The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-08-23

diana, few days ago, the little daughter
of Daniel Duffin, aged three years, while
playing near the door of its parents, was
seized by a voracious hog, and dragged
off to several hogs, which commenced tear
ing the child to pieces. The endeavors
made by the mother of the child were un-
successful, but some gentleman passing
finally rescued it, Not shred of clothing
was left on the body. In several places
great chunks of flesh were literally torn
out, leaving gaping wounds. There were
twenty-five frightful cuts and bites upon
the child's person. After lingering sever
al days the child died:
CB- The Waverly IN. W Enterprise
says:
A steer jumped from car loaded with
cattle, when just below Athens bridge, last
Wednesday. Thursday morning GUERIN
took car and engine and went after the
beef They were surprised to find the ami
mai lively as deer, not appearing to be
hurt in the least. After many attempts
to catch or drive him in an enclosure, he
finally espied the car, standing at the Tan
merry gangway for loading cars, and leaving
men, boys and dogs in the rear he quickly
loaded himself, to the complete satisfaction
of those interested.
Us" A woman named Melissa Blye was
taken from her bed recently, at COrtlandt,
New York, and striped, and tarred, and
feathered, by a party of roughs. The
cause Of the outrage was the charge that
Mrs. Blye had been indulging in criminal
connection with married man, of that
village, which so troubled his wife that she
committed suicide. An attempt was made
to serve the man the same way, but he sue
ceeded in making his escape. After this
outrage Mrs. Blye was carried to her home
on a portion Of house rake mounted on
the shoulders of the men.
g5g" A man named ]. G. Telfree lately
attempted to commit suicide at Muslcgan
Mich, under very singular circumstances.
He had been robbed of $152, his entire
capital, and seeing no use Of life without
money, fired two bullets into his body with
out killing himself. He then threw him
self into a river which was not deep enough
to drown him, crawled to the shore, cut his
neck with a blunt jack-knife, and was found
asleep in barn on the following morning.
He is not likely to recover.
cy" 1t is said there is sea beach at
Manchester, near Cape Ann, which is re-
markable for it's "musical tone" AS you
step briskly over it distinct and some
what clear shrill note is heard, which seems
to be upon the key of G of the treble scale.
By scraping or shutting the foot over the
sand the tone may be prolonged, and it is
! loudest where the sand is dryest. Hugh
Miller mentions similar phenomena on a
beach upon the coast of Scotland.
C8" A Paris tradesman sitting down to
dinner, surrounded by his children, saw be-
fore the plate of one little girl drop of
blood, and soon discovered others that were
dropping from the ceiling. Calling the
house porter, they forced open the door of
their neighbours room overhead, and found
a young woman who, having failed to de-
stroy herself by charcoal fumes, had open
ed the veins of her neck with razor. She
had been married but three weeks.
Eay- A father and daughter, who had
been separated for twenty years, were re-
Gently reunited at Maryville, Mo. When
the latter was only five years of age she
was removed to New Orleans by her mother
and from that time up to the date of the
reunion every effort to discover her wherea-
bouts on the part of the father met with
disappointment.
GT51 A man named Thomas Shea, of New
York, was struck over the eyes with a
broomstick, in the hands of one Robert
Monday, alias Mcclure, on Sunday, the 18th
inst. His death occurred on Tuesday, al
3 o'clock p. IN. Two large splinters from
the stick came out Of the woGnded eye Oh
Sunday morning.
g83 A mill-operative at Lowell stopped tc
compliment young girl upon her appear
ance. Her lover coming up at the moment
struck him in the head and knocked him
insensible. In future George will probably
be more careful and not attempt TO - chatr
young girls when their lovers are in sight
G5Y- Mrs. Lincoln has written to severa
members of Congress expressing her graft
tude for their votes favoring her annual
pension AS most any one would be CRATE
ful for $4,000 n year we can't see why hen
letter should be announced as anything SC
extraordinary.
Gay' A burglar was fatally shot by the
police at 2 o clock on the 18th inst, while at
tempting to force an entrance into the First
National Bank building at Carbondale.