The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17

iell. lt is feared that great damage has |
been done to the planting interests in the
adjacent country, but the sanitary con-
dition of the city is greatly improved,
tB- General Schoheld telegraphs TO
Davis at Boyle's Camp to appoint a Com
mission on the spot for the trial of the Mo
doc prisoners Tom, Piute Indian pris-
oner, having attacked guard at Fort
Alcatraz, the latter fired and killed him,
putting six bullets in his BODY. The Or
egon papers denounce the massacre of the
Modoc prisoners in unmeasured terms.
NB- Reports from Memphis dated the
l1th inst, says: The cholera is undoubt-
edly increasing. There were eighteen in
terments against eleven yesterday, while
undertakers had received at six P. M. or
ders for fourteen burials tomorrow. The
weather continues cloudy and sultry.
Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Inte-
rior under Buchanan, is laying dangerously
ill in this city with cholera.
tg- The Peoria Review says (but we
don't believe it) an engineer on the Toledo,
Peoria and Warsaw Railroad, in approach
ing the trestle work just across the river,
last evening, saw what he took to be COW
on the track. He shut off steam and
whistled Justify, and just as he came up to
the animal it sprang over the fence and
disappeared in the water. 1t proved to be
fair specimen of the Illinois river bull
frog. This is the engineers story.
eB- A fire damp explosion occurred at
the Henry Clay Colliery, near Shamokin,
Pa, Tuesday afternoon last
Eleven persons were taken out shortly
after the explosion, eight of them dead,
John Hays, the inside foreman, being one
of the latter. Macarthur, the general fore
man, was among the number rescued alive.
There were from fifteen to twenty-five
persons still in the mines, at last accounts
but energetic efforts were made to get them
out. XII. .-got .ttf .i.. i..
gB Merritt Wheeler, keeper of disor-
derly house in Auburn, murdered his mis-
tress Fanny Sterling, Tuesday night, by
holding her by the hair of the head, and
kicking her till the blood gushed from her
mouth and ears, and then stabbing her in
the forehead. This is the sixth murder
committed in Cayuga County since the 1st
of January last. Wheeler is in custody
GB- man went into drug store in
Smithport, Cameron county, and demand
ed some whisky. The boy refused to
furnish it, telling him he must wait until
the proprietor of the store returned. While
the boy was temporarily absent, Beckwith
helped himself to what he supposed was
whisky, but got hold of poisonous COM
pound which caused his death in forty
minutes.
CB- A young man in Indiana, Pa, Sc
duced young, lady, under promise of
marriage, more than two years ago, and
left suddenly for the far West, in order to
escape the consequences of his villainy. A
half brother of the injured lady procured
requisition from Governor Geary, and fol-
lowed the fellow for two years, finally
catching him at Lincoln, Nebraska, about
two weeks ago. He returned with his
prisoner last week, and had him put under
bail for trial.
GB- On the 1st inst, VIM. Berry of Sha-
mokin, and John Berry of Mt. Pleasant,
Shuylkill county, drove two valuable horses
in buggy on a visit to some friends in
Jordan township, Northumberland county,
and when near VIM. Shartles Hotel, one
of the horses accidentally stumbled, and
broke both front legs off below the knee.
AS no other relief could be given him he
was Immediately killed, and put out of
misery. Ilh rG rHTVf- g
tB- George l.. Fulmer, bartender en-
ployed at Downing's billiard hall, 1913
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, was found
about A o'clock Thursday morning, by
Officer Patterson, of the Third district, un-
conscious, in front of the Girard Bank, on
Third street, with q severe wound in his
head behind the left ear. He was immedi-
ately removed to the Pennsylvania Hospital
where the physicians in attendance de-
clared the wound to have been the result of
pistol shot. and stated that there were
but slight hopes of the wounded mans re-
covery. t f.lsos.l ~ a.iso9I
rE- A very serious accident occurred at
the Eastport, (Me.) gas works on the 10th
inst. Repairs were to be made, and
young man named Hiram Laurence went
down into the gasometer to let off the
water. The gas overcame him and he fell
from the ladder into the water. His broth
er Edward went down to get him out and