiana country, who had been for some time in delicate health, used as a remedy a tea made of a green plant, known to botanists as Pipsissiwa, which grows wild in the woods. Going out on last Thursday to … Read more
June 7, 1860 Finally Committed. Hamilton and Helfright, whom we noticed last week, as having been arrested on the charge of being the persons who broke into the store of Gen. B. F. Bell, at Bell’s Mills, last winter, were brought before Esquire Cherry on Thursday last, for a second hearing. One of the railroad … Read more
April 5, 1860 Walter C. Roe, junior partner of the firm of D. R. Miller & Co., proprietors of the Logan House, in this place, died at 8 ‘clock on Sunday afternoon last. He had been confined to his room for some six weeks with disease of the heart. About a week previous to his … Read more
January 26, 1860 The Harrisburg Telegraph says a child of Mr. Cowden, of that place, aged about four years, died on Sunday last, from that terrible disease, hydrophobia. On Wednesday week the house of Mr. Michael Garrity, near Locke’s Mills, Mifflin county, was destroyed by fire. Two children, aged five and ten years, perished in … Read more
The County’s First Fifty Years Celebrated in a Grand Jubilee at Hollidaysburg. Blair county awoke from a repose of 50 years, on Thursday morning of last week, and the proceedings of military and Grand Army day of the county’s semi-centennial celebration were of a brilliant and most successful character. Hollidaysburg, a quiet, ancient and pretty … Read more
Rev. F. L. Nicodemus Meets With a Fatal Accident in Philadelphia The Philadelphia Ledger of January 21, says: The Rev. F. L. Nicodemus of 2154 North Seventeenth street, widely known in Pennsylvania as a minister of the denomination known as the Church of God, died in the Jefferson hospital yesterday morning, as announced in … Read more
JANUARY. 3. Dr. J. T. Christy, Altoona. 6. James R. Patton, Hollidaysburg, aged 84 years. 7. Mrs. Mary Brooks, Duncansville. 8. Dr. Charles Oelling, Woodbury, aged 75 years. 12. Mary Geesey, Reservoir, aged 60 years. 14. Miss Amanda Barkman, Bedford county. 15. Mrs. Stepehn Sigel, Clearville, Bedford county, aged about 80 years. 21. Mrs. Benjamin … Read more
MAY. 8. Hon. C. W. Ashcom, Everett, aged 75 years. 22. Dr. D. W. Bonebreak, Martingsburg, aged 53 years. 25. Mrs. Mary Smith, Woodbury, aged 78 years. JUNE. 4. Mrs. Amelia Thompson, Birmingham, aged 54 years. 9. Daniel R. Imler, Woodbury, aged 61 years. 11. Andrew J. Woodcock, Waterside, aged 70 years. 13. Mrs. W. … Read more
The following is the list of deaths published in this paper [The Martinsburg Hearld] during 1894. The Death Roll of 1894: Loved Ones Who Have Passed Away During the Last Twelve Months. Jan.-April JANUARY. 3. Mrs. Sarah Davis, New Paris, Bedford County, aged 104 years. 5. Louis Schafer, near Martinsburg aged 65 years. 7. … Read more