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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. Bird, 1877.
October, gay October, is here with its
rich, sweet days--the balmiest days in all
the year for Washingtonians. The winter
here, although quite mild is not really COM
Portable. 1t is neither warm enough nor
cold enough. Spring does not fairly ar
rive before it gets too warm for comfort
and summer here is season wherein we
only hope and strive not to die from the
excessive warmth. But the Autumn, when
the first month is over and October has
come, it is the mouth of all others for us.
The foliage partly turns but does not with
er and fall-not till next month-the skies
are clear and the air is golden.
''There is beautiful spirit breathing now
Its mellow richness on the clustered trees,
And, from beaker full of richest dyes,
Pouring new glory on the Autumn woods,
And dipping in warm light the pillared
Clouds"
Yesterday week ago, the Capital was
in an uproar over the burning Patent Office.
1t was a fearful time and great damage was
done. Nearly $4,000 models were burned,
! and the building shockingly injured. The
latter, however, can and win be renewed
and placed in much better condition than
before There is talk of putting on an ad-
ditional story and of course it will be fire.
proof, SO we may safely say that the Patent
Office hns been through its last scourging
by fire. Once before, in 1886, it was de-
stroved hv the same insatiahla ala
ment, but now its day is over. 1t cannot
burn again. But other of the Government
buildings can, and will undoubtedly before
they are placed in combustible con-
dition, although the recent disaster has
caused general looking into things. Nei-
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09
THE TIMES NEW BLooMF1ELD PA, OCTOBER o. 1877

in the left hand of the wife, held as in q
wise, was revolver, with which 1t is
supposed the dreadful deed was dome
How they came to their death is, in a
measure, a mystery, as no one saw the
fearful tragedy enacted. The supposition
is, however, that the wife first shot the
husband, and then put the two bullets
into her own body before death came
There was no indication Of any strug-
gle, and 1t is supposed that 1t was a plan
mutually agreed upon to put final qui-
etus upon all their earthly sorrows.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09
A sympathIzInu ludae.

When Miss Amelia Donnerschley
claimed two hundred dollars from faith
less Augustus Berner for breach of prom
ise, the gentleman justified his conduct
on the plea that after living under the
same roof with the young lady and her
mamma for eight months, he found it SO
impossible to live comfortably with the
one, that he was compelled to cry off
with the other. The judge inquired if
the mother proposed living with her
daughter after marriage, and receiving
an affirmative answer, asked the defend
ant whether he would rather live with
his mother-in-law or pay 5000.
"Pay $780," was the prompt reply.
Said the Judge: Young man let
me shake hands with you. There was a
time in my life when 1 was in the same
situation as you are in now. Had pos
sessed your firmness, 1 should have been
spared twenty-five years of trouble. 1
had the alternative of marrying or pay
ing $125. Being poor, L married, and
for twenty-five years have regretted it.
l am happy to meet with man of your
stamp. The plaintiff must pay $40 and
costs for having thought of putting a
gentleman under the dominion of a
mother-in-law.D
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09
An Ohio Tragedy.

A tragedy enacted at GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
on Tuesday of last week, creates intense
excitement in that place. Abner James
was an undertaken in GAINESVILLE, his of
flee being on Ninth street. He and his
wife did not live pleasantly together, al
though they had been married but four
teen months. Recently business troubles
have added to the unhappiness of the
couple and separation was looked for
On Wednesday their disagreement reach
ed a climax and Mrs. James left home,
vowing she would never live with James
again. She started for the residence of
her mother, Mrs. Leacock, widow,
about eight miles from the city, and was
followed by her husband. They left the
city together in the same train on the c.
and M. V. r. r. They got off at Del
carbe and started to walk together to
Mrs. Leacock's. When last seen alive.
they were walking together, and appar-
entity in an excited condition. They were
walking up the lane leading from the
public road toward the house, but they
never reached there. This morning
about eight o'clock the bodies Of both
were found lying in fence corners about
300 yards from the house. The husband
had bullet hole in his breast, and the
wife one in the temple, and another in
the region of the heart. They were
tightly locked in each others arms, and
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

