The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-01-04
Miscellaneous News Items.

C1y- A railway train was struck by an ava
lanche on Mount Gents and thrown over a
precipice.
&c A Pair of twins were recently born
on q railroad train. Their mother said il al
ways did make her sick to ride in the cars.
CB A negro girl, Ia years of age, is un-
der arrest in Salisbury, Md, charged with
killing an infant intrusted to her care, by
giving it Kerosene oil in its milk.
c:y- A man in Concord, N. H., became
insane on being told by his counsel that his
wife would probably succeed i'll her apph-
cation fora divorce.
E53" The wife of respectable citizen uf
Altoona, ILL.,, was recently detected stealing
apples from the cellar of a neighbor. She
was dressed in male APPAREL when caught.
GSY- Burglars entered the Lumbermans'
Savings Bank, i'll Bangor, Me-. on Sunday
night, but got nothing, the safe resisting
ALI their efforts.
egy- Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has returned
to New Orleans AIMED with new weapons
and supplied with abundant ammunition to
resume hostilities against her adyersaries i'll
her celebrated suits.
at Columbus, Ohio, took the smallpox and
was sent to the pest house. He escaped
theretrom, and now none of the officers seem
inclined to look very sharp after this Sharp.
c5Y- On Sunday envcning, the 2Gth ult.,
Eastern California and Nevada were visited
by the heaviest earthquake ever expert
cnced in that section. 1t was felt over
large extent of country.
s1s~ David Joseph, Cincinnati merchant,
has been arrested and take II to New York,
charged with obtaining $50, COO worth of
dry goods from Clatlin q Co., of the latter
city, by means of false representations.
ESy" A young man, named Case, playing
with carbine at Newton, Iowa, on the 18th
ult., shot two boys. The ball entering the
brain of one killing him instantly, and into
bowels of an elder brother standing by, who
died soon after.
E1$r Two well-dressed young men entered
jewelry store in Fourth avenue, New York,
on Christmas eve, asked to see some rings
suitable for presents, and upon being shown
n tray containing about two hundred and
fifty dollars worth, knocked the storekeeper
insensible and made off with the rings.
ezay- Martin Mcclure, awaiting trial for
the murder of his wife, last summer, hung
himself in the Jail at Har, ford last week,
He was to be tried this week. He left
letter, making requests about the DISPOSE
ton of his property and the care OF his
children.
Cg- Upton Qnd.) young ladies have set
their faces against young men who use to-
bacco, play billiards, euchre or poker, in
1nl luni 10 Ia LAGER hppr
key or late hours.
Though we don't do any of these things
we would not object to them set their faces
against ours, if they come one at a time.
Ey" Mr.. George Mountjoy, one of the
notorious Whiskey Ring, who has long
been known to have been engaged in de-
trauding the revenue, was, last week, i'll
the United States District Court, sentenced
by Judge Cadwalader, to Imprisonment for
two years, and to pay fine of three thou
sand dollars In default of payment of
this sum he is to receive an additional year
in the penitentiary.
tY- A stevedore named Robert Budd,
while in fit of temporary insanity, caused
by the excessive use of liquor, entered an
office in Galveston Texas, on the 18th ult.,
and said, ~ am going to kill myself" One
vi 'hO "ItShooheS, 'oppooiii5 ""' " J"'A.s1
REPLIED "Well go out of doors-don't
make dirt in her" He answered, "No,
I'll do it here" and s,liting the action to
the word, sat down, placed the muzzle of u
pistol to his mouth, and killed himself in
stantly.
edS- A Christmas party of dancers, num-
bering about 200, at Greene, r. l., were
precipitated from the second floor to the
cellar by-th1e floor giving away, the force
being SO great that the first floor gave way
also. Several coal oil lamps went down
with them, but were fortunately extin.
guished by the fall. The most remarka-
bic part of the occurrence is that no per-
son was killed, and only three orfour bad
ly injured. Nearly half an hour passed
before the persons were all got from the
ruins.
Gas- The lawyers, at least a select few of
them, are just now going into ecstaces over
a case which promises them a mint of
money In 1904, one Peter Calyer died at
Greenpoint, and left life interest in his
farm to two of his sons, Peter and Jacobus.