The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-06-14
Miscellaneous News Items.

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nest, which the little thief had stolen from
him.
G3S- A firm in Rockland, Me-, is said
to have shipped to Boston and Portland,
during the months of March, April and
May, one hundred tons of live Holsters.
CB- Suncook now claims the largest cot
ton mill in New England, the China Mills,
upon either of whose floors regiment of
infantry or of cavalry could parade and
manDuvre.
GB" The Mat,Tm0nidI Ne,cs is the name
of four-cent weekly just started in London
which is said to contain more than two hun
dred announcements from candidates for
marriage.
%" Mrs. Anne Holmes, was thrown down
one hundred steps on the Jersey Heights,
by her drunken husband on Saturday and
died of her injuries next day.
t3y- In Paris, workman drinking with
companion, offered to bet that he could
kill him with single blow of his fist
The bet was accepted, the blow dealt, and
the man fell dead.
"a At Galesburg, ILL.,, a female school
teacher whipped a little boy eight years old
severely, and then compelled him to stoop
over, resting his forefinger on the floor for
half an hour. The result was, the child
was rendered insane.
G3@ At Deerfield Conn.,, on the 9th inst,
two lads, named Little and Bean, aged
respectively ten and five years, during the
absence Of their parents, found an old mus
ket, which the elder boy discharged, blow
ing Off the head Of the younger one.
EIy" A Missouri newspaper claims that
the hogs of that State are so fat that in Or
der to find out where their heads are, it is
necessary to make them squeal, and then
judge by the sound.
/ ESY- A New Hampshire Irishman became
frightened while being lowered into deep
well the other day. and cried out to the
men above that if they did not haul him
up he'd cut the rope. To save the rope
they hauled him up.
EF The bottom of freight car, loaded
with II horses gave way few days ago on
the Hudson River Railroad while the train
was in motion, and the accident was not
discovered till the next station was reached.
The consequences were naturally very un-
| pleasant to the horses.
| e5y- The captain of a steamer which ar
rived at New York, from London, re-
ports that two of her passengers, both of
them strangers to each other, and at differ
ent times, committed suicide by jumping
into the sea. One of them was a religious
enthusiast, named VIM. A. Taffee, and the
other an aged Frenchman, by the name of
| Etieene Stebein.
| tY- In Montana Ter, on the 9th inst,
the heaviest spring storm of snow and
rain ever experienced occurred. Snow fell
to the depth of five or six feet in the noun
tains, and the rain has been incessant for
! l..lr .tN1
The prospects for placer diggings could not
be better, and yield is expected this
season.
CB Surrogate Hutchings, last week,
granted letters of administration to the es-
tate of Sidney Oak Smith. who sailed from
Philadelphia on Dec. 10, 1869, as passenger
ON the ram atlanta, which he had sold and
was to deliver to the Haytien Government,
and which is believed to have been lost
with all on board. The Atlanta was last
seen off Delaware breakwater and proba-
| ly foundered at sea.
| g9Y- At Beach and Callowhill streets, in
Philadelphia, is dance-house, kept by an
individual named Finney McClurg. On
Monday night one of the females who there
resort engaged in an alteration with a man
whose name is at present unknown, and cut
him about the head with n tumbler. The
wounded man now lies in dangerous con-
dition, McClurg and the female who is
named Clementina Cummings, were arrest
ed, and committed to await the result of
the injuries.
Gdg- A few days since Mrs. Smith resi-
ding in East Brooklyn, was attracted by
the screams of child, sleeping in one of
the upper rooms of the house. AS she en-
tered the room large rat sprang from the
cradle and made his escape, and Mrs.
Smith discovered the child's leg mutilated.
A physician was called, but the child sick
ened and died in few days.
Mrs. Smith had taken poor woman to
live with her, who had child about the
same age as the one she had lost. This wo-
man left the child asleep for short time,
and, alarmed by hearing it scream, she
FASTENED to it, and found the rat just MAX
ing his escape. He had bitten the child Sc
verely in the neck, severing some of the
cords. This child, like the other. immedi-
ately siekened and died.
Gen. Il. NJ. Gregory, United States
Marshall, has announced the appointment
of the assistant marshalls for taking the
census in Philadelphia. We notice among
the appointments three col Ored men. In