The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-30
Miscellaneous News Items.


Norristown, on Tuesday, in the seventy
n lfth year of his age.
A two year old child of Geo. Diehl, Of
Snyder county, recently strangulated 10
death by drinking the contents of vial
found on the window.
tB- An army of squirrels crossed the
Ohio river from Kentucky short distance
below Rising Sun, few days ago, and are
playing havoc with the standing corn in
the fields in the vicinity.
t%-At Lancaster eleven steers escaped
while being loaded on a car, last week,
got on the track in front of passing
train. Two of them had their heads cut
OFF and several had their legs broken
Three cars were thrown from the track
Gg- Mr.. Krueger, of Dalton, ILL.,, dis
charged pistol he was showing to his
brothers. children, one day last week, the
bullet passing through one child's hand
and entering the knee of another, SO that
amputation will be necessary.
RICHMOND, Va, November 25.-At
Salem, Virginia, yesterday, Marcus Haw-
ley, who is to be executed tomorrow for
the cold blooded murder of Zachariah Hays,
was married in Jail to Mamie Hawkens,
who has born him two children. He was
subsequently baptised. An Episcopal min
lister officiated at both ceremonies.
aB-A Magazine of powder shipped
through Peoria, the other day, had hole
in it, and in being carted through the depot
trail of powder was left on the platform.
Some one in stepping into it with an iron
boot heel ignited the trail, and but for the
prompt action of trackman terrible ex-
plosion would have resulted.
Gy- Desire Bournique, proprietor of the
large silver watch-case factory at Milford,
has just been commissioned Associate
Judge, to fill the unexpired term of Edgar
Pinchct, who was obliged to resign in order
to fill the office of Presidential Elector on
the Republican ticket of Pennsylvania
All three of the Judges of the Courts of
this county are now Republicans, though
Pike always gives nearly 1000 Democratic
majority.
UNION CITY, Ind, November 25.-
Samuel Eagle, a harness MAKER while en-
tering the house of his divorced wife last
night to visit his children was shot and fell
on the door steps. His wife refused to let
his body be brought in. He did not die
Immediately but began to sink rapidly in
few hours. The shot was fired by Henry
Pierce, who fled Pierce has been in the
habit of visiting Mrs. Eagle.
aS A big sensation has been caused in
Scranton among politicians by the serving
of notices upon several prominent citizens,
Stockholders in the recent election bets, re-
straining them from paying any money
deposited in their hands by betters The
action has been begun by the Scranton
Poor Board under a State law passed in
1917, and found in Purdon's Digest in the
clauses treating of bets on election, where
it provides that Stockholders can be pro-
ceeded against by Poor Boards for the full
amount put in their hands.
WASHINGTON, November 23.-John
Paul Brown, German, and painter by
trade, who recently arrived here from Phil
adelphia, last night stabbed his wife eleven
times and then cut his own throat. Both
are still living, but their wounds are
thought to be fatal.
Brown had on his person letter written
by himself and addressed to Mr.. H. Haman,
502 st. John street, Philada., asking him
to come here and act as peacemaker be-
tween himself and wife. Jealousy was the
cause.
EY-Two sisters at Lackawaxen, Pa,
were engaged to marry two brothers, and
the double wedding was to take place
about the holidays. Just before the election,
one of the girls asked her lover to take her
TO Republican meeting, but he, being a
Democrat, refused She appealed to his
brother, Republican, and he accompanied
her. The sister who remained at home
and the Democratic brother, finding their
political sympathies in accord, agreed to
break up the previous arrangement and
become man and wife. The idea met with
favor all around, and the wedding will
take place accordingly, each of the four
taking different mate.
~ Solomon Jones of Bloomburg, Md,
was 20 when after many years of poverty,
he received $4,000 in pension money. He
had no relatives to leave it TO when he died
and therefor made up his mind to spend it
all himself. In view of the short time re-