The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-23
Miscellaneous News Items.

miscellaneous News Items.
eB- Two Philadelphia lawyers named
Gallagher and Bowman have been arrested
for having attempted to bribe juryman in
the Bliss case.
CS- A German Catholic church in Allie
gheny was robbed of $4,000 worth of valu-
ables. An attempt was also made to burn
down the edifice.
osy- The American Print Works at Fall
River are shutting down as rapidly as the
work is finished. 1t is expected that the
whole establishment will be closed this
week. This step Is taken on account of
the limited demand for dark prints.
CB- The floor of Nisley's MILL on Conoy
Creek, Lancaster county, fell with crash,
a few days ago, owing to the strain upon
the same, and 5000 bushels of wheat went
into the creek and were lost.
WASHINGTON, October 49, Mrs. Emily
Edison Briggs (Olivia) has been appointed
by Secretary Schurz q member of the
board Of visitors for the United States
hospital for the insane. Mrs. Briggs is the
first lady who has ever been appointed on
this or any other of the advisory boards
connected with government institutions.
GB- Augustus G. Bartlett, who is white,
brought suit in Chicago for divorce from
his wife, who is black. They had been
married two years. and had lived together
peaceably but he had gradually grown
tired of the notoriety that the contrast in
color gave them m. His accusations against
her, however, were found to be groundless,
and the case was decided against him.
gB- Twenty-six years ago son of Pro-
fessor Pearshall left home, and for sixteen
years past the family have had no news of
him. A shipmate of the absent one arriv
ed in Indianapolis Saturday week charg-
ed with the duty of hunting up the graves
of the "old folks" and placing tomb
stone over the spot Instead of their graves
he found both the Professor and his wife
alive and WE'LL
GsB Henry Depken, of Manayunk, was
found.in dying condition in the woods
near Reading few days ago. He formerly
kept the books for several Schuylkill coun-
ty coal operators. He married his wife in
Pottsville. The deceased was ruined and
finally came to his death by drink, which
made him miserable wanderer on the
earth. He has brother in New York who
is man of considerable means.
Cg" On the premises of Alfred Tomlin-
son, in Horsham township, Montgomery
county, there is we'll about fifty feet deep.
MIR. Tomlinson prepared to clean this well
out last week. He had provided short
ladder, which was attach to a rope, and
getting on the ladder, he directed his father
in-law to lower him into the well. AS he
was doing so the rope broke, aud he fell
to the bottom. He was taken out alive
but died shortly afterwards.
cy- On Saturday week, about 10
o'clock, A. NJ, says the Lebanon Ddtly
Ne,0s our neighbors of North Cornwall,
back of Kreider's woods were greatly ex-
cited by noise made by large meteor
h"ohih5 "NAOSS OhO ohJp WhlCA WAS I'M
mediately followed by heavy roll of
thunder. The sky was perfectly clear
duringF the celestial performance. The
meteor was a ball with flrery tail, and
gave several crashes while passing over
the heads of the people.
A meteor somewhat similar to this was
witnessed in Reading on Saturday week
about II o'clock A. M.
G8- Willis NJ. Hatch, young lawyer of
New Castle, who has always borne an
irreproachable character for steadiness and
sobriety in Pittsburgh recently was decoy-
ed woman on Duquesne way to show her
to the Union depot, Pittsburgh, where he
was attacked by three men, who bound,
gagged and chloroformed him and placed
him on train, they accompanying him.
After that he has little recollection of
what occurred until he found himself in a
hospital in New Orleans. He was robbed
Of everything but his gold watch, which
was brought to him in the hospital by a