The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-07-22
Miscellaneous News Items.

eB- A single flash of lightning recently
killed sixty-six head of sheep for Mich
igan farmer.
esB- Louisville, KY, July 13.--Last Sun
day at Shiloh church, near Hopkinsville,
Mrs. Emily Owen dropped dead at the
altar while in the act of partaking of COM
munion.
nB- Mr.. Benjamin Longenecker, of
Woodbury., Bedford county, fell dead on
Monday evening, July 14th, while walking
through pasture field to which he had
gone for his COWS. He was about 70 years
of age, and well known and highly respect
ed in the community.
EB- During heavy hail-storm a passen-
ger train on the Erie railroad from Hor-
nellsville ran into gravel train near
Checktowaga station, four miles from Buff
falo, seriously injuring four laborers ON the
gravel train, and cutting and brusing
several other persons.
ca A Johnstown youth named George
Mullen, created considerable excitement
the other day, by choking his girl and
threatening to commit suicide, because she
went back on him. But short time in
the lookup has "taken the starch right
out of him."
eB- Mrs. M'Arthur, of Los Angeles, be-
cause her husband scolded her about the
character of their breakfast, took large
dose of strychnine, and died soon after.
An official investigation into the conduct
of the husband is demanded.
Columbus, o., July 17.-There has been
seven deaths from cholera in the peniten-
tiary since last night. The average time
of the sickness of the patients was eight
hours. The guards and outside attend
ants, who are not shut up in the cells at
night, have been entirely free from disease.
GB- While pious couple Of Momence,
ILL.,, were at church one recent Sunday
their house was entered by party of des-
peradoes, who hanged the sole remaining
occupant, an old lady relation. Moral
Either the old lady ought to have gone to
church regularly, or the rest of the family
oughtn't.
gg- Some Michigan boys feeling the
need of some wholesome recreation, stuffed
a suit of clothes with straw and buried it,
killed couple of chickens, and strewed
the blood around the grave, and trampled
the ground SO that it gave evidence of a
fearful struggle. The Mortified citizens
soon discovered the grave, summoned the
coroner, and impannelled a jury, dug up
the body, and-adjourned in hurry.
gB-A fire broke out in the building oc-
cupied by the Navy Department on Tues
day morning last. The building was Sc
riously damaged, and quite number of
papers and documents, of value-to the gov
ernment were destroyed. 1t is supposed
the fire was lighted by rats getting among
matches. Most people will naturally want
to know why matches were allowed around
loose among valuable papers.
GEE The miners employed at the EN-
pire Colliery, in the Lehigh region, ope-
rated by the Lehigh coal and navigation
company, dissatisfied with the scale of
wages, have struck for an advance. The
company have determined not to accede to
their demand. 1t is feared that il the adj
vance prices are not paid by the company
that there will be general strike among
the miners Of the Wilkesbarre region to
compel other operators to pay a higher
basis. As it is there seems to be an ex-
tended dissatisfaction througout the region.
nY- A clerical gentleman, in examining
a Sunday school, asked the class before
him if any of them could tell him anything
about the apostle Peter. A little girl
raised her hand, much to the qualification
of the examiner. "Come up here, my
good little girl" said he, 81 am glad you
remember your Bible lesson SO well. Now,
tell the other boys and girls what you know
OF St. Peter" The girl was quite willing
and commenced, Peter, Peter, pumpkin
eater, had wife and couldn't keep her
he put her in a." but before she could
get to pumpkin shelI' the school was in
q roar.
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