The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-14
Brief Items.

The Bank Building is being improved
by the erection of a fine portico.
Our Borough schools for the term
opened yesterday.
The Borough School Building in this
place is being re-painted.
The Record says there is good deal
of sickness in and around Duncannons
We are sorry to learn that Mr.. Single
ton Sheaffer was so unfortunate as to
lose another horse by death, last week.
The Academy in this place, opened its
Fall Term last week. 1t is an institu-
ton that deserves good patronage.
A few nights since the celler of Mr.. A.
=. Klinepeter was raided by thieves and
most of the eatables taken.
The Bloomfield Cornet Band is play
ing some nice new music of late. The
Toys are improving rapidly.
Chas. H. Smiley, Esq, of this bor-
ough, will deliver the address at the
Soldiers Re- Union, at Miffiintown, on
the 23d inst.
Mr.. Jacob Mounts, wishes to state to
his friends that he will be around in
about three weeks. He has been detain-
ed by sickness.
Several parties complain of losing
poultry and small articles from their
premises recently. Shot gun injections
are good to apply in such cases.
Mr.. Stephen Boyer, former resident
of this borough, but now of Logansport,
Indiana, is at present visiting his friends
in this community, in company with
his wife and family.
Calvin Nelson, ESQ.,, and Miss Laura
Halbert were married at the residence of
DIR. Strickler, in this borough, on Thurs
day last, and Immediately started on
their wedding tour.
Mr.. William M. Nesbitt, Postmaster
at Spring Run, Franklin county, was
struck by lightning while sitting on a
bed in his residence, a few days ago, and
instantly killed.
A Village Camp Meeting will be held
at New Buff alo, under the direction of
the M. E. Church, II. M. Griffith, pas
tor. The meeting will commence ON
Thursday, September 10th, at 109 A. NJ,
and last one week.
Mr.. A. M. CAN'T, of Newport, desires
the statement made that he is not the
man from that place who has announc-
ed that he is going to vote for Hancock
although formerly a Republican, as
some suppose.
Wednesday morning the family of
Mr.. Harry Sheaffer, of this place, found
themselves without bread, though q
good supply was put in the cellar the
night previous. Some thief had visited
the premises much to the disgust of Har-
ry. These cases are getting too frequent.
Rev. Thos. Guard, d. D., of Mount
Vernon Place M. E. Church, Baltimore,
Nd, will preach in the Newport M. e.
Church on Monday evening, September
Goth. Rev. B. B. Hamlin, of Altoona,
will also be present. Services will COM
mence at o'clock.
Cheap excursion tickets will be sold to
Philadelphia on the p. II. r. on Wednes-
the 18th. Fare from Newport for the
round trip, 1915, and from Duncannon,
$3.50. Train leaves Newport 1924, and
tickets to return good on any train that
stops at stations named on the ticket.
Rev. Decker's campmeeting held at
Waterloo was we'll attended. There
were forty-two tents on the ground, rep
resenting over sixty families. The con-
versions were forty-four. The collection
taken on Sunday was $79. Taking all
together 1t was a very satisfactory
meeting.
About midnight, on Wednesday a
week, Mrs. Strasbaugh, of Marysville,
was awakened by hearing some person
moving around, and looking out in the
hall saw man, who cautioned her to
keep away. She obeyed but called her
husband, but by the time he arrived the
man had gone.
Two large lights of glass Were broken
in the rear window of The TINES COM
posing room on Wednesday morning at
about four O'clock The noise consider