The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-17
Miscellaneous News Items.

mlOOOlhUnOVu0 NONO lJCIlSs
Cy- Hon. Asa Packer has given q library
valued at 100000 to the Lehigh universi-
ty at Bethlehem.
n%- A thief was captured in Washington
county on Saturday charged with stealing
So, 800 from Arthur f. Russell, Jefferson
county.
GB- Three men who gave their namea as
John Cramer, VIM. Harland, and VIM.
Jones with their residence as Carlisle,
we're arrested in Hagerstown last week, on
suspicion of being concerned in the burn
ing of Spessard's barn.
Nashville,i Tenn, September 10TH
Pickney Bell a white man, who had been
in Jail at Murfreesborough for killing
constable of Rutherford county while
attempting to arrest him, was last night
taken out and lynched
DUNDAs, September 9.-At two o'clock
this morning five masked men entered the
Great Western railway station, tied and
gagged the watchman and blew open the
SAFE, WulCu COuJdlueu FlOO Ill uOuey anu
check for a small amount. The burglars
escaped.
NEW York, September 8. = The total
liabilities of the Oxford iron company, of
New Jersey, will not exceed $1,OOO,O0 of
which $3.50, 900 is due the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad company,
which is fully covered by mortgages
The company's loss will be very slight, if
any.
Buffalo, September 10.-While a num-
Der of men were constructing new dry
dock at the Union cry dock works der
rick which they were using broke down,
owing to a defect of the iron. The whole
apparatus fell upon the workmen in the
pit killing one man and injuring five
others, two of them fatally.
CB The mayor of Manchester, England,
has received telegram from the British
consul at New Orleans, asking help for the
yellow fever sufferers. The mayor pub
lished the announcement that he will be
glad to cooperate with any merchants or
others desirous of taking steps for the re-
lief of the sufferers, and that he will remit
to New Orleans any funds thus subscribed
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Sept. &C.. B.
Perkins, United States Detective, to. day
arrested at this place two men named
Kirkpatrick, of Farmingtown, and two
named Calhoun and Regan, of Bingham
ton, all counterfeiters. A quantity of
their spurious trade-dollars and fifty-cent
pieces were found this evening in a stump
near Pennington.
QUEBEC, September 9.-Thos. Bigelow,
the American who was arrested in Liver
pool few days ago for robbing the re-
ceiver generals Office at Toronto on the
Fourth of July last, managed to escape
and returned to Canada on the steamship
which arrived yesterday. He was met at
Rimouski by a detective and promptly ar
rested. n.l ar4 a.
GB- Early Wednesday morning theft
got into the drug store of Thomas, Broad
and Ellsworth streets, Phila. by breaking a
large hole in the bulk window on Broad
street. He made his escape from the store
through aIwindow on Ellsworth street, TAX
ing with him 1000 fine segars, $40 in cash
from the money-drawer, and numerous toll
ct articles.
tB- On Thursday afternoon, the large
barn on the farm of Franklin Cover, about
mile north of Ephrata, Lebanon county,
was struck by.lightning and entirely con-
sumed together with its contents, con-
sisting of $50 bushels of threshed.wheat,4 40
tons of hay, combined reaper and mower
as good as new, sulky, and large num-
Der of agricultural implements. A large
stack of oats near the barn was also con-
sumed. The barn was insured for 81, 900
and the contents for So, 900 in the Northern
Mutual insurance. Company.
DIlN0Q $1,000 Pianos for 0DnLNTO