The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-19
Miscellaneous News Items.

NH Mr.. Bailey, of near Constantine,
Mich, thought he heard the tizz of cider
escaping from his barrel, and felt around
to find the leak. 1t was only rattlesnake
that was all.
GB- A seaman married his sweetheart at
Savannah the other day, the license for
which he had purchased two years before.
The sudden sailing of his vessel prevented
the marriage at that time.
eY- The carpet covering the floor in an
adjuster's room of the San Francisco Mint
was taken up few weeks ago for the first
time in five years, and burned to secure
the accumulation of gold and silver filings.
The operation netted about So, 500.
GEE Some miscreant recently went into
the pasture of farmer named Bremen,
living eight miles east of Sterling, ILL.,, and
cut the entrails out of span of mules
worth about $780, Bremen has no idea
who could be guilty of such dastardly
act.
eB Serajevo, the capital of Bosnia, was
at last accounts on fire. A vast amount of
destruction had been wrought and many
hundreds of poor people been rendered
homeless. There is cause to fear that the
flames will not be arrested until the greater
part of the city has been destroyed.
gB- Holcomb & Co., of New Haven,
recently shipped an elegant coupe to San
Francisco. 1t was enclosed in canvas
covering, to protect it from the weather.
Some impecunious chap managed to get
into it, and with a good supply of edibles,
made the ten days trip comfortably, escap-
ing observation.
CB- Lancaster county is infested with
foot-pads travelling in the disguise of ped
dlers, one of whose tricks is to get the
farmers wives to 60 to the fields to call
their husbands home. Meanwhile the foot
pad enters the house and walks off with
such articles as suit his taste.
rY- Charles Ballet, livery-stable keep
er at Middletown, Ohio shot and killed
his wife Tuesday morning. and immedi-
ately afterward shot himself through the
head, dying instantly. Ballett was a
drunkard, and his wife had petitioned for a
divorce, which, angering him, caused the
tragedy.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, August IL. = AT
Fairview, on Saturday evening, the six
year old daughter of Edward Ryan endeav-
ored to cross the railroad track by crawl
ing under a freight train. Her nurse,
Cassie Latin, aged eighteen years, started
to bring her back, when the train started
up and both girls were run over and killed
EB- Miss Lizzie b. Abbey, highly
esteemed young lady aud music teacher,
residing at Boiceville, Ulster county, New
York, while crossing the railroad bridge at
that place last Saturday, broke through a
rotten plank, and fell upon the rocks
twenty-five feet below. She was found
unconscious, with her head bent partly
under her body, and died in about al
hour.
eg- A horse hitched to buggy took
fright Tuesday morning on North Broad
way street, Baltimore, and ran off at 9
furious pace. The buggy was dashed
against the steps of a residence, on which
several little girls were seated at play,
Anna KONG, aged six years, had an ankl,
broken; Lizzie Seebach, aged eight, hat
her thigh fractured, and her sister Katie
aged five years, received internal injuries
which resulted fatally.
! Norwich, Conn, Aug. lid. L. Tiff