The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-08-19
Miscellaneous News Items.


csg~ The oil pipes of the Octave oil COM
pany were cut in two places, in Titusville,
Sunday night, by some Williams as yet un-
known.
GB Mrs. George Westerma}i died in
Sharon, a few days ago. from the effects of
running a needle into her knee some nine
weeks previously.
Vsg- Cory is to give 800, in bonds of
the city to have "one blast furnace this
year, another next year, and a rolling mill
the year following.
GSS" Mr.. Daniel N. Jones succeeds Mr.
George Fritz, deceased, as Superintendent
of the mechanical department of the Cam
bria Iron Works, at Johnstown.
NB" Mr.. Clark Sweet, of Albany town.
ship, Bradford county, aged seventy-two
years, was found dead recently on the
public highway.
G5S~ A woman named Mary Rogers was
run over and instantly killed by train on
the Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad, near
Bethlehem, on the 18th inst.
G5y- The Sharon Times says Stack No
2 of the Westerman iron company's fur
naces is doing exceedingly well now. She
yields about twenty-five tons day of No.
1 gray foundry iron.
GsB" Numerous Boston liquor dealers,
including several in the wholesale line,
were Graded" by State constables on the
18th, and a large quantity of liquor and
ale seized.
e5y- By a collision on the Hudson be-
tween two towboats, Patsy Lilly, of Hud-
son, deck hand on the tug William Bliss,
had his skull fractured, and, several others
were slightly injured.
"a Melvin Duff married daughter of
a Mr.. Miller about two weeks ago, against
his consent, since which Duff and Miller
have had several quarrels, and one ON Sun
day night resulted in the death of the
latter.
az The dead body of man was found
hanging to tree near East st. Louis re-
Gently. From papers found on his person,
his name was ascertained to be Alvis Ochler
from Summit, Butler county, Pennsyl-
vania.
Gsg" A young lady and gentleman, taking
a romantic stroll together in New Bedford
on Saturday evening" walked into cess
pool, on South Walter street, which some
one had carelcssly left uncovered. Their
emotions were too deep for utterance.
st. Louis, August 12.-Thomas Wood
son, who shot and killed William Barlow,
near Percival, Iowa, last week, has been
discharged by the examining magistrate
on the ground that he acted in self-de-
fense.
EB- A horse hitched to post in Belle
fonte kicked at one of Van Amburgh's ele-
plants, when passing on the street, and
quick as thought, the elephant reached
out his trunk, caught the horse by tho ear
and shook him like an earthquake.
Pottsville, Pa, August 12-Edward Cos
grove was found dead in the street in Shen-
andoah this morning. The Coroner's jury
this afternoon rendered verdict that he
came to his death from pistol wound re-
ceived at the hands Of George Majors, who
was brought to Pottsville this evening and
lodged in Jail.
eB- Israel Harding, of Greensburg, Ind,
has been arrested ON suspicion of murder
ing his wife, whose death occurred sudden
ly while the two were together in the gar
den. lis says she fell from the fence upon
rail, and when he picked her up she was
dead. But finger-marks were discovered
about her throat, and the breast was brok-
en- in, as if by heavy weight.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, August 11.-Oscar
Mills was accidentally shot by Sidney Ma
jor on. Sunday at Tunkhannock, Wyoming
county. Major shot at hawk, and three
buckshot struck Mills, who was in the next
yard, killing him instantly. Mills was an
assistant engineer in the United States
navy and was awaiting orders.
eB- On the 18th inst, at McKee's Rocks
a short distance below Pittsburg, seven
men who had been at work tightening an
overladen fiat boat, got into small skiG
to row to the shore. They had rowed
about ten yards when the slsiff was upset
and three men were drowned. The acci
dent was witnessed from the shore, but az
there were no boats available no assistance
could be rendered.
C5S- Ex-chief of police, Westbrook, o