The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-20

ed Off Before he was on duty long he
espied two men, both busily engaged at
one shock, when he and man whom
he had engaged for the occasion, started
after the intruders who Immediately
took alarm and fled. The one chap be-
ing lively-footed got away (his name is
known, however), but the other stum-
bed and fell into gutter, when his
pursuers overlook him, and we presume
the parties will both be dealt with nc
cording to law, as IL is certainly high
time for some of the numerous thieves
in this vicinity to be made examples of.
--Duncdnnon Record.
Ticket Scalping. ."-On Monday morn
ing says the Altoona Mirror, engineer
James Trout, of the middle division p.
r. r., was coming to this city from
Harrisburg, and when in the cut below
Blair Furnace, two and n half miles
East of this city, he observed valise
laying alongside the road in the gutter
with the contents scattered out. He
stopped and secured the valse and CON
tents and put them on the engine where
he examined them. They consisted of
about fifty dollars worth of clothing,
correspondence to New York, Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh, and Germany, of GER
tain parties in regard to the sale of
scaly" tickets on the Pennsylvania
railroad and other railroad lines even
planning omnibus and ferry lines in the
scalping process. Two photographs of
a man and woman were in the valse.-
The correspondence is now in the
hands of interested parties who are ex-
amining into the matter. The photo
graphs will no doubt lead to the arrest
of parties engaged in the business. We
can give no explanation of the valise
having been so carelessly placed where
it was, unless the party or parties were
"spotted" on some passenger train and
threw ii overheard to escape detection.
Cumberland COunty.-We copy the fol-
lowing from the Cumberland county
papers of last week:
a young man named Jesse Baum,
hailing from Marysville, Perry county.
visited our town on Saturday last and
fell into the company of Jack Martin.
After drinking together pretty freely,
Baum became very much intoxicated,
when Jack put him into the stable of
the Big Spring Hotel to sleep. When
he awoke he found he was minus his
watch and three dollars in money. Upon
inquiry he found Martin was seen with
a Notnh nn nnI n n,,t
placed in constable I[illian's hands for
his arrest. He was released on bail
On Friday night last, about II o'clock
as Mr.. George Clepper, residing on the
turnpike, short distance west of New
Kingston, was returning home from
that place, upon reaching the house, he
was surprised to find the cellar door open
and a light shining therefrom. Upon
looking into the cellar he saw three men
standing around a meat stand, about to
gobble the contents thereof, but upon
seeing him they all made for the door,
which he shut down and stood upon, in
the meantime giving an alarm to the in
mates of the house. But the combined
strength of the three robbers proved too
much for him, and they forced the door
open. The first to come out was imme-
diately dropped by club in the hands
of Mr.. O., and he soon had another one
down, but while struggling with him,
the third stabbed Clepper in the back,
sufficiently disabling him so as to allow
them to beat hasty retreat, without
any booty, however. Upon examination
Mr. C.'s wound was found not to be
very serious, though he lost considerable
blood. In their hurry to leave one of
the thieves left hat on the ground, but
as there is no manufacturers mark about
it, it is doubtful if any clue can ever be
obtained as to the identity of the parties.