The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-06
Miscellaneous News Items.

rB- Laborers digging a we'll near Birm-
ingham, Ala, the other day struck coal
oil spring, and petrole Is now bubbling
up at the rate of ninety barrels day.
eB- Three brothers named Eames are
under arrest at Worcester, Mass, for a
long series of burglaries in the neighboring
towns. A large amount Of stolen property
has been recovered.
e%- A four-year-old son Of Mrs. Frank
Dale, of Kane, blew himself up with
matches and an old powder-keg which was
supposed to be empty, and a three-year-old
In Milton died fiom the effects of drinking
hot coffee from the spout of the pot.
G%- The coal miners of Clinton, aftor
being out on a strike for about seven
weeks, resumed work on Monday without
receiving the advance which they struck
for. This is the virtual end of the coal
miners strike in the Shenango valley.
CHICAGO, March 20.- W. MManus,
formerly Catholic priest in Canada, who
was confined in the Madison street police
station last night, while under the influence
of liquor, was found dead iu his cell this
morning.
GB- A verdict was rendered the other
day in the Armstrong county court against
a saloon keeper, in the sum of $3.50, for
selling liquor to q man, by which he be-
came intoxicated, and from the effects of
which he was subsequently crippled for
life,
hE- The barn of James Robinson, in
Shenango township, was burned last week.
Twelve head of cattle, three horses, nine
tons of hay, 325 bushels of oats and all his
farming utensils were destroyed. The in
surance is reported at only $3.50.
EY- Henry G. Johns, Titusvile attor-
ney, convicted of false pretences id the
court at Meadville, Pa, was on Tuesday
sentenced to the county Jail for three
months, to pay fine of $3.50, and to have
his name stricken from the roll of attor-
neys.
GEE Waynesburg, Greene county, was
visited by violent tornado on Saturday
night Thirteen or fourteen buildi ngs,
including the Courthouse, were damaged.
Head stones and monuments in the ceme-
terry were displaced, and water was thrown
out of the creek. The damage amounts to
over five thousand dollars.
tB- A man in Parkersburg Montgomery
county, Iowa, had a child sick with diph-
liberia, and having read that milk was
good absorbent of impurities and poisonous
gases, he kept a pan of milk near the child's
bed for forty-eight hours, when be put it
out upon the porch, where his pet dog got
hold of it, ate it, and died, as he supposes
from the poison charged milk.
GB- Miss Rosenberg wanted to marry
Mr.. Deputy, at Seymour Ind, but her IA
ther commanded her to marry Mr.. Bowers,
and appointed day for the wedding. On
the evening before she secretly became Mrs
Deputy. She was on hand for the other
ceremony, however, and it proceeded
smoothly as far as the question whether
uhJ pouJ OOJOOoOh1 Whoh 4tAts bOfutJ
marked that he had an objection-a trih-
ing one, which he felt some reluctance
about mentioning-.the lady was his wife.
Egr Charles A. Thilo owns the City Plan
ing-mills in Bradford. The other morning
he appeared with terrible tale, how he
had been chloroformed and robbed during
the night by thief, who had bored hole
through the wall near the head of his bed
and dropped sponge over his face. His
creditors put two and two together and
made great deal more out of them than
Mr.. Thilo supposed They found that
some of the augur-holes had been bored
through from the inside; that the wallet
from which $4,000 had been stolen could
not have held so much, even in bills of the
largest denomination, and that Thio owed
a great deal more than he could pay. He
has been held in $4,000 for further examin-
alton.