The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-23

A little after so'clock Thursday night,
the 18th, inst, the stable of Mr.. George
Sheaffer, on the turnpike, on the north
ern edge of Dickinson township, was
discovered to be on fire. The alarm was
at once given, and the neighbors came
promptly to the scene, and through
their watchfulness the fire was prevent
ed from spreading, but little or nothing
was saved from the stable. The loss
includes about one and a.half tons of
hay, some gears and harness and differ
ent other items of value. There was
two hundred dollars of insurance upon
1t, the loss will be about three hundred.
Nothing is known concerning the
origin of the fire, and 1t Is pretty gener-
ally attributed to the work of an incen-
diary.
An accident befell the south-bound
train on the South Mountain railroad
on Thursday afternoon. The train
jumped the track near Hepburn's, q
short distance from the borough limits,
and the engine and ten or twelve cars
were upset down an embankment, the
locomotive being turned completely up
side down. Some of the cars were badly
wrecked. Jacob Albert, the engineer,
was scalded severely. No injuries were
sustained by the other employees SO far
as we could ascertain. The accident was
caused by some miscreant removing the
switch-pln.
The Carlisle Mirror of Friday says
Upon Information of District Attorney
Emig, w. H. Wynekoop, of North Mid
dleton township, was arrested on We'd
nesday morning,by officer Hays, charged
with the murder by poison, of Mrs.
Mary Kiehl, whose death and the cir
cumstances attending it have been fully
made known in these columns. Squire
Wynekoop was placed in the custody of
Sheriff Gill. A writ of habeas corpus
has been sued out, by Messrs. J. Corn
man and w. j. Shearer, Counsel for de-
fendant returnable this morning at nine
o'clock.
Mrs. Zells was also arrested on We'd
nesday as an accomplice to the alleged
crime.
Junlata County, We copy the follow
ing from the Juniata county papers of
last week.
Bruce Zimmerman, who lives in Mex
leo, this county, was accidentally shot,
on Monday, by person whose name
we have been unable to learn. The only
particulars we have is that, the man was
handling pistol when it went off, the
bullet entering Mr. Zimmerman's instep
and passing down through the foot.
DR.. Arnold rendered the surgical atten-
tion.-Dene. & Register.
Mr.. Howard Snyder, miller at Mr..
VIM. Van Sweringen's mill at Beale-
town, while engaged in oiling machin-
cry in the mill his right hand was caught
in the gearing and terribly lacerated,
the cogs of the wheel of the upright that
runs the bolt passing through the heart
of the hand.
Between the hours of twelve and on e
O'Clock on Thursday morning of last
week, the store of Dundore & Co., at
Walnut, Beale township, was discovered
to be on fire. The building, together
with the entire stock of goods was
burned; also the furniture, watches, and
all the clothing of Mr.. Dundore and
family, who occupied part of the build
ing. The stable attached, and contents
were consumed, and a dwelling house
adjoining, belonging to Reese Evans.
Dundore & Co. had an insurance of
$2500 on the buildings, $500 on the
goods, and $500 ON the stable. How the
fire originated is not known. 1t was
first discovered in the ware room, about
thirty feet from the main building. Mr.
Dundore and family were apprised that
the building was on fire just in time to
escape with their lives.