ther the Capitol, Post Office, War Depart
ment, nor Navy Department are wholly
fire-proof and all of these buildings are lit
orally crammed full of papers and other
combustible material. The Cabinet has
discussed the matter somewhat during the
past week and the subject will be presented
for the consideration Of Congress during
the coming cession. The cabinet, however
has had very little time since President
Hayes return, to consider anything apart
from the Indians. They have been here a
week and have had almost daily interviews
with the "Great Father which includes
the Cabinet and several other gentlemen.
l was present at their first conference or
"pow-wow," as newspaper folks persist in
terming it. The poor savages looked like
so many images. They evidently consid-
cred the occasion as one of exceptional i'm
portance and had dressed themselves ac-
cordingly and after the pure Indian idea of
style. Not one but wore his blanket and
eagle feathers, and all but Spatted Tail
and Red Cloud were more or less painted
The widest among them-the Apaches--
who were never before within the bounds
of civilization, were decked out the most
fancifully. Their head-dresses we're of
eagle feathers aDd reached around their
heads and down to their heels. They ap-
pear to want many things that are impossi-
BILE for them to have, and there is some dis
satisfaction among them that theirrequests
are not complied with. One chief express
ed wish for box of money. One want
ed to be made rich and one wanted house
to live in like the Presidents. However,
as general thing, the delegation are pleas
ed with civilized ways, and say they want
to live in accordance with them. And the
Presidents policy concerning them, as he
is allowing it gradually to appear, is to
force them to give up their past manner of
living give up hunting and roaming about
the country, and have land in one place
and remain permanently upon it, and know
no other home. If they will not work and
earn their living, then they must suffer
the consequences.
The extra session is nearly upon us I" in
all its fury" and the Capital is girding
itself up for the battle. The President
will not send in his annual message, but
will transmit the reasons why the extra
session was called and submit the estimates
of the War Departm ent of the amount
necessary for the army appropriation.
Naval matters will also be considered and
probably some papers from the Secretary
of the Interior and the correspondence
railroad strikes, with other minor matters
of some interest.
The Indians take pleasure excursion to
Mt. Vernon to-day. ADAMS.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

GY LAMBERTvILLE, MI, October A.
The south bound Oswego and Philadelphia
express on the Belvidere division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, ran into washed
out culvert short distance below Milford,
New Jersey, this evening, causing COM
plete wreck Of the train and it is feared
some loss of life.
The storm caused rapid rise in the
creeks-the one at Milford swelling in the
course of an hour from very small creek
to depth of twenty-five or thirty feet.
The darkness and confusion render t
impossible to get any particulars now. The
engineer, Jonathan Thornton, and the con-
duotor, Thomas G. Reading, have not yet
been found.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

THE rain of Thursday last did great
damage in many parts of the country
No less than six railroad accidents are
reported caused by the washing out of
the tracks and quite number were
killed and wounded. The streams every
where made very sudden rise, causing
much damage to mills, bridgs, &c. We
have not as yet heard of any accidents
or serious loss of property having occur
red in this county.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

BGT A company of printers from Con-
stantinople have Joined the Turkish
army. They ought to be good at a
at the enemy in the lied region of Bull
/, garia.-N Y. Com. Adv. 1t is surpris-
ing that they should be so foolish their
fNves where shot or shell may put an un-
Timely to their existence.-Bufdlo Er-
press. We presume they wished ~
Athis opportunity to show that printers
had bravery without a
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

-. good domestic Sulphur bath can be
Instantly prepared by taking cake OF GLENN's
SULPHUR Soar into the bath tub. Such an
expedient will, to use slang phrase, "knock
the spots of /" any victim Of cutaneous blem-
ishes Sold by all druggists 25 cents.
Ia HIPS Hair and Whisker Dye, black or
% cents, 394w.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

THE EASTERN WAR news is so con-
flicting that it is impossible to tell the
actual situation of affairs. 1t seems
probable by comparison of the reports
from each side that the Turks are so far,
having the best of the Russians. The
losses in both armies are fearful, and
the end of the war seems to be no near
er than when the fight began.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09
A Mother and Child TerrlhIX stunn.

The Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat tells the
following: Mrs. Henry Smith living
eight miles southwest from this city,
went into the yard, accompanied by her
little daughter, child years of age, to
get some honey. The box containing
the hive is an ordinary patent arrange
ment, with drawers. In slipping one of
them out Mrs. Smith was stung by a
bee. The shock and pain caused her to
jerk her hand back quickly, and her
elbow, striking another box knocked it
over, causing it to fall to the groundand
burst open.
In an instant she and the child were
literally covered with swarm of insects,
which stung them ON the face, neck
and arms, and indeed nearly all over the
body. Frightened and crazed with pain
they started to run, but they were blind
ed by the bees, and it was ten minutes
before they succeeded to get into the
house and free from the swarm. In less
than an hour their faces were swollen
out of all recognition, and Mrs. Smith
had become insensible from her injuries.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

EDITH G. BENTLY, aged IA years, has
disappeared from her home at Paterson,
N. j., and her parents think she has
run away to join some theatrical compa-
ny. Her passion for sensational roman
ces was uncomfortable.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

PHoENIXvILLE, October 5. = Last
night terrible accident occurred on the
Pickering Valley branch of the Reading
r. r., about two miles West of this
place, to the Pennypacker excursion
train, killing seven persons and injur-
ing about 43. The rains had washed
away the track, and the train was car
ried down high embankment. A cul-
vert, too small to admit of the passage
of the rapidly accumulating water, had
been washed away, followed by the en-
tire bank underneath the railway track.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

