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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
Cruelty to Children.

A Binghamton lettersays:q .tMuoA ex-
!citement prevails here concerning tho char
'ges Of cruelty preferred against the Rey.
Mr.. Van Epps, superintendent of the Sus-
quehanna Valley Homie, charitable insH-
tuition for children. One of the inmates
Frederick Bowman, aged nine years, was
found week ago with q heavy log Of
wood chained to his neck, and two com
mittees, one of nine gentlemen and the
other of ten ladies, are now engaged in ex-
amining the affairs Of the home. A war
rant has been issued for the arrest Of Van
Epps, who is now in Boston, The, princi-
pal charges are made by arespectable wid-
ow, Mary Backman, who worked at the
home month, and then left because she
could not endure to see the inmates abused
as they were" ui.y.,} t...a., i..5...-
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
a Novel Law Suit.

ha A queer lawsuit has arisen near Oshkosh,
Wis, between couple Of Germans grow
ing out of the late storm. 1t. seems that
such was the force Of the gale that whole
shocks of wheat were taken up bodily and
carried into an adjoining field. The own
er of the field claims the wheat by right
of possession, while the loser of the wheat
claims he is short number Of shocks he
had standing in the field prior to the storm
but the loser thinksh he has not as many
by six or eight and sues for that amount.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
Balloon Ascension.

The balloon ascension on Saturday, (thC
9th inst, in. this place was witnessed by Q
large crowd Of spectators, and was ,most
beautiful and grand. The voyage was very
successful, and both DR.. Dale and J. M
.Smyser, made a safe landing. The balloon
assembled to a height in a northeastern di
rection and could be seen by the people oi
York until it made the first descent about
mile and a quarter from Liverpool OF
Manchester. Mr.. Smyser then landed safe.
ly on terra tirma on the farm of Mr., Yinger
In descending, the balloonists We're dndel
some apprehensions that they would land
in a woods and become entangled among
the stree-tops, but fortunately they managed
to land in an open patch of land surround
ed by trees After DR. Dale had secured q
lot of ballast he made another cereal voy-
age to point about two miles from Hum.
melstown, Dauphin county. On landing,
Mr.. s. was received by some friends, and
Mr.. Lodg, young man from York, who
had gone in pursuit returned the same
evening in company with Mr.. Smyser, Al.
together this balloon voyage was a COM
plete success. DR.. Dale returned home to
York yesterday morning. He travelled a
distance of about twenty-five miles, and
was up two hours and fiftyrthreo minutes,
The highest altitude reachedi was twelve
thousand feet, at which time he was cross
ing the river at 0oneyago falls. When
near Middletown, he descended three or
four thousand feet, and had some idea of
landing, but changed his mind, proceeding
on to within two miles of Hummelstown.-
In coming down this time the balloon came
upon woods and upon the trees, but, by
skillful management Dr. Dale succeeded in
getting free of the trees, and landing in a
cornfield. By this time a large crowd of
persons had come from Hummelstown. -
Sufficient gas was still in the balloon to
keep it suspended, when DIR. Dale remained
in the car, and the crowd guided it to the
town. The balloon was not damaged by It's
contact with the trees, and at the time of
landing, not any ballast was in the baske t.
York Paper. ,..i.-..5i "a t,....'.. q.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

e5s- The management of the Michigan
Central railway is highly spoken of. For
over sixteen years past not a drop of blood
has been drawn from a man, woman, or
child inside the cars Of that road At all
hours of the day and night there sits an
operator in the Kalamzoo station midway
Of the line) who receives kilograms from
every train on the road the instant they
enter or leavea station, so that he holds or
starts them at will. His eye is literally on
the entire line continually, making coils
ions next to an impossibility, and its i'm
mense single track quite equivalent, SO far
as safety is concerned to the best double
track roads. Its twelve and sixteen wheel
coaches, admitting Of the break of al
most any of the wheels without disabling
the truck, constitutes also no small item i'll
this aggregate of immunity fromperiL s.I
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

