The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-04-18
Miscellaneous News Items.

by fire in Allentown.
Dszyr The expenses of York county last
year amounted to 81 for every man, wo-
man and child in the county
Bel5~ Mrs. j. Z. Meeks, widow, fell
down stairs, in Newport, Kentucky re-
Gently, breaking her neck, and her child,
five years old, was killed the same hour,
by runaway horse.
Dss- Last Monday, the wife of Chas
Swan, of Franklin was so severely burn
cd that her physicians have no hopes of
her recovery Cause, kindling fire in
the stove with crude oil.
RB~ A violent snow storm commenced
at Sioux City, Iowa, on Sunday night,
the 9th inst, aud ragged furiouslS. The
roads are blocked, the telegraph wires
down, and other damages has been done.
B6s- A wind storm at Keokuk, Iowa
on the 18th inst, blew the roof off the
Catholic church, also the roof off the
Wholesale dry-goods house of Irwin &
hiIipc, puISI tho lIOnt VI Cu6 FlTSJ
Baptist church in and demolished sew
eral out buildings
n@- People who buy No. l." mack
eral get those which when caught were
thirteen inches long from the tip of the
snout to the notch of the caudle fin,
and fat; No. are fat fish less than thir-
teen inches in length No. 8 comprise
the balance.
pG- A citizen of Connecticut, being
unexpectedly called upon to address a
Sunday-school rose to his feet in confu-
sion, and after several desperate but vain
efforts to say something appropriate, he
hoarsely murmured, "Dear children, nev-
er play with powder"
nas~ The fact is asserted that man
in Delaware kept negro girl in slavery
up to week before last, when she being
too sick to be of any use to him, he gave
her her freedom, and ten cents to take
her to New Castle. She died there in
twenty-four hours after her arrival.
B9~ Capt. Joseph Keyser, of Page
county, Va, was seriously injured a few
days ago. He was trying to knock some
wolf teeth, from the mouth of colt,
when the colt fell on him, crushing him
with its weight, and producing in
ternal injuries, from which his recovery
is doubtful.
Dd- G. A. Trench, at Light street,
Columbia county, says the Bloomsbury
Republican, has built an Office entirely of
paper The paper was manufactured in
his mill expressly for the house, and it is
a heavy MANILA. The roof and siding
inside and outside is paper, and and the
only wood in the structure is in the floor,
doors, and windows. The house is an ex-
pertinent.
Ra- In one of the pleasant villages in
Western New York, the other day GER
tain worthy housekeeper thought she
would call on her nearest neighbor She
was about entering the door, but hesita-
ted, thinking that the family might be
taking their supper. "Come iu," said
the hostess. "we are having tableux. -
Yes" relied the visitor" l thought l
smcH 'em."
Hay" A dabbler in literature and fine
arts, who prided himself on his language,
came upon youngster sitting upon the
bank Of the river angling for gudgeons,
and thus addressed him: f" Adolescence,
art thou not endeavoring to entice the
iny tribe to engulf into their denticula-
ted mouths barbed hook upon whose
point is affixed dainty allur ement Z"
" No." said the boy, Pm fishin'."
R4- A fatal quarrel occurred on the
Tth inst, in North Versailles township,
near Uuiontown, in Fayette county. It
appears that quarrel occurred between
two farmers, named Cassiday and Hoar,
about a division fence, which grew warm
er and warmer until Cassiday dealt Hoar
severe blow with his fist just under the
right ear killing him instantly. The
murderer was arrested and is now lodged
in Jail at Uniontown. &"
sds- Probably the most effective meth
cd yet for breaking up the latterly prev
alent practice of raising checks, by
which so many banks have been victim.
lied, is that adopted by some of the finan-
cial firms in Boston. Colored paper of
very distinct shades is used and the
amount of check, within certain limits
as, for example, 500 or less, $500 or
less, 81 900 or less, and so on is indica-
ted by the color of the paper on which
il is written.