The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-21
Miscellaneous News Items.

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knife, and when the ceremony was over he
stabbed the bridegroom three times.
a%-A Boston happy thought is TO turn
the abundance Of the apple crop to account
for the poor people Of that city. Bags are
sent to farmers who will contribute and
the railroads give transportation free.
EarA huge mass Of the Sha wnikan
Mountain, near Cooks Ferry, British Co
lumbia, was suddenly precipitated into the
channel of the Thompson river, completely
changing It's course and washing out thou
sands of fish.
oB- Mr.. James 9. Hoe, leading New
Yorker, has died from peculiar cause
Last June he became lame in consequence
OF a misltting shoe, and gangrene set in.
The poison entered his blood and killed
him.
eB- A wealthy man of Detroit, whose
wife and children we're on the steamer Ma
zine City when II burned in Lake Huron,
and escaped with their lives, has given
$1,000 worth Of gold and silver watches TO
the officers and crew.
nB- Mr.. Edward Hern, superintendent
OF the plug department of Lorillard's to-
bacco factory, mourns the loss of an OK
ceptionally fine and valuable dog which
died In the factory last week. The api-
NAL was Of the berg-hound species of Mont
st. Bernard dogs, which are very rare In
this country.
gB- A remarkable woman, Mrs. Mary
Ann Dean, died lately in st. Louis. She
was 81 years old, and had been married 70
years. She was the mother Of twenty -one
children, of whom there were three pairs of
twins, two sets of triplets, and four were
born at one birth. Ten of her children are
living.
cB- The lynching of the brothers Grier,
at Laurens, s. g., was conducted by the
brothers Workman, whose sister they had
maltreated. A mob of about fifty persons
took the Griers from their home, and tied
them to two trees. Then the Workmans
stepped forward with pistols and deliber-
ately killed the offenders
GB-A shooting match for beef was be-
ing held at the farmhouse of Mr.. Merid-
las, at Maxville, Greene county, Ind, when
young man by the name of Newton shot
little girl who passed in front of his aim,
rifle ball penetrated her bowels, killing
her almost instantly. Young Newton is
almost crazed over the mishap.
EB- The evidence is conclusive that
some brother uttered profane oath in a
meeting Of the Universalst church at
Reading, Pa, but IL is not clear who he
was. There was great deal of confusion
charge of falsely counting the vote ON
the resignation of the pastor having been
made, and the highly Objectionable words
were among the many CALCULATIONS. An
investigation is to be held.
rB- Jonathan Holt, proprietor of nick
el-plating works in Reading, had been
missing ever since Saturday. His wife
and children were on visit at Lancaster,
and on Monday morning young man ex-
amined the premises, and on going through
the upper chambers he detected a terrible
stencil. He searched for the cause, and in
the attic he found the dead body Of Holt
hanging to the rafters.
cH-The Rev. Father Krude and Zoe AL
lerd simultaneously disappeared from
Brown County, Wisconsin. He was a
respected Roman Catholic pastor, and she
was an accomplished, lovable girl. They
were traced to Covington, KY, where
they were found keeping house in pretty
little cottage. They had told the neigh
bors that they were married, but to their
friends from Wisconsin the priest declared
that he had simply taken Miss Zoe away
from home for religious instruction.
tB- A Berlin, Wisconsin, youth attend
ing the State turnfest got "mashed'' on
an Oshkosh girl and invited her to ride.
The fare would be six dollars which the
Berliner did not have; and after enjoying
the ride for awhile the hack was ordered to
stop for cigars, when the simple youth dis
appeared through back door and made a
straight cut for home. The rage of the
hackman and the chagrin and embarass-
ment of the girl were too much to be de-
scribed.
GB- An appalling act OF cruelty is report
ed from Pontremoli, Italy. A female lay
servant in the employ of the Carmelite