The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-30
Brief Items.

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The next Lutheran Conference will
meet at Duncannon, this county.
For a special Court there was an unus-
ual large number of persons in the town
last week.
Jacob Kinert of Marysville has 10
year old boy who wants to learn black
smithing.
The Perry county doctors convened
again last week. This time Newport
was the place.
Court again this week for the trial of
onecase, jury having been held over
for the purpose.
Friend Fry of the Newport Ne,0s was
in town several days last week. He was
on courting expedition, but not the
kind of courting he used to do.
The Ickesburg stage broke an axle of
DR.. Sweeny's buggy as it drove into
Newport on Thursday. The driver paid
the repair bill and the DR.. was satisfied.
Messrs. Gring & Co., have four steam
mills running on the lands of Jonathan
Keiser, Jerome Castles, ID. b. Cox and
Hall, near Liverpool.
IN An Alderny Calf was sold few days
ago by Alex. Stuart of Franklin Co., for
$50. Rather high priced veal that would
make.
Last Monday morning John Sullivan
Eleventh avenue, was attacked with
hemorrhage of the lungs, which result
ed fatally in few minutes.
The County Democratic Committee
met on Tuesday, and elected James A.
Nrau W ROY fat tixyo da1a 20 10 kho ~
Convention, and Henry Rinesmith, J.
Rinehart and All. Stahler Senatorial
Conferees.
He asked her the difference between
q grass-hopper and a grass-widow.-
She gave it up. He answered, there is
-is-well, there is no difference. They'll
both jump at the first chance.
The Independent School District,co
posed of part of Monroe township, Ju-
niata county, and part of West Perry
township, Snyder county, will apply at
the next Court for authority to issue
bonds.
quite hard thunder shower visited
this place on Saturday evening, and one
fstill more severe after midnight ushered
in Easter Sunday. The lightning was
remarkably vivid and the thunder heavy
enough to do credit to July shower.
A surprise carpet rag party took pos
session of the residence of Mr.. William
Burn of this place on Tuesday evening
last About twenty ladies were present
who sewed lots of rags until half.past
ten, and then enjoyed good supper.
At a meeting on Wednesday of the
recently elected Directors of the Penn
sylvania railroad, it was agreed to adj
vance the compensation of all officers
and employees of the road to the amount
which 1t was prior to June l., 1877. to
fafe effect from and after April 1, next.
Mr.. Cleaver who has so satisfactorily
oihclated for three years as pastor of the
M. E; Church in this place, left for his
+ new neld OF labor on Thursday last. We
lose good neighbor and the people of
MT. Union, gain worthy citizen and
good preacher.
On Thursday of last week Mr., David
Deckard, of Mt. Patrick, while in the
act OF throwing straw down from the
NOW above the floor, in the barn of
Martin Keller, in Buffalo township. fell
through striking his head against a
Joist and landing on the barn floor. re.
ceiving painful injuries.
A genuine earthquake occurred on
Friday last week, in Path Valley and in
Fulton county. The tremor ran In a
westerly direction. At Richmond fur
mace, the houses trembIed so that the
window sash shook. Over in Fulton
county, the people who felt the shock
supposed that terrible explosion had
taken place at Richmond.