The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

master In the United States Ho was
appointed by Adams in 1928, aud held
the place continuously until his death,
over half century.
EE- Rev. Sidney Stray, pastor of Pros
byterian church near Glenn's Falls, N. Y,
accidentally shot his wife with a revolver
on Monday, aud thinking he had killed
her put bullet in his own head. The
balls were extracted and the wounds are
not considered dangerous.
tw- An old tramp was sent to the
Hudson county Jail for insulting girl.
His clothes, which were very dilapidated,
were pinned over in several places as If to
conceal the rents, but on unfastouing
them they were found to contain small
sums of money, amounting in the aggre-
gate to $50.
Troy, N. Y, February 26.-Warrants
have been issued by Justice Smith, of Ian
singburgh, for the arrest of 90 members Of
the Troy common council --t3 democrats
and 10 republicaus--for violation of the
election law in designating the polling
places where liquor is sold. Complaiuauts
are greenbackers.
G8- One of the machnists in England,
recently purchased valuable invention for
making railway carriages aud other springs
by machinery, but his workmen positively
refused to avail themselves Of it. 1t ended
in his sending the contrivance to Belgium,
together with suitable material and the
springs are actually made there and return
ed to England.
CINCINNATI, March 3.--The rain which
prevailed here all day yesterday took the
form of snow little further north and
east. Advices from many points in the
interior Of the State are to the effect that
snow lies over foot in depth, and drifts
formed that will likely cause detention to
railroad trains.
YORK, Pa, March 3.-Ths morning
while William Kauffelt aged 10, employed
at the Pennsylvania agricultural works
here, was standing on ladder oiling the
sbafting his clothing came in contact with
it, whirling him around and dashing out
his brains against the ceiling.
Mr.. Jacob Leckorne, aged 81, was found
dead in bed this morning suffocated by
coal gas. His wifs was unconscious but
may recover.
GB- The Chambersburg Register says
that at Marion township, that county, last
Sunday, brother, who had been deposed
for unbeooming conduct, led the hymn, and
this was submitted to. But when the
preacher asked that member i'm good
standing lead in prayer, and the deposed
fellow started off in an eloquent strain, it
proved to much, and the congregation
arose and protested. He was put out.
tg- The Cambria Freeman says "Mr.
Michael Quinn, former Tax Collector of
Conemaugh borough, pleaded guilty at
the last session of our county court to the
charge of embezzing certain moneys
collected by him in his official capacity.
On Tuesday of last week at the special
term of court he was called before Judge
Dean and received his sentence, which is a
hhc Va p~JCOV III bOb
Western Penitentiary for period of
fourteen months"
GS- Gen. Lawrence, of Rhode Island, has
sued for a divorce from his wife, formerly
Mrs. Kingsbury. The lady was the daugh-
ter of the late Gen. Taylor, U. S. A., and
the niece of cold Zach' Taylor. She is
charged with having given her affections to
a member of the Belgian Legation in
Washington, Amedee Vanden Nest, and it
may be remembered that last summer Gen.
eral Lawrence and Nest fought bloodless
duel in Belgium, though the report that
Mrs. Lawrence afterwards eloped with
Nest has been denied.
g%- The trial was begun in Lancaster on
Thursday, of George Frady, of Marietta,
who is charged with having killed his
brother John on the Fourth of July last.
The affair occurred when all parties were
drunk. The brothers were jealous of each
other in their affections for woman
named Anna Cheney. Mrs. Cheney's
husband was shot and killed by her father
on Thanksgiving Day, 1877, in the same
house in which the Frady homicide occur
red, and with the same gun. Her father
is now serving five years imprisonment
for manslaughter. On Saturday Frady
was convicted and sentenced to nine years.
Lebanon, March 3.-To-day Nimrod
Spattenhoover, who stabbed aud killed