The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-28
Miscellaneous News Items.


Norwich, Conn.,, September 19.-Lafay-
cite S. Foster, formerly President of the
Senate and Acting Vice President of the
United States, died here this morning
after brief illness. He was descendant
of Miles Standish.
eB A man named John Brandt, who
figured as hostler at Selnsgrove, was
found dead at Northumberland few days
ago, supposed to have been killed by the
cars !; but it is now said there is heavy in
surance on his life, $4,000 to $40, 900, and
this has given rise to rumors that he has
been foully dealt with. He was rs years
of age.
KENToN o., September 19.-William
Newland and Thomas Hightower, colored,
had difficulty on Friday night in High
towers saloon about woman living at
Hightower's. Newland was ordered out
of the saloon. Subsequently the men met
on the sidewalk and renewed the quarrel,
when Hightower stabbed Newland in the
breast with sharpened file, killing him
instantly.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. pa dispatch
from Victoria says "A genuine sea sell
pent six feet in length, with name, head
shaped like panther's and tail Whitfield
down to sharp point, was brought in by
Indians yesterday, they having caught it
in deep water in the straits of Debaro.-
Its appearance creates intense interest,"
The serpent has been photographed, and
the body will be preserved in spirits and
sent to Ottawa
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. GA dispatch
from Denison to the News says reliable
information from the Indian Territory is to
the effect that the Cheyennes are again
threatening A few days since, a party
of 300, we'll mounted, visited the agency
from Fort Reno and became very demon
strative, even slapping the agents face
Another party ransacked the commissary
stores at the Wichita agency.
LoUIsvILLE, KY, Sept. 22.-Miss Sadie
White, aged 10 years daughter of Hugh L.
White conspicuous citizen of Richmond,
KY, was found dead in bed this morning
with her throat cut from ear to ear. A
knife was found in her hand. 1t is believed
that the girl committed suicide while in
temporary fit of insanity. Miss White was
generally conceded to be the belle of the
Blue Grass Region of Kentucky.
WASHINGTON, September 22.-Super-
vising Architect Hill has decided to erect
new vault in the sub Treasury at Baltimore
for the storage of silver dollars in addition
to the two already decided upon at Phila.
delphia and San Francisco. the cost of
the Baltimore vault will be about $1,000,
and will exhaust the appropriation of $20,-
600 made for this purpose by Congress at
the last session.
HEsEvILLE, N. j., September 19.-On
September 9th, the body of male child was
found in an clubhouse with strin ng around
its neck. A domestic named Johanna
Walling was suspected of being the mother
of the child and of having murdered it,
She sudd enly disappeared. A body answer
ing to the description of the woman was
found yesterday in Lily Pond where she
had committed suicide.
BALTIMORE, Sept 22.-A libel for sal
wage in which $40, 1000 are claimed, is on
trial before Judge Morris in the U Dis
trict Court. The British steamer Swift
sure, while aground off Smiths Island,
Cape Henry, was got off by the tugs Rat
tier and America, but it is claimed for the
steamer that she might have fioated on the
rise of the tide and that the services were
not so valuable. The steamer was valued
at $150,00O, and had ON board cargo of
iron valued at $4,000 and freight at the
amount of $4,000.
PITTsToN, Pa, September 20.-The
family of ]. b. Carl of Pleasant valley,
consisting of himself, his wife and one
child, also Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, of
Mill Greek, together with a hired girl,
Jennie Powel were accidently poisoned
yesterday by eating cakes made of corn
meal which had been mixed with arsenic
and set aside for the purpose of killing