Withdrawn after two miles, the man having
walked them in 10 hours and 14i minutes.
NEWARK, N. j., October a. Fully
twenty thousand people = some estimated
the number as high as thirty thousand
turned out in Newark last evening to greet
General Mcclellan on his way to New In
stitute hall, where his reception and ratin-
cation took place.
Gag A passenger train over the Ogdens-
burg railroad from Fabyans collided with
the morning freight from Portland at Lake
Sebago, Me-, last week, smashing both en-
gines, the baggage car and the new draw
ing-room car. The conductor, engineer and
fireman of the passenger train were in
jured. One lady passenger was badly, and
several others hurt, but none seriously.
READING, October g. On the opening
Of the court Samuel Humphreys, indicted
for burning the Lebanon Valley bridge,
who had pleaded guilty in the morning,
turned states evidence, confessing that he
held lamp while man named Smith
saturated kindling wood, thrown from the
upper part of the bridge by accomplices,
with coal oil and set fire to it through which
the bridge was burned.
CB- A workingmen's demonstration oc-
Cured at Wilkesbarre on Monday of last
week, the occasion being the release from
prison, under bail, of Bovey and Harrison,
leaders of the mob during the recent riots,
who have been imprisoned at Pittsburg.-
They were escorted through the streets by
1900 workingmen. A large meeting was
held afterwards.
The Hanover Herald says: "NIr. j.
Caufman, miller at Sprenkle's mill, near
Graybill's station, ON the Short Line r.
r., while under the treatment of DIR. j.
Wise for tape worm, on Sunday morning,
passed what is known as a teani,1 Jutu, or
broad tape worm, measuring 80 feet long,
and one inch broad at its widest parts
The worm had about 200 joints. MIR.
Caufman has been afflicted for about 90
years.
GB While passing Painosvile, Ohio,
on Monday last week, westward bound
oil train on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad broke into sections un-
known to the engineer, who halted as usual
at the crossing of the Painesville and
Youngstown Railroad. The sections col
lided and left the track, when a tank of
crude oil exploded, setting fire to four 9TH
er tanks. The Painesville and Youngs-
town building was destroyed, but it's con-
tents saved. Ten or eleven car loads of oil
were consumed.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

A WILKEsBARRE dispatch says the
miners of the Riverside Coal Company
have accepted ten per cent. advance,
and all the collieries of that company
are now at work.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

FOR RENT.-The best Coach and Wag-
on Maker Shop in the County. There
is Blacksmith Shop connected with it,
and everything convenient to carry on
a first-class Coach business. For further
particulars apply to
7 n. HENDERSON,
81 pd Green Park, Perry CO., Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09
THE TIMES.
Ne,o BLOOMFIELD, oct. 9, 1877.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

No Ont Stereotype will be inserted In this paper
unless light face and on metal base \
az Twenty per cent. IN excess Of regular rates VII
be charged for advertisements setin Doupe Ooiumh'
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

THOMAS WILLIAMS, who guided q
raiding party against the Illicit distillers
in Lawrence county, KY, is reported to
have been murdered.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Look at the figures on the label Of your paper
Thoseagures tell you the date 90 which y%cmr % sun p
sent, see II the date is changed. No other receipt
~ necessary.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

THIS is election day in Ohio, and the
returns are looked for with much inter
est.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

W. ]. Rice, Surgeon and Mechanical
Dentist, will visit Bloomfield the FIRST
TWO WEEKS of each month, profession
ally. Office at Squire Clouser's resi-
dence. The remainder of his time at
his office in lckesburg, Perry CO., Pa.
Esg Call and hear his prices. 2S
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

We have a Splendid
Assortment of Goods
suited for Mems Wear.
Our stock Is very COM
plete in all kinds OF
goods from Is cents per
yard upwards.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

BY On Thursday morning of last
week, as special train of seventeen cars
was running on the Peach Bottom r..
r., about eighteen miles below York,
Pa, the engine left the track, and after
running some twenty feet over the ties,
fell down an embankment ten feet high.
The train contained the members of five
Sunday schools, numbering probably 700
persons in all. Two boys who were rid
ing on the platform were crushed to
death, and four others severely hurt
The affair created great CONSERVATION
among the large number who SO mar
rowly escaped with their lives.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

De yeu want Boots or
Shoes for Men Women
or Children ? II so come
and see the Stock we
have. 1t is complete,
and Prices willsuit you.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

Our stock of Prints
and other Low Price
dress goods is the pref
test ever offered In this
county. VIII you come
and look at them
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

We are particularly
proud Of our Splendid
Assortment Of Hats ~
Caps for Men or Boys.
The styles are good and
the prices will be sure
to please you.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