eB- Missionaries are evidently needed in
the town of Cadiz, Ohio.a A young man
stopping at hotel there was taken with
the smallpox, whereupon some of the cit
izens entered his room, sewed him in "a
blanket and took him out through u back
window, after which they placed him i'm a
wagon and drew him TO an old deserted
house without roof or windows Here they
left him to the care of negro, the rain
pouring down on him the while. OF course
the poor fellow died, and while his body
was being thrust into hole dug in an
open field, some Of the neighbors stood on
the hills and shot at the men engaged in
the proceeding, The negro nurse was
then given his choice either to leave town
or TO be shot and SO the people got rid of
the man who was apparently the most de-
cent inhabitant Of the place. o,, Ia ~
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
Sbe Sin1t.essss, Sin1t.essssoNe Nero5I 5II1B 1Blootd,itlS, Daa.
v A IBmRlar's Fingers.

/
Agentleman in Buffalo, engaged in an
extensive trade, often drew considerable
sum from the bank upon those days when
he intended to start early the next morning
for neighboring city upon business, His
wife demonstrated with him on this prac-
tice, as itof necessity left, the sums drawn
at his residence overnight, which would
prove strong temptation to burglary
should any one evil. inclined know Of the
circumstance. But the MERCHANT persisted
in the habit as men often do against the
prudent counsels of their better and wiser
halves. On the day preceding the night
when this singular event occurred, ,Ithe gen.
tleman in question drew, as before, several
thousand dollars and went home with it,
purposing to leave on the early morning
1 train. s3r srvl fii rB LiG. eL '.cn... i'il
Toward nightfall, from some cause he
changed his mind and in the dusk of the
evening departed for the cars, of course
taking the money with him. Women are
proverbially light sleepers, and sometime
during the night the lady awoke, imagining
she heard a Slight rattle of the blinds.
Listening, she detected further, first one
blind and then the other softly opened.
Rising noiselessly from her couch, she stole
through the room and in the wood-house
she found an ak with which he,silently but
rapidly returned. The room was on the
ground floor and next to the street Itwas
perfectly dark inside the apartment, except
where the light from a glimmering street
lamp at some distance shone, through one
of the lower corners of the window ussd
BY the time the lady reached the window,
whichishe did SO silently that the person
outside was not alarmed at his operations,
she found that the sash was being slowly
raised from beneath. The brave woman, ak
in hand, waited breathlessly for the next
move of the housbreal1er. After having
lifted the sash a few inches, which he effec-
ted easily from the outside, as the catch had
carelessly been left unfastened, the person,
whoever he was, stopped and soon the
woman, who was watching every movement,
saw mans hand slowly and carefully in
oCllSb DOhSdVii lllS odoii' llS dA Was Ill
ready raised in her hands,. and bringing the
blade down with a sudden and accurate
movement she chopped off all the four
fingers of the burglars right hand. She
heard suppressed oath, followed by the
sound of retreating footsteps, and all was
still. ..nL b.a .rJvI ,r.nt- u..,,
q The bravc,lady wrapped the bloody fin
gers in cloth, and on her husband return
gave them to him, at the same time telling
him what had occurred. The merchant in
stead of informing the police, determined to
investigate the affair himself He took the
fingers to every surgeon in the city, at the
same time inquiring if they had treated a
patient who had lost the four digitals of his
right hand. His search was at last reward
ed, and the name ofthc individual who at
tempted the burglary discovered 1t was
one of the merchants neighBors who lived
on the same street, and only the second
house from him.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
TIE Arbitration Tribunal, on the Alabama
N' 'N "' Claims. tIi." r-'h Nh.li

