The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-07-13
Brief Items.


mans Creek Valley on Thursday even
ing. At this place we had no rain.
Mr.. James Work of the Steelton Item
was visiting friends in this vicinity,
last week. Jim looks well.
Newport celebrated the fourth by
basket picnic, a walking match and
some fire works.
This town celebrated the fourth by
every man Excepting one) attending to
his usual avocation.
A few days ago son of John Albright
while playing in Buffalo Twp, hit his
sister a severe blow with a brick cut
ting quite cash in her head.
Several fishing parties went out from
this place last week. They are home
again, but didn't bring the fish with
them.
We are sorry to learn that Capt. f.
NJ. M'Keehan, of Centre twp, is dan
gerously ill, the result of fall from
a load of hay on Friday last.
j. B. Hartzell has sold out his stock
of stationery to VIM. CAN'T, but he got
rid of his sorrel nag in another way; the
animal died.
Mr.. John Dickey, former resident of
this place, but now residing in Pitts
burgh, spent part of his summer vaea-
ton in this place last week.
A lad named Toland, residing in Oil
yer twp, was badly injured in the hand
by the explosion of q pistol he was
playing with on Monday last.
Mr.. Jos. Stephy residing near Waynes-
boro, while engaged in hauling in hay
was struck by the wagon pole and SO
badly injured that he died the same day.
Charles Crist, aged about fifteen years,
residing in Newport, was considerably
burned on the 5th inst, by a fire ball
hitting him in the back and setting fire
to his clothing
A serious freight wreck occurred on
the evening of July 1st at Marysville.-
Several cars went over the bank, but no
person was hurt The cause of the acci-
dent seems to be not known.
Whilst the storm was raging on Satur-
day the corpse of a man named Day, who
died at Boiling Springs, burst, and the
friends were obliged to inter the remains
at ten o'clock on Saturday night.
We are pleased to learn that DIR. o. p.
Bollinger, whose advertisement will be
found in another column, is gaining
fair practice, and purposes moving his
family to this borough in short time.
Mr.. Chas. Mollerton ar employee of
the p. r.. r. had one of his legs SO bad
ly broken and mashed while removing
the Marysville freight wreck on Friday
a week, that the limb had to be ampu-
tated.
The barn belonging to Mr.. Joseph
Aker, in Wheatfield twp, was struck
by lightning on Saturday week. Six
sheep were killed by the shock and the
Notwithstanding splintered, but no
other damage was done.
Last week Mr.. Ed. Lupfer, one of the
graduates of this Office, was on visit to
this place. Ed. and his father are now
residing in Springfield, Ohio, engaged
in the grocery business. Ed. reports
business good and says Springfield is a
live town. 1t has railroads.
Mr.. VIM. Banks, probably the most
extensive farmer in Juniata county,
recently marketed 5000 bushels of wheat
at $1.10 per bushel. Mr.. Banks, like
many others refused 81 40 for his wheat,
with the expectation of getting $3.50
for it.
Spring township has population of
1852; number of dwellings, 265; families,
276; farms, 1876; industrial establish
ments, II. The number of births in the
census year was 80; deaths, II; Oldest
inhabitant, 81 years.
On Wednesday afternoon fire occur
red in Myers carpenter shop in Carlisle,
and for time it seemed as though it
would spread, but fortunately the fire
was got under control before much
damage was done to other property.
On Wednesday Frederick Mason,
railroad confidence man, Richard Brady
and Frank Carroll, the latter notorious
Philadelphia thieves, attempted to break
Jail at Harrisburg. They had dug
large stone out Of the cell wall, when
the keeper discovered them.