The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-06-07
Gbe Ginres, New Bloom1elo, ])o,

tdy~ At Virginia City, Nevada, three
inches of snow fell on the Goth ut. The
next day the wind was high, with OCCASION
al showers, and the day following, it froze
and rained.
G2S- 9. w. Ray, a printer, working in
the Pioneer Office, at St. Paul, fell out of
the third-story window of that office last
week and was found dead on the pavement
next morning. He was intoxicated.
US" In the Morris county, New Jersey,
Court of Oyer and Terminer, 30th ult.,
Thomas Halloran was sentenced to seven
teen years Imprisonment at hard labor for
the murder of his wife.
ETY- A Knoxville man had his .iaw-bone
broken by the explosion of n keg of ale
which he was tapping The strangest
thing is that his father was brought to his
bier by the same kind of element
G5Y Nine boys in Akron Ohio, the ring
leader 12 and the youngest years old
formed club for robbing a grocery store
where oranges, lemons and cocoanuts were
sold, and were only arrested after series
of successful depredations.
C53" William II. Vanderbilt, Vice Pesi-
dent, and some directors of the New York
Central Railroad, ran an express train last
week from Rochester to Syracuse 81 miles
in 81 minutes-the fastest time, it is said
ever made i'll America.
C1E3" The extraordinary case Of the trial
of a man on the charge of attempting to
commit suicide came up in Court at Wor-
cester, last week. John G. Dennis was az
raigned, a pro .f0rn1d verdict of guilty was
rendered, and the case was taken to a high
er Court on exceptions.
CE3-At Chicago last week, Mrs. Fredricl1
Moeller German woman, and five chill
dren from II years down to 2 years of age
were sufliocated, and an infant weeks old
was badly burned. Mrs. Moeller was alive
when rescued, but soon died. The baby
will recover. The fire was the result of
carelessness.
C53" The large plate of glass in front of
the post Office at Rochester was broken
on the 30th ult by stone by some persons,
who stole all the letters several hundred in
number awaiting delivery by the carriers.
Many of the letters were for business men,
bankers, &c. No clue has been obtained to
the theft.
C1y" On Wednesday morning three men
went to the house of Daniel and Neill
Mcleod, two brothers living in the wes-
tern portion of Cumberland county, North
| Carolina and murdered both of them.
| They also badly wounded the wife, daugh-
ter and son of Neil Mcleod. The McLeods
were peacable citizens, highly respected by
their neighbors.
CTg~ A wealthy gentleman of Yincetown
recently bought fine horse for his daugh-
ter, on which she frequently rode out, and
for which she had deep affection. The
father after time beginning to fear that
his daughter was growing EAST" sold the
horse to neighbor. The young lady was
ture one day, called him to her and cut his
throat. She escaped arrest by payment oi
damages.
U55" A man in Ohio recently killed thir
teen thousand seven hundred and eighty
four snakes in twenty acres of woods OF
his farm, and he says there are three time:
as many left. He is trying to rent out the
woods for picnic parties. and Sunday
school celebrations, but the people of tho
neighborhood have hardly any enthusiasm
for the place. They say they don't obiec
to snake or two here and there bu
when there are forty thousand on one syl
van glade therei is likely to be too,mucl
sociability.
gy- A young man in Connecticut went
fishing the other day, and, as he wanted tt
catch pickerel, he baited his hook with ;
small live frog. He sat up on an overhang
ing bank for four hours and never got
nibble. He couldn't imagine wha
was the matter until he happened to lool
over the bank, and there was that frog sit
ting on an old snag as comfortable a
possible! He had swan for this resting
place every time the fisherman thew hi
line into the water. The frogs i'll that Stat
are peculiarly intelligent on account 0
their original stock having come from TIN
pond in Boston Common.