The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-05-16
Miscellaneous News Items.

suddenly few days since-she at II
o'clock in the morning and he only ten
minutes later
BSs- The silver ore that was sunk last
February, near Long Island shore, when
the city of Manchester ran down the
barge Sturtevant, is now being recovered.
Of about six thousand sacks, two-thirds
have already been taken from the bottom
Of the river.
BSy- A sad accident happened to lit
tie girl named Jane Forrest in Springfield
Ill.,, on the Sth inst She was passing
along the street when an enraged COW at
tackled her, goring her badly and it is
feared fatally.
DSg" A woman recently tried in Read
ing, Pa, on charge of numbering her
son, boy ten years Of age, was acquitted,
it being unexpectedly proved that the
boy is alive and we'll Circumstantial
evidence was strongly against her.
Bsy' Suicide statistics state that more
men kill themselves than women Women
prefer drowning; men blow their brains
out. More single persons commit suicide
than married ones, and more divorced
persons than widowed.
Bs3y~ President McCosh Of Princeton
is preparing au answer to Darwin's theory
about the human race, which, tits said,
so uses up Darwin that those who have
apprehendcd that their original parents
were monkeys may now breathe freely
Bs1~ Levi Lyman, rich old man at
Walpole, n. H., is disposing Of his prop
erty in little bequests among his friends
while he lives instead Of leaving it to be
quarreed over after his death ,andlinds it
much more agreeable than the other plan.
pa" 1t is stated as fact by one who
knows, that there has been no intoxicat-
ing liquor sold in Potter county in this
State, for nineteen years. that there has
been not a single prisoner in goal there
for the last three years, nor is there any
house for the support of the poor within
its limits, and none is needed. This is
truly remarkable, and ought to be gener-
ally known.
pey~ Knoxville Tenn, boasts Of
young Samson named Louis Kuckert.
One of his ieats is to lie fiat on his back
on the floor and stretch his arms above
his head, with the palms Of his hands up
ward, and for heavy man to place foot
in either hand, when he will raise him
easily, getting up on his feet at the same
time. He has in this manner lifted men
Weighing near y 200 pounds.
p61g" A man in Peabody. Mass, had
been treated for moro than year for
paralysis Of the throat, and was for some
time unable to take any other than liquid
food. At last, to the great astonishment
of himself and friends, the cause of the
trouble was revealed by his coughing up
An upper set Of false teeth, which he had
swallowed in his sleep fifteen months be-
fore. The teeth were missed at the time,
hunted for, but never found and nobody
had suspected the place Of their conceal
ment.
gay- The caisson for the New York
side of the East river bridge was success
fully launched last Monday. 1t weighs
$4,000 tons A scene Of great excite
ment ensued, as the ponderous body pass
ed downward into the water A small
boat, containing two men, was caught by
an immense wave and dashed forward at
rapid rate of speed but fortunately both
we're saved A large vessel near, reeled
as in a storm, and the return wave par
partially washed over the docks, which
we're crowded with people, but no lives
we're lost.
say~ At noon on the 9TH inst, ter
rible accident in the Sing Sing Prison
imperilled the lives of eighty-six convlcts.
The men were marching to the mess room
for dinner, and while they were crossing
over, gallery floor the structure gave way,
precipitating several Of the men to the
pavement forty feet beneath. Others
dropped to the gallery below, aud sus-
tanned severe injuries. A scene of wild
excitement ensued, during which numer-
GUS attempts to escape were made by the
prisoners. The prison officials acted
promptly and coolly, however, and in
short time extricated the victims from
debris The cause Of the accident was
the breaking of one of the iron braces
which supported the gallery. 1t is feared
that two Of the men are fatally injured.
Bay j. Nj. Kimball, former owener of
the abstract Of Rock county, ILL.,, and
under Indictment by the grand jury for