The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-24
Brief Items.

The Republican County Convention
is to meet on July 2lst.
Saturday was the longest day in the
year.
Two young men of Berks county are
rivals for the hand of one girl. They
will settle who is to have her by foot
race on the Fourth of July.
A little son of Jacob Hartstein fell
into the canal at Newport on Tuesday,
and was fished out by Peter Wertz just
in time to save the boys life.
q The stone curb put down in front of
the residence of Mr.. George Briner, in
this place, is credit to the property and
to the workmen.
G. Strine's cigar wagon was broken open
on Sunday week while standing in the
stable of the Miller House at Newport,
and few boxes of cigars were stolen.
Y. M. G. A. meeting in the Presby-
terian church next Sunday at 6 O'Clock
p. M. Subject = Season of prayer. All
are cordially invited.
Many of our farmers commenced cut
ting grass last week. The hay crop does
not promise as well as usual, the grass
being short.
The horse taken from the party of
tramps now in Jail for stealing the wag-
on belonging to Mr.. Hayes, proves to
have been stolen from O man named
Miller in Susquehanna county.
A poor blacksmith of Mt. Zion, Leba-
non county, named Henry Geisey, has
recently been discovered to be one of
the heirs to an estate worth from four to
thirteen millions of dollars.
Matthew Rodgers house, in Walker
township Juniata county, came near
being destroyed by fire, one day last
week. Roof caught from the burning
chimney.
Joseph Crown, Pittsburg lawyer,
was convicted of ballot-box stuffing,
and sentenced, on last Wednesday, to
one years imprisonment, and fined 500
and costs.
In removing an old house in Lewis
town, recently, two old mail bags were
found of very unique shape-to fit a
horses back. The "Gazette" says
they are supposed to be about sixty years
old.
The offices of the Duncannon Iron
Company, 122 and 124 Race street, Phil
adelphia were entered on Monday night
and the vault opened. Nothing was
taken, as the valuables are kept else
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behind.
NThe repainting of the court house adds
Very much to the looks of the building.
The contrast of colors is excellent, and
shows good taste on the part of the COM
missioners who selected it, The job was
done under the supervision of Henry
Rice, Jr.
The " Juniata News is publishing
articles entitled Historical Sketches"
by o. H. Hench. 1t is little rough on
Jones History of the Juniata valley, to
copy so largely from it without credit.
The articles are an entire copy from that
work.
q A party of persons were engaged on
Saturday in running a line from New
port to Bloomfield, to ascertain regard
ing the grade and location for railroad
between those places. 1t was asserted
by some that the route was not practica-
BILE, but 1t is demonstrated that route
can be found with very fair grades.
Recently respectable looking stran-
ger went to the house of Mr.. Philip
Schneider, residing near Huntingdon,
and entered into an arrangement to buy
his farm. Mr.. Schneider invited the
stranger to spend the evening with him,
and next morning discovered that he
had left some time during the night,
taking watch and chain valued at
$3.50.