The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-09-10
Miscellaneous News Items.


CB- Officer Harris, while attempting to
arrest Richard Stillwell, at Los Angeles,
was resisted, and shot Stillwell fatally.
sB- Alabama lightning doesn't do things
by halves. A bolt recently struck tree
in the lot of Mr.. John Cant, of Skipper
vile, and killed every horse and mule on
the place. t.1l,,i1
AT Albany on the end inst, during fire
alarm the horses attached to steam fire
engine ran away and plunged into the river
and were drowned. The driver was res
cued. "f,f" rs'E
eB Abraham w. Ballard, of Michigan,
was killed by lightning, few nights since
while in bed asleep. His wife, who was
sleeping with him, knew nothing of the
occurrence until she awoke quite late in the
morning and found him dead. ...a.
GB-About Z o'clock last Tuesday eve
ming, fire broke out at the third-story
brick building, No. 637 Lombard street
Philadelphia which was caused by the ex-
plosion Of coal oil lamp and by which
three firemen were seriously injured and
the building greatly damaged.
rB-A letter received at New Bedford
Mass, announces the loss of the whaling
bark Millwood, Captain Mines, of that
port, which was forced ON shore by the ice
at Black Lead Island, Cumberland Inlet,
November 13. The oil was saved The
crew was taken on board another vessel.
Whale fishery in the inlet was reported as
having been Improbable during last sea-
son. 9mC AatHf
eB Mrs. Smith of Gainesville, Fla, while
sitting up with sick neighbor, was shot
through the head by an assassin and in
stantly killed. The sick woman and Mrs.
Smith were found dead the next morning.
1t is supposed that Mrs. Smith was killed
by mistake, as another women, Miss Blew
had been shot at the same night. A negro
man has been arrested.
GB-On Wednesday last, train on the
Long Island Railroad ran over carriage,
near Westbury Station, containing two
ladies and boy aged seven, and girl
aged fourteen, and all were killed or fa-
tally injured. The victims are supposed
to have belonged to family named Castle
living in Twenty-fifth street, New York.
eB- The ship Canada sailed from Jersey
City on the 27th for Callao, with the fol-
lowing extraordinary cargo One iron
church, in sections, weighing three hun
dred tons, twenty-six Corinthian columns /;
one Gothic church steeple, one Roman al
tar, weighing three tons, and sixteen for
tress doors, with bolts bars, &c.
eB- The widows of James L. Cline, Judge
Stephenson, and Thomas L. Dutro murder
ed by the mob in Cass Co., Missouri, some
months ago, for the alleged issue of fraud
ulent county bonds, have brought suit
against Sheriff Bryant and some thirty-five
other citizens, of Cass county, for the muir
der of their husbands. The amount of
damages in each case is 1000, being the
sum limited by law. FE
B-The Richmond, Va, News says: On
the day before yesterday countrymanhan-
ded conductor OF a street railway car
dollar bill. The conductor politely in re-
turn, gave him one fifty-cent package and
two quarter packages Of tickets. yerdant-
(stretching himself at full length--"See
here, mister, I've travelled oomuch around
this ere world to have you pass lot of
garden seeds on me. No, stree, give me
my change" ~ isf 9fe s'N