The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-17
were sitting and hurled Mrs. Mickey clear


ty, who had by years of hard labor accu.
mulated quite sum of money, were
robbed of the whole amount by burglars
who broke into the house recently and
chloroformed the old people while they
committed tho deed.
rB- The farmers of Illinois will begin to
harvest their wheat crop this week. The
crop is not heavy but OF excellent quality.
The crop along the line of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, In Minnesota and Dakota,
Is excellent. The immigration to this
section continues large.
ag- A violent storm, accompanied by
hail, passed over Trenton, N. j., Thursday
afternoon. Trees we're uprooted and con-
siderable damage was done. A washout
on the Pennsylvania Railroad delayed the
trains about thirty minutes. The storm
was also quite severe at Bordentown.
e#- A man named Roseberry, while cut
ting rail timber on the land of II. g. Gal
braith, felled tree In which a swarm of
bees had taken their abode, and the conse
quonco was that gallon of sweetness was
obtained John is OF the opinion that
when bee sits down on fellow 1t means
it.-Altoona "Tribune.'
Eg' Miranda Hoffman, young girl re-
siding near Beaver Meadows, Carbon Co.,
wandered away from her home on Satur-
day week, and was found drowned in
mill-pond on the following Monday. She
had been ruined by young man, and took
this method Of destroying her life.
tB- A few days ago COW belonging TO
Geo. Carr, East Bradford, Chester county,
thrust her head through partition that
separated her from a horse that stood in
an adjoining stall, and commenced eating
hay from the trough Of the latter. This
proceeding displeased the horse and he bit
off the end of the cows tongue.
RY Two little girls at play in a vacant
house in Pittsburgh got into closet and
closed the door, which fastened after them.
A fruitless search for them followed. After
being imprisoned 10 hours the sobs of the
little ones were heard by q lady who hap
pened to be looking the house over, and
they were released.
nB- William Shuster's large store of gen.
eral merchandise in Harrison city, town
8 miles northwest Of Greensburg, West
moreland county, was robbed on Friday
night of from twelve to fifteen hundred
dollars worth of silks, cashmeres, fine
cloths, ready-made clothing, boots and
shoes, hosiery, fine pocket and table cut
lery, ETC., nearly Ill his fine goods.
esg- AS the six o'clock freight on the
Midland railroad approached the paper
mill, the engineer discovered that little
girl had caught her foot in frog and was
unable to pull it out AS the discovery
was pade too late to stop the train, the
engineer rushed out upon the COW catcher
and succeeded in snatching the child up,
the sudden pull extricating the foot with
out injury.
tB- The Northeastern Progress" (Har-
mony Grove mentions singular occur
renee which befel Major J. j. Shepard, of
Bucks county, few days since. He was
about to step in his buggy when his right
thigh bone suddenly snapped. 1t was a
case of spontaneous fracture. Major
Shepard had long suffered pain in his right
leg, but he thought it was only rheuma-
tism.
WILMIN eToN, Del, June s. - AS Mrs.
Honora Lacy was driving from here to her
home, in Chester county, Pa, last evening,
the contents of the carriage-cotton and
straw--were ignited by a match and in an
instant the whole interior of the vehicle
was in a blaze. The horse becoming
frightened ran away and before it was
stopped Mrs. Lacy was literally roasted
alive, her flesh being burned to a crisp.
She died early this morning.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, June 9.--A bloody double
tragedy, the result Of long standing feud
between the White and Conner families,
of this city and vicinity, took place yester-
day. Lawrence White was shot dead by a
revolver in the hands of d. T. Conner,
and Conner himself was Immediately
thereafter killed by bullet from some
unknown hand. Revolyers were freely
drawn and used among the remaining
parties to the quarrel, but no further
deaths resulted. The cause of the quarrel
is not known, and a coroner's jury will
investigate.
tY-The sturdy guardians of John Bulls 4
peace do not allow any kissing in the