The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-10
Miscellaneous News Items.

eB- Josiah N. Starin, cashier of the Cay
uga county national bank, of Auburn New
York, is S93, 900 short in his accounts.
tB- Returns of the election for Judge of
the Supreme Court in the Fifth District of
Illinois, indicate that Craig, the Farmers
candidate" has been elected by about 1000
majority.
EB- Perry johnson, Of Washington
county, Ind, chastised his uncle, Frank |
Gregory, the other day, by pitching him
out of wagon, and then drove off, leaving
him standing on his head.
Ndg- 1t has been discovered that the Long
Island mails have been systematically and
successfully robbed for a long period The
people of Hampton, Suffolk, and Glen
Cove have been the sufferers.
Gy- A fire occurred in Peru, Illinois, on
the 1st, originating in the Mccormick
block. The city being destitute of fire en-
gines the fire spread rapidly and destroyed
greatly damaged the sixth.
GB- At Wachita, Kansas, a dance house
in which two soldiers were wounded on
Wednesday, was burned by party of SOL
diers on Thursday morning, and the in
mates were driven away. One man was
mortally W ounded in the affray
GB- A young man named Frank Davis
fell from house in Altoona, on Tuesday
of last week, and was impaled on a fence
picket twenty-five feet below. The picket
entered his abdomen producing almost
instant DEATH
cB- Samuel Myer, well known oil
dealer and refiner, doing business at 1876
Maiden lane, N. Y, dropped dead in one
of his customers Offices in Williamsburg
ON the Sd inst. The cause of his death is
supposed to be apoplexy.
GB Among the successful candidates in
the examination for admission to West
Point are Hartford P. Brown. William M.
Black, Walter B. Craig, William Gal
braith, William p. Gordon, j. A. G. Simms
and j. w. S. Souder, of Pennsylvania.
GB- A very destructive fire occurred at
Toledo, on the 9th inst. For time it was
feared that large part of the city would
be destroyed. The flames were finally got
under control after loss of nearly half
million of dollars.
GB- There are at present five persons in
Maryland convicted of murder in the first
degree and one convicted of rape awaiting
execution. Of these, three have been sem
fenced, and three are white and three are
colored men.
GB-Last week at Washington, D. c.,
| William H. Hawkins, colored, while taking
an estray horse to the pound, was shot by
its owner, John Lynch, with shot gun,
the contents taking effect in Hawkins left
arm and inficting serious but not dan
gerous wounds.
| tB-Three hundred thousand dollars worth
of bonds, stolen from the Waterford, N.
Y, Bank have been returned by the
thieves, who have received 80 per cent.
and immunity from punishment for their
trouble.
CB- Two young ladies of Washington,
Daviess county, Ind, attempted dashing
horseback ride few days ago. Miss SUIT
ton stood on her head and was insensible
for forty eight hours, and Miss Angelo got
under the horses feet and was disfgured
for life.
A Spaniard, who gave the name of
George Lane, was arrested in Rochester
on Thursday night, for attempting to muir
der Mrs. Gage in her house, near Albion,
N. Y. Mrs. Gage recognized him as her
assailant. She is in precarious con-
dition.
Windsor, Ont, May 30.-In the absence
of the family, this afternoon, three burg
lars entered house, and being discovered,
one jumped out through a window, cutting
an artery in his leg. He ran about block
and then fell, and died in five minutes from
loss of blood. The other two escaped
through the back door.
Williamsport, June 3.--At half past six
o'clock last evening man named Isaac
b. Reigle was hit on the head with club
by boy named Henry T. Moor and died
from the effects of the blow three hours
later. Both parties were employed in the
Beaver lumber mills, in this city. An al
tercation had taken place between them
some time before the striking. Moor has
not yet been captured.
BinghAmpton, N. Y, June 81 Coronel
Worthing has caused the arrest of Mrs
! Thomas Canning, suspected of causing til,