The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-05-05
Miscellaneous News Items.

VIZ Aho huSsidn census dWaTuS SOJOOO
patients to every doctor In the United
States there is regular physician and
fraction to every 1000 of the population.
Gg- There is not drinking saloon in
Noble county, Ohio, with its population Of
twenty thousand, and for six years it has
not been represented in the penitentiary.
esB- Seven Indians were drowned in one
of the lakes in the Modoc country on the
10th Of last month, and their red brethren
are still bowling in honor Of their memory.
GSg- A monster wolfhunt in Green county
ILL.,, lately resulted in the killing of two
dogs, which were mistaken for wolves by
the excited hunters. Only that and no.
thing more.
GB- For playing on jewsharp in church
during divine service in New Britain,
Conn.,, William Rathburn has been fined
SO, Notwithstanding he defended his solos
by quotations from the Bible.
sB- John Rhoads, lad 16 years of age,
was driving two horses to a roller, in East
Hempfeld, Lancaster, county, the other
day, when he was jolted from his seat, and
the roller passing over him crushing him
to death.
Thirteen hundred Cinnamon have been
set to work on narrow gauge railroad in
California. Their bosses say that they do
more work and less fighting in given
period than the average railroad laborer.
GB- A female cat belonging to Mr..
David Auchenbach, at Sheridan, Pa gave
birth, last week, to six kittens, all attached
to each other at the stomach by ligature
at that place. This beats the Siamese
Twins all to pieces.
GB- The gentleman who asserted that
his friend never opened his mouth without
putting his foot in it, being called upon to
apologize, said he was very sorry, but
when he made the assertion he did not see
the size of his friends foot.
Gy- Mrs. John Mcmahon, of Bloomfield,
Blair county, recently gave birth to trip
let's, two girls and a boy combined
weight, thirty-six pounds-which rather
leaves Bedford in the rear, and all, babes,
mother and daddy, are getting along
swimmingly.
Colonel Hodges, U. s. Quartermaster
at New Orleans, ON Sunday received and
turned over to the distributing committee,
for the victims of the flood, $4,000 lined
sack coats, the same number of forage caps
and pairs of shoes, and 1000 blankets.
"a" 1t is remarkable how greatness out
grows handles to names. Who would
think Of speaking of Henry Clay as Hon.
Henry Clay, or Henry Clay, Esq, or ap-
ply such titles to Daniel Webster, Charles
Sumner, or any man of that class. We re-
gard it as high compliment to man
when these additions to his simple name
are dispensed with.
CB-A boat with cargo OF 100 casks of ar
senic was recently sunk in the neighborhood
of Glogau, on the river Ober. Half Of the
casks were recovered, but the remainder
have fioated away or gone to pieces Anx-
iety is felt lest residents on the river should
be poisoned by arsenic.
GB- A Keokuk paper tells a story of how
a clergyman at Keokuk married two young
people in Bonaparte on last Thursday by
telegraph. The parties assembled in the
telegraph offices, the questions and respon-
ses, service and benediction were tieked
rapidly off, and the happyipair leftthe office
one flesh, welded by lightning.
GB- A Teacher at Lagrange, Me-, on
entering his school-house few days ago
found the floor smeared with blood, and in
the stove was the body of newborn babe,
with some pieces of wood around it, partly
burned, indicating that an attempt had
been made to burn it. There is no clue to
the perpetrator of the crime.
tB- Some students fixed up ghost and
placed it on the staircase Of Troy news
paper Office the other night, and then re-
tired and awaited developments. One of
the editors came along and didn't get
frightened. He disrobed it, and now wears
fifteen-dollar pair Of pantaloons, a ten
dollar vest, seven-dollar pair Of boots and
and eight-dollar hat, while one of the stu
dents goes about without vest, and
another roams around through the least
frequented streets wearing very ancient
pair of inexpressible.