The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-31
Miscellaneous News Items.

l. Ou huNC AuC tuS1S VI hO' CIdl ;
you needn't look SO blue Why have
II" "You're being transported with
JOY"
RG- boy in indianapolis asked his
father for twenty shilings to enable him
to take his girl to a dance, but the father
refused, whereupon the boy took pitch
fork, pinned the old man to the side of
the barn, and held him there until he
shelled out
rG~ A stranger at Belfast, Me, spent
much time the other day looking for his
lost pocket book, and in the twilight hour
found it in his coat tail pocket. He had
followed too literally st. Paul's advice in
forgetting things which are behind"
1G- Filkins, the supposed Albany ex-
press robber, has been identified by Hal
pin, the express messenger, as the man
who shot him. Robert \. Scott also tes-
tifes to selling him pistol, On some
points the testimony is conflicting. The
examination was postponed on Monday
last until Thursday morning, IIalpin be-
ing too i'll to attend inflammation having
set in, his condition is critical.
Dsy- 4 Providence widow protests in
newspaper communication against the
erection Of soldiers monuments until ai-
ter the paltry pension Of $96, annually
paid to soldiers widows, is increased
She thinks the erection Of few coed
houses, leased at a small rental. would be
a nobler monument than any marble
shalt.
Ray- Two California officers, taking
pair Of Mezicaus accused Of robbery OF
bullion, to Jail, were stopped by gang
Of twenty men, who took away the pris-
Oners and hung them little at Il time"
to make them confess where the bullion
was buried. Failing in this, they re-
turned then to the officers, who safely
committed them 10 Jail.
Ka- 4 fashionable but ignorant lady,
wanted costly camel's hair shawl, but
her husband bought her a cheap imita-
ton article. On examining it, she found
the name Of the manufacturer on the
corner, and wanted to know what that
was. THAT" said the husband, is the
name Of the camel whose hair the shawl
was made OIL"
1S.~ A lad named Freis, aged eleven
years, whose parents reside at Monmouth
Junntion, got up in his sleep the other
night and jumping from a shed adi0iu-
ing his bedroom, to the ground, walked
in the snow with nothing but his night !
clothes on to the the house OIL nejghbur
--somc half nile away. The little
somuambulist was taken in and cared for, .
and the next day was none the worse i,r
his midnight walk
ESgg' In Carson county, Nevada. the |
other day, 200 Cinnamon engaged in
street Geht on the strength Ct the loss Of
Gfty cents sustained by one Of their num- .
ber in gambling saloon The noise
they made alarmed the entire white pop
ulation, who rushed to the conflict, c&-
pecting to find a large number Of thc /
Celostals dead on the field, but there was
not a wound among them. Yet the
noise they made was astonishing
Ee5" Fourteen hundred women Of Hi |
uois have sent to Washington a remon-
stranco against having the right to vote.
This strikes us as u work OF supcrcroga-
tion; tor they will not ia any case be /
compelled to vote. And is not tride |.
inconsistent? Having declared their
purpose to leave the decision OF all pub. |
lie questions TO the men, how can they |
properly Interfere in the settlements o!
this one.
RGT' The Sheriff Of Marshall county, |
Mississippi having on hand the disagree
able duty Of hanging Il man, and the man
weighing over two hundred and fifty |
pounds. he was unable to find rope in |
the entire county of sufficient pliability |
and strength combined to do the job
Sheriff Wright of Memphis, loaned him |
rope which had done execution on sew
cral occasions, which courtesy was un-
doubtedly appreciated by the culprit
Lay- On the 2lst inst, while the cast
ward bound train on the Central Pacific
railway was stopping at Alta, a station
near the summit Of Sierra Nevada Noun |
tains, and the passengers were at supper,
and also the two mail agents, who had |
left the mail-car locked, the car was open
cd by false keys, and the registered let |
ters, and package Of $4,000 in green
backs. were taken, without attracting tho
attention of the guard, who was in the
next car.