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

A man named Reilly was arrested for
participation.
NoRFoLK, Va, December l7.--Moses
Ford, negro section hand working on the
railroad near franklin, was tried before a
magistrate yesterday for stealing $40. He
was found guilty and sentenced to be
whipped. After receiving the punishment
he went to his mothers door and blew bis
brains out with a double barrelled gun,
discharging the second barrel before he
succeeded in his purpose, the first shot
having missed him.
0B- At South Killingly, Conn, the other
day, as Mrs. Gilbert Graves was going
down the cellar stairs with kettle of hot
water in her hand, step broke and she
fell and was badly scalded and bruised.
Mr.. S. w. Franklin, neighbor, hearing
her cries, rushed to her assistance, tripped
on the broken step and was seriously hurt
internally, and then her son fell through the
opening and hurt them both and himself.
OF" Titusville has had a sensation in the
corpse-raisng line. The body of young
man buried in the cemetery at that place
was resurrected in order to permit photo
graph to be taken for the mother, who was
unconsolable by reason OF the death, and
who wanted to preserve the features of her
son. Although the remains were greatly
decomposed, a successful photograph was
taken.
CHAMBERsBURe, Dec. 2o.-The police
authorities have arrested Peter Swingler,
the colored murderer, who shot John An
derson during q quarrel at q dance. lie
was found concealed under a bed in the
house of Nelson Stewart, also colored.
Swinger claims that he acted in self
defense. He was committed to Jail for
trial.
Gsg A. B. Sayre, who was convicted at
Philadelphia several months since for mur-
dering his wife in one of the Philadelphia
churches, was respited Tuesday by Gov
ernor Hartranft until the 14th of January
1870, the day designated for the execution
of Charles Sharpe and James Mcdonnell,
the two Mollie Maguires, reprieved by the
governor last Saturday.
Sayre's respite was granted by the gov
ernor liz consequence of legal muddIe
springing up, which has created no little
sensation in the city of Philadelphia, and
which, perhaps, has 10 parellel in this
State.
HARRIsBURe, Dec. 20.-AlIen G. Laros,
the Pennsy lvania parricide, who escaped
from the Insane Asylum some months ago,
has been recaptured in Arkansas, and will
be returned here at once. He killed his
father and mother, and II man named
Schuz, by poisoning them, at a place near
Easton, Pa, in 1876. He was sentenced to
be hanged for the crime, but was subse-
quently pronounced insane, and confined
i'll the State hospital in this city, from
which place he escaped
Gzs- A bad penny always returns, it is
said, but one instance is recorded where
good silver half dollar returned to its pos
SCISSOR after q circulation of twenty years.
A man living in Canton, Ohio, had in his
possession about twenty-five years ago,
silver half dollar with the date 1922, and
that being his natal year he cut his name
on it and thought to retain it as a relic.
But few years after he paid it out by
mistake, and for twenty years it took its
course in the general circulation. A few
days ago he sent his little daughter to
neighboring town on an errand, and upon
her return she gave him some change, and
with it was the identical half dollar with
his name cut on it.