The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-05-09
Miscellaneous News Items.


were arrested in Pittsburg last week.
pay~ Geo. Spinner during the ten years
he has been the treasurer of the United
States, has handled the large sum of
s5O,OOOO00,000.
peg~ Methodist churches were built in
this country in 1870 at the rate of nearly
four to every working day, the number
being ever 1850.
Rag~ A religious journal conducted in
the interests of total abstinence recon-
mends the substitution of tea for wine
in the celebration of the Lords Supper.
Bay The Cooperstown journal says
that " the village board of Exercise will
soon meet to receive application for Ii
cense to sell liquor"
Da- Young lady physicians are multi
plying throughout our country, and as a
result, it is said, the young men are be-
coming more sickly than they used to be.
Bsg" At Buffalo, Mr.. Eargo the ex-
pressman, is building a house overlook
ing the lake, which, when it is finished
will have cost him the modest sum of
$750,000.
D1y" An Ottawa, ILL.,, undertaken adver-
tises that he keeps on hand "an elegant
stock of neat and nobby shrouds, warran-
ted to give satisfaction to the most partic
ular.
BSg~ NJ. NJ. Kennedy, a farmer, aged
60 years, residing in Solon township,
Ohio, was last week killed by his son, the
latter alleging that the horrible act was
done in selfdefense.
esg- Thompson is not going to do any
more in conundrums. He recently asked
his wife the difference between his head
and hogshead, and she said there was
none. He said that was not the right
answer, and left
psy" VIM Norton, a wealthy miser,
aged sixty years, of Hyde Park, died sud
denly at the breakfast table on Monday
morning. With all his gold, he would
never allow light in his house after sun.
set but the miser has gone, leaving be-
hind all his treasure.
Dsy~ While lady was sitting in the
waiting room of the Michigan Central
railroad recently young woman came up
and requested her to take care of her
baby while she looked to her baggage.
The woman complied, but the mother has
not yet come to claim her child. Wheth-
er some accident has befallen her, or she
has abandoned her child is not known.
DE- Some villains placed distractions
on the Northern Central railroad, near
Glen Rock and it was only by narrow
chance that the Cincinnati express es-
capped destruction. Fortunately no per-
son was injured-the obstruction being
discovered in time. A short distance
from the spot more railroad ties were
found placed on the track.
Beg Pittsburg is to be deprived Of its
smoke. A Mr.. M'Kenzie has been max
ing an experiment, by means Of which
the gas generated from coal is instantly
consumed and no smoke results. This
process is carried on by means Of two
fues and furnace, and Nh. M'KenZie
thinks that its application on an
extended scale will render Pittsburg a
smokeless mart.
sas- The lands along the Mississippi
are gradually overfowing, despatch Of
the l4th inst, says;
The levee at Bonnet Care crevasse on
either side is still giving way slowly,
though unremitting labor is being made
to stop its further spread. The roar Of the
current at the break can be heard more
than mile. Well-informed planters say
that it will cause loss in the crop OF
10000 hogshead of sugar.
BsS- On the 1st inst, the body of an
unknown man, respectfully dressed, with
fearful hole in the back of the head
and both legs cut off, was found in the
edge of the river a short distance below
Cincinnati on the Kentucky shore. The
legs were evidently cut off in order to gel
the body in the box, which is not over
three and one-half feet long There wal
nothing found that would lead to identi
fcation.
RG- Ex-Governor John Wood, tht
founder of Quincy, has donated his splen
did mansion, in Quincy, ILL.,, which cos
$4,000, together with the most valuable
furniture, and whole block of grount
surrounding it, to the city for educationa
purposes, to be converted into female
seminary, with the express understanding
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