The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-04-11
Miscellaneous News Items.

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Bas- The first crop of potatoes Of this
year are being harvested at Santa Cruz,
California. The barley on the Sacramen-
to river is from two to five feet in height.
Dd~ In Covington, Kentucky the
mother of young girl recently murder
ed there, is to marry the father of the
youth accused of killing her.
nay- A New Yorker applied to be di-
yorced from his wife because she would
persist in putting her cold feet against
him when in bed.
R6s- The only prisoners of the Jail of
johnson county, Ino., are two men, who
claim to be preachers. One is there for
horse-stealing and the other for burglary.
16s~ A Paterson maid servant under
took to melt the leaden bullet from the
end of metallic pistol cartridge to mend
broken wash boiler recently She
did not mend that boiler
p6s- Kansas City reports lady as pass
ing along the main street of that town
composedly putting a cigar, while her
husband, meek-looking parsonage, walk
ed behind, carrying the baby.
Rd~ The Irish emigration to America,
formerly so extensive, is reported to be
now rapidly on the decrease. English
and French emigration is increasing,
while that of Germany is the largest.
R@- A New Haven woman recently
got married, and took her wedding tour in
a horse-car. She wrote to friend the next
morning saying she was Just as we'll sat
is6ed as though she had travelled around
the world.
I6S- Covington, KY, had a case lately
where discarded lover murdered the
girl who rejected his suit, whereupon all
the timid old maids met together and
unanimously resolved never to reject an
offer.
16~ Bryan Cavanough, one Of the
Hudson River Railroad thieves, who was
shot on Thursday night at Dobbs Ferry
by the State detectives, died on Saturday
night in Bellevue Hospital. Mccormick,
who was wounded at the same time, will
recover
a@~ Eight persons were poisoned ON
Sunday a week in Philadelphia, by eating
cake bought at a bakers. By prompt
medical aid they were all placed on fair
way to recover. 1t is supposed some
mineral poison was put in the cake by
mistake for cream of Tartar.
s9~ In the common Pleas court at
Philadelphia last week juror whose
name was called, refused to serve because
a " nigger" as he said was on the jury.
Judge Ludlow fined him 5000 and order
ed him committed till paid. The juror
promised to stay in prison till he rotted.
SS- John Taylor, "a years of age, an
Englishman, came to this country in
search of his four sons On the voyage
he was robbed of 100 sovereigns, and G5
10 silver, all his worldly wealth.
He landed at Castle Garden utterly desti-
tute, and lodged in the Church street
police station on Saturday night.
I@- The boarders of hotel at Ron
dout, N. Y, have recently become badly
discouraged, just because dead dog was
found in the we'll from which they had
been drinking water long time. They
now want to give couple of dollars as
a reward for evidence which will convict
the man who let go his hold of that dog
s@- A party of young men who col
lected about the residence of a newly
married couple in Lyndon, Allegheny
county, N. Y, few evenings ago, and
made the night hideous with horns, guns,
ETC., were fred upon by some one, and two
of them were killed. A brother of the
bridegroom has been arrested.
S6- A Maine woman, whose husband
was in Jail on debt due liquor dealer
in Portland, went to the saloon of the lat
ter, called for, drank and paid for glass
of liquor, and then demanded the release
of her husband. The dealer, fearing a
seizure and prosecution in case he refused,
caused the man TO be released.
B@- A mysterious occurrence took
place lately at Haverhill, Mass. -Four
sailors, with trunks and carpet bag, land
ed there in an open boat, set fire to the
boat, watched it until it was entirely de-
stroyed, and then took cars for Portland.
Nobody knows who the strangers were, or
whence they came.
pdy" In New Hampshire city on
Tuesday respected citizen was upon the
ticket of one party as candidate for the