The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-05

class of Catchucumens numbering about
fifty, served by Rev. j. j. Kerr.
o Tuesday evening, Goth of January,
the members of the Excelsior Literary
Societyof Germany, had debate In the
Elliottsburg school house, against the
debaters of Green Park, on the following
question: Resolved that the Noncian
deluge was not universal. The decision
was given In favor of the affirmative.
| A debate will again be had at the same
| place, and on the same question, on
Tuesday evening the 10Th inst. The
ladies are cordially invited toattend.
Firei - On Friday night at twenty
minutes to ten the citizens of this
borough were startled by the alarm of
fire, when 1t was ascertained that the
coach and wagon shop of Mr.. Samuel
Smith was in flames. Within minute
after the alarm the blaze broke out of
the upper windows, showing that the
whole interior was on fire. BY bard
work most of the tools and the vehicles
on the lower floor were safely removed,
| but all the materials and the carriages
and sleighs, some of them being finish
ed that were on the second floor were
destroyed. The fire communicated to
Mr.. Smiths stable in the rear of the
shop, and that and its centents, except
the horse was also destroyed.
The stable belonging to Mr.. Harling,
which adjoined the property of Mr..
Smith, was pulled down to prevent
further extension of the flames in that
direction. This precaution and the
stiffness of the night and the snow on
the roofs enabled the citizens to save all
other surrounding property.
The total loss is about So, ,5O0,on which
there is an insurance of 2,1O0, as fol-
ows:
On the stock and materials in The
shop, 81 ,050, in the Reading and in the
Farmers of York, $3.50 on the build
ings, and $500 on the contents of the
stable.
In what manner the fire originatedis
not known, but it is supposed to have
been caused by the stove in the painting
room.
Mr.. Smith will rebuild as soon as
possible, and the mean time has pro-
vided place where his business will be
carried on as usual.
Scared off, Last Sunday night Mr..
John Potter, of Buffalo township, was
wakened from his slumber by an unusu-
al noise about his horse stable. Think
ing that all was not right there he
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Wesley W., who proceeded to the barn
and discovered the lower door of the
horse stable open, it being fastened with
hook, a lock on the upper one securing
both from coming open from natural
causes. The men pushed the open door
to without further concern, taking it for
granted that the horses had kicked it
open, a circumstance that not unfre-
quently occurs. The next morning
what was their surprise but to find the
door hooked, while horse stood in his
stall bridled and saddled, ready for
marching. Mr.. Potter thinks that the
thief entered the barn some time during
the day, several incidents surrounding
the circumstance, together with the fact
that the barn was carefully locked in
the evening, justifying the opinion, and
that the brothers. appearance, just in
the niche of time to save their horse,
scared the theiving rascals lsaway.-NeaOs.
Doings in the Registers 0fflce.-The fol-
lowing transactions of public interest
have been placed on record since our
former report:
Letters of Administration have been
granted to John Weldon, on the estate
of Jos. Weldon, decd. to H. H. Fisher,
on the estate of John Rhiver, decd.
Letters Testamentary have been issued
to Conrad Roth, on the estate of John
Roth, of Centre twp, decd; to Chas.
b. Heinbaugh and Annie Ickes, on the
estate of Calvin l.. Ickes.
Assignments have been made by John
Swartz & wife, to Daniel Keiser; Henry
ID. Smith q wife, to Abraham Horting {;
Henry j. Light & wife, to VIM. Grier
Samuel Haines & wife, to Aaron Shref-
fler; Geo. B. Shugart & wife, to r. N.
JONES' Israel Lupfer q wife, to Chas.
III. Smiley and VIM. Grier Samuel
Rife & wife, to Saml. Moss; Daniel
Rife, to Samuel Shelter; Saml Collier &
wife and Andrew Collier, to Henry
Sauseman John II. Cromleigh, to Jos.
Smith, Sr.; John Il. Fenninger d wife,
to David. p. Lightner.
Weather Report.-B. McIntire, Esq,
hands us the following report of the
weather for the month of Jonuary, 1878.
Average of Thermometer at 8 o'clock
| M $40 and AGi and of Rarnnna atar