The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-20
Brief Items.

See Mortimer's Iron advertisement in
another column.
Peaches are freely offered in this place
at 30 to 30 cents per peck
The splendid rain of Thursday was
welcome to everybody. In this county
streams generally, were never any lower.
Mrs. Joel Higgins an old lady residing
at Newport fell down stairs on Thursday
week and fractured wrist.
Frank, son of Rev. j. w. Buckly,
of Newport, broke his arm a few days
since, by falling off the fence.
On Saturday last Mr.. Henry Paul, an
aged citizen of New Kingston, fell and
broke his collar bone
At Harrisburg, on Wednesday last,
VIM. Baker, young man of that city,
fell into the river from boat and was
drowned.
There will be basket picnic held in
Deckard's grove in Bucks valley on
the oath of August. All are invited to
attend.
John Fenniele will sell at his residence
p miles East of Grier's Point, on Sat
urday, August 31st, 1873, horses, COWS,
young cattle, sheep, buggy, wagon, &c.
A little boy of Indian extraction who
has been living with Mrs. Peters, in
Cumberland county, wandered away
from home on Tuesday evening and has
not since been heard of.
A few days ago, a son of George Zim-
norman, of Pine Grove, went in SWIM
ming and being wet with perspiration
he took a chill and died shortly after
wards.
VIM. A. Zinn, the missing postmaster
of Newport, was heard from last week.
He was then in Illinois and was heard
from through draft he had drawn on a
young man in Newport.
Some Improvements are being made
in Saville township this season. Mr..
Daniel Sheibley and Mr.. e. w. Swartz
have both erected good barns, and Geo.
Utley has put up new house.
All who desire to exercise the right of
the ballot at the coming election must
be assessed on or before September 5th,
and State and County tax must be paid
on or before the 9Th of October to qualify
them as voters.
Esquire Clouser, of this borough, has
pumpkin vine Ga feet long, one leaf on
1t is 25 inches in width. The vine al
ready has well formed pumpkins, the
first, 10 days old, measuring 3 feet and 5
inches in circumference.
Curtis Kost will sell for the heirs of
John Losh, decd, a tract of land con-
tanning Sixty Acres, more or less, with
improvements, situate in Carroll twp..
2 miles south of Shermansdale, on Sat
urday, September 14th, 1878.
Two cows belonging to Michael Deck
ard of Liverpool, were stabbed last week,
in hopes of saving them after they had
eaten quantity of river grass. The at
tempt to save them was successful with
one, but the finest animal died.
A new warehouse is to be erected at
Newport on this side of the railroad. A
siding will be laid that will bring the
railroad about 60 feet nearer to Bloom
field. So we see the iron rail gradually
approaching the county seat.
William PEBBLES, an aged and respect
ed citizen of Mechanicsburg, died very
suddenly Thursday evening, shortly be-
fore six O'Clock, from stroke of apo
plexy. He had been feeling unwell in
the afternoon and about the time stated,
was sitting on the lounge, when he
suddenly reeled over and died in
short time.
Just previous to the slight shower on
Saturday afternoon, very peculiar
roaring noise that attracted much atten-
ton was heard among the clouds, and
many theories as to its cause are advanc-
ed. The sound indicated terrific storm,
apd yet the clouds scarcely moved, and
no storm came.
On Monday Governor Hartranft fur
nished a requisition to James p. Smith,
an officer from Middleburg. Snyder
county, on the governor of Michigan,
for Jonathan Meyer, of Schoolcraft'
Kalamazoo county, he being one of the
parties implicated in the confession of
Miss Hartley, which we published two
weeks since.
A girl named Sallie Hartzell, whose
parents reside al the Cove, in this county,
was arrested in Lancaster county on the
9th inst, charged with causing the death
of her child. The babe was only two
weeks old, at the time 1t is alleged the
deed was committed. When arrested she
gave her name as Hartney, and another
time as Kepner. ft