The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-23
Miscellaneous News Items.

cellar at Rahn's Station, Montgomery
county, they came across nest of 15O
snakes.
NB- The Isabella Furnace, in Berks
county, which has been idle for some
months, 1t is rumored will again be put in
blast in few days.
oB-At Petitsaw Plains, Mo-, last week,
a herd of hogs got very drunk on the skim
mngs of sorghum syrup which had been
fed to them and fermented. 1t affected
them variously.
cB- All the preachers of New Albany
Joined last Sunday in denouncing the po-
litical canvass as having been, in its meth
ods and influences, the most demoralzing
the country had ever seen.
gB Fritz Hahne San Francisco miser,
made $50, 900 out of lucky investment in
real estate years ago, and when he sold
out short time since, the sight of the
money made him crazy and he tried to
hang himself.
DEADwooD, November 16.--A terrific
obOhh Vi ohOW anu Wlhu udb Doou IdRIHE
throughout the Black Hills for the past
two days. The cold is intense the ther-
mometer has been down to four degrees
below zero.
ca Milo Halstead, bee-hunter, had
climbed tree near bennington, Sha-
wassee county, Mich, to secure some
honey, and fell from height of sixty feet.
Several ribs were broken, also his thigh
bone, but the wonder is he was not killed
outright.
PHILADELPHIA, November 16.-Henry
Morrell, a wealthy Californian, seventy
years of age, was found dead in bed at the
st. Cloud hotel this morning. He retired
in his usual health. A list of registered
bonds, footing up over 100000, and other
valuable papers were found on his person.
The section hands near Rock Rapids
discovered the head of calf protruding
from snow drift the other day. Upon
shoyeling it out the critter proved to be
alive and Immediately began eating. It
belonged to Hoval Oeson aad had been
tightly bound by the drift for ten days.
ETip Lunderegan wanted to be atten-
tive to Rosa Clairmont, at Burlington,
Ohio, but she would not permit it, He
called at her home several times, and she
refused to see him, sending him word that
she would find way to stop his Fostering
If he persisted much longer. He would
not give up the undertaking. Forcing his
way into the parlor, he found Miss Clair
mont there alone. She shot him immedi-
ately, and he died at her feet.
rB-A st. Louis bank teller, in cashing
marked $500. She did not count the
money until she got home, and then found
only $285. She returned to the bank, but
could not get the mistake rectified. She
ought to have opened the envelope, the
teller said, before quitting the counter
A lawsuit has resulted in verdict for the
woman, whose statement of the facts was
amply oorroborated. The bank will appeal.
eB-J. B. Vardeman owns a farm in
Rails county, Mo-, and last week one of
the hands saw smoke issuing from the
granary, located on bluff overlooking
Sugar creek, 200 feet above the level of its
bed. The man made an examination and
found hole in the table-rock big enough
to admit the body Of man, from which
arose the smoke or vapor. Mr.. Vardeman
made an examination, and 81 feet deep he
fonnd running stream of ice-cold water.
1t is estimated that the stream is from 80