The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-12-24
Miscellaneous News Items.


GB- The Detroit News says One of the
State Grange members walked through an
$50 pane of plate glass at the new capitol
yesterday. Never mind He is of those
whose motto is, "The farmer pays it ALL"
TAMAoUA, Dec. 20.-The body of Jack
Kehoe, who was hanged at Pottsville on
Wednesday, was brought here for burial
this afternoon from Girardville. The fu-
neral was largely attended.
Csg- The body of Christianna Herman,
who was murdered at York, Pa, ON the
9TH inst, was exhumed Monday by the
coroner. A bullet hole through the head
was discovered, and bones OF the head
we're crushed.
CB- Tuesday morning William Brown
Sr., aged seventy.six years, we'll known
citizen of Rockdale, Delaware county,
Pa, drank two ounces of tincture of acouite
in mistake for whisky, and died immedi-
ately.
CB San Francisco sausage maker was
convicted the other day of cruelty to cats.
Evidence was given that he bought large
numbers of cats and cut off their tails,
but what became of the cats remains a
mystery.
CB- An Illinois Justices jury found
verdict, but the jurors refused to make it
known till their fees were paid. The cash
was not forthcoming, and as there was no
way to force them to disclose their secret
they we're discharged.
S5s- 1t is said that an effort will be made
in the Legislature of Illinois to secure the
submission to the vote of the people of an
amendment repea ling the minority repre-
sentatioh clause in the Constitution of the
State as practically a failure.
US MrJacob Wertz, of Stonycreek twp,
Cambria county, last week killed 4-year
old COW, and found in the center of its
heart bone one and half inches long
and about the thickness of chicken bone
This is extremely strange.
GdS In one of the Assembly districts of
Wisconsin there was no choice at the No
vember election, each candidate receiving
COZ votes. A second election has just been
held, and the Republican was elected, he
receiving 773 votes to TAO for the Demo-
cratic candidate.
eB- Mrs. b. s. Baker, of Columbus,
Louisa county, Ia, lost her teeth, and sup
posing, of course, that two sets of teeth
were all that nature would provide her
with, got a false outfit. Now, to her sur
prise, her store teeth are being crowded
out by new teeth. She is about so years
of age.
eg- Two residents of Hillsville, Va,
disputed about young lady's age-one
holding that she was twenty, the other
that she was eighteen = and fought about
it, one being killed. If they had only asked
he- they would have discovered that she
will be seventeen next March.
fB- A Columbus, Ohio, court has rende-
ed a decision establishing the right of
girl to two $50 bills which she found in old
rags which she was sorting in paper mill.
The Supreme Court held that the pur-
chasers Of waste paper were not entitled
to valuables found in it as against the
finder.
ZEE The meeting of clergymen of the
evangelical churches in Cleveland, Ohio,
last week, endorsed the proposal lately
made by Mr.. Moody and the clergy of
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all the churches in the United States, in
the month of January, following the week
of prayer, toward general religious revi-
val throughout the land.
tB- AS the suspected Manhattan Bank
robbers were taken from jefferson Market
Police Court in New York, desperate at
tempt was made to rescue one Of them,
Red Leary." Pistols were drawn, and
but for the nluckv rasiqta noa of tho datact