The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-19

the slightest suspicion as to who were the
perpetrators of the cowardlY deed.
FgA boy named Baker living on Wash
ingion street, Richmond, Ind, loaded
wooden cannon with rifle powder and fired
salute in honor of General Hancock
When the smoke cleared away he was
found in washtub near by with his front
teeth gone, bis chin cut, and his face filled
with powder.
tB-0n Tuesday morning little 4-year
old daughter of II. E. Shaffer was instant
ly killed at Mt. Union. She was playing
with her brother in front of store, where
stood q wheelbarrow on which were two
barrels of apples. The little ones we're
playing about the wheelbarrow when by
some means 1t was upset, one of the barrels
of apples falling upon the little girl and
crushing the life out of her.
aY-The indignant clerk of New York
steamer is the victim of joke, and
rather stern joke too, judging from the fol-
lowing personal in recent Herald The
lady who left the child in charge of the
clerk of steamer Sylvan Dell last Sunday, at
Newburg, will have the kindness to call
next Sunday and reclaim it. The clerk is
unmarried, and is not in want of q family.
v5E Mr.. Ressler of Harrisburg went with
party of friends in a wagon to the noun
tain Sunday morning, and while up in
tree for the purpose of gathering chestnuts
limb upon which he was standing broke.
Mr.. r. alighted on his feet, but suddenly
fell over, and when his companions came
to his rescue, they found his leg broken in
two places.
gB- Mrs. Mary Ritter of Bethlehem, is
an invalid. Recently she was approached
by Gypsy woman, who promised to cure
her for eighty-two dollars in money and
about score of such articles as dresses,
breast-pins and ribbons. The Gypsy pro-
cured all she asked for, and'enjoining Mrs.
Ritter to keep the transaction from Mr.
Ritter she disappeared. She has not been
heard from since.
GB Michael and John Carson, aud a 12-
year old boy named Samuel Benner, we're
killed in Spruce Creek tunnel last Sunday,
but at what hour aud by what train is not
certainly known. The bodies all lay be-
tween the two tracks that run through the
tunnel 1t is believed that they were on
their way to see the wreck of the trains
in which DeHuff lost his life.
EB-Charles Newhouse, thirty years old
living on Sixteenth street, below SAMSON,
and q member of the firm of Ranshoff &
Newhouse, dry goods commission dealers,
shot and killed himself in the office of the
firm, rear of 726 Market street, early We'd
nesday morning. Deceased is said to have
had mania for buying and trading pistols,
and always owned number of the weap-
ons. While showing one of them to a
| few friends, it was accidentally discharg-
ed, the contents entering the left breast
causing instant death. = Philadelphia
| North american.
eB-On Mr.. Aub Camps place. near Ce-
dar-town, Ga, little negro girl years of
age was left to mind a baby sister while
the mother went to we'll for water. The
mother staying some time, and the baby
fretting, the girl took a phial of laudanum
from the shelf and made the baby drink it,
from the effects of which it died in a very
short while. 1t is supposed that the girl
had seen her mother give the baby lauda-
mum to quiet it, aud, unconscious of its
deadly effect, had concluded to do like
| wise.
The Altoona Tribune of the 18th
inst, says: Jacob Braunt, of st. Augustine,
Cambria county, lost horse on Saturday
from rattlesnake bite. He was driving
to Altoona with load of lumber, and in
the vicinity of the Buckhorn he encounter
ed large rattlesnake in the road, but did
not see it in time to stop the team. The
snake in passing under the horses fastened
its fangs in the leg of one of them, and
and subsequently disa appeared in the un-
derbrush before it could be killed. He
drove on to the city, the horse giving no
evidence of any serious injury, but on his
return home the leg of the animal began to
swell, and the horse soon after dropped
over dead.