The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-12-03
Brief Ttenlr..

. The Newport band have added Epau-
let's to their uniform.
q A hotel keeper at Sunbury is reported
to have salted down over 1000 pounds
of eels for winter use.
OA few nights ago some person stole a
soap of bees from Mrs. Sanderson in
Centre township.
Any chap who is looking for good
opening to fill, has only to open his
mouth and look in the glass to see one.
A young man named Jones was in
stantly killed by falling tree near
Fannettsburg, Franklin county, We'd
nesday week.
Abram Evans will sell at his residence
in Loysville, on Friday, December 18th,
1873, four wagons and large stock of
new furniture.
A Kansas correspondent says: Grain in
here is very low, wheat being 90 to 60
cents, corn 18 to "a cents, pork q to 3
cents, and trade generally dull.
A correspondent informs us that bees
were seen extracting honey from the fall
flowers, near Shermansdale, on Sunday
the oath ult.
. Stouffer & Crist have began the erec-
ton of a New Wagon Shop on the lot
opposite Mr.. Foose's blacksmith shop.
They expect to be in it next month.
The township constables of Cumber-
land county have been directed by Judge
Herman to look after the index boards.
1t would do no harm to look after some
in this county.
CoMr. Joseph Wran, of Carroll town
ship, was in the late Russian war, and
several months ago he returned to
Shermansdale, with a Russian wife,
where he now resides.
The MELVILLE Enterprise says We
are told that the horse stolen some time
ago from Samuel Heberlig, west of
town, was recently found in the North
mountain, tied to tree, and dead.
Don Sunday week as some boys were
in Stewards meadow, at Duncannon,
Erastus Foster lad about years old
was kicked by horse. His face was cut
open and some of his teeth were knock
ed out.
q A large iron kettle was stolen few
days ago from the premises of John
Heston, in Centre township. Thieves
are getting so hard up for stuff for steal
ing that mans well is hardly safe if
left out over night.
. Copper is supposed to exist in quanti-
ties sufficient to pay for mining on the
farm of Philip Reisinger in Saville
township. The land has been leased for
the purpose and a shaft is now being
sunk.
y On Friday week a young man NAM
ed Young, while working at Fishers
ore bank in Oliver township, was con-
siderably hurt internally by slipping
and falling on the iron track He was
laid up for several days but is now all
right.
The2nd Union Sunday school District
Convention, composed of Spring and
Tyrone twps., and Landisburg borough,
will meet in the Mt. Zion church in
Spring twp. ,on Saturday, Dec. 9TH, 1873,
at 10 o'clock A. M. All are invited.
The Second Annual Sabbath School
Convention, and the Fourth Annual
Elders Convention of the Presbytery of
Carlisle, will be held in the Presbyterian
church, MELVILLE, Pa, December 10, II
and II, 1878. The public are cordially
invited to attend all the Sessions of both
Conventions.
Rev. John Laird, of Juniata county,
gave very interesting lecture in this
place on Saturday evening. The sub
Ject was California, its resources, &C.
The lecture is well worth hearing by
any one who wishes to be well informed
regarding that section of our country.
A READER" writes TO us to know
why the Commissioners do not give
the Court House clock away if the coun-
ty is too poor to put it in good striking
condition"
We. were never good at guessing CO.
numdrums, and so give it up. What is
the answer
The teachers institute of Perry coun-
ty and the United States Congress both
assemble about the time we 60 to press on
Monday. If Congress would hold no
longer session than the heinstitutei it would
be q relief to every branch of industry
in the country.
On Wednesday night of last week, a
burglar crawled in back window of the
residence of VIM. Mcclellan, in Cham
bersburg, at an early hour, and proceed
ed to tie up the clothing and pocket the
valuable jewelry he could find. A young
lady going up stairs, discovered him and
gave the alarm to young man in the
house, who gave chase to the robber
until the latter jumped from an up. stair
window and escaped. A negro boy fol-
lowed him so closely, however, that he
dropped the bundle of clothing. He has
since been captured at Hagerstown and