The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-17
Miscellaneous News Items.

esg- John Dckie,of Westmoreland coun-
ty lost his barn which was struck by light
ming. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
UB- w. A. Valance of Fulton county
had twenty-soven turkeys and three chick
ems carried off By fox a short time ago.
uBA widow of Indiana county, named
Beatty, met with horrible death by hen
dress catching on the tumbling shaft of
threshing machine.
t%-Miss Annie Kaembach, ,'22 years of
age, daughter of Jacob Kalembach, living
near Henrysvile, Clark county, shot her
self to death because her parents would not
allow her to hire out as domestic.
eB-A An Ohio paper says About twenty
high toned Newarkers, members of the
Seventeenth regiment, who didn't want to
go into camp, we're arrested yesterday, and
marched out at the point of the bayonet.
NE-A cripple with sick wife and five
children were turned out of rickety ten
ement house few days ago in New York
because they owed So rent The tenement
is owned by this society for the prevention
of Cruelty TO Animals.
The town of Red Wing, Ia, is full of men
wanting employment in the harvest field
but the twine binder has put an end to the
golden age of the harvest hand. Prices
are lower and fewer men get employed
than ever before.
LITTLE FALLS N. Y, August 9.--Al-
phonzo Klock fatally shot jerry Holden of
Herximer, last night in COW stable, two
miles west of this place. Holden was hav-
ing improper relations with Klock's sister
when the deed was committed. Klock
delivered himself to the authorities this
morning.
WILMINeToN Del, August ia bur-
glar entered the house of W. l.. g. Thomas
last night, during the absence of the fami-
ly, and the brother of the owner of the
house returning while the intruder was
there, shot the latter in the breast, inflict-
ing wound from which he will probably
die. The wounded burglars name is
Frederic Creese, and he belongs to Phila-
delphia.
Parties who were blackberrying near
Locust valley, Long Island, on Sunday,
found the body of a man near the woods !;
the severed head was laying six or seven
feet distant. The man had been dead four
or five weeks. A woman says she saw him
three weeks ago, but supposed him to be
drunk and did not go near. The unknown
was about fifty years old, was well dressed,
and the pockets turned inside out.
tB- Mr.. Joseph L. Burlington, an en-
ployee of the Telegraph Office for num-
ber of years past, complained of being un-
well on Saturday and quit work in conse-
quence. During the evening he was
stricken with paralysis, which deprived him
of the use of his right hand, and affected
his right leg to some extent. His numer-
GUS friends will learn of his terrible afflic-
tion with deep regret.
New YORK, August 10.-This morning
the hull of the burning vessel, Nictaux,
still at large, floated against the pier occu-
pied by the American Export Lumber Co.,
at Hunters Point. The premises occupied
by the company occupies both sides of
Newton creek. AT the time the Nictaux
came in contact with the pier they were
unloading there large number Of vessels
The fire Immediately communicated to the
lumber yard and spread in every direction
with lightning rapidity. From the yard
the fire spread to the vessels, and notwith-
standing the efforts made by several tugs,
which hastened to their assistance, six
barges, one schooner and one ship we're
soon in flames. Over ten acres of fire is
now raging wildly, and it appears beyond
the control of the firemen.