The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-07-11
Miscellaneous News Items.

Gently enlivened by sprinkling Scotch snuff
on the mustache of a sleeping lawyer.
G5Y" A Obstructive fire occurred, in
Bloomsbury on the 9th inst. -Four build
ings with most of their contents were con-
sumed.
G5y- Commissioner Pleasanton gives in
structions that distillers who actually stop
work during the 4th of July shall not be
assessed for that day, it being National
holiday
EB" Benjamin J. Lummis, resident of
South Chester, was killed by lightning on
the 9th ult. The bolt entered the back
part of the head and passed down his back,
tearing his clothes and boots in pieces.
GS- A county treasury in Iowa, whose
safe was broken into and robbed adew days
ago, gives notice that che will have the
safe lathed and plastered again i'll few
days, and it will be as good as ever it was.
CTY" Near Myerstown, Pa, few days
since, little child Of Mrs. Shock, while
walking in a field in front of reaper, had
both of its legs cut off and died in few
minutes. The driver did not see the child.
EB" On June 2G, in Bradford, New Hamp-
shier,a man aged fifty years committed sui
eide while riding in his wagon. He took
the names strap from the harness, tied it
around the wheel and his throat and jumped
from his wagon, breaking his neck.
Gg~ At Newburyport few days since
an embankment, thirty feet high, suddenly
caved in, burying eleven men beneath an
immense mass of earth. Eight of them
were soon rescued, but little injured. Two
others were dead when reached, and third
badly injured.
Eg- Martin Darcy was sentenced last
week to 90 days Imprisonment by the
Hudson IN. J.) County Court for kissing
the wife of Mr.. Williams. She was walk
ing on the street in Jersey City leaning on
her husbands arm when Darcy seized her
by the arm and kissed her, before either
she or her husband could prevent it.
sds- Methodist preachers are proverbially
facetious. A day or two since, in the course
of the trial of DR.. Lanahan before the Book
Committee of the Methodists Church, the
Rev. Mr., Moore made the statement that
ga Methodist preacher had been hung, and
more ought to be:'' whereupon n good
brother promptly asked (Which Moore"
e45T Looney notorious prize fighter and
desperado was shot dead by some unknown
person, at Erie, Colorado, on Saturday of
last week He had entered a saloon, and
was threatening two other persons with
large knife and revolver, when bullet
came whizzing through the window and
struck him down.
eB- A singular fire occurred in East
Lyme the other day. Some new milk cans
were placed near building to dry in the
hot sun. The burning rays were concen-
trated to a focus, and the clapboards of the
building set on fire therefrom. This is
rather remarkable, but true
cB- A young man in Maury, Tenn, went
to bed leaving burning candle and a pistol
on his table. The dripping sperm ignited
the table, this igniting the pistol, the
barrels began to explode, and.when the
young man awolle he was nearly burned,
smothered and shot to death. His pillow
received the balls and saved his head
Cay- A Gloucester young lady was about
throwing away a withered boquet lately,
when she discovered in it note containing
an offer of marriage from bashful but
really exemplary young man Of her ac-
quaintance. There will be a wedding soon.
The moral is that young ladies should
always look at their boquets before throw
ing them away.
g15@ a young and inexperienced oil opera
tor, who commenced to talk oil and put
down wells near Housewife, was asked by
his boss driller before commencing work,
"what kind of well he wanted to put
down. meaning with large casing or small.
well, replied the old vet, "Iguess you'd
better sock down a hundred barrel well
that's as high as they run now, amt it9
EB-A gentleman asked a lady, "How
did you get along, when abroad, to make
yourself understood ?'' "Oh, my dear SIR"
replied she, with quite French air, "we
had an inteTupter with u.s." The same
lady, having arranged some statues in an
adjoining room, requested the same gentle
man to step into the next apartment and
see her antics" He went.
CaST A farmer named Watt Carr, residing
near Hamilton, Ohio, while conveIsing
with some friendg on the stoon of his house