The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-19

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eS- One day last week the boys Of Mr..
Wiley Wrinkle, who lives seven or eight
miles south of Corvallis, Or, while break
ing sod in front of the house plowed up
lot of old silver coins, the latest bearing
date of 1948. 1t is a mystery how they got
there. They were coins of Mexico, France,
Peru and the United States.
0B-An engine and seven cars of freight
train bound north on the Jackson, Lansing
and Saginaw Railroad ran through a bridge
at Marsh Creek, between st. Charles and
Saginaw, Mich, last week, killing the fire.
man and badly injuring the engineer. The
accident was caused by the giving way of
a dam above the bridge, which washed out
the embankment.
G%- A woman with very singular
history died last week in the Blackwel's
Island Almshouse. She was one hundred
and four years old, the widow of one of the
Irish rebels of 1898, who fought at Oulert
Hill. Her husband mainly through her
exertions, was pardoned as he was being
led to execution, but was Immediately
afterward sabred at her side by the yeo-
many whom he had fought.
gB- A man named G. W. Petty, who
has been in Texas eleven years, was arrest
ed in field near Prairie Lea, upon re-
QUESTION from the Governor of X ansas.
Thirteen years ago, in that State, Petty
and another man rode up to the house of q
man named Clark, Greenville county called
him out, and while with two children in
his arms he was pointing out the road to
them, Petty shot him dead and escaped to
Texas.
G$- A heavy snow storm set in at Chey-
enne, w. T., on the Sth inst, continuing
until noon on Saturday, the wind attain
ing velocity from fifty to sixty-four miles
per hour, carrying snow with it, and drift
ing it in banks ten to fifteen feet high All
trains on the Union Pacific Denver Pacific
and Colorado Central are either side-track-
ed or showed in, and there is no communi-
cation north, whittier manay freight outfits
are now travelling, and the loss of stock
will be great.
PHIL ApELPHIA, March H. Robert Nc
Adams, twelve years old, and Charles
Patton, about the same age, quarreled to-
day near Thirteenth street and Lehigh
avenue over the possession of a stick of
candy. Patton threatened to shoot Nc
Adams if he did not divide with him, and
as the latter refused, Patton drew pistol
and shot McAdams through the head,
killing him almost instantly. The young
desperate then fled but he was subse-
quently captured.
GB- A supplementary telegram from
II arrisonburg, Va, where Charlotte Harris,
colored, was hanged, the other night, ON
took five men to bend the sapling down, to
which, being accomplished, the rope was
fastened to the woman's neck and the tree
then allowed to go up again. The woman
was tossed in the air and landed on the op.
posite side of the tree, which was propped
up with fence rail, and then left hanging.
This occurred Wednesday night last. The
body was not cut down until the following
Friday afternoon.
gB- A romantic story is told of Martin
Mix of Northfield and Ellen Manou gh of
Middlebury, VT, who have just got mar
ried after long separation. Many years
ago they quarreled and broke their engage
ment Martin went to sea, dug gold in
Australia and California, served in the
Union army during the war, worked on
the Pacific railroad, was captured by In-
dians while travelling to the Black Hills,
but escaped and returned to Vermont.
Ellen had long since forgiven her recreaut
lover, and, having advertised in vain for his
return, devoted her time to saving silver
dollars, 800 of which found their way into
one of her old stockings. Now the two
are one and the past is forgotten.
GEE Captain Harrison, who was a pas
senger on the wrecked steamer Metropolis,
and who subsequently made himself con-
spicuous in rescuing and caring for the
passengers, was arrested in Philadelphia a
few days ago, on the grave charge of ap-
propriating such of the effects of the vic
Tins as were washed ashore. 1t was noticed
that when he reached Norfolk ON his re-
turn homeward he had several trunks in
his possession and detectives were set on
his track, which resulted in his arrest.
In his rooms was found considerable
quantity of clothing bearing the marks of