The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-04
Miscellaneous News Items.

ClJy, fa., mas Deen destroyed Dy nre.
tEForty houses in the town of Lock
port Texas, were destroyed by tornado
on last Sunday evening. Only a child was
killed.
tH-Three men have been arrested in
Cincinnati for committing diamond
robbery in Hoboken several weeks ago.
tB- A citizen of Holly Springs, Miss,
confined In jail at that place for contempt
of court, has been released by body of
masked and armed citizens.
tB- Sylvester Scott, the California bear
hunter, keeps twenty-five hounds his time
"out'' is usually fortnight, and he fol-
lows the dogs sfoot. His usual luck is
dozen bears. In the summer he is far
mer.
eB- The engine of a freight train on the
Kansas and Pacific Railroad, which, in
falling through bridge over Kiowa Creek
last summer, disappeared in quicksand,
has just been found at depth of forty
feet below the bed of the stream.
rB-"What did you do then9" asked
Colonel George, after badgering witness
in the Lowell Railroad case, at Salem.
~ went to the rescue, like lawyer for
mans pocket book" replied the artless
witness.
DE- The auditors of Pike county have
completed the examination of the default
ing Treasurer's accounts, and find that the
deficiency amounts to $16, 400. The good
people of the county hope that Quick will
suffer from quick-ened conscience.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, January 27.-Marshall
s. Pritchard, town collector of Cherry
Valley, was mysteriously murdered here
yesterday. His body was found with ball
in the head and deep cash in the temple.
His pockets had been rifled. Several par
ties are under suspicion.
tB-F. f. Holt, aged Is, the son of one
of the foremen in Diston's saw works,
Tacony, arrived home complaining of
severe internal pains. An examination
revealed that a pistol in the boys pocket
had exploded, the ball lodging in his
abdomen. 1t has not been extracted, and
the lad lies in very critical condition.
CB- The late Dean Richmond once
asked would-be deadhead the grounds
of his application for free pass. "Sim-
ply because don't want to pay" The
testy old railroad king at once handed him
pass, and said 'Sir, l respect you.
You're the first deadhead that ever told
the TRUTH
KITTANEING, Pa, January 28.-Judge
Boggs yesterday overruled the motion in
arrest of judgment in the case of the
Commonwealth against Sheriff Williams,
who was convicted of offering and paying
rewards for votes which helped to elect
him. Saturday next was fixed as the day
for sentence.
tB- A twelve year-old- girl, daughter of
Jacob Terral, living near Urbana, Ohio,
exhibited remarkable pluck when their
house was on fire Thursday morning.
She climbed TO the burning roofa younger
brother, standing on his mothers shoul-
ders, passed buckets Of water to her, and
she soon mastered the flames
EAsToN, January 27.--E. ii. Green, one
of the proprietors of Stewards rolling
mills, South Easton, died at his residence
in Easton to-day. He was one of the
most prominent men in Northampton
county, and at one time president of the
Easton town council. He fell on the ice
near his home Tuesday last and broke his
left arm and injured himself internally,
from which he died this morning.
EAsToN, Jan. 29.-Miss Rose Lewis, of
Phillipsburg, aged 16 years, while walking
over the railroad bridge last night fell
through to the wagon road, twenty five
feet below. She suffered internal injuries,
from which she died two hours afterwards.
A dense fog prevailed at the time, aud she
was unable to see her way. Three persons
have been killed at this same spot during
the past year.
eB A dime, a nckle and penny were
found in the crop of Montpelier rooster
Berlin, Me-, swallowed a five dollar gold
piece and the village butcher offered two
dollars and fifty cents for her. While Mr..
James Rubey, of Bartonia, Ind, was feed
ing his hogs he dropped his lpocket-boOk
among them, and ere he was aware of his
loss they had contracted the currency 1884,
eB- A farmer living in Catherine town.
ship, Blair Co., is responsible for the