The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-02-24

chickens.
tB- A fine Jersey bull belonging TO
Pierre Lorillard, and worth several hum
dred dollars for breeding, was sold fer
slaughter at Mt Holly the other day for
$3S. He had become dangerous.
rB- An inhuman wretch down at Haley
vile not long ago sewed up the eyes Of
hog which was being fattened, to prevent
1t from devouring tho chickens which flew
into the pen to feed upon The hogs food.
eB- A large oil tank at Olean begun
leaking the other day, and about four
hundred barrels were lost before the right
plan to stop the leak was discovered.
Thirty sacks of Indian meal emptied
into the tank did the work.
Gy- A two-year-old child Of Mrs. Nc
Cammick, sitting In a chair near the stove,
at Belle Union, Ind. fell over upon IL In
such a way that its face was caught be-
tween the chair and stove and held there
till one side was literally roasted. One of
the child's hands was also burned to the
bone
ALTOONA, Pa, Feb, 17.--John Nevln,
this morning shot and mortally wounded
s Pennington at Houtzdale Clearfield Co.
Neylin is a desperate and has served q term
in the penitentiary. He was arrested and
lodged in Jail. Pennington is mere boy.
The parties had quarrel on Monday In
which Nevlin was worsted and IL was sup
posed the matter was ended.
CB- The Postmaster at Centrevlle, Nd,
received lots of complaints about mailed
letters being lost and began to think there
was a thief about the Office. 1t was dis
covered that letters when slipped into'a
small slit in the door made to receive them
found their way into crack between the
panels. Whed the discovery was made
fifty letters had thus accumulated.
eB- The daughter of Spotted Tail, a
tail, ungaiuly young woman OF 18, is
studying in the Government School for In
dians ut Carlisle Barracks. Pa. She has
lately married the half-breed interpreter
employed at the barracks, and when sent
to do some scrubbing the other day her
lordly husband interfered. His wife was
of royal blood, he remarked, the daugh-
ter of chief, and he wanted her to learn
only what the white ladies do.
GB- Mrs. Engle in Phila., had q narrow
escape the other day. Hearing the report
of pistol in an upper room, she rushed
up stairs to find that her fve-year-old son
had taken loaded revolver from bureau
drawer and shot it off in playing with it,
She took the weapon in the yard, and,
as she thought, fired out the remaining
loads AS she was looking into the barrel
q charge which she had missed went of,
the ball gra zing her head.
rg- Miss Tillie Smith, of Lebanon, had
occasion to 60 into the cellar on Saturday
for wood to replenish the fire, but shortly
after she had thrown the wood ir the stove
a stencil was emitted that caused her to
stove she there espied black snake that
had lodged in the hollow Of the wood and
was burning vigorously. The reptile was
drawn from the fire with pair of tongs.
ey- M. John Shireman, of Lower Mil
ford, Lehigh county, is the owner of a pet
grounding that slept soundly all winter
in box prepared for him in a corner Of a
room. On Monday, the Cd of February,
Candlemas, Or grounding day, true to the
instinct of its race, the animal came out OF
its box and looked for its shadow. 1t SEEM
ed to be greatly stiffened up, and sparingly
partook of some refreshments in the shape
of cakes and water, and then went back to
its box and turned over as stiff as ever.
GB- 1t must have been tremendously
embarrassing to that nice young man out
at Bowling Green, Kentucky, who escorted
the preachers fair daughter to church
Sunday night, and arrived late, to hear
the reverend gentleman read from the BIZ
ble as the couple marched up the aisle,
"My daughter is grievously tormented
with devil, which verse occurs in an
account of New Testament miracle.
The whole congregation snickered, and it
would be hard to tell which felt worst, the
preacher, his daughter, or her escort.
CHICAGO, Feb, Nv. E. Guernsey a
passenger on the train from the west, yes
terday evening, threw himself under car
at the Desplaines street viaduct, and was
SO badly crushed that he died in few
hours. On leaf of memorandum book
found in his pocket was this entry
"My brother-in-law's name is Frank A.
Deans, Wilksbarre, Pa. l killed myself
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