The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-05-11

urday Letters received Mondaymorning scarce.
ly ever get published
Potato bugs are sitting around on the
fences waiting for potatoes to come up.
U Apples promise to be plenty next fall
%f a beautiful display of blosso ms is any
sign.
]. r. Stone of Wheatiield twp, cut
his foot badly few days since while
peeling bark.
The first shad caught in the Junlata,
we believe were caught on the Sd inst,
by Jacob Liddick at Bowers fishery.
While falling trees in Howe township
few days since, Abram Owen, Jr., was
caught by a tree and considerably hurt.
L A wreck of freight occurred on the
Penn'a. r. r., between Newport and
Baily's on Thursday morning.
Mrs. Sarah Sponsler, of Chambers
burg, ruptured blood-vessel whilst get
ting out of bed one morning recently,
and died in about an hour after the ac-
cident.
A little son of Mr.. Jacob Way, of
Carol twp, while climbing around the
hay rack on his fathers premises on
Monday of last week, fell and broke his
thigh bone. The lad is aged about five
years.
On Thursday last, the remains of Mrs.
Elizabeth Lackey, relict of Mr.. George
Lackey, who formerly resided in this
borough, was buried in the Cemetery in
this place. Her decease took place at
Andersonburg.
While Mr. John Lilly, of Carrick
liz y, I'D A.
blacksmith shop havinga mule shod,
the animal got stubborn and commence
ed to back. Mr.. Lilly held on to him
but finally the animal fell, and falling
on Mr.. Lilly's leg, broke it, The injury
was very painful one.-Repositofy.
The cry of fire on streets on Thursday
afternoon last, was caused by the burn
ing of the roof on the Kitchen attached
to the house of Mr.. VIM. Clouser Had
the fire been discovered five minutes la
ter, 1t would have been impossible to
have saved the property, as there was
high wind prevailing at the time. This
is second narrow escape this property
has had, and from the same cause-a de-
fective fue.
Geo. Spahr, Esq, Geo. s. Briner and
Capt. Mickey, have greatly improved
their properties located on Carlisle street.
DR.. Strickler, VIM. Tressler and Ad-
ans Bros, are making extensive i'm
provements in their residences on Main
street. VIM. III. Sponsler, ESQ.,, is also
on West Main street. w. III. H. Nc
Clintock will soon have his house COM
pleted on East Main street.
The Duncannon Record says On
Monday as some boys of this place were
v1Io f,, e.
kindled fire, which, driven by brisk
wind soon spread to the surrounding
leaves, when large scope of valuable
timber was destroyed before the fire
could be subdued. From the general
appearance, the young miscreants must
have retired rather hastily, leaving their
booty In the rear; consisting OF numer-
GUS playthings, berries, etc.
Mrs. Levi Leopard, wife of one of the
feeders at the Chesapeake nail works,
dropped dead Wednesday afternoon.
Deceased resided in Bailey's row, near
the nail works and during the afternoon
went to hunt her little child. She was
told that it had been seen going up
Front street and she hurriedIy ran up
the street after 1t. When near Dock
street she fell over on the pavement and
expired instantly from heart disease.
The Millersburg Herald says: A
double clandestine wedding between two
young ladies from Lykens and two gen.
tlemen from Liverpool, has awakened a
stir of Indignation among the friends of
the fair brides, which may terminate
rather unpleasantly to the contracting
parties. The lesson taught in this affair
is another admonition first to get the
consent of indulgent mothers.
Monday last DIR. H. o. Orris, assisted
by his student, Mr.. Jas. Seibert, per-
formed the difficult operation of reduc-
ing. the disjointing of the elbow Of
Carroll twp, at the Miller hotel. Some
weeks since the child had its arm
broken by fall, and, by some cause or
other, 1t was not noticed that the elbow
was out of joint at the time the broken