The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20

Singing at the Centre School house
Saturday evening of this week, by w.
+. Swartz.
George Spahr, Esq, is weather board
ing his house, erecting new porch, and
making other improvements to his resi-
dence, in this borough.
Mr.. Amos Stouffer, of Dickinson twp,
Cumberland county, has sold his tobacco
crop for $500. The crop was raised from
one acre.
DR.. p. T. Devor, formerly of this part
of the state died at Clarksville, Texas,
short time since. lie leaves wife and
four children.
We learn that Rev. S. A. Davenport,
at present of Landsburg, has accepted
calf from Middle Tuscarora church,
Junlata county.
Among the recent improvements in
this place Is the addition of large
bay window to the residence of Judge
Junkin.
The Altoona tribune says A fatal
form of measles Is raging in Wilkins
burg, and it is stated that there are one
hundred and fifty cases in the town.
There were three funerals of its victims
on Tuesday.
The NeaUs says On the farm of Philip
Cook, in Miller twp, our friend j. B.
Hartzell, of this place, for the past
month has been prospecting for iron ore,
and, we are pleased to say the other day
struck a vein, twenty three inches thick,
which experts claim is the richest fossil
ore ever taken out of that section.
Mrs. Zell's second trial for murder be-
gan at Carlisle on Thursday last. After
much trouble jury was obtained as fol-
lows: Geo. Werts, John Bigler, J. G.
Taylor, Levi Goodhart, Geo. Bobb, Sam
uel Kimmel, Jacob A. Wetzel, e. Dunk
elberger, II. G. Scouller, Asbury Derland
Samuel Sadler and Benjamin Stout.
During the shower of Friday night,
the barn belonging, to David Hair in
Carroll twp, was struck by lightning
and entirely consumed, The barn was
fine new one, and was not yet quite
completed. Mr.. Hair was insured in
the township company for enough to
cover only about half his loss. His stock
was all got out safely, but he loses about
one numbered bushels of grain and a
quantity of hay and fodder
On Thursday an accident occurred at
the Pennsylvania Steel Works, near
Harrisburg, by which nine persons were
injured. One of the converters contain
ing molten steel, fell. Geo. Yost, AL
bert Westbrook and George Horning
were struck by the metal and enveloped
in flames. Hose was promptly turned
on them, but Yost and Westbrook were
fatally burned. Monroe Miller and ST.
mon Martin were severely but not dam
gerously injured. -Four others were
burned, but not seriously.
J. G.. Grubb, Ia young teacher) of Liv-
erpool twp, who left Harrisburg on the
evening of the 5th for Springfield, ILL.,,
arrived on the morning of the 9TH, and
on making inquiry for his trunk at the
baggage room it was found to be missing.
Telegraphing was Immediately resorted
to and the baggage found in Alton, and
was returned to the Wabash depot, to
the great satisfaction of the baggage
master who had caused the miscarrying
of IL, by placing the wrong check on the
trunk.
The Wants of Newport The Newport
NeaOs man is inclined to be greedy.
Here is list of his wants.
in addition to the furnace we should
have at least rolling mill car shops
cotton mill; shoe mandatory, and a
railroad to take us to the county seat or
the county seat brought to where people
can get at it. Then the town would
increase rapidly in wealth and popula-
ton and the NEWS be made u daily
paper"
A Marrow Escape. Friday morning last
Frank, a little ten-year old son of Har-
rison Shuler, of Liverpool, came very
near losing his life by thoughtless
trick. Our informant states that the
employees of Isaac Williamson's ware
house were loading wagon with shelled
corn, which was conveyed from a bin
in the warehouse to the wagon by means
of wooden trough or schute, and 1t ap-
pears that this boy had been in the habit
last summer of getting into the bin, and
allowing himself to pass through the
schute into the wagon. On the above
day Frank, with couple of other boys,
were watching the loading of wagon
with corn, when Frank took it into his
head to go down the schute. No quick
er said than he jumped into the bin and
passed into the schute, but before he
reached the wagon, the man at the wag-
on shut off the flow of corn, the bed
having been filled, not knowing the
boy was in the trough. In the mean
time the corn in the bin ran down the
schute imprisoning Frank in the trough,
which was about fifteen or eighteen
inches square. Corn above and corn
below, with no chanc ce for fresh air to
breathe. The other boys soon gave the
alarm. but fully eiotiat n,inutes elanse he