The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-15
Miscellaneous News Items.

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g5y" Naturalization is to be made uniform
by Congress throughout all the States.
gY" A woman has been elected Justice of
the Peace in Jersey Landing township,
Illinois.
gB The Virginia Legislature met Fri
day and the Governors message was re-
ceived.
I5B" Smallpox is carrying offabout twen-
ty-five Indians day in the camps on the
1naras.
SY A resolution passed the House for
the payment of the balance of one years
salary for War Secretary to the family of
the late Mr. Rawlins.
Cg- Whisky frauds to the extent of two
million dollars are alleged to have been
committed by A. Stevens, an ex-revenue
officer, and number of business men in
New York. Stevens has been arrested.
G5Y7 H. Sale and Fred. Mohrnan publish
a card in the Chicago Tribune, saying they
are the makers of the Cardiff Giant, and arc
ready to make any number to order They
claim an interest in the present giant.
E5y7 For some time past it appears that
a large mount of smuggling has been
done through the mails. The discovery
was made at Chicago. Among the goods
seized were some addressed to Brigham
Young.
G1Y7 Judge Bedford in the Court of Cen
eral Sessions, denied the motion to transfer
the trial Of Mcfarland, for the murder of
Richardson, to the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner. The trial will commence on Mon
day, the 7th of March.
Gg They have a cat in Augusta, Me-.
which can open doors having glass knobs
and moreover, frequently with her paws
wipes moisture from the windows, or scIath-
es off the ice to enable her to look out and
see what is going ON.
G55" In the court of Oyer and Terminer,
n. Y, Judge Ingram charged the Grand
Jury to the effect that all agreements with
persons who have committed felonies not to
prosecute them if they return portions of
the stolen property are illegal, and the Of
tenders should be brought to trial.
Gay1 Several officers interrupted prize
fight, last week, in the basement of a liq-
uor store of Thomas Mutually, No. G27
Court street. About sixty men We're crowd
ed i'll the room, and it was impossible for
them to discover who the principals were.
Several of the ruffians We're arrested and
locked up.
ca" 1t is now currently reported that the
five men engaged in the Boyston Bank rob-
berry having failed to make through the
Boston detectives, satisfactory compro-
mise with the losers of the bonds, have di-
xyi1a1 thn ,,l11Df1ar he, +,,
about $4,000. The division is said to
have taken place at New York early last
week.
10" j. II. Clark, cutter in the wholesale
house of Moore, Loomis & Co., of St. Louis,
has been arrested for robbing his employers
Of goods to a large amount. The value of
the goods taken is not known, but $4,000
worth have been recovered. He was con-
sidered one of the best men in the estab-
lishment.
g95- Valentine Klein of Cincinnati, has
been arrested ON the charge of numbering
his own child, aged seven months. The
testimony before the Coroner showed that
Klien came home drunk, and when his wife
asked for money to buy bread for supper,
he became enraged and took pot of boil
ing coffee and poured it on the face and
bosom of the child which died of this
maltreatment in few hours.
C5Y A train coming north on the Utica,
Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Rail
road was uncoupled at Claysville, and two
passenger cars seized by Collector DeGraff.
A special train, carrying the President of
the road, Lewis Lawrence and Deputy Uni
ted Safes Marshall West was also seized.
The naSSnpOarS IUprn 1p1aUa6 about five
hours and were finally brought away by an
engine and some cars from the Utica and
Black River Road. The Southern mails did
not reach Utica until the next morning.
AS one night train was going through
Claysville stones were thrown at it. There
is intense excitement in Claysville and
throughout the town of Paris.