The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-22

a feariui explosion followed. Mrs. VIII
liams' clothing caught fire, and despite her
cries, she was literally burned to death be-
fore any one came to her assistance.
rB- The New York "Sun' says On
Saturday thirty-four girls, while stripping
tobacco in Jersey City factory, were
seized with pain in the side, followed in al
most every case by unconsciousness, convul-
sions and finally hysteria and collie. Physi-
clans could not account for the attack.
GB- Miss Ella Kuhn, young girl whose
parents live at Greensburg, came to a
terrible death on Tuesday by her clothes
taking fire from low bonfire of shavings
iu the middle of a Pittsburg street. She
was burned so severely that all the physi-
clans could do was TO alleviate her terrible
suffering until death ensued.
GEE A span of fine black horses, owned
by Mr.. A. s. Sinner, Redington, took
fright while on the road Tuesday, and
dashed over sixty-foot cliff, falling on the
track of the Lehigh and Susquehanna
Railroad. Both animals were killed, and
light carriage to which they were harness
ed was broken into the smallest fragments.
tB- People who went up Mount WASH
ington last week were surprised to find
the Summit House windows, on the exposed
side, all showed up aud frozen and the
promenade platform, like the rocks about
it, still almost over shoes in snow, and
every post and northwest facing rock still
covered to depth of nearly half foot.
CB- According to observations made
during an attempt to sink an artesian we'll
at Cape May, the ocean has, at three diff
ferent periods, covered that locality. The
lowest point at which deposits of regular
sea-sand were found was over one hundred
feet. Solid cedar logs were encountered
and bored through at depth of eighty
seven feet.
eB- Robert Culbertson and VIM. Truax,
two boys hailing from Philadelphia, arrived
at Harrisburg on the Cincinnati express
early Thursday morning and were arrested
for stealing rides on said train from Phila-
delphia to Harrisburg. When searched
new six shooters were found on each of
them. They were held for carrying con-
cealed weapons.
g8r A school house in Pitcher, Ia, was
torn to pieces by lightning the other day
1t occurred in the morning before school
opened. A few of the children had ar
rived and, seeing the storm coming, crawl
ed into the school house through the win
dow. Afterward for some cause they came
out again and nestled up in the coal house
close by. This latter move saved their
lives. AS it was, they were badly shocked.
eB- A severe rain and wind-storm, ac-
companied by much lightning, visited
Binghamton, New York, Tuesday. A cigar
maker named James w. Stephens, while
standing under tree in the outskirts of
the city, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. A dwelling just outside of
town was also struck and burned. Many
trees were blown down and considerable
damage was done to corn and other crops
in that vicinity.
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storm and hurricane passed over here at 5.45
this morning lasting 15 minutes, follow
ed by thunder storm. Some hail stones
were two inches in diameter. Crops and
vegetation was destroyed and torn to shreds.
A third of the glass in the place were bro
ken. Large trees were torn up, fences de-
stroyed, houses unroofed and barn blown
over. 1t was the most severe storm ever
known here. The people were very much
alarmed.
Ca" During the shower that passed over
Titusville on Friday, several boys crawled
under some freight cars standing on the
Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo railroad
track to escape from the rain. Before the
end of the shower locomotive moved up
the track and bumped against the cars.
All the boys except one scrambled from
their dangerous position. Peter Rounds,
a crippled youth, was not as active as the
rest, and just as his body was laid across
the track the wheel struck it,. and the un-
fortunate boy was instantly killed.
gB- Two fishermen found, on the bank
of Taylortown creek, trout stream in
Pike county, a few days ago, long, low
pile of stones, whose curious shape and
inappropriatenes in the middle of green
field, at once attracted their attention.
Pulling few rocks away, they discovered
the skeleton of man. Several years ago
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