The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-06-12
killing j, O. Parsons, Jr., and ipjnring
other occupants Of the dwelling. 7

LONDON, May 81.-A Catholic church in
Wieschen Posen was struck by lightning
on Sunday during service Six persons
were. killed and about seventy seriously In
,jured.
GB Mr.. Alice s. Sanborn, of Lake vii
lage, N. H., celebrated the seventy y-eighth
anniversary of her birthday on the 8ist of
May, by giving birthday party to ten of
the girls of the place, whose ages aggrega-
ted S1S years, all being widows but one.
eB- A farmer in Ohio was prevented six
weeks ago from cutting his throat with a
razor. He said he would starve himself. II
He has since been kept alive on such liquids
as he could by pretext be persuaded to
swallow. He has had his coffin made, and
it stands in his house ready for use.
0B- A woman hermit has lived in Twen-
ty-one-Mile Desert, Nevada, for ten years,
and in that time she has not left her hut
except to procure the bare necessaries of
life at small trading place on the Carson
river, distant eight or nine miles. She
lives in squalor and extreme poverty,
ALBANY, June 6.-Y yesterday morning,
as freight train approached the bridge
here, the draw was open, and as the engi-
neer could not stop the train in time, the
locomotive and tender plunged into the
river. The engineer and fireman jumped
off on the ground and escaped injury.
GB- The Rev. DR.. Hanna, of Chicago, is
endeavoring to startle the world with q
grand assault on the Copernican theory of
planetary motion. He says he is prepared
to prove that the planets do not revolve
about the sun, and that the sun is not the
source of light and heat.
eB- About two weeks ago, while a son
of Mr.. Silas Wright, near Troy, Ala, aged
about 16 years, was seated on, a log, fishing,
huge nioccasin glided across his lap,
which frightened him to such an extent
that he became completely paralyzed with
terror and remained in that condition for
several days. He is justrecovering speech.
IB William Madison, a nine year old
boy of Warsaw, Ind, was fishing on a
railroad bridge when q train approached.
Not having time to reach the shore the boy
threw himself flat on the timbers as the
train passed. Just as the last car, the
caboose, was passing he raised his head,
when he was struck by the step and injured
so that he died soon after. a ft
GaS- The society editor of the Butler
Eagle reported high toned wedding and
said the brides trousseau was the loveliest
he ever saw. The printer set it up
trowsers," and since that time there
have been two vacancies on the paper, IN
consequence of two admissions to the
hospital.
QB" John Southworth and Mrs. Carr
eloped from Pownal, Vt, and rode in a
carriage across the line into New York
Mr.. Carr pursued them on horseback, and
overlook them in Rensselaer, county. He
drew pistol, seated himself in the carriage
by the side of his wife, and returned home
with her, compelling Southworth to walk
ahead all of the way. Once back in Ver-
mont, he had the offenders arrested.
A substitute for gunpowder, invented in
England, is called "powder paper" 1t is
paper impregnated with mixture of pot
assio chlorate, nitrate, prussiate and chro-
mate, powdered wood charcoal, and little
starch. Itleaves no greasy residue on the
gum produces less smoke and less recoil,
and is less impaired by humidity, and it is
5-16ths stronger than gunpowder.
G5y- AT Scrubgrass, Armstrong county, last
week, two lumbermen found an old powder
torpedo, Balantine patent, that had laid
by the river for ten years, when one named
Allison said he would dissect it. His CON-
panion demonstrated, but he answered that
he had seen hundreds of them. He worked
away until it exploded, killing him instant
ly. h3 'Wf
eg- John Zoerb, of Potter county, a
few days ago went to his bed room, after
having knocked his son down with a piece
of iron, placed the muzzle of o rifle to his
mouth, pulled the trigger with his fingers
and blew himself into eternity. 1t is
thought he was partially insane, domestic
troubles having preyed upon his mind
He was sixty-four years old.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 81. = A span of
horses ran away in Rural cemetery to-day
and Miss Lizzie Calhoun, one of the occu-
pants of the carriage, jumped out and
struck upon her head, killing her instant
ly. Her companion, Alice Overton, re-
manned in the carriage, and was severely,
but not fatally injured. Both were men,
bers of tho graduating class of the high
school.
esY- Collinsville, Conn.,, has some saving
men. One of them recently traded Off q
cow to widow, and then, before delivery
carefully removed the buttons from her
horns, thereby saving or 10 cents.
Another sold a house, and then claimed
that as the blinds belonging to one window
were then in the wood-house, and not
attached to the house, they were not legally
included in the sale. ,t
eB- A young lady was teaching the
Hewitt School, N. Y, but had some trouble
with one of the directors, who discharged
her and assumed control of the school him.
self. The first day his authority was a
success, and he made young lady stand
out on the floor but the next day his fe-
male pupils consolidated themselves against
him, bound him hand and foot, took him