The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-28
Miscellaneous News Items.


en- whisky.
69~ a Mr.. Wood was found dead re-
Gently in his house on Clinton street.
Hudson city. The family were absent,
and the cause of his death is not known.
BsS~ Ladies paper skirts, an Eastern
paper says, are becoming common. They
cost but fifteen cents. The paper is of
great tenacity, and does not tear easily
BsEn On the 2lst inst, boy aged 13,
named Morrison Welsh, in Cincinnati,
kicked mule which was being led by a
farmer, and was kicked in return by the
ANIMAL and killed.
By A wolf entered Duluth church
recently. and was much affected by the
services and an ounce of lead. He was
converted before he went out-into a
corpse.
DGyn Mr.. Henry Benecke, Of Chicago,
left note for the Coroner, explaining
that his suicide was an act Of considerate-
ness for his wife, who was {" in great want
of another husband"
Rsy~ The Cambria iron company sup
port four night schools for the benefit Of
boys in their employ. OF these, two are
located in Johnstown, one in Cambria
borough, and another in Millville bor-
ough.
psg" Frederic Coombs, the great grape
grower in California, shot his wife on
Tuesday, at his residence at Napa, and
then killed himself Jealousy is suppos-
ed to have been The cause. Women are
scarce in California, and Mrs. Coombs
was handsome.
Basn A lady residing in German city,
complains that the cost of living is so
much increased in consequence Of the
war, that she has to pay 50 cents for
pair of kid gloves /" with two buttons"
and that a new silk bonnet costs nearly a
dollar in gold.
B9E- The coal miners of st. Clair and
Madison counties, Illinois, opposite ST.
Louis have suspended work in conse-
quence of the reduction of wages. The
operators will bring coal from other mines
and sell at present prices before they will
accede to the demands of the miners.
Dsg~ Claude Freeman, formerly rail.
road agent at Lexington, KY, who alb
seconded some months ago with large
amount of money belonging to the COM
pany by which he was employed, was ar
rested at Guthrie, Iowa, on Saturday,
and taken to Lexington, where he will be
held for trial.
BD~ While firing salute in Mahanoy
City, in honor of Washingtons birthday,
James Smith, David Liddle, and Edward
Richiel were injured by the premature
discharge Of cannon. Smiths skull was
fractured and an eye cut out, and it is
thought he will die. The others will
recover
BG5" A Western paper says: eve re-
ported that Mr.. d. A. Dodd's wife had
seven pair of twins and two odd children
during ten years of married life We
were wrong. Mr.. Dodd, just in our Of
fee, informs us there are eight pair of
twins and three odd ones, nineteen in
all-ten girls and nine boys-in fourteen
years, and they are all living.
Bsy~ A man recently went to revival
meeting near Lyonville, Iowa, and was
making fun of the penitents when he fell
to the foor and was carried out in an
insensible condition. A day or two af-
terward he attempted to renew his sport
in the same place, when he was stricken
with paralysis, and at last accounts he
had no use of tongue or limbs.
H6sf- On the 10th inst, hurricane de-
stroyed or damaged majority of the
buildings left by the recent fire at Helena,
Arkansas. Mrs. Stewart, widow, was
fatally injured, and her little son instant
ly killed. The Baptist church was de-
molished, and large number of other
buildings either demolished or badly in
jured. The loss is estimated at from SIS,
900 to 100000.
Bsg~ Harrison county can boast the
meanest man in Indiana. A farmer in
the north part of that county has his
aged father living with him, and employ
ed at low wages Last week the farm
er's child died, and naturally enough the
old man attended the funeral Of his grand
child. The dutiful son, in settling with
his father few days after the funeral,
docked him for the time he had lost in
attending the child's burial.
Bs5~ A man returning to his home at
Monroe, Wis, saw through the window
his wife and child lying on the floor muir
dered, and three men in possession of the
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