The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-05-01
Miscellaneous News Items.

"A FAIR EXCHANGE Is NO ROBBERY. -
AS William Hallet, Sr., of Athens, Ohio,
came out of the Ohio State Penitentiary,
his son, William Hallet, Jr., walked in.
aT- Two woodchoppers' cabins in the
mountains above White Haven were wash
ed down the mountain side by the flood on
Saturday week and SIX laborers drowned.
1t is feared much damage is done and others
are lost.
aE- A boy named Daerwitz, while stand
ing in the doorway of his parents residence,
on Ohio street, Allegheny, was struck on
the eye by a stone, but from whence thrown
no one appears to know. lie has entirely
lost the sight of the eye.
eE- Fritz Dane and William Harrison,
two of the principal accomplices in the
recent $40, 900 diamond robbery at Nash
vile, Tenn, were arrested at Dayton, o.,
on Monday week. About half the plumber
was found on them.
GB- On Saturday morning week at
Merry Hill, BERTHE county, N. c., two
negroes entered James b. Nichols store
and finding John Webb, the clerk, alone,
murdered him with hatchets and robbed
the store. They fled, but one known as
"Lucifer" Williams was captured.
uB~ The Union Pacific train from the
west which was due at Omaha, Neb., at
3.45 p. NJ Tuesday will not arrive until
Thursday. 1t was snowbound at Granite
canon in consequence of heavy snow
storm that was raging on Tuesday in the
hills.
e8- Six burglars, while attempting to
enter VIM. Hickman's clothing store, at
Bethlehem, Pa, few mornings since,
were surprised by an officer, who shot two
of them. William Mack, of Philipsburg,
N. j., was instantly killed. The rest,
including the wounded man escaped.
eY Tuesday dispute arose at Dead
wood, ID, T., in which several persons were
engaged, concerning the title to town lot
in South Deadwood. After some harsh
language all hands drew revolvers and
commenced firiug. ID. o. Brodovitch, of
Eureka, New, was killed; Stephen Conrich,
of tho same place, mortally shot and A.
Millicb, slightly injured.
rg" A Frenchman has been endeavoring
to negotiate with the property owners along
Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, for a lease of
the old railroad tunnel now unused, which
was vacated by the Long Island Railroad
Company when 1925, 600 was paid to get
steam off the avenue. He desires to use
the tunnel to cultivate mushrooms for the
New York market. He says that in dark
place like the tunnel he can grow mush-
rooms of an immense size.
EB Anybody who has been in Tennessee
knows what a peculiar State it is, and will
therefore readily believe the Jonesboro,
Journal when it says that "On Monday last,
near this place, while the sun was shining
brightly, a single chunk of snow fell to the
earth weighing 150 pounds, and still re-
mains intact and unmelted, and can be
seen by any who are disposed to doubt
this statement"
s3 A woman known as Mrs. Finegan,
a soap peddler, was found dead by the
roadside near West Chester, Pa, on Satur-
day week. Her face and head were cut
and bruised as il she had been beaten with a
club. A man who claims to be her husband,
and who was seen beating her in the after
noon, has been arrested, charged with muir
dering her. He is now i'll Jail.
GB- Harris Hubbard. who lives with his
father near Richland, Pulaski county NO,
was suspected of horse stealing, and ON
Saturday q week a warrant for his arrest
was placed in the hands of constable,
who proceeded with posse of men to the
Hubbard residence, and demanded the
surrender of Harris. The officers were
resisted by the family whereupon the con-
stable and his aids returned the fire, killing
old man Hubbard and severely wounding
two children. A young lady was shot in
the hand and shoulder.
GT- On Tuesday night week two young
ladies from indianapolis, Ind, stopped at
the Farmers Hotel in Cincinnati, where
they registered as Sarah and Ida May Dill,
and requested to be called at IL o'clock.
When the boy called them he received no
response, but hearing some one in the room
groaning as if in great agony, he notified
the clerk who procured assistance and
entered the room, when it was discovered
that both occupants had attempted suicide
and were in dying condition. One has
since died, and no hopes are entertained of
of the recovery of the other No cause is
known for the act.
NY- The disadvantages of wearing false
hair were painfully illustrated at hlilleTs-
vile, Pa, the other day. A boat, in which
two young ladies and two young men were
passengers, capsized suddenly, and one of
the ladies sank out of sight. AS she re-
appeared one of the men grasped her hat,
which came of. The lady sank, and on
her second appearance Jared no better, for
this time the frightened youth caught her
by her hair, which, being false, came of
in his hands, and down she went again. at
last however, she was caught by her real
! hair and dragged aboad the boat, after
having had what may properly be called a
hairbreadth escape.
aY- One day last week as Mr.. Howard
Smith, of Middletown township, Bucks CO.,
was going out To the field with two teams
to plow, Mr.. Smiths team being ahead,
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