Columbia Democrat And Bloomsburg General Advertiser

Mr. B. F. Reighard of the enterprising firm of B. F. Reighard & Bro. of Espy lost a very valuable horse in Bloomsburg on Thursday last. It seems that some persons were drumming on the street. and the horse became frightened and restive and began to kick and finally broke loose, and having broken the shaft of the sleigh in some way ran it through the hinder part of his belly, severing some large arteries, and in a few minutes bled to death.

We have often thought the drumming through our streets when scores of horses unused to such sounds are standing and driving through them, was a very great nuisance; and we hope that this may be a sufficient warning to prevent a more sad occurrence in the death of a human being.