The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-11-17
Miscellaneous News Items.

St. Louis, November 1t,--Joseph Wal
lace, son Of a highly respected Baptist
minister in Norway county, shot and
killed William Brush on Friday. An old
grudge was the cause
az 1t is said that Gov. Peck, of Yer
mont, will be liable to be sent to jail, if the
bill making premises where liquor is sold
a common nuisance passes, for he rents
property to a well-known rumseller at
Burlington,
EB- A Miss Paine met with a singular
accident in Titusvile on last Saturday.
While walking along the street, large
Newfoundland dog ran against her. knock
ing her down. In the fall one of her wrists
was dislocated and one of the bones of the
same arm broken
Montgomery, November GA negro
named Diggs, was jailed to day by the
United States marshal on charge of shoot
ing and killing young son of Judge X iels
of Barbour county, on election day, and
destroying ballot box at Spring Hill in
the same county.
esB- On Saturday week an accident oc-
CURED in the saw mill of Il. M. Long, in
Fayetteville, Adams county, by which
young man named John Myers lost his life.
While he was saving lumber the saw
caught board and threw it around strik.
ing him on the head and crushing his skull.
He died in a few minutes.
G3g- A few nights since two tramps put
up in an unoccupied house near Newton
Hamilton. There was stove in the build
ing and they bethought them to fire up.-
They did not know there was several
pounds of rock powder in the stove. 1t is
presumed they found it out, however, as
the stove was scattered about the country
for radius Of half mile.
Memphis, November 6.-Parties from
Osceola, Arkansas, State that early yester-
day morning Jack Phillips, negro, outraged
the wife Of a planter near there. From
the treatment she received she will proba-
bly, die. The negro was arrested and
brought to Osceola, where the citizens
both black and whites improvise6 the court
and after hearing the evidence took the
prisonerout and shot him dead.
Philadelphia, November 10.-A tin-box
and carpet-bag were found to-day on Del.
aware avenue, Camden, N. j., behind
pile of bricks. On the key to the box was
suspended metal tag with the name Mott
Murphy thereon. The carpet.bag was
empty, but the box contained real estate
papers, maps, land warrants, &c. The
case is one Of supposed foul play to the
owner of the property RI. 1d osG.I s
New Orleans November 10.AThe trial
Of Amos Simms, the successful negro can
didate at the late election in Terre Bonne
parish, charged with Homicide in killing
partyof negroes who assaulted and pur-
suedhim, took place yesterday The cor
oneF's jury in the case of the deceased,
which was entirely composed Of cOlOred
men, returned verdict Of justiflable hOmi-
eide, and Simms was Immediately re-
leased. ~ otf 3di 1874 f
rg A coaLdealer in Portland, Me-, re-
Gently sued delinquent customer for
balance due for coal delivered. The de-
fendant proved that the coal was weighed
by one of the employees OF the dealer, and
not by sworn weigher of coal. The su-
periOr Court OF the State thereupon suled
that plaintiff could not recover, as the
Maine statutes provide that the seller shall
not maintain a suit for the price of coal
unless he had caused the same to be
weighed by sworn weigher and delivered
a certificate Of tho weight to the buyer be-
fore beginning suit. d og3 wetsa bn9