The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-07-31
Miscellaneous News Items.

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rB- The anniversary of the battle Of
South Mountain, in which battle President
Hayes was severely wounded, will take
place at Fremont, D., September IA.
eE- On Tuesday week three year old
son OF Henry Yeager, residing near Wom-
elsdorf, fell into large boiler of hot water,
scaldng itself so badly that death ensued
in few hours after the accident.
CAY A Franklin firm has lately shipped
car load of butter TO Canada, which, IL is
understood will be shipped by way Of Mon
treal to Liverpool, and will be the frat Ver-
mont butter to find such an outlet.
eB- Two Of the largest silk mills at Pat
erson, N. j., have just received an order
from Paris for the manufacture Of a GER
tain description of silk goods. This is be-
lieved to be the first order ever received
for American silks.
cB- A Turkish soldier buying sword
at Damascus, tried its temper bv cutting
off the head of Jew who happened to be
passing, and the only notice taken of the
occurrence by the authorities was an order
to him TO join his regiment.
GB- Wednesday morning some twenty
tramps went to the round house of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, at
Phillipsburg, and wanted to join the
strikers. The latter declined their as
sistance and drove them away.
gB- The Pittsburgh COMMERCIAL Ca
zette accuses the Sunday papers of that
city with having encouraged the mob to
its work of destruction in language as
pointed and fiendsh as any that was used
by the leaders of the Paris commune.
GB-An Atlanta, Ga, dispatch says an up
train on tho Georgia Railroad ran into sew
eral COWS on Tuesday last. The engine was
overturned and the express and baggage
cars and two coaches were burned. The
engineer was burned to death and several
others wounded.
eB- e. G.. Smyser, of York doesn't be-
lieye in the necessity Of keeping up. ex-
pensive division fences. lie has removed
all the interior fences on his farm of $50
acres in Codorus township. The entire
farm is now one unbroken field, with only
an exterior fence enclosing it.
gB President Vincent e. King of the
Board Of Fire Commissioner, having
learned on Monday afternoon that nine
cars, loaded with ninety tons of gunpow-
der, were standing at Spayten Duyvii sta
tion, Immediately ordered it removed. 1t
was put on lighters and towed down to the
forts in the harbors.
GB- A construction train collided with
the pay train at Baykins on Tuesday morn
ing last, on the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad. Both engines were badly smash
ed. regular passenger train, with dele
cations from Montgomery, Macon, Angus
ia, Columbia and Wilmington to the Pos
tai Convention, was delayed three hours.
EB- The Fulton "Democrat" says fears
are entertained by many that pestilenoe
may be bred in consequence of the great
number of swine that have died recently at
and near M'Connellsburg from cholera
many of them having been not buried at
all, or at very short distance beneath the
surface of the earth.
gE Miss Emma Bingham, young lady
of Shippensburg, daughter of John Bing-
ham, had her right arm amputated Monday
week by DR.. Witherspoon, assisted by
DIR. Howland. Two years ago tumor was
cut from the arm, and year after it began
to reproduce in malignant form, becoming
seriously diseased, and the arm was taken
off to save the lady's life.
gB- At South Vineland, last week, two chill
dren were severely bitten by rat while
asleep in their bed. Their cries attracted
the attention of their parents, when 1t was
children was covered with blood. After
this the children were changed to another
room, and the father occupied theirs, when
he, too, was bitten in the foot by the rat.
eB- Newport broker, who went trolling
for bhefish day or two since, when in the
vicinity of Beaver Tail Light was beset by
large fish, which followed his boat which
ever way she went. He became somewhat
uneasy, and attaching butcher knife to
an oar, continued to pierce his assailant
until the water was discolored by his blood,
when the broker managed to escape, but
without knowing what kind Of fish it was.
CY- The "Mirror' HoIlidaysburg cores
pendent charges Constable Houck with
this story He, in company with David
Shires, passing an old meadow, discovered
q red fox making the circuit of the field,
stopping at each revolution at a certain
spot, where, it seems, was a bumble-bees'
nest. He used his tail to excite the bees
and with them attached thereto scattered
them broadcast. After much manoeuvring,
he secured the honey.
ET The Philadelphia and Reading r.
R., company offer $4,000 reward, as fol-
lows Ten thousand dollars for such infor-
nation as will lead to the arrest and con-
viction of any person or persons who took
part in the burning of the Lebanon Valley
railroad bridge, and 5000 for any infor-
nation which will lead to the arrest and
conviction of any person or persons OBJ
structing its railroad, or destroying any Of
its property.
EB- An investigation now going on in
Columbia, S. c., Of the plundering during
previous administrations, has resulted in
the issuing of criminal warrants for the ar
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