The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-29

day evening, as Levi Honeywell was driv-
Ing wagon, heavily loaded with hides,
near Dallas he was kicked In the abdomen
by his horse, and, falling under the wagon,
the wheels passed over his neck, causing
instant DEATH
GB- A widow in Phoenix, N. Y, who
gave five sons, all she possessed, to the
defense of the Union during the rebellion,
has secured 81, 300 back pensions due her
dead boys, and is also guaranteed an annu-
ity of 500. She has been without support
since her sons were killed.
FB- A despatch from st. Petersburg,
Russia, says that owing to the prevalence
of incendiarism the authorities of Kharkoff
divided the town into three hundred and
twenty-four fire districts. Every house.
holder is bound to keep special night
watchman and have thirty buckets Of
water always ready.
EB- Geo. p. Rowell & Co., in the Gamer
ican Newspaper Directory for July shows
that the number of newspapers in the u.
S. has increased since January of the
current year, from s,703 to 9,158. New
papers abound in the Territories. Suspen-
sions have been fewer than in any CORES
ponding period for several years.
gB- Mr.. F. Hubert at summer resort
twenty miles below Mobile, few days
ago, while attempting to rise upset his
chair, which threw him backward the
whole force of his body was thrown on his
right thumb, which became dislocated and
very painful. Modification set in, and on
Tuesday, after his return to Montgome ry,
the entire thumb was ampntated by DR..
Sealye.
NB- John Sinclair, living on Muscatine
island, Iowa, mistook his wife for a burg.
lar and came near killing her. His wife
got up to shut the window, and he was
aroused by the noise, took aim and fired.
The gun was so close to her that the pow
der burned her face and hair, and one of
the slugs cut her night-dress and scratched
her shoulder.
GB- At the Wabash Narrows, a few
miles above Merom, Ind, the Wabash rose
| to such height as to overflow and COM
| pletely carry away the grain of an eighty
acre farm just in shock. The farmer,
named Phillips, seeing all his labor and
toll swept away from before his eyes,
| plunged in the Wabash and in despair
drowned himself.
GB- Last Wednesday morning little
boy named Mishler, whose parents live at
Oil City, came running to his mother say
ing that he had been bitten by a snake.
| The lad showed small red spot on his
ankle, which looked to the mother like a
bee sting. She gave it no attention until
the foot began to swell, when q physician
was called. The boy grew dangerously i'll,
and for several hours his life was despaired
of. A number of men went back to the,
place where the boy had been at play, and
found the snake, large sized copperhead.
SAN Francisco, July 21. - Two boilers
in the Central Pacific railroad shops at
Sacramento exploded yesterday demoish-
ing the boiler house. The half of one
boiler went through wall and landed in
the car shop and the other half in the ma
chine shop, while the second boiler was
found in the blacksmith shop. Other
buildings were somewhat shattered about
the doors, windows and roofs. The damage
is estimated at $4,000. j. M. Keys,
fireman, was blown to pieces, and number
of others were slightly injured.
EB- Maggie Gibbs, a twelve-year-old
colored girl, has confessed to setting fire to
Isaac Browns valuable barn, between
Newton and Yardleyville, Bucks county.
Her reason was that she wanted to see a.
big fire. The girl manifested throughout
remarkable indifference, exceptin regard,
to the horse, which was burned up. She
said "I didn't want to hurt the poor
horse, SO put the fire in another STALL"
Mr.. Browns loss will be from 81 200 to
$1,000; partly insured.
EB- Michael McShane, of Bethlehem,
was attacked last Saturday evening by a
party of roughs, and severely beaten. To
escape further pummelling, McShand sud-
denly fell to the ground, feigning death.
This scared the roughs, and after brief
consultation, they carried the body to the
North Penn. Railroad, which was only
short distance, and laid their supposed.
victim across the track for the down
express to cover up their crime. The
assailants then departed, and as soon as