The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-07-25
Miscellaneous News Items.

delphia, on Tuesday last. They had gone
in to bathe in an old brick yard pond in
the edge of the city.
C5Y- A Chicago youth receives from his
lady love three letters daily, averaging
twelve pages each He thinks of starting
paper mill.
eB ]. c. Purviance, of Mclean county
ILL.,, has sold 1000 bushels of corn, to be
delivered in the fall, at twenty eight cents
a bushel
Csg" The convicts in the penitentiary at
Topeka, Kansas, were allowed holiday
and good dinner on the Fourth. Two of
the Judges were present and made speeches.
CB- The horn of a Patagonian OK has
been forwarded to Baltimore. 1t is sixty
five inches long, seventeen inches in circum-
ference at the base, and will hold seven
quarts.
GB" In town in Ohio, not long ago, the
women went in bands Of two or three, with
their knitting and sewing, into the dram
shops of the place, and spent the whole day
with their work.
EB- A singular charge was brought at
Springfield L. l., against young men and
young women They were charged with
playing game of cards in church during
service. The justice before whom the case
was brought reserved his decision till he
could look up the law on the subject.
GEE On the 9th inst, during the storm in
Nebraska train on the Fremont and Blair
railroad was lifted from the track, and was
blown twenty feet from the rails. An in
FAINT was killed, the mail agent was fatally
wounded, and fifteen other persons were
more OF less hurt.
t8- On Friday last VIM. Switzer, aged
ten years, hung himself near the mouth of
Indian creek, Floyd county Va. A little
girl aged six years, was with him at the
time, and it is thought he was trying to
frighten her and accidentally lost his foot
ing His neck was broken by the fall.
EY- A terrific storm occurred on the 18th,
in Greenfield and Springfield townships,
Ohio, destroying the crop to great extent
uprooting fruit and forest trees, and un-
roofing and blowing down several houses
and barns. The residence of Harlan Sim
mons, Esq, one of the finest places in the
State, was literally torn to pieces. Sever
al persons were injured.
cB- The Council Bluffs Nonparea tells
of marriage which took place in that
city, few days since, between B. T. Roy
al, aged sixty-fve, and Miss Annie Field
aged eighteen. The parties met on the
cars this side of Salt Lake, and forming an
attachment for each other, got married at
Council Bluffs. Both were bound for the
same point in Virginia.
eB- While the Rev. T. A. Sampson, col
ored, of Pine Bluff, Ark, was addressing
his flock, Sunday week, he was struck dead
by flash of lightning. His funeral oc-
Cured on Tuesday, and while his remains
were being carried to the grave another
flash of lightning struck his coffin, tearing
it to splinters and leaving it ghastly sight.
He was then buried before any more light
ming struck him.
ed" One Of the temporary inmates Of the
county Jail, in Chicago after smoking his
cigar, the other night with the comfort a
good conscience affords, quietly threw the
burning stub into the straw under his bed
and retired. 1t was not long before the
gentlemanly tenants thought they felt
something hot, and jumping up found their
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sistance their valuable lives were saved
cB- One thousand corpses, partially burn
ed with petroleum, to prevent infection
were buried in the Champ de Mars, Paris
The Li5erte describes petroleum as INSULT
cient, and suggests utter destruction by
quicklime, not only as asanitary measure,
but to reduce 20 dishonored dust the re-
mains of criminals, and leave future revo-
lutionists no possibility of giving an ova-
tion to their bones.
GSS- A most terrible storm recently occur
red in Iowa Further particulars show that
it was the most severe that ever happened.
At Long Tree twelve houses were demol-
ished, and others unroofed. The depot
water-tank and windmill are almost total
wreck. Mr. Philips was picked up by the
wind and dashed to the ground with such
violence as to kill him instantly His fam
lily were all moro Or less injured, but no
others are reported seriously hurt. Hail
stones were picked up ranging in size from
that of an egg to twelve inches
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