The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-06-01
THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pa. JUNEl, 1880.

ling Gap mill, the line with which he
was driving broke. The horse started
OIL at furious rate, and was not caught
until below the store. The occupants of
the wagon were unloaded rather uncere-
moniously, and the corn aud rye with
which he was loaded was delivered at oil
points along the way.
Three Carlisle young men have been
arrested at the instance of Chief Burgess
Guswiler, of Mechanlcsburg, for indulg-
ing In fast driving In the burg" on
Sunday. Right.
A two horse team belonging to Mr..
Jas. Bosler, ran away last Thursday, de-
molishing the buggy to which they were
attached. A buggy owned by Mrs. Pen
rose which happened to be In the way of
the fleeing horses was also damaged.
Tuesday evening from five to eight
hundred men and women, members of
the Dunkard Church, met In grove
ten miles south of Mechanicsburg, for
the purpose of indulging In Love
Feast. The occasion was one of unusll-
al interest, as being the meeting before
the summers work, usually held by
this sect as one of encouragement and
prayer for the success of the harvest of
the year. Preaching and an abundant
collation. made up the great features of
the occasion.
Juniata County, We copy the follow
ing from the Juniata county papers Of
last week
Joseph Hersh, residing in Milford
township, has living chicken that has
four legs, two of which, however the,
fowl does not use.
Mr.. Minich, the Perry county well
bOrer, Is in town engaged in boring
wells. He bored one on the Jacob Beid-
Ter property, and deepened the well in
front of jeremiah Lyons house, last
week, and is now boring one at the
Lutheran parsonage.
On Saturday night last, some una
nointed scamps, broke into the spring
house of Amos Stouffer,in Walker twp,
and took four loaves of bread and about
ten pounds of butter. On Sunday morn
ing Mr.. Stouffer had to call on his neigh
bors to furnish him with bread and but
ter to do over Sunday.
Last Tuesday morning the wife of
Mr.. Samuel Bossinger, residing in Lick
ing Greek Valley, had occasion to 90 to
the creek that flows near her house to
get bucket of water, and while in the
act of STOPPING to dip the water she fell
in head foremost, and drowned before
assistance reached her. A large family
of children mourn her sudden demise.
On Thursday OF last week, Mr.. Geo.
Rooms, captain of the canal boat The
Trader, while bathing one of his horses
which was suffering with an attack of
collie, was kicked in the stomach by an
other horse, infiicting serious INJURIES
The accident occurred at Mexico, but
Mr.. Kswent with the boat as far as
Newport, where he was compelled to re-
main until Monday, when he was
tbreught to his home in Mifflin on the
Cars. His condition is very precarious.
1t was the most fortunate turn for Mr..
Beidler that the tubing of his well was
SO put out of condition that it could not
be used, and that therefore he was COM
PEELED to sink new one or do without
water. The new well is one of the mar
vels in this county. AT the depth of 76
feet the drill struck an opening, and it
went down into the water to the depth
of 20 feet without striking bottom. 1t
seems to have struck a subterranean
lake of water. A pump has been put
into the well, and all the men in town
cannot pump it dry.