Police Chief's Nose Torn

Herald of July 25, 1895

The Roaring Spring police chief was hurt in an accident at the factory while helping Dr. Garver connect a chain that had become disconnected from the elevator. While the chief was holding the hook, the chain suddenly started upward with great velocity. The hook caught the police chief’s nose in the left nostril, splitting it as neatly as if done with a knife.

While L. Wolf was mowing for C.F. Stapleton, he noticed a black descendant of the Garden of Eden gliding out of the grass. Wolf called to his assistant, J.W. Horton, who soon dispatched the snake. It measured 56-1/2 inches. Mr. Horton had killed four copperheads and two black snakes previously this summer, but still said it was not a very good year for snakes.

D.D. Morrell of Henrietta chaired a meeting of the directors of the Tussey Mountain Mining Co. A number of specimens of ore were exhibited by Samuel Kinney, superintendent of the mine, including some valuable silver ore that he found on the eastern edge of Tussey Mountain.