The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-08-05

tB- At Baltimore ON the 2Gth ult., a re-
spectacle German, named John Schwartz
hung himself. He married his third wife,
young girl 10 years old, two weeks ago.
He was 76.
The disparity in their ages was the sub
ject of ridicule among foolish friends, and
the old gentleman was so much annoyed
by their taunts that he was driven to des-
peration. He only knew the girl two or
three days before he married her.
aB- At Philadelphia, on the 9th ult.,
most singular accident occurred. Mary
Truitt, aged five years, was sitting on the
front steps of her residence in the southern
part of the city. Mrs. Cooper, an occu-
pant Of the house, went to the attic win
dow with child's flag staff some three
feet long with spear head, engaged in
cleaning out the water pipe. The stick
slipped from her hand, and falling perpen-
dicularly entered the child's SKULL causing
instant death.
eB- The Rev. Mr.. Thompson in speak
ing of electrical peculiarities, said that he
had man in Wisconsin, sowing grain,
who suddenly stopped and declared he
could not move the guide stakes. Mr..
Thompson laughed at him, and approached
to move them himself, but the moment
bis hands touched the wood they were
powerless. A current of electricity stream
ed from them, and it was some time before
thav on,,1d ha md
weather, too.
Dublin, Virginia, July 29.-Mr. and Mrs.
Shepherd, a bridal couple from Montgom-
cry county, on their way to the Pulaski
Alum Springs, while crossing Cloyd's
Mountain in a buggy during thunder
storm, the horse SHE'D at flash of light
ming, and threw the party down precipice
one hundred and seventy feet. The buggy
was destroyed, and the groom badly bruis-
ed. The bride had her collar bone and
ankle dislocated, teeth knocked out, and
was otherwise badly hurt. A tree in the
way stopped them from going to the bot
! tom.
| TB- Mr.. H. G.. Scofield, Of Bridgeport,
| performed rather notable engineering
feat on Saturday, on the new division of
the New York and New Haven Road, from
Harlem to New York. 1t became neces-
sary to lift the draw of the new bridge
across Pelham bay, on this line, structure
weighing 160 tons. To effect this object,
Mr.. Scofeld devised the plan of building.
trusses, placing them on heavy scows,
floating the latter around under the draw
at low tide, so that the rising Of the tide
would do the work required. This was
successfully executed Saturday. The tide
rose feet inches, and the scows settled
in the water but two feet, raising the draw
sufficiently to make the repairs required.
EB" 1t is stated that unofficial advices
have been received at the war department
that the court has found all the Modoc
Indians on trial guilty of murder and Or
dered all of them to be shot. Gen. Davis
is said to be only waiting the endorsement
of the verdict to carry out the sentence.
The findings in the military commission in
the case of the Modoc Indians recently
tried have not yet been received at the war
department. The proceedings, after being
reviewed by Gen. Schoffeld, will be for
warded to Judge Advocate General Holt
who examines the testimony and findings
and then transmits them to the secretary
of war and president for approval, before
the sentence can be executed.