The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-05-23
Miscellaneous News Items.

Bsy" A Down-east woman could not at
tend her fathers funeral because she was
so busy house.cleaning.
pY~ The chaplain of the Kansas
State prison is Mrs. Lydia Sexton, an old
lady 70 years of age
DsD~ Jennie L. Bruce has obtained
verdict of S3, ,173 from the Vermont and
Massachusetts, railroad at Worcester, for
injuries received on that read.
bas~ The liquor dealers of Williams
port, Pa, have formed an association for
protection against what they call the
" encroachments" of temperance.
Bay" Mercantile failures and great dis
tress are reported from Louisiana and
Texas in consequence Of the low price
of cotton.
B3s~ A contemporary says of very
prominent militia general, that his
sword was never drawn but once-and
then in a rattle"
BeIs" Four children of D. Owen, of
Wolfe creek, Ontagamie county, Wiscon-
sin, were poisoned last week, by eating
wild parsnips, and three of them have
died
Bay Edward Gilbert, aged 2S years.
was killed in Charlestown last week by
cooper's adze, which accidentally fell
upon his head while he was at work on
board vessel.
RsS~ Wednesday forenoon a young and
beautiful women neatly attired and wear
ing valuable jewelry drowned herself in
Lakewood Pond, Lewellyn Park, near
Newark. 1t is supposed that her name
is Gardner
BSS~ On Wednesday evening last,
man living in New York had quarrel
with his wife, and brought it to final
close by throwing her out Of the third
story window, breaking her back, and
producing death in few hours
BSy~ Two honest and obstinate Lewis
county n. Y, farmers have law suit
about patch of land, worth perhaps $40
which has just been tried for the fifth
time. The fees and costs incurred thus
far amount to severa. thousand dollars
BGSr On Wednesday last the criminal
court of Chicago decided that the scheme
Of Thomas Gilbert to raise money by
concert and distribution of prizes for the
benefit of the Erring Women's Home,
was lottery and must be suppressed,
and the manager punished.
pa Mrs Fair, who was convicted of
murder at San Francisco is to have about
a months respite before receiving SEN
tence, to enable her lawyer to use the
exceptions he has made during the trial
They are said to be weak, and he may be
unsuccessful in his efforts to save his eli
ent Her case looks desperate"
ES5~ \ house was recently, set on fire
in Chester county, by mouse. The an
imal in gnawing at box, in the closet
ignited match setting the box and con-
tents on fire, but for fortunate early,
discovery would have caused serious
fire, which would have been considered
mysterious.
sGg" A narrow-guage railway, thirty
miles long is being built from Cape
Girardeau to the Bollnger county (Mo.)
iron mines, costing SC, ,537 go per mile,
and $2l3,000, including $l6,875 for
culverts, bridges, &C., the whole way.
1t rises and falls seventy feet to the mile,
with curves of 200 feet radius.
sds" Bismark is very large man.
When he files through one of the doors
of the chamber he fills the whole space,
and must stoop besides. He is tall,
straight, and we'll proportioned. His
broad shoulders and full breast bespeak
an immense force. He is not fat (where
German ought to be fa., but his cheeks
are so fat as to almost close his eyes.
s6g" The celebrated oil torpedo case
of Roberts VS. Dickey IAN alleged infringe
ment of patent for increasing the capac-
ity of oil wells, which had been clogged,
was decided in the United States Court
Of Pittsburg on Saturday, The right OF
Roberts TO the patent is sustained. This
decision gives him an income of $4,000
per week. Who wouldn't be an oil tor
pedo man
HD~ A Western paper says The old
maids of the Eastern States who have
been shipping themselves to the Territor-
les to get married can't secure husband
and home the first thing after eating
supper, as many suppose. There has