New Tailor Shop The undersigned
gives notice to the public that he has
opened a shop opposite Rinesmith's
hotel New Bloomfield, Pa, in the room
formerly used as a confectionery, where
he is prepared to do work in his line
promptly, and at reasonable prices.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
Give me call SAMUEL BENTzEL.
Bloomfield, May l, ~ If.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

"The Above All" is a new brand o
tobacco, and is without a peer
for excellence and sweetness. For sale,
wholesale and retail, by ]. B. HARTzELL
in Gantt's Building.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-09

Removal. Il. Messimer has remov-
ed his Shoe Shop to the room adjoining
F. B. Clouser's office, doors west of the
st-Office, where he will make to order
Boots and Shoes of all kinds. Repair
ing promptly and neatly executed. He
ment of Boots and Shoes, which he will
sell at low prices. Give him call. II
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-20
Investigating the Old Indian Ring.

Investigating the Old Indian Ring.
Important disclosures OF the nefar-
GUS doings of the Indian ring are prom
ised the light Of day soon. 1t is under
stood that the committee of investiga-
tion recently set at work by Secretary
Schurz to ascertain further particulars
of the operations of this infamous COM
bination will unearth facts of start
ling character relative to the issue Of
Indian supplies upon the basis of false
returns as to the number of Indians
upon the reservation or in the tribe for
which supplies were drawn. The COM
mittee are assiduously working under
lock and key, and have already gone
through large number of vouchers
furnished by the Indian Commissioner
and his chief clerk, Mr.. Galpin. 1t is
surmised by those particularly CONVEX
SAINT with the details of the inquiry,
that the committee may be able with
the means before them, to make COM
paratively full expose of the frauds un-
der investigation, unless the old ring
influence should be brought to bear
upon them in such manner as to de-
feat the reformatory purposes of the
Secretary. 1t is understood that while
minor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the way
of manipulating vouchers for small
amounts may be shown to have been
practised in the Indian Office, the main
fraud aimed at by. the committee is the
overestimating of the number of In
dians to be supplied by the government
and the drawing of clothing, rations
and other allowances under the eXag-
gerated count by Indian agents and by
their confederates in the operations of
the ring. While this fraudulent cen.
sus system may not be fully brought to
light under the present circumstan-
ces, it is expected that the investigation
will furnish such positive evidence of
its existence that more comprehen-
sive and searching investigation will be
forced upon congress this coming au-
tumn.
There is unquestionably great uneasi-
ness among the officials of the Indian
Bureau, a fact that may be accounted
for upon the hypothesis that wholesale
dismissals, If not arrests and criminal
prosecutions, will result from the dis
closures expected. Grave charges are
made concerning the operations of the
ring in the land department. 1t is al
legged that scrip to the Indians pass
ed from it into the hands Of the ring, by
whom it was used to strip the land of
its timber, whereupon, by collusion in
the Washington Office, the scrip was
lifted from the stripped and located on
q fresh piece of land, the process being
repeated indefinitely, TO the great profit
of the ring.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-20

The Black sea, which is becoming the
scene of stirring events in the Russo
Turkish war, is remarkable body of
water. 1t is about seven hundred
miles long in its longest direction, and
has an extreme width of about three
hundred and eighty miles, being three
fourths longer than Lake Superior and
more than twice as wide. Its depth is
from four to forty-eight fathoms near
the shore, but in the middle no sound
ings have been found at one hundred
and sixty fathoms. The greatest depth
of Lake Superior is two hundred faith
oms. The Black sea is not like our
lakes, fresh water sea, but on the
other hand contains one-seventh less
salt than the ocean water. and is held
to receive one-third the running water
Of Europe. The puzzle is, what be-
comes of all this fresh water, and how
the Black sea retains its saltness? The
sea is tideless. There is no preceptible
current toward the Mediterranean. 1t
has the same level as the sea of Mar
mora. The outlet by the Bosphorus,
even were there strong current, would
be insufficient to discharge the immense
volumes of water constantly pouring
into the inland sea, and it it scarcely
credible that the evaporation is suf-
ficient to carry off the surplus water.
Like our own lakes it is subject to fire.
quent storms, but navigation is not
perilous, and extensive steam naviga-
tion is carried on. There are several
islands near the mouth Of the Danube,
but the sea is singularly free from
rocks and shoals. The sea of AZov,
which is connected with the Black sea
by the narrow strait of Yenikale, is
much smaller, being only about one
hundred and sixty-eight miles long and
eight broad. Its waters are fresh and
abound in fish, but are very shallow, and
fall off toward the west into huge
marshes, which have been aptly named
the Putlid sea. 1t is of comparatively
little Importance for purposes of navi-
CATION, though it has several ports and
roadsteads.