The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-06-20
Miscellaneous News Items.

eag- 1t will take sixty years to restore
France the forests ruthlessly wasted in the
military operations of the late war.
~" A Vermonter has just paid seventy
five dollars for pound and a half of lead.
1t was purchased through New York
counterfeit money firm.
GB- Two Japanese treasury officials, and
eight bankers, sent abroad to study our
financial system, and seven students, ariv-
ed at San Francisco last week.
CT- Woman's suffrage has been defeated
in the English Parliament by a majority of
go. This is nearer success than we have
yet made in this country.
gB~ An old Michigander, who has al
ways lived in wretched poverty, died the
other day, and box he left contained
500, 900 in gold and silver. His son is glad
the old man didn't take it with him.
Gg- An Austrian gentleman, examining
mining claim, was seized, stripped and
covered with tar and wool. He went and
got himself photographed in this guise, and
sued his assailants for So, 900 damages, put
ting in the picture as evidence.
cB- John Murchison, residing in Meade
county, Ky, having had large piece of
skin torn off in saw-mill recently, had
its place supplied by rat skin, and the
surgical operation was perfect success. 1t
,ec 4,, l,o 4bo G,Ut NJ bn bind on,
record.
e35" A mule thief was captured few
days ago about forty miles south of Fort
Scott, in Kansas, by party of five men.
While in custody he stole two reYolvers
from his captors, and then, taking the best
horse in the party, rode jauntily away, fir
ing several shots as he left by way of part
ing compliments.
EY- Policeman Kenneger of Jersy City,
accused his daughter and her husband,
Adolph Hedden, of grand larceny. He says
that after the funeral of his wife on Sunday,
the girl married IIedden, and during his
absence they took from his house a gold
ring and breastpin, some silver coin, two
dresses, and bed clothing, valued in all at
500, belonging to his dead wife.
Gf- In Oswego county, n. Y, the ladies
of a village have met and resolved that
they twill not accept the company of any
young man who uses tobacco in any form,
unless the night is very dark, and the road
muddy, for the space of sixty days from
date. We don't often have muddy roads
sixty days at time, in this county.
csY3- Many persons suppose that by a
recent act of Congress, discharged soldiers
can take quarter sections of land under nu-
merous advantages which are not accorded
to others. The soldiers superior advan-
tages number just one. He can locate his
one hundred and sixty acres within twenty
miles of a railroad, to which land grants
have been made-the civilian can take only
eighty acres. Outside of railroad limits
the soldier has no advantage.
~" A conductor on the western bound
passenger train, on the Pacific railroad,
recently found woman in a water closet.
An inquest was held at North Platte, which
ascertained her name to be Joanna Maria
G. Pinkerman, an emigrant from Oerlzelar,
Province of Arrondizement, Holland, and
daughter of Petrun J. Pinkerman, doctor
of Antwerp. Money and jewelry valued
at So, 900 was found ON her person. Apo
plexy caused her death.
cS5" About month ago two bottles were
washed ashore at Shediac and Newport, on
the Nova Scotia coast, containing papers
protesting to be written on by passengers
in the lost steamship City of Boston, sta
ting that she was sinking at sea. A dis
patch from Halifax says that these papers
were undoubtedly genuine, and the writing
has been identified. The mystery of the
disappearance of the ship which sailed
from Halifax, January 10, 1870, and was
never heard from again, is thus at last ex-
planned. HH
EB- The Capital gives currency to this
bit of Washington gossip "Mrs. Blaine,
the accomplished wife of the Speaker, had
difficulty with Mrs. Stockton, the charm.
ing better half Of the senator, about cook
Meeting at dinner table, with only the
Hon. Fernando Wood between them, Mrs
Stockton, leaning forward, said Il am
sorry, Mrs. Blaine, that we have any thing
disagreeable between us The Hon. Fer
ando was considerably embarrassed, not
having heard the interesting story of the
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