The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-05-29
Miscellaneous News Items.


GB- The booksellers in New York, in
consequence of the law prohibiting pool
selling in that State, have removed all their
establishments to Jersey City and Hoboken,
where there is no law against the business.
Gy- James Alcorn, a Philadelphian, while
getting iuto wagon at Atlantic City, on
Wednesday, slipped and his foot caught
in wheel, which twisted the leg off
Amputation above the knee was performed
GB- The one hundred and second ami
versary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence was celebrated at Charlotte
N. c., Tuesday, by salutes, ringing of
bells, parades, addresses and other cere-
monies.
GB In the Methodist Conference in Bal
timore, on Tuesday a resolution was adopt
ed that it is the duty of pastors to organ
ize Sunday in their respect i've
churches a neglect of this duty may be
considered as sufficient cause to remove
the delinquent pastors.
EY- Five or six citizens of Reading have
formed themselves into company for the
purpose of manufacturing pure Schweitzer
kase. The company has already purchased
300 goats in Schuylkill county for this pur-
pose.
GB George A. Austin, of Bow, N. H.;
assaulted his wife on Tuesday night, and
was fatally shot by his stepson, William J.
Flanders, lad seventeen years old. Some
Of the bullets wounded Mrs. Austin,
necessitating the amputation of her right
arm.
Wv Five men were arrested in Syracuse,
N. Y, on Wednesday on the charge of
having committed violent assault and
battery upon young lady in the Eighth
ward of that city. 1t is alleged that this
gang has been in the habit of committing
similar offences.
tB BY the giving way of a scaffold
Tuesday afternoon in the Church of the
Holy Gross, West street, Baltimore, Henry
Krauss, aged fifty eight years, was killed
and three others were seriously injured.
The men were engaged in frescoing tho
ceiling of the church.
Ng- Elizabeth j. Blond, of Allegheny
county, has recovered a verdict of So, 1000
damages for the death of her husband,
who was killed on the railroad while intox-
icated. The defendent, George w. Boyd,
had sold him liquor after he had been
notified not to do SO.
GEE A prominent newspaper man of
Worcester, on his way home the other
evening, wandered into religious meeting
and fell asleep. When they came around
with the contribution box the deacon
touched him on the shoulder, and he reused
up and gently murmured, "I pass" They
locked up the church and left him.
Ey- A semi-official statement has been
made that the Directors of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad Company have recommend
ed reduction in the wages of all employees
of the road ten per cent, and the discharge
of all spare persons employed in the
various departments of the administration.
GB- There was furious whirlwind and
hurricane on Friday week, at Rivierre
Rouge, st. Jackques and L'Assumtion.
Fifteen buildings were blown down, and
the people saved their lives by taking
refuge in the cellars. Trees were uprooted
and fences and barns carried away. No
lives were lost.
UB- The shops in St. Petersburg have
projecting sign-boards, on which are repre-
sented the principal articles sold. This is
a proof of the general ignorance, for if the
masses could read, such notices would not
be necessary. The same custom was practis-
ed in other European countries in former
times for the same reason.
GT- At the jefferson Market New York;
Police Court few days since man testi-
fed that woman hit him over the head
with quart measure, and, retorted the
woman, "he hit me first with pint cup !"
" Measure for measure, replied the Judge.
"Don't let me find you here again. If I
do I'll have you sent to the Island. Now
goW
ST. LOUIS, May 22.-John @. Simpson of
Oregon county, Mo-, was convicted in
the United States Court of illicit distill-
ing, the jury finding him guilty on all five
counts of the indictment. Sentence was
deferred by the court. Simpson is so years
old, was County Judge for two years, and
has been Baptist minister for twenty
years.
NY- A farmer of Monroe county, Ca,
lost q calf last week, and the negro who
was sent to hunt it reported finding it in q
ravine where six foxes had chased it and
were furiously attacking it. The calf was
nearly worried down, and SO intent were
the foxes after their prey that one of them
was killed before they could be driven off.
uB- On Sunday night week party of
disguised men went to the Jail at Bland
Vile, KY, and with drawn pistols demand
ed the keys. They entered the Jail and
seized a negro named Levi Pile, who
attempted to assault and murder Mrs.
Pile, the wife of his employer, last week.
They put a rope around his neck, tied him
to mule, and dragged him away to the
woods. Nothing further is known except
that his dead body, with several bullet
holes in it, and the clothing burned out,
was found hanging to tree.
NW- A notice was posted in the Lehigh
Valley Railroad round-house at Easton
last Wednesday, notifying their engineers
of a proposed reduction Of wages to take