The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-20


State and Washington streets, at eight
o'clock tonight. At this hour, O.40, the
fire is still raging and seems to be beyond
the control of the fire department. The
roof of the building has just fallen in and
il now looks as if the building and entire
stock will be lost
ag- Samuel A. Wilt, of Somerset coun-
iy, while digging post hole struck upon
large earthen vessel which contained
twenty seven hundred dollars in old gold
and silver coin, principally Mexican dol
lars. The date of the newest coin is
1851.
ay- The remains of Gotleb Wetzel, who
has been missing from his home in Pitts
burgh for some time was found at McKee's
Rocks on Saturday He is supposed to
have been wandering over the country
since July, and died at the place he was
found from exhaustion.
SCRANTON, p, November 10 A terrific
explosion of fire damp occurred at Jermyn
colliery, near Scranton, this morning A
number of men and boys were dreadfully
injured, two, at least, of whom tive,
while it is feared that three OF -four are still
in the mine where the gas appears to be
still burning
WASHINGTON, November 10 Senator
Conkling has addressed n letter to the
secretary of the treasury, asking for GER
tain information respecting the causes of
the removal of the collector and other
office rs at New York. He claims this as
the right of the committee, under the
tenure of Office act. He states that the
committee is in possession of information
that they were capable officers, and that
their commissions have not expired.
PORTLAND, Me-, November 15.- George
w. Stevens, George w. Kemp, Warren II.
Walker, Charles A. Stevens, Benjamin
Written, Taylor S. Dodge, Henry G. Wills
and Edward Merrill, striking engineers on
the Boston and Main railroad, were all
found guilty of conspiracy in obstructing
| the mails, in the United States court this
morning. A motion for arrest of sentence
was made, to be argued a fortnight hence.
| The penalty is from 81 to $4,000 fine,
with from one day to two years implison-
ment.
| JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, November 12-Last
night at Franklin, this county, John II.
Duncan, being refused liquor at the drug
store of Wright Bros, returned after the
store was closed and entered through
back window, distributed kog OF guu-
powder over the floor, turned the taps of
coal oil barrels and set the whole on fire
and attempted TO escape, but before he had
succeeded terrific explosion occurred, en-
tirely demolishing the drug store and set
ting fire to the adjoining grocery store of
Langley & Polling which was also destroyed
and probably fatally burning Duncan-
Loss, $4,000.
GS- On Tuesday evening, about dark,
the barn and outbuilding occupied by
James Hibbs, Jr. st Langhorne Station,
Bucks county, were fired by an incendiary.
The buildings, pair of mules, COW, two
hundred bushels of corn, together with sew
enty tons of hay, grain, &C., were totally
consumed. AS soon as the fire was under
way the dwelling house of the father, James
Hibbs, Sr., was entered and gone through.
Nothing of value has been missed as yet
excepting watch and forty dollars in
money. Mr.. Hibbs had desposited five
hundred dollars in bank at Bristol few
hours before, which was what the thieves
were in search of. No insurance.