The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-12-31
Brief Items.

I At o'clock on Sunday morning the
mercury stood at zero. -
We hope all our readers had q merry
Christmas and wish them all happy
New Year.
We notice that VIM. Shuler formerly
of this place, is now residing at Puebla,
Colorado.
T The ice houses in this place were most
of them filed on Thursday and Friday
last, with ice from to inches thick:
On Thursday week, Solomon Zeig-
Ter was considerably bruised by falling
from a building in East Newport.
r Mr.. G. N. Rice delivered his lecture
on the Sun, at Airy View school house,
on Friday evening last. 1t was instruc-J
tive and entertaining.
During all the past week sleighing
has been pretty good throughout this
county. 1t is not often that three inches
of snow gives SO many days sleighing.
A man named Slime was thrown from
his carriage at Greencastle on Thursday
and killed. The horse had taken fright
at railroad train.
Mr.. VIM. Barringer, of Harrisburg,
delivered two very earnest temperance
lectures in the Court House, in this bor-
ough, on Saturday and Sunday eve
nings last.
On Sunday morning a week, a colt
belonging to Mr.. David L. Stephens, of
Howe township, got leg broken in the
stable, and had to be killed. The ani7
NAL was a valuable one.
The matrimonial market in this
vicinity seems to be brisk. We notice
that Mr. Edgar, the Presbyterian minis
ter in this place has three in to-day's
paper, and another one engaged for to-
morrow.
w. G. Heckendorn residing in Web
ster City, Iowa, says the times are very
dull there and the day he wrote, which
was the 23rd inst, the thermometer was
l6 degrees below zero, with snow 3
inches deep.
William Niles, aged obout nineteen
years, son of Professor ]. w. Miles, was
drowned at Sunbury on Wednesday
while attempting to cross the Susque-
hannah on the ice. The body was re-
covered.
Numerous barns in Bucks county
have been burned of late and there is
much excitement. Near the ruins of
one letter was found stating that six
teen more would be burned during the
winter.
President Hayes sent to the Senate
the name of Jonathan Jessup. as post
master for York, Pa. Mr. Jessup was
appointed first in 1854. If he serves
this new appointment out he will have
had an uninterrupted term of eighteen
years. \
Zone day last week while q little daugh1
ter of Mr.. Samuel Spots, of this bor-
ough, was playing beside cook stove,
the stove tipped over enough to throw
a kettle of hot water on the child,
scalding her severely about the fa0e
and neck.
"A Harrisburg butcher purchased a
mammouth OK from a farmer near
Kingston, Cumberland county the other
day, and was obliged to slaughter 1t on
the premises, because Tauras refused to
leave the place. The carcass weighed,
when dressed, l 900 pounds.
ZAhorse belonging 10 Singer Whit
more got one of his front feet fast in
crossing the railroad track at Newport,
a few days ago, and only got loose after
throwing himself down, by pulling the
shoe and part of the hoof off, the shoe
having Just been newly put on. The
blanks az the crossings should be put SO
close to the rails that such accidents
would be impossible. -
y Fresh Baltimore oysters will be ON
hand for sale by +. Mortimer on Friday
of this week.