The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-24
Miscellaneous News Items.

and child by a former husband"
s5g" A carriage was upset in Auburn, N.
Y, the other day, by an inruratcd animal
that was nItelwad dcscriptivcly rcicned
to by II modest lady as "a bachelor OK"
c555' The Supreme Court of Iowa has de-
cidcd !lat if u jury drinks Intoxicating
liquors during trial. the verdict may be
set aside and new trial ordered.
G.gg" An Indiana sheriff, taking horse
thief to the State prison, fell asleep in the
TalhOad car, and when he woke up The prs
oucr was gone. lie thinks he must have
got of at station for a drink, and got left.
C35" Among the greatest cuiositics Wis
cousin rCCkOnS Il woman who has been mar
lied six times, twice 10 the same man; has
been divorced thiee times, twice from the
game man; and is now Il widow.
e8~ In Ypsilanti Mich, there is a soldier
who had his right ann shot off at the bat
tie of Cold IIuLor. This wintcr lie has
heen at work cutting cord wood with his
left hand.
~" A scorchcd cat saved a valuable Du-
buqne property. Fire broke out in Il room
where pu,S was shut up. Her walls were
so immense that it awakened the slccpcrs,
and the fire WAS cxtinguished.
IT. Two young men in Troy, "masscr
mechanics" built boat in their cellar to
Jet on shares during next season. 1t was
finished Il day nr two since, when, to their
chagrin, they found the 'UoaJ' too large for
the door.
C1Y@ Fish arc drug in Kansas. They
are Nnalnod from under the ice in cod wea-
thcr. and 50 plcnifilly ac they taken in
this manner that they lie. all kinds and 81
zcs, along tho shores without claimant.
IN \ baggage master on the Central
Ohio railroad WIS recently detected in the
act of selling Il diamond ling worth $1,000,
for So He had stolen tlc jewel from ihc
trunk nj II passenger. and had 10 idea Of
its real val"c.
c55" An accommodating conductor on the
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway lacked his
train II thhd Of II mile to pick mp II purse,
which II fond mother hld coniidcd to her
inl 'cclt b lD5 fora pl lything, and which
the latter threw out the window.
sSy- Alderman Blookhrld astoundcd the
Cincinnati Common Council the other
night by telling them that "hcll itself
might he riked from stem To stern with n
tue tooth comb. and no such body as the
Cincinnati police he found.
IS- The baggage car Of Monday nights
Though train hom New York for New
Haven was entered by robbers. who threw
oil five trunks. and having riilcd the 9th
crs. left the train 1T Relay. and went back
TO secure their plumber.
CT5~ \ gentleman from Mnllica Hill, n. J.,
was lately robbed Of %2C0 10y two sholpcrS,
who met him on Market street, PhiIndel-
phia, aud said they had made II bet IN refer.
cncc to his lcight. While measuring him
with atapc line they cut ont his pocket
containing the money and ihcn left.
tES- Dio Lewis says that not one case in
twenty of rheumatism Will hold out if the
patient will go without supper, aud eat on
ly plain meat, bread and vegetables in mod
crate quantity for breakfast and dinner.
and ON going TO led at night drink tum-
bier of lemon aGc without sugar But we
doubt it.
tzs- DR.. Holmes says: Walking is a
perpetual falling, with u perpetual scif-re-
covely. 1t is Il most cDmplci, violent. and
pcliluus operation, which we divest of its
danger only by II continual practice from
q very carry lcflOl bl ne. w no VIII dare
to walk after reading this
tT A young woman, delegate in the re-
cent OHIO, convention of woman suiliagiSt,
plumply said, "For my own part, | love
man, individually, collectively, letter than
women and 80 am sure. does every one
of my sex, if they like me, would utter
their real selt ment. am more anxious
for mans elevations and improvements
than for woman's ;, and so is every true wo-
man."
t1y- A man in Cairo, H., after witness
ing the performance of a tight rope artist,
said it was easy enough to walk u rope if a
man had the nerve. He said he had the
nerve; 80 he fastened a clothes-line from the
top of the barn 10 the chimney Of the house,
took hoe handle to balance himself, aud
started. 1t wasn't foty-eight hours after
that before the family were out riding in
carriages, dressed in mourning. You see
he didn't have any place to rest the hoe
handle.
I8- A farmer while at work, on his farm
near Accord, Ulster county, n. Y, on Sat
urday, commenced digging for well. AZ
ter having dug down ten feet he struck an
iron ring, procuring an iron chain he hitch
ed yoke of oxen TO il, and endeavOCd to
drag it out, but could not. lie dug down
still further and unearthed a large anchor.
1t is supposed that at some time IL large
navigabe lake was located there. and that
the anchor was dropped from vessel.
sS- The last popular favorite of Paris is
a Sergeant Iloh, who has killed forty-three
Prussian sentiuels with an air gun. His
method is to creep at night ON his belly
along walls and hedges until he is near
enough to make sure of him; then he
brings him down and creeps noiSessly away
as he came. Sometimes he has waited fol
the relief, and killed two sentinels on one