The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-13

twp, lost valuable COW o few weeks
ago, in the following manner The COW
broke into an oats-field, partook pretty
freely of oats, went to q creek, drank
too much and bursted.
A COW, belonging to Samuel G. Miller,
tramped down behind the projecting
curve of root on the bank of Mohon-
tongo creek, fell over, and broke her leg,
and, to end her sutierlngs, had to be
killed.-SentineL
Cumberland County.-We copy the fol-
lowing from the Cumberland county
papers of last week:
A young son of Levi Clay, near West
Hill, while visiting at Mr.. MeKeehan's,
in West PennsborO' township, was
severely bitten in the cheek by dog.
A barn belonging TO Joseph Booz, of
Southampton twp, was struck by light
ming on Saturday last and was totally
consumed. We have not heard the ex-
tent of Mr.. Booz's loss.
On Saturday night last valuable
horse belonging to w. ID. Green, living
about two miles west of Newvill, was
stolen from the pasture. A wagon
saddle and blind bride were taken from
the stable of u neighbor near by.
On Wednesday afternoon at about five
O'Clock the barn of Mr.. Stewart, on the
turnpike, short distance this side of
Shippensburg, was struck and set on
fire by lightning and totally consumed,
together with 800 bushels of grain
We have learned of no other particulars
concerning the disaster.
Mr.. Wilson, Cumberland county
farmer, while working in his harvest
field about four weeks ago, was sudden
ly bereft of sight in the left eye. Three
days afterward total blindness set in.
The affliction was pronounced case of
cataract and the other day DIR. Fl. l..
Stickel, assisted by his student, Mr..
Ulrich and DIR. Willett's performed the
operation of extraction which resulted
in restoration of perfect sight.
On Saturday morning Mr.. John Trei-
bier, on East Louther street, Carlisle,
sent us curiosity in the shape of a
twig from crab apple tree, bearing on
one side of the stem ripe fruit and on the
other buds and blossoms. This twig is
not an exception, for the tree is covered
with heavy crop of ripe fruit, large
quantity of unripe in different stages of
growth, blossoms and buds.
On Friday a man named Frank Bailey
entered the National hotel in Mechanics
burg, and being somewhat under the
influence of whisky, he asked the pro-
prietor, Mr.. Mcclure, for room to go
to sleep. About two hours later Bailey
got up, and in coming down stairs he
entered room on the second floor and
stole therefrom o revolver and a pair of
black pants, the property of Mr.. Stam-
baugh, boarder. Bailey was arrested
the same day and committed to the
county Jail for trial.
The following is the Democratic
County Ticket: t
For Congress, +. E. Beltzhoover, Car
lisle for Assembly, Robt. McCachran,
Jr., w. Pennsboro', Alf. NJ. Rhoads,
Carlisle for Prothonotary, r. NJ. Ora
ham, w. Pennsboro'; For Clerk of the
Courts, John Sheaffer, Silver Spring !;
for County Treasurer, John G. EckeIs,
Silver Spring for Register, j. NJ. Draw
baugh, Carlisle: for Commissioner,
Jacob Barber, Lower Allen, Hugh
Boyd, Hopewell for Director of the
Poor, r. s. Roth, Lower Allen for
Auditor, Samuel Green, Penn, Fred.
Perlett, Shippensburg.
On Tuesday evening last, about dark
as Mrs. Jas. II. Woodburn was in the
stable milking cow she very percepti-
bly, smelled fire and believing It to be
close at hand instituted a search. She
was not long in discovering that it was
in the neighboring stable, Mrs. Gill
more's, the same that had been fired
some time since. She Immediately ran
to front street where she found James
McCandlish and her husband who
reached the scene just in time to save a
;seIu siia me afCepr Was pre- pre-
straw and dust were heaped up and
smouldering ready to burst out.
This firing of course is puzzling to the
neighbors and authorities. But certain
parties suspected and if il is again at