The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-27

papers of last week
A tramp entered the residence of @.
B. Neisley In Mechanicsburg, one day
last week, while the family were absent,
and stole coat and hat from the hat
rack. A colored boy in the employ of
Mr.. Neisley spied him making off with
his booty and forced him to return It,
A little daughter of Mr.. Abram Whis-
Ter of Lurgan twp, was bitten in the
face by a dog of Mr. Isaac p. Groves
last Tuesday. The child was worrying
the animal when 1t snapped her on the
cheek making the blood flow profusely
from the wound, The injury was not
serious, however,
A case is reported TO us of whole
family living few miles South of this
borough being poisoned some days ago
ut dinner eating tomato sauce that had
been kept In tin can and turned sour.
The effects of the poison, 1t is said, were
counteracted by the use of strong coffee.
-Shippensburg Chronicle.
On Tuesday morning valuable COW,
belonging to VIM. Peterly, was shot by
some unknown person, on Opossum
creek "a short distance South of Benders-
vile. The report of the gun was heard
dUOub IL " ClOCh, anu SuOItlY dlltTWdIuS
the COW was found dying. The killing
seems to have been case of wanton and
malicious cruelty,-Stdr.
Another young man in the same
neighborhood who has been in the habit
of lying abed until late hour, was also
the victim of very cruel joke. He, for
long time one morning, failed to make
his appearance, so some one went to his
front door and attached Grape to the
knob. He, unlike the Irishman, didn't
wake up to find himself dead
On Friday last, son of Jacob Enck,
in Monroe twp, was scoring corn ground
with single shovel plow. The horses
took fright at something and ran off,
The off one, fine mare, got away from
the leader, fell and broke one of her fore
legs. The leader ran about mile, drag
ging the plow all the while, and was
finally caught by Mr.. Fulmer. The
mare had to be killed.
A private telegram from Sharpsburg,
Va, announces that the Cumberland
Valley railroad company on Monday
last lost the suit which had been on
trial for some time past. The suit was
brought by James Marsh, the contrac-
tor for that part of the Cumberland Val
Potomac branch, and involved $4,000.
-Chambersburg Herald"
On Friday night several attempts were
made to enter the house of Mr.. j. L..
Gladfelter, residing on the farm of VIM.
r.. Gorgas, about three miles from the
river in this county, but they were un-
successful. On Saturday night the same
attempt was made, but Mr.. Gladfelter
was prepared and sent some shot shot"
after them. They have not disturbed
him since.
Last Thursday business was so dull at
Hanover street store which does not
advertise, that the clerk went to sleep in
the doorway, and some one observing
him tied him fast to the stool on which
he was sitting. After a half hours
snooze Mr. Clerk was awakened by a
sudden call from neighbor when he re-
allied the trick. 1t is said he has not
enjoyed sound sleep since, but frequent
ly wakes up with the idea that the trick
is being repeated. Mirror.
Miss Emma Boughman, living with
DR.. Anderson, at Jacksonville, took
suddenly ill, Thursday evening of last
week. A noise was heard in her room
and assistance was called. The doctor
gave her some medicine and started
down stairs for more, and when he re-
turned she was dead She had been SUBJ
ject to something like spasms
Mechanicsburg has at last struck, a
sensation. 1t was long time coming,
but arrived all right, and has furnished
more food for gossip than anything that
has happened in the borough for years.
The particulars, as near as we can learn,
are as follows: A prominent merchant
of the town became enamored of fell
low-citizen's wife, and she, it is said,
cast eyes affectionately on him. 1t would
never do for them to " carry on' so in
Mechanicsburg, where everybody knew
everbody's private affairs, so they cast
about for chance for private meeting.
1t so happened that the lady was obliged
to go to Lancaster for medical treatment,
and thither went the merchant, meet
ing her, it is said, by agreement. Their
meeting was discovered and duly report
ed to the husband in Mechanicsburg,
and he determined to set watch on the
lady. The next time she went to Ian
caster the gay bachelor merchant follow
ed, and they were both shadowed by the
husband. Entering a certain hotel, he
saw that the guilty party had regis
tered as man and wife and had retired.
The husband proceeded to their room.
What followed is blank. Suffice it to
say that the gay Don Juan has disap-
peared, and there are rumors of o civil
suit for damages.
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