The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-27

The Altoona car works were destroyed
by fire on Friday night.
O Henry Rice, Jr., of this borough, has
received the contract for re- painting the
Court House. His bid was $3.50.
The latest reports from different sec
Z tons of the country speak very favora+
bly, of the crop.
r. Mr.. William Mckee, has erected a
: beautiful portico in front of his residence
in this borough.
Mrs. g. w. Kellar residing at West
Newport broke her arm on Monday of
last week by fall.
Judge Junkin has been holding court
!. for Judge Cummings in Williamsport,
/ the past week.
G. G. Henry, who removed from this
place to Port Royal, last winter died
there last week. He leaves family in
very destitute circumstances.
Work on the Middle Penitentiary at
Huntingdon will probably be discontin-
ued as the legislature refuse to make any
appropriation for it.
We are sorry to hear of the serious
illness of Miss Gerty Smiley. Her
brother, G. H. Smiley, ESQ.,, left here
for the west to visit her on Friday last.
The great hail storm in some of the
lower counties on Wednesday, probably
accounted for the sudden increase of
cold weather here on Thursday.
A Colorado farmer says that planting
one or two fiaxseeds in each hill of po-
tatoes will keep away the much-dreaded
potato bug"
Mr.. Josh Horn, who resided in Gull
ford township, Franklin county dropped
over dead Tuesday morning while on a
visit to friend. The deceased was SO
years of age.
A little son of ]. G. Miller of Harris
burg, ate number of morphine pills
from box he found on stand last
Sunday. The little fellow died about
twenty minutes afterwards.
A severe frost was noticed in this
vicinity on Saturday morning last.
Some of the gardens suffered severely,
potatoes, tomatoes, etc., looking as
though they had been scalded.
The First District Union Sabbath
School Association of Perry County,
will meet in Convention in the Presby-
terian Church in Ickesburg, on SATUR-
DAY and SUNDAY, June 9TH and Sth,
beginning on Saturday at 10 O'Clock Am.
We notice in the list of arrivals at the
National House, published in the Colo
RADIO Springs Gazette, Colorado, the
name of Chas. G. Hackett, son of Jas.
b. Hackett, of this borough. Charley
is in search of health-hope he may :
soon recover.
j. w. Ringrose, the General Agent for
Mosler's Safe and Lock Co., of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, was in town last week taking
orders for Safes. He sold several, and
the reputation of the work of the firm
is such that their sales are rapidly in
creasing.
1t would hardly seem possible thatan
person would be mean enough to ma
licionsly damage tomb stone or mon
ument, but yet it is fact that some
person has broken off the bill of the
dove on the monument over the grave
OF Jessie Bugh, in the Cemetery in this
borough.
A shocking accident occurred at High
spire, Dauphin county, about 9 O'Clock
Thursday morning. Mrs. Mary Billet,
aged 25 years, while crossing the rail-
road track with her children, were
struck by Modoc engine and the moth
er and an infant child were thrown un-
der the train and were instantly killed.
Mrs. b. was about visiting q neighbor
and carried her is months old child in
her arms. The other children ran on
ahead of her. Seeing the train approach
the mother ran forward and pushed her
child off the track, saving it's life.