The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-03-14
Miscellaneous News Items.

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Da5r A daughter of Daniel Murphey
died in Sacramento recently from taking
liquid potassa, administered through the
carelessness of druggist.
p6yn Four desperate ruflians, confined
in jail at Rushville, Illinois, succeeded
in escaping, on Saturday night week,
after n fierce assault on the jailor.
Heg" Captain f. W. Perkins, we'll
known steamship agent, was found dead
in his Office, No. 26 Carondelet street,
last week shot through the head and
other evidences of violence. The coroner
is investigating the affair.
pGy@ Mayor Sturgis, of Meridian, Miss,
was on Tuesday morning, on his own
motion given safe conduct to the cars
by citizens, on pledge to go North and
never return, after rendering his resigna-
tion.
B9ya The latest thing in the boot and
shoe line at Boston, is a crimped calf
boot, the calf skin tanned with the hair
on, and made up with the hair outside
tipped with alligator leather. Ladies'
boots Of the same style have also been
made.
BGE~ A darkey, left in charge of tele-
graph office in New Orleans, while the
operator went to dinner, heard some one
"call" over the wires, and began shouting
at the instrument: "De operator isn't
here" The noise ceased.
BSS~ A Cincinnati man kicked black
dog off his doorstep, the other night, as
he supposed, and was Mortified when a
policeman picked it up and found it an
Ethiopian baby wrapped up in black
cloth. The kick killed it,
re- The authorities have demanded of
the Warden of Nevada State Prison the
surrender of the Trano car robbers, who
are now serving term of thirty years
each. If surrendered the robbers will be
tried in the United States Circuit Court
this week for murder.
B@" 1t is said that President Grants
colored barber exercises his vocation in
two distinct spheres. He shampoos and
trims whiskers in the Executive Depart
ment, and shaves the Treasury Depart
ment by drawing a salary of 81 200
year as clerk.
Ra~ A man living in Columbia, Pa,
,l +bo ho,,,D l< 1--we, loto1,,
refused to bury his father, who died sud
denly, but turned the body over to the
Coroner to be buried as a pauper, sign
ing his name to a paper which read as
follows -" hereby refuse to take charge
of the corpse Of my father or pay for its
burial"
g3- A party serenading a newly mar
ried couple at the house of Mordecai Kel-
ley, at Monroe, Wis, Monday evening,
were fired into by Kelley, and young
man named Patlin, a brother of the bride
was instantly killed and two others serious
ly wounded. Kelley surrendered him
self the next morning, and claims not to
have known the gun was loaded.
p6- Samuel Miller, lumber merchant
of Eddy, Sullivan county, N. Y, was
married the other evening to Miss Par
menter, and after the wedding feast went
with the guests to escort his bride and
her uncle to the depot, to send them off
on the wedding trip, as he had no time
to attend to it, and he was anxious she
should have wedding trip somehow Or
other.
B@~ A lady experiencing choking
sensation every time she put on switch
Of bought hair, consulted a spiritual
"medium," who set her mind at rest by
telling her that the locks in question had
been cut off the head of woman that
had been hanged, and that choke would
always attend to the wearing of that par
ticular switch.
Ba5~ Senator Revels declined to COM
ply with the numerous letters and tele-
grams to go to Mississippi and election
Ger for his return to the Senate. He says
he feels it to be his duty to remain away
until after the contest is decided, SO that
it cannot be said hereafter that he tried
TO influence the Legislature in his own
interest. The politicians are surprised
and puzzled at this patriotic and unself-
ish spirit.
B6s- The North East erie county, Star
tells this Miss Glenn Galusha an estima-
BILE young lady residing near Sterrettania,
recently lost her power of speech, and
during the space Of three weeks was un-
able IN utter n solitary audible word A