The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-07-23
Miscellaneous News Items.

| ~ ''VO'hipodO CJdulol, Oh buo ohhSyi-
vania railroad, will hereafter be known as
Glenloch, same as the postoffice, which is
situated near the station.
gB- An old gentleman named Ehrmen-
trout his wife and married daughter and
her child were drowned on the I'd inst, in
attempting to ford the Nishuabota river
near Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa.
gB lgnatius Donnelly has written let
ter declining the Republican nomination
for Congress in the First district of Min
nesota, and announcing his adherence to
Greeley and Brown
eB~ A child answering the description of
Fredrick Lieb, who was stolen from Quincy,
Illinois, more than year ago. was seen
with travelling musician at Columbia last
week, and went from Marietta on Monday
for Harrisburg.
CB- G. II. Newhal, resident of New
market, Middlesex county, New Jersey, fell
dead in Philadelphia last week. His body
was taken to the Eighth District Station
house, and afterwards removed to the
Morgue.
esy- Quite stir was occasioned in ST.
Joseph county Ind, by young lady whose
marriage was about being consummated-
in fact the minister and friends had ar
rived-when she positively refused to have
the marriage ceremony proceeded with.
GB- A loving wife in Longsport, Ind,
desirous of getting rid of her old man, put
arsenic in his tea The husband suspect
ing something wrong and refused to drink
the tea, and the wife promising to be more
faithful in the future was not prosecuted.
GY At Buffalo last week Patrick Nor
rissay, convicted of the murder of his moth
er, was sentenced to be hung in Septem-
ber. The judge, in passing the sentence,
told him he must not expect pardon.
The crime was only committed three weeks
ago.
GB- William Dean, Chairman of the
Democratic State Committee of Delaware,
publishes card announcing his resigna-
tion of that position, ON account of the
nomination of Greeley, and says he is ready
to help to form a straight-out Democratic
ticket
gB~ An official trial of the Williamson
road steamer, in the Erie canal, was made
recently in the presence of the Canal Com
missioners, and proved complete success.
The engine drew the loaded boats at double
the speed of boats drawn by horses
~ There is man living on the line of
the Hollidaysburg and Morrison's Cove
branch railroad who thinks that railroad
ing is a sin, and when train of cars ap-
proaches his residence he always goes into
the house and reads his Bible until the
train has passed.
eaS- At New York last week Mrs. Will
liams and her paramour, John Owens, were
arrested on the the statement of the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Williams who charges that they
conspired to murder the husband of Mrs.
Williams, and whose body was found on
May I'd in Newtown creek.
"a A remarkable water spout occurred
on the Central City stage road, four miles
above Golden City, on Sunday afternoon.
The torrent Of water struck carriage con-
tanning ]. Warden, his wife and sister, and
a girl named Blood. The two latter were
drowned
gB-The Postmaster of Forest Lake,
Washington county, Mime sofa, is such a
desperate that many people dare not ap-
proach this bloodthirsty postmaster's of
flee, and are therefore causing their mail to
be sent to another Office. He recently
drove his own daughter away from home,
and afterwards would have killed her, but
for the prompt interference of the family
with whom she was stopping. The peo-
pie of the house disarmed and bound the
mailman, and conducted the girl to place
of safety. He has since threatened to kill
all who assisted in disarming him, and
another neighbor, who conveyed his daugh-
ter to Taylor's Falls, where she was subse-
quently married. Here is chance for civ
il service reform.