The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-20
Miscellaneous News Items.


eB The boys in Cumberland Valley some-
times take pleasure in stoning passenger
trains running through the towns in which
they live. tft .8t a5..t
eB-A young lady named Mills, at Lib
erty, Clay county, Missouri, had fight
with her brother on Friday night the 9th
inst, seized a shotgun and shot him dead.
tB- Whenever mortgage deed of trust
or any incumbrance is made upon insured
property notice should be given TO the COM
pauy otherwise the insurance is void.
NB-The lightning on the 14th struck
tree in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, and
more or less stunned fourteen Sunday
school children, picnicking there. None
were seriously injured.
B-David r. Brown, who recently ser
we'd out a sentence of fourteen years in the
Massachusetts, State Prison for procuring
an abortion, has been arrested for a like Of
fense on Catharine Van Neser, aged 19.
GB- James Kaine was arrested in Will
liamsburg last week for the murder of his
wife by throwing kerosene lamp at her,
which exploded and set fire to her cloth
ing.
eB On the 18th inst, a flat-boat, with
seventeen persons on board, was swamped
at Fort Wheeling Island by the swell of a
passing steamer. Jacob Watson and his
two sons, and two persons, names unknown,
were drowned.
CB The members of Plymouth Church
Brooklyn, N, " II. w. Beecher's s. are get
ting up "silver wedding" to come off
October 9th to 18th next. All who are in-
terested should send TO the "Clerk of the
Church for information and invitations.
CB-A large lot of matches sent to st.
Louis from factory in Cleveland, have
been seized by internal revenue officers for
irregularity in stamping, and telegram
was sent to the United States officers in
Cleveland to seize the factory there.
eB The Sioux are very observant One
of Spotted Tails followers, who speaks
little English, seeing one of the servant
girls of the hotel take off her chignon, ex-
claimed, Chow? White woman raise her
own scalp Indian no good here -
eaS- A late decision in the Chicago Courts
gives a'verdict in favor of a lawyer who lost
his library by fire after his policy of insur-
ance had expired. No notice had been given
by the company of the expiration, and the
Court decided that such notice was impera-
tive.
EB Two adroit thieves removed the hats
from the heads of two gentlemen, who
were drinking at Hartford garden, re-
Gently, and almost Immediately replaced
them with old worn out ones. So quickly
and so neatly was the job done that the vic
tins did not discover their loss for some
time.
C8- Jim johnson, a negro, in revenge
for merited thrashing received at the
hands of Mr.. p II. Fontaine of Reidsvillc,
| n. c., poisoned the ice-cream at an enter
tainment given by the latter. Twenty-six
young persons were poisoned, some of
whom, it is feared, will not recover.
cg- A terrible storm passed over Chester
county on Wednesday evening last. Near
Eagle station on the Penn'a r. r., trees
were uprooted and blown across the railway
way track, and travel both ways was en-
tirely suspended for nearly an hour There
was great damage to property of all kinds,
but, although there were very many narrow
escapes, no loss of life is reported.
CB- Mrs. Iver Thompson, of Belmont,
Minn., received lightning shock during
the severe storm on Saturday night last,
causing death Immediately. She appeared
considerably excited at the time, walking
the room and reading her Bible, and was
just in the act of taking child in her arms
when she received the shock and instantly
expired. The child was not injured
tB-Andrew G. Hogendobler, of Cleve-
land, wants to have his name changed to
Hogen. He represents that hitherto he
has found no friend in this vale of tears
sufficiently devoted to learn to spell his
name properly, and, in consequence, his
relations with the postal department of this
federation have been both complicated and
unpleasant Poor fellow, his request should
be granted.
eB- A humming bird flew into court
room in Georgia during Che session of the
court, one day, recently, at half past ten
A. NJ, and continued to fly within few