The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-07
Miscellaneous News items.

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work.
GB- Five boys who had climbed on top
of passenger car of the Lowell & Law
renee r. r., were swept off by covered
bridge, on Saturday week and killed.
cg- John 2. H. Duryoa was killed on
the 1ehigh Valley Railroad, near Metuch
en-, N. j., one day last week. Papers
found on the person of the deceased proved
his identity.
GB-A dispatch from Iona, Mich, says
"John Hamilton, a wealthy farmer of
Iona, was shot by his nephew on Monday
night. 1t was a deliberate and unprovok-
ed murder"
CB~ Solomon Evilizer, of Urbana, o.,
felt something fooling around his ankle
into the house, when 1t was discovered
that rattlesnake had bitten him. He
now lies at deaths door.
VB- A huge snake had long been the ter
ror of farmers about Mt. Sterling, Ohio,
Tuesday band of bold crusaders ran the
reptile down and after terrible battle killed
him. He was 10 feet long, with display
head and terrible fangs.
a7y The Lancaster New Era tells of
young lady of that city who, being taken
sick and vomiting threw off lemon seed
that had not only developed roots, but had
what appeared to be leaves upon it, A
,,ron,irant nh ,r;l1 ,oro,o,o - ,,o,.o,,
on the subject.
Cook STATION, N. j., August 30.-Jas-
per Thomas, lawyer of Washington, ID.
c., who was on visit here with his fam
lily was thrown from a carriage while riding
out with his wife and two daughters to-day
and was instantly killed, his neck being
broken 1t is supposed he was taken with
fit.
Eay An iucendiary fire early Friday morn
ing week, at Steelton, just below Harris
burg, destroyed warehouse and three sta
bles owned by j. B. Litch, and building
belonging to Henry Banholtzer The con-
tents, with the exception of nine horses,
were entirely consumed. The buildings
were insured.
GB The German Psychologist, Leo Bait
zer, who has been carrying on excavations
in the Deighborhood of Nordhausen, has
discovered, at depth of about six feet
below the surface of the valley, the entire
skeleton an antediluvian rhinoceros The
height of this beast can scarcely have been
NI...z 4I~.A r. A.
elephant.
GB- AT an early hour Tuesday morning
the track watchman of the Pennsylvania
railroad discovered the remains of young
colored man on the tracks near Carpenter
station, in Westmoreland county, which
had been chopped to pieces by train. The
remains were gathered up and cared for
but nobody could identify the deceased. 1t
is supposed that he had been stealing ride
on freight train from which he fell.
GT A German named VIM. Gossman,
who at times worked as laborer in Berks
county and at other times tramped the
country, has fallen heir to large fortune
in Germany. He has received $4,000
thus far, with prospects of more to come.
He is spending his money in the purchase
of hotels about the country and driving
horses. few days ago he presented a
female tramp with whom he used to associ-
ate with thousand dollar note.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, August 3O.-About
II o'clock last night young man named
Robert Barton fatally stabbed George Lar
kin, aged twenty-five. Barton and com
panion had been walking with two girls,
and on leaving them were Joined by Larkin,
and two other young men. Larl1in made
remark rejecting on the character of the
girls which Barton resented, and on its
being repeated he drew his knife and
plunged it into Larkin's left breast, caus-
ing his death in twenty-five minutes.
GB-A traveller at Shanghai saw China
man fall from boat and drown, with no
effort on the part of other natives in
boats very near him to save his life.-
They screamed and tore their hair as if in
great distress, and when asked why they
made no exertions to rescue their compan
ion, replied that man who saved an
other from drowning was responsible for
his debts, and that the drowned man could
not have been saved anyhow, as he must
have offended Typhoon Joss (the God of
water), and as a natural consequence when
Joss says man must drown that settled
it.
GB News comes from Copenhagen of
most extraordinary not to say miraculous
escape from death. Two lads were play