The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-15
Miscellaneous News Items.

Y-The post-offices at Lancaster and Ann
vile, Pa, have been designated as depos-
itories to receive the subscriptions to the
four-per-cent certificates.
NB- Miss Lucy Osborne, who lost her
scalp in Schoverling's button shop at New
Canaan, Conn.,, a couple of years ago, has
finally had it all replaced by grating.
GB- -Kneeland Coy, living near Bradford,
Mexican county, a few days ago got drunk
and kicked his wife so severely that she
has since died. An unborn infant was
killed by the kicks.
rB-A colored man named Holmes struck
white man named Stark on the head
with stave, on Monday last, on board
steamer near Pittsburg. The man cannot
live, and the negro is in custody.
EB- All kinds of game are dying off in
Forest county from the effects of the
severe winter. Several foxes have been
found in a starving condition, and so weak
that they could be easily captured.
BY' The farmers in the eastern part of
Lebanon cou nty are preparing to raise
tobacco more extensively than ever, since
they find il to pay better than any other
crop. Some farmers will put from five to
ten acres under cultivation.
rE- The confederate monument in
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, was
decorated Tuesday afternoon. Ten thou
sand persons witnessed the ceremonies, and
local military organizations and associa-
tions participated.
GB- A horse owned by Mr.. j. Rhodes,
near Bloomington, ILL.,, had its tongue cut
completely off the other day, by pulling on
rope which had been noosed about it's
lower jaw. In pulling the rope slipped,
catching the horses tongue in the blight.
NB- Bradford, Mexican county, effects a
city organization. The growth of the
town has been almost magical, being
wholly the result of the discovery of oil.
1t has population of $4,000, and a is we'll
built, wide-awake and thriving town.
rB-A colored man named Peter Demby,
about sixty.five years of age, was murdered
in Wilmington, Del, on Saturday night
week. His body was found near the
scene of the Temple murder, which occur
red two years ago. which he was the first
| to discover.
rE John Henry Peyton and Gideon
Williams, both colored, had an argument
on Saturday evening in Harrisburg which
developed into fight. Williams seized a
hatchet and dealt Peyton several blows on
the head, cutting him badly. Peyton's
wounds were dressed at the hospital.
rB- A party of about fifty Yankees in
Maine, it is said, have purchased two old
freight cars, fitted them up with windows,
hunks and cooking apparatus, and are now
slowly making their way Westward at the
rear of freight trains, having contracted
with the railroads to haul them at about
the rate for cattle by the carload.
eY- The Altoona "Tribune" relates that
on Thursday Mr.. VIM. Thomas, aged SO
years was carried distance of ten feet
into the air by whirlwind, and in falling
had the fourth finger on his right hand
broken. The boardwalk on which he was
standing was blown distance of fifty Oh
sixty feet by the wind.
Gsg- A Bridgeport woman declared that
she would whip the girl with whom she
caught her husband walking in the street,
and did it. She also said she would scratch
her husbands eyes out and tried to do it.
Then she started for the water, declaring
she would drown herself, but didn't do it.
GB- Acting upon the advice of learned
Voodoo doctor Samuel Broolins, daTkey
employee of the Cincinnati Southern Rail
road, bathed his body in boiled poke root
for the purpose of curing bad cold
Sans fellow workmen at Burgin, KY,
turned him over last Tuesday morning tc
see why in the world he should sleep sc
long. They found dead darkey.
EB- The eight-year-old daughter of 8
Mr.. Michael Lynch, Cambria county, oil
Monday, tied one end of rope to porct
post and the other end to the railing. She
then seated herself on the rope and com
menced to rock, but falling backward, got
her head entangled 10 it, loop forming