This board, as it now stands. Is as fol-
lows Charles Francis Adams, the arbitra-
tor appointed by President Grant; Chief
Justice Cockburn, the arbitrator appointed
by Queen Victoria General Menabrea, a
distinguished soldier and statesman, of
liberal ideas, the arbitrator chosen by King
Victor Emanuel and Jacques Staempfli,
an ex-President of the Swiss Confederation
and an able advocate, named by the gov
ernment of Switzerland. The treaty of
Washington provides further that the En-
peror of Brazil shall also name an arbitra-
tor, and no doubt we shall shortly hear
that the board of five arbitrators is COM
plete. l3la VJl H1 tp4.l .4sM 0
The treaty (article p next provides that
4" the arbitrators shall meet at Geneva, in
Switzerland, at the earliest convenient day
after they shall have been named, and
shall proceed impartially and carefully. to
oxaiaine and decide all questions that shall
lie laid before them on the part of the Gov
ernment of tho United States and her Bri-
tauie Majesty respectively and that all
IlAcoJlOiiS COubiuCiSu ny buo tIluuhdi, fH-
Guiding the final reward, shall be decided
by a majority of all he,arbitrators - and
"that each Of the high contracting parties
shall also name one person to attend the
tribunal as its agent, to represent it general
ly in all matters connected with the arbitra-
ton" Counsel before the tribunal on both
sides is also authorized, and while General
Grant has intimated that Mr., Adams shall
be fortified by some of the best lawyers in
the country, we may be sure that England
will not neglect to give the best legal assis-
tance ofthe realm to Chief Justice Cock
burn. fa1a1 ~ fL7ttf
Thus the arbitration board, with its two
agents, its lawyers on both sides, and its
clerks, &C., win be q somewhat, imposing
body, and as its sittings may extend over
q year or two, the tribunal will be wind
fall to the city Of Geneva.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
A Valuable Invention.

Some years ago, Wilson gar was poor
Virginia miller who barely lived from hand
to mouth. He had plenty Of time to criti-
else his own machinery, and he noticed that
his mill, like every other, ground up an en-
ormous quantity Of refuse with the wheat,
OF else in ';bolting" the flour its most yalu-
able elements were lost ,.o. H., ,c..,.,
t So, quietly and th9ughtfuIly, he went to
work and devised . machine, which for
several years found no, reception and no
pecuniary support. But few months ago,
some capitalists took the machine INLAND
with such success that Agar, who at pres
cnt lives in Washington, has received over
100000. in three months, and expects to be
a millionaire before Christmas. o oi' "i9
Theextlefhc yslue Of this invention will
best bc cohpteliended whom we learn that
the reformed process makes difference Of
/ dollar and q hall, in, the value Of every
barrel of fouri AS some mills turn out
over 1000 barrelsia day. the vast impor.
tance of the improvement is understood q
once.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

,H0e5S1 The Legislature of Illinois, it is re-
ported, will be placed in an embarrassing
situationby the action of the presiding Off
GERS of the two bodies of which it is COM
posed. The Speaker of the House Of Rep
resentatiyes, it is asserted, intends to sum-
mon that body to meet in special session in
Chicago, on November'15th, and Lieuten-
ant Governor Doughefty intends to sum
mon the Senate to meet at Springfield, the
State capital on the same day. ~
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

9d GB'-An Indian woman Appeared on the
street Of New Orleans, recently Carrying
an enormous bundle on her head. when
she put it down, 10 rest for a few mo-
ments, -sevetal men tried to lift it and fail
ed. Yet the Indian woman, the reverse
of athletic in appearance, shouldered it,
and walked off with It with apparent ease.
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
ALucky Darkey.

b The Robesonian, of North Carolina, states
on reliable authority that colored boy by
the name of Dick, while digging the founda-
tion for % storchousd on the side of an old
building that stood, upwards ola century
ago, about three hundred yards from the
grounds upon which the railroad depot at
Shoe Heel now stands, on Tuesday last,
found box 10x0x5 inches square full of
English soyereigns. He has since left for
parts unknown, '''i -'.'"" '.''Hu' Ds
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

10 bB A man long supposed to be dead
turned up i'm st. Paul the other day when
he was not wanted. Several years ago he
married and deserted his wife, who, after a
lapse of time, married again, believing him
tobe dead. Her second husband died, and
just as she was about to administer the
estate ho returns. She gets none Of Che
property, and naturally is very much dis
gusted. =
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
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A Fatal Dance.

