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

was told that her home was in ashes,
and her little ones burned to death 1t
is supposed that the shanty caught fire
from the stove pipe, and being made of
such combustible material was soon en-
veloped in flames. Coroner Ramsey
held an inquest in the afternoon. Cham
bersbury Opinion.
Cumberland County.-We copy the fol-
lowing from the Cumberland papers
of last week:
On last Tuesday night the stable of
Mr.. John Miller, about one mile west of
Stoughstown, was entered and two val
liable horses, saddle and two brides
were stolen.
VIM. Bush, the unfortunate painter
who fell from the cornice of the house
in Shippensburg on Thursday died from
the effects of his fall on Friday morning
at II o'clock. He suffered intense an
guish, both his legs having sustained
compound fractures and being cut and
bruised terribly.
On Sabbath afternoon, las John Laugh
lin was returning from the dedicatory
services of the North Village Church,
his horse, a colt, became frightened at
some cattle his father was driving, and
began to run down a steep hill in the
road. The holding-back strap breaking,
and also the lines, he was left without
any means of saving himself and was
thrown violently from the buggy and
rendered unconscious by the concussion.
He was carried to his home and medical
assistance being speedily summoned he
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dition. He remained unconscious about
six hours, when the force of the shock
seemed to have been overcome. His re-
covery is ultimately hoped for, although
his situation is rather precarious.
Iunlata County We copy the follow
ing from the Juniata county papers of
last week:
Abram Guss, ST., of Milford township
fell off q step ladder while picking ap-
piles, on Monday, and broke his arm.-
DR.. T. A. Elder set his arm, and he is
doing WELL
David Snyder, of Fayette township,
in threshing clover seed, put his hand
too far into the machine and had it
terribly mangled on Monday. His hand
was amputated by DIR. o. Fl. McAlister
assisted by DIR. A. j. Fisher
The only child of DIR. John s. I<ilmer,
bright and interesting little son, died
very suddenly about noon on Sabbath.
1t is supposed to have had a congestive
chill, which terminated in death. Port
Royal Times.
On Friday night of last week, very
valuable three year old colt belonging to
IT, sn1 al Af kxryx1
died very suddenly of rupture. The
colt was valued at two hundred dollars.
He has lost four horses and three colts
within the last six years.
On Thursday of last week, while
standing or sitting on the floor of Mr..
A. Rice's barn, at Waterloo, in CONVEX
sation with some men, Mr.. Absalom
Williams sunk down and expired in q
few moments without seemingly any
sickness or pain. He had just partak-
en- of hearty dinner and to all human
appearances was in excellent health and
spirits.
On Monday afternoon Adam Bitner,
who is employed in the spoke and han
die factory near Port Royal, was in the
act of casting a strap loose that was run
ming circular saw. He fell on the saw
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his right hand were sawed off, leaving
the thumb. Three of the ribs on the
right side of his body were sawed off
and a fourth rib was nearly cut through.
1t was dreadful accident and thrilled
the whole community.
On Tuesday week George Botteiger
and his hired man, John Mckinney, of
Monroe township, went out to hew log
for a porch " sleeper" They fell to
work earnestly with their axes. BY
misdirected stroke at cutting out chip
McGinney's axe glanced upwards from
the log and the blunt end of the axe
struck Botteiger's head or neck back of
the right ear, producing death almost
instantly. Botteiger breathed twice on
ly after he fell to the ground. He leaves
a wife to mourn his sad death. A jury
acquitted Mckinney of all blame.
Samuel Strayer, of Patterson, had the
misfortune to upset his buggy on Friday
evening, making complete wreck of it.
He had been at the Lewistown fair and
was driving home. When short dis
tance west of this place, and in attempt
ing to pass team on a slanting piece of
ground his buggy turned completely
over, carrying with 1t the horse and oc-
cupants, Mr.. and Mrs. Strayer. Strange
to say no harm was done save the wreck
of the buggy.