The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-10-24
Miscellaneous News Items.


~" The great fires in the West will
probably increase the price of lumber
C5y" The Huntingdon county fair real
lied over $4,000.
N5y" One county in Tennessee brought
forth 400, 900 bushels Of peanuts this sea-
son. tl.a
eY- The Washington Post Office has al
ready transmitted money orders to all parts
of the world under the new regulations.
C7g- An Eastport, Me-, despatch reports
the mackerel fishing complete failure, the
fisherman having given up fishing
! eB~ Several towns in the lumber district
of Green Bay have been burned, and it is
reported that over twelve hundred persons
have perished in the flames.
eS~ Mr. Alden Spooner, a farmer in
Bethel, VT, recently carried to Market a
load of hops, for which he received nearly
$1,000.
e G1S- Acting Governor Hanton, of the
District of Columbia, has issued a procla-
nation convening the Legislative Assembly
to legalize loan of 800, 900 for the relief
of the Chicago sufferers. .I
taS- In Albany, the other night, the Rev
Mr.. Waters while preaching, stopped few
moments and then said 81 am rarely, if
ever annoyed by people talking. am not
tonight but am afraid the congregation
is" "You could have heard pin drop"
during the balance of the sermon.
eB- A new barn on the farm of Mr.. Jo-
mas Stager, about a mile and half east of
Lebanon, near the county aims house, was
entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night last, and very soon tbs whole
building and its contents, embracing Mr..
Stager's this years crops, were in a blaze,
and soon were ashes.
ea- The barn of Samuel Peachey, of
Nenno township, Mifilin county, was burn
ed to the ground, on Wednesday, the 4th
inst, with all its contents among which
were three colts belonging to Mr.. Peachy,
and valuable horse, the property of a Mr..
Yoder. The fire originated from the fric-
tion of some of the gearing of threshing
machine.
eI~ The Secretary of the Navy has de-
termined to put a stop to the disgraceful
habit of hazing at the Naval Academy
He has ordered the dismissal of five cadet
midshipmen from the Academy for persist
ing in this vicious practice against order
and regulations. The order says that while
mere youthful vivacity and mischief may
be overlooked persistent blackguardism is
inconsistent with the character of an officer
and gentleman, and will not be tolerated
GB- About daylight on the morning of
the nth inst, the Fifth ward of Brooklyn
was aroused by another raid of revenue
officers on the illicit stills in that city. The
arrangements for the raid were so'complete
as to surprise the generally wide-awake
whisky men of the fifth ward. The reve-
nue. officers were supported by United
States troops, and were landed at the foot
of Gold street, from which point the raid
commenced. They met with but little OPP
position, and captured several stills and
other property.
eB- A little daughter of X. s. Hathaway
living at Hartford, recently met with
strange accident While asleep she arose
from her bed, and the supposition is that
she sat for time ON the window-sil with
her feet hanging out, and from thence slip
ped and fell to the ground. Her night
dress was found hanging to the hook used
for fastening the blinds, turned inside out
and probably held her for time, before
she slipped through. Although she fell
from the third-story window, distance of
thirty or more feet, no bones were broken,
but she was badly bruised