The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-09-03
Miscellaneous News Items.

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tB-Advices from Southeast Missouri
state that Marion Weeks, Postmaster at
Rice Hill, Reynolds county, was recently
shot and killed by unknown parties.
CEs An exchange says: "This is the fifth
trout caught this year from the same hole
the total weight of which is six pounds"
So the fact may now be considered settled,
ga hole" weighs six pounds.
GB- Did you know, that by sitting a glass
fruit jar on folded towel, thoroughly
soaked in cold water, that fruit can be pour
ed in boiling hot, with no more danger of
breaking than with tin can.
az Three hundred dollars were received
at the Treasury Department last week
from party in York Pa. The writer
says he had retained that amount from
different taxes during the war, but having
become Christian his conscience admon-
ishes him to return it.
CB-A boy leading one horse while he
rode another, in Northampton county, last
week, during thunder and lightning
storm, had both horses killed, while he es-
capped only stunned by lightning.
CB-The small pox panic continues to
prevail at Scranton. Many persons have
left the town, and the mayor called meet
ing of all the doctors on Tuesday to consult
as to means to stay the pestilence.
GBrA beautiful young lady named Hen
derson, from Saginaw, Mich, was arrested
at Simcoe, Ontario, recently, for stealing
horse. Another and prior indiscretion had
led to the act, and she was dressed in mems
clothing at the time.
eS-In the thunder storm on Monday
evening, as Mr. VIM. Woelhy, of JONES'
town, Lebanon CO., was driving along the
public highway near that place, the light
ming struck and instantly killed his horse,
leaving himself and buggy entirely unin-
jured Six geese, which were near the
horse at the time, were also killed.
eB-The puddlers belonging TO the Union
at the Pottsville rolling mill, on Monday
morning went ON a strike because one of
their members had been discharged from
the mill for some misdemeanor. The strike
threw eleven pudding furnaces out of
work. The non-union men refused to join
the strikers, and five furnaces continue
working.
Cy-The crocodile connected with Rob
inson's circus, having lost a portion of his
caudal appendage, was supposed to be in a
dying condition, and was thrown into the
river at Towanda, on Thursday last. On
reaching his native element he seemed to
revive, and report says he has been seen
swimming in the pool within the past day
Or two. The boys prefer sun-baths on the
land now.
cB-Dr. George Rogers, of Dorsetshire,
England, who, with a deputation of En-
glish farmers, recently came to the United
States to select location for colony of
some two thousand persons from tho South
of England, sailed from Liverpool last
Saturday on the steamer Baltic, having Sc
lected eight townships of land on the line
of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Wes
tern Minnesota. The Colonists are TO ar
rive early next season.
gB-At Washington last week, Judge
Smell, of the police court fined restau-
rant keeper $l0O, and ordered the forfeit
ure of his license, for refusing to sell Ii
quor to colored man. This is the penalty
under the District statute for refusal to
sell in such cases. Counsel for the defense
thought It was detrimental to the public
that the Legislature should compel restau-
rant keepers to sell liquor to the human
family, while the Judge said the law was
no doubt made for a wise and beneflcent
purpose.
GB A married lady from Philadelphia of
very attractive appearance, who arrived at
N. Y. with her husband last week on
visit TO her parents, disappeared mystic
riously on Thursday last. About noon of
that day she left the house to buy some
worsted at store on Eighth avenue, in the
neighborhood Of which she was met by a
female acquaintance soon after, since which
nothing has been heard of her. Various
circumstances preclude any suspicion that
her absence is voluntary and II is feared
that she has been male tie victim Of vio-
lence.