The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-06
Brief Items.

The Juniata County Teachers will
" institute" on the 18th inst.
Thursday, November 29th is to lie
Thanksgiving day.
VIM. A. Zinn has been re-appointed by
the President as Post Master at New
port.
NOn the 1st of Nov. F. b. Clouser, ESQ.,,
brought us in q limb of q peach tree COW
cred with blossoms. He has two trees
in his garden that are now in bloom.
Mr.. VIM. Mehaf1ie, who for nearly
forty years has lived in this borough is
going to see how he likes Harrisburg life
this winter.
The Workngmen's candidate for
Sheriff has withdrawn from the canvass,
in favor of j. w. Beers. So now the
battle is between Beers and Gray.
The corn crop of this county is very
much below the average. Some even
claim that it will not prove more than
half a crop.
TThis has been remarkable fall, as far
as weather is concerned. In some places
wild Strawberries and honey suckles
were seen in blossom last week.
A young lady in town, who does not
litical economist, thinks the sooner
greenbacks reach 'pa," the sooner she
will be able to invest in n new fall
bonnet.
About 3 O'Clock on Wednesday the
citizens of Newport were aroused by an
alarm of fire, which was caused by some
Goals left in an improper place at Mrs.
Duncan's bakery. The fire was extin-
guished before any damage was done.
On Monday evening of last week Mr.
Jacob Baker, of New Germantown, had
an unfortunate upset while going down
the Narrows on his way to Newport
He was not much hurt, but new pair
of shafts were necessary.
The chap who was placed in Jail in
this place, on the charge of stealing
some instruments from DR.. Orris, has
been taken by the sheriff of Cambria co.,
to Ebensburg to answer a similar
charge, made by physicians there.
Recently an intoxicated passenger rid
ing over the Cumberland Valley railroad
when asked for his ticket, presented
total abstinence card. The conductor
punched it, and returned it to the own
er, marked lone drunk"
Mr.. James Mickey, of Newport, had
an attack of illness that rendered him
unconscious for time on Thursday eve
ming last,and created some alarm among
his friends. Their eXertions, however,
soon restored him TO consciousness
again.
XOn Wednesday last VIM. Maxwell of
Rye twp. had his sides filled with shot by
Silas Peters. The two were hunting
when the accident happened, Peters
firing at partridge while Maxwell was
within range. The wound was not ser-
Gus, but shows that greater care is need
full by hunters.
A man named Wilson, residing in
New Oxford, York county suspected of
being one of a gang of thieves operating
in that vicinity was recently caught
and tarred, mot feathered) by four men
with masked faces. The man is said to
have presented a frightful spectacle, and
was not successful in removing the tar
from his person for week.
4 The snakes are not all dead yet. Mr..
John j. Lightner of Rye twp, was
cleaning up patch in his lot the other
day, when, prying up n flat stone he
found thirteen snakes under it, measur-
ing from two to four and half feet, of
yellow spotted color, resembling a cop
perhead. Some time after he found two
Judge Fisher, of the York county
bench, announced the other day that
thereafter he would, in view of the eX-
pense entailed upon the county by the
evil of intemperance enforce the act of
assembly imposing fine of 81 upon
every one found intoxicated upon the
streets, and he thereupon called upon
every officer of the peace to arrest every
offender and take him before the Justice
of the peace and have the said fine i'm
posed, and in default of the payment of
the same TO have the party committed to
prison. The court also stated that the
fine collected under the law must be
handed over to the board of school con-
troll for the benefit of popular education.
Thanks.-The Managers of the Festi-
val held in the NJ. e. Church last week,