The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-04-12
Miscellaneous News Items.

Cy" A singular disease is prevailing at
Woods Hole, Mass, and other localities
among the cattle.
CZ3@ Jack Reynolds was hanged in New
York on Friday for the murder of Mr..
Townsend.
szy- The trial of Mcfarland for the muir
der of Albert Richardson, in New York, is
now i'll progress.
.z3" 4 large whislley house in Cincinnati
has an agent whose daily sales when on the
road would average ten thousand dollars.
Cz3- A lad eleven years of age has been
arrested in Baltimore, on charge of in
cendiarism.
Is A little girl died suddenly last week
at Pittsburgh, from over cXertion i'll jump
ing the rope.
C537 The President has signed the joint
resolution directing an investigation by the
Secretary Of the Navy Of the OHe1d0 disas-
ter.
C13~ Last week a young man walked from
Baltimore to York, distance Of forty-eight
miles, between sunrise and sunset, on
wager Of $40.
~ There is being finished at the Scott
Works, i'll Reading u gun for the French
Government, which the patenter claims
will throw bali twelve miles.
%" 4 Baltimore ftnancier intimatcs his
intention in the event Of the Funding bill
passing, of purchasing $25OOOO worth Of
the new bonds.
Ca3" Several cases of smallpox have ap-
pcared at Holyyoke, Mass. The original
case was from infected rags i'll one OF the
paper mills.
| ~ E. &. Dickcrson young man living
| in Newark, accidentally poisoned himself
by taking an overdose of tea, made from
the yellow jasmine. He lived but short
time.
g:t" A man recently jumped off train
while at full speed near Hackensac river,
on the New Jersey Railroad, to recover his
hat. The cherished "stovepipe" and the
man S neck are both safe.
Lzz3~ The Philadelphia and Reading rail
road company have reduced the wages of
machinists 10 per cent, and the wages OF
laborers have been lowered 10 cents per
day.
C8y~ George B. Porter was killed in Utica,
n. Y, on Saturday week during game
Of cards, by Amos B. Stafford and Hugh
> Mallon. Moral: never play cards fol
money or drinks.
C5Y- A murderer was recently detected il
Ohio by the prints which his teeth made il
the arm of the woman he murdered. Den
fists took a cast of his mouth, and tried
them on the bitten arm. They were pecu
E,, hut Ii++o1 Io i,,Io tot nHontlNy
C53~ The brig S6BOrita, of Baltimore, ar
rived, on the 8th from Mayaguez, and re-
ports on March 81, while at sea, William
Howard, colored cook, killed John Nor
teimar, sailor, threw him overheard, anC
then jumped after him.
On the Sth inst, two men in Cleveland
entered the Savings and Loan Association
Bank, and while one engaged the Cashie
in conversation, the other quietly went tt
the vault and took therefrom $50, 600 il
cash. Immediate pursuit was made anC
the rascals were arrested and the money al
: recovered.
Uzy" A man, while ing on Indial
Head Pond Mass, few Us ago, using
six inch perch for bait, got a bite from {
, half pound pickerel, but before he coult
, draw in his line, the hook, bait picllerel an,
all were swallowed by another big felloy
weighing four pounds, and all were safel
landed. How is this for fish story?
, C5g- About midnight on Saturday last
band of Ku-Kl made an attack upon
negro village near Mt. Sterling KY, anC
regular battle ensued, which resulte
ina couple Of Ku-KluX being slightly wour
5 ded and captured and the rest being drive
l.. off. The prisoners begged the negroes TO
!, mercy, and the negroes let them go.
S Ley The westward bound passenger trai
g which left Quincy on Saturday night, o
: the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railrord, o
= the 4th met with serious accident abor
l twenty-four miles from Quincy. Tw
n passenger and one sleeping car We're throw
f from the track down steep embankmer
n and completely demolished. Twenty-fiv
h passengers were more or less injured, tW
g of them fatally.
4 gdB- Another attempt was made last MOI
day to tn row train from the track, b.
j. tween Philadelphia and Bristol, on the !
= Y. Road, by placing an iron rail across Il
a track. fortunately the engineer saw it j
r time to prevent an accident. This is IL
| second attempt to destroy train on thu
:, road, at near the same place. Some persC
~ 4Iora aNziJant1u naa1n honRiun