Deaths from the Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., Pa. HOENSTINE - May 16th, in the vicinity of Claysburg, Catharine, consort of Henry Hoenstine, aged 24 years, 8 months and 26 days. Wed. 29 May 1878 issue. BURCHINELL - Miss Kate Jackson Burchinell, daughter of the late Thomas Burchinell, died at the home of her mother, this borough, on Thursday morning last, aged seventeen years. Her decease was quite unexpected and fell with crushing force upon those who loved her. We deeply sympathize with them in their multiplied affictions. Wed. 5 June 1878 issue. LASHLEY - George W. Lashley, who recently died in Bedford county, was the heaviest man in the county, weighing over four hundred pounds. Wed. 19 June 1878 issue. ETTIER - Isaac Ettier, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad was ground to pieces by his train on Sunday last. The accident occured below Elizabeth Furnace, and portions of the remains were scattered along the track for two hundred yards. Whether he was knocked off by tramps is not determined. Some of the circumstances would seem to indicate foul play, but we presume the truth will never be known until the final consummation of all things. Mr. Ettier leaves a wife and six or eight children. Wed. 19 June 1878 issue. SWARTZ - DEATH OF JOHN SWARTZ, ESQ. - At an early hour of Friday morning last, John Swartz, Esq., one of the most prominent and highly respected citizens of Altoona, passed away to that rest which remaineth to the people of God. On the previous evening, while sitting in the tailor shop of Jacob Snyder, he complained of feeling unwell, and was removed to his home, where he soon after lapsed into unconsciousness, in which state he remained until death came to his relief. His death was caused by paraylsis, of which he had previously had two attacks, the third, as it almost invariably does, resulting fatally. The following particulars we extract from the Tribune: Mr. Swartz was born in New Buffalo, Perry county, Pa., on the 24th of November 1822, and was consequently 55 years, 6 months and 21 days old. His father was a farmer at New Buffalo. The "squire" subsequently removed to Duncannon, several miles down the river, where he engaged in the drug business, and was elected a justice of the peace. He has a brother, a merchant in that place now. From Duncannon, early in 1864, he came to Altoona, and entered the office of Hon. John Reilly, superintendent of transportation of the Pennsylvania railroad, where he had ever since been employed in the responsible and mentally laborious position of "loss and damage" clerk. He served one term in the City Council, representing the Third ward, the second year being elected president of that body. He declined to be a candidate afterward. "Squire Swartz", though in life laboring under the misfortune of a physical deformity, was blessed by nature with a brillant mind, and the responsible position he occupied was the best proof of the confidence of his employers. He was a generous, affable, whole-souled gentleman, and his sudden taking off will be deeply regretted by his countless friends and the community generally. He was a man whose deeds were not trumpeted forth to the world, but he rather obeyed the injunction, "Let not thy left hand know what the right hand doeth". Peace to his ashes. Wed. 19 June 1878 issue. M.S.