During q dance at Q French village in
Illinois on Saturday night, a QUARREL oc-
cured between Baptiste Geoudoh and three
brothers named Allen, resulting ip a fight,
in which Thos, sabres. and Jacob Haynes
friends of the Aliens, participated.1 glra
Geoudon was stabbed iniothe abdomen
and'died the next day. The Aliens were
arrested, but Sabres, who it is said struck
the fatal blow, and his companion, Haynes,
are still at large. The difficulty Originated
in the conduct Of young lady present,
who preferred the society of Geoudon to
that one of the Aliens. snh od ladl ssi1R
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-03

The case of the Cadets expelled from West
Point by the First Class, organized as a Lynch
court. as stated in our Washington dispatches,
will doubtless occasion u somewhat heated
debate in Congress- and attract the attention
of the country to the management OF the
Academy. If the case be technically coDsld-
cred, the young gentlemen who made them
selves the censors of the institution, and COM
pressed into the limits Of one Winter evening
the trial, sentence, and execution OF three
Youthful delinouents will be found to have
violated the rules ard subjected themselves to
severe penalties. No infractiOn OF discipline
for whatever purpose, can be tolerated or eX-
cuscd without more or less injury to the morale
of the service. But this case is very peculiar
one; and if it be found that the motive
assigned for this outbreak of violence was
tho true one, if it was no mere exhibit
ton of prejudice born of the heated passions
of the hour, but a genuine expression of dis
pleasu1e at falsehood and devotion to truth
and integrity, il will he impossible to deny TO
| those technical rioters a certain portion OF our
sympathy. OF all vices of bOyh0od, the one
which is most revolving in itself and the most
disastrous in its permanent effects upon the
character, is disregard for truth. 1t is
everywhere properly held among soldiers an
unpardonable sin, and if, as these Cadets al
lege court martial for lying cannot be car
! RED into execution on account OF political
pressure from Washington this fact indicates
/ u serious fault i'll the administration of the
! Academy, which it is to be hoped the present
| discussion may tend to disclose and correct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-03
TWEED,S CHINESE ELL.

The striking resemblance of Mr.. Tweed to
Confucius has often been observed. With a
pig-tail correspondent in length with the am
plitude of his proportions, and somebody to
walk before him beating a gong he would
anywhere be taken for mandarin OF dis
tinction. and cOurtcously entreated to banquet
on rat-pie 1t ia even rumored that the
strikingly Asian aspect of our great ruler has
awakened interest and inspired veneratiOn
among the paSodas of Pekin and the terraced
gardens of CambOdia. Notwithstanding these
touching evidences of the devotion Of re-
mote and interesting people, we observe that
he has brought before the Senate bill for
bidding them from coming to the State of
New York to pay their respects to him. The
terms of the bill in question interdict the en-
ployment in this State of Chinese labor, de-
clare all existing contracts looking to such
employment void, and impose fine and I'M
prisonment upon those who violate the liberal
provisions of the statute aforesaid.
Now, there does not seem any pressing or
urgent probability of an invasion of Coolie
laborers, and simple minded people may be
somewhat puzzled TO determine the occasion of
Mr.. Tweed's extraordinary promptness and
energy in hurting bull against comet If he
had brought in a bill interdicting the employment
of AssinbOine or Winnipeg Indians as walters
at the principal hotels, there would have been
some sense in it. They are quite as likely to
be thus engaged as the Chinese are to be ex-
tensively employed in our domestic or manu-
featuring industries, at least for considerable
time TO come. Mr.. Tweed would have had all
good men with him in planting statutory bar
rier against the Indians in front of the dining
room doors Of our hotels, because nobody likes
to find scalps in his soup, or be tomahawked
because he casually animadverts upon
the butter. But Mr.. Tweed won't have
anybody worth having with him in his
shrewdly- but intrinsically stupid and
self-defeati ny ordinance against the Chinese
The object Of his maneuver is of course APP
parent. 1t is intended TO propitiate the lowest
and most ignorant of that foreign cOnsttu-
ency upon which he has built his power, and
to which he looks for its continuance. 1t is
nothing but a tub but it will amuse the whale
for season. If the conditions of our popula-
ton were reversed; if we had lots OF natural
! lied Chinese and only few Irish and Ger
mans, Mr.. Tweed would with equal alacrity
bring in bill making it a penal oiienso to
] employ Patrick or Hans. or Bridget or Chris