The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-28
Miscellaneous News Items.

GB Samuel Brobscherer, justice of the
peace in Lehigh county, has been lodged
in Jail for misdemeanor in office.
GB- In Johnstown and vicinity more
than hundred children have died of
diphtheria within the past five or six
weeks
COLUMBUS o., October 17.-H. G. Cor
bin was arrested at Westervile to-day on
warrant charging him with blowing up his
hotel few weeks ago. This outrage was
charged upon the temperance people when
the explosion occurred.
GB- General Hatch telegraphs from
Alimosa that the Utes are very much ex-
cited, and that the reports of the victory
at White River over Major Thornburg's
command has set the young bucks fairly
wild for fight. He fears the chiefs can
not control them.
aS- Flora A. Sheppard, young girl re-
siding in the town of Skaneateles, commit
ted suicide on Sunday night She had
been engaged to be married to one Henry
Fullmer, who Tilted her account of some
serious stories which he alleges he heard
regarding her character.
CHAMBERsBURe, Pa, October 20.-Hon.
VIM. nj Lellan, one of the oldest members
of the Franklin county bar and a we'll
known citizen of thissplace, died at his
residence this evening. He was stricken
with paralysis on Friday last and never re-
gained consco ousness.
GB- Two little girls, aged respectively
two and three years, daughters of Mr.. q.
w. Menchy, of West Mannheim township,
York county, were poisoned one day re-
Gently by eating the seeds of "jimsen" or
Jamestown weed. The little ones went
into violent spasms and for time their
lives were despaired of.
rB On Monday last three childre en- of
A. H. Wentzel of Alsacs twp, Berks
county, during the absence of their pa
rents put powder-horn into the stove.--
The explosion which followed badly burn
ed and injured two of the children. The
eldest child has since died, and the other is
not expected to live.
CB- Joe Howard, negro, played the
banjo for pennies in the saloons, stores, and
streets of Jeffersorville, Ind. He was fire.
quently allowed to perform in the mill
linery established of Mrs. Martin, young
white woman. His music won her, and
one day they were united in marriage by
the Rev. Mr. Miller, negro. Miller and
Howard are in Jail awaiting trial, such
wedlock being crime in Indiana.
eB- About IL o'clock on Tuesday night
an accident occurred on the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroad, near Bridgewater sta
ton, in which a freight train was
badly wrecked, twelve cars being thrown
from the track. G. G. Lennon, brake
man, was instantly killed, and H. L. Norr,
engineer, and George Fulton, fireman,
were painfully but not fatally injured.
a. In Davenport, Iowa, a virtuous mob
threw stones and antique eggs at an officer
who was guilty of the outrage of trying to
arrest bride just as she was starting on
her bridal trip, merely for stealing $40 out
of somebody's trunk. The sympathetic
crowd wouldn't have it, and the ill-timed
officer had to hide to save his life. Hymen
is recognized as having very sacred rights
in that State.
gB- Continued drought is causing much
suffering and loss in Lancaster comfy
The Rohrerstown Rolling Mill was COM
PEELED to stop operations owing to search
ty of water. In the southern portion of
the county majority of the springs and
wells have dried up, necessitating farmers
to haul water for their stock. Most of
the grist mills in the county have stopped.