The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-21

Rgyr The Chattanooga Times asks -
Whittier are we drifting? % To which
the Knoxville Wing replies " 1t would
be proiane in us to say"
Bsy~ The Maryland Court of Appeals
has decided that man who marries mi
nor becomes responsible for any debts
which might have been enforced against
her Notwithstanding her minority.
Rsg" 4 correspondent of the Northeast
Star says: In glancing at a report of
Pennsylvania, find that there are 49,
600 rum sellers, and 16,7S0 school teach
ers. Cost of supporting schools, $685.
729. Value of liquor consumed, over
S31 ,4S7 000"
BSg~ An old man arose at a meeting in
a Methodist church in Jefferson county,
Iowa, few nights ago, and addressed the
young people present, telling them that
he had long sought to live Christian,
and that life was most uncertain. He sat
down. and in few minutes died.
BGy" \ Savannah paper reports that a
man who was eating oysters at a saloon in
that city, contemptuously threw a large
pearl, worth 500, aside, remarking that
the Savannah people didn't know how to
open oysters, for they left in large pieces
Of shell.
RE- A Michigan woman, who sudden
ly lost her voice four years ago, found it
again on the I'd inst. While engaged in
her household duties it occurred to her
that she could speak, and making the at
tempt she found. to her great joy, that
her voice was fully restored.
1e5~ Mrs Emberling, of Prairie City,
ILL.,, few evenings since, followed her
husband into village saloon, armed with
an axe. Finding him engaged with sew
eral others playing cards, she smashed
the table with the axe, scattered the cards,
piled up the astonished players, and car
ried off her husband
HGyn A Georgia lawyer refused an ap-
pointmcnt as district attorney, the other
day, because the Judge is colored man.
and his letter has brought out reply
from Governor Bullock, who publishes
the lawyers petition for the very Office he
now so Indignantly spurns, also letter
from the colored Judge, inclosed by him,
indorsing the application.
BSG" Commend US to farmer Jenison, of
Wappello county, Iowa. The old man had
contract to build barn, and was ham
mering away at it, when an attorney
came to inform him that he had become
heir to $10,000,000 legacy in England
Jenison paused, scratched his head, and
finally said: " don't see how | can go
now; I've got this barn to finish w-
That's business.
Rs5@ At meeting in Augusta, Maine
in 1915, to consider the subject of build
ing the Kennebcc and Portland Railroad
the Hon. George Evans made a speech,
declaring that the severity of the winters
would prevent the road from being oper-
ated more than one hundred and ninety
days in each year The estimate of Col
Lang, the engineer was two hundred days
The result is that trains can run three
hundred and sixty-five days.
BSy~ Maria Ogden, aged 81 years, liv-
ing in Philadelphia, was dangerously
burned on Tuesday evening while engag-
ed in heating cup of alcohol over gas
jet. She was attending upon sick child
at the time, and was preparing the spirits
to soothe the sufIerings of the little one.
The spirits boiled over and ignited, setting
fire to Mrs. Ogden's garments. While
she was lying helpless from her injuries,
the child died.
BSg" There is farmer in Bristol,
Connecticut who deserves confinement in
the penitentiary more than some men that
are there, His cart loaded with wood
caught on railroad crossing in such n
manner that his oxen couldn't start it.
He unhitched his cattle, remembering
that train was due, and calmly awaited
results. The cars came on at full speed,
the farmer doing nothing TO stop them,
and the engineer, in binding snow, fail
ed to see the obstruction till too late.-
Its speed probably saved the train, for it
swept the obstruction from the track with
a crash, scattering the wood like straw
1t was almost miraculous that the mans s
stupidity did not result in the loss Of
many lives.
DsS- An Ohio paper thus describes an
effort by one Of Ohio's Legislators "Mr
Acker, the eminent horn swaggler, thrill
cd the House, ON Saturday, with one oi