The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-05

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cY- Fourteen families of Icelanders,
comprising seventy-six persons, arrived at
New York this week bound for Minnesota,
where they will form the nucleus of an
Icelandic colony. They bring money
enough with them to buy farms and main
tain themselves while the crops are grow
ing, and so are just the kind of immigrants
the country wants.
CB- While W. II. Henderson, of Green
field, Ohio, and landlord Horne were ell
gagged in game of cards in saloon at
Washington, Ohio, Thursday afternoon,
difficulty arose concerning the manner in
which play was made during which Hen
derson stabbed Horne through the heart,
killing him instantly.
GB- John Kranz, of East Pennington,
Polk county, Wis, drove into the lake with
six children in his wagon, to water his
horses recently near that place. The
horses becoming frightened, ran into deep
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and five of the children were drowned.--
One boy escaped by swimming, The eldest
lost was girl of seventeen.
eB- An engineer in one of the Pitts
burgh machine shops gave utterance re-
Gently in trying moment to an oath. He
had always professed very strict religious
principles, and was troubled to such de-
gree by his fall from grace that he has
since been put in the lookup by his anx-
ious family lest he should commit suicide.
eB- Some of the farmers in Allegheny
county claim to have become SO used to
copperhead snake bites that the most
serious one only involves the loss of days
work. When workman is bitten, he
camly sits down, with several quarts of
whisky at his side, and drinks until he is
helplessly intoxicated. The poison then
escapes with the Precipitation.
eE- A Frenchman who was known to
every one in st. Clair township, Bedford
county, as Tony, was bitten by rattle
snake on Wednesday, while at work har-
vesting. Without the slightest hesitation
the plucky Frenchman cut large piece of
of flesh out of his leg, hoping to prevent
the spread of the poison ; but it was of no
use, and after twelve hours intense suffer-
ing he died.
eB- Mr.. Brantly, of Banks county, had
damned up creek on his premises for the
purpose of irrigating some part of his land.
After the water had risen to a sufficient
depth, he concluded to jump in and take
bath and in SO doing it is supposed his
head stuck in the mud and his body went
over in such force as to dislocate his neck.
A brother-in-law was with him, and rem
dered all assistance possible, but the poor
man died in eight hours after the occur
renee.
ny- A special dispatch from Wooster,
Ohio, says terrific rain storm burst upon
that city Tuesday evening, the water
coming down in a perfect flood, submerg-
ing whole streets and rising waist deep in
a number of houses in the lower part of
the town. The inmates Of some of the
houses were obliged to be removed by
means of ladders. The water flooded the
gas house to the depth of five feet. Cows
and smaller animals were carried away.
The telegraph lines and railroad tracks
east of the town were washed away.
aB- The farmers in the vicinity of Au-
burn, Salem county, N. j., have lost
number of young pigs recently, as they
supposed by sneak thieves. But ON Mon
day farmer named Ballinger discovered
two bald eagles lowering over a pen in
which litter of six-week pigs were kept.
While he was watching their movements
they sud denly swooped down into the pen,
whe re each caught pig in its talons and
then scared away. The farmers are now
threatening to shoot the American eagle.
GB- When the express train on the
Hudson River Railroad arrived at Newburg
a few evenings ago one of the train hands
discovered lad, apparently about seven
teen years old, riding under the forward
cars on the truck next to the locomotive.
The boy had crawled into his perilous
position when the train had stopped at
Greenwood Junction, and it is almost a
miracle that he managed to cling to the
narrow beams through the long journey,
with the truck jumping and bouncing over
the rails at the rate of forty miles an hour.
cE- During the terrible storm of wind
and rain that naased ovar North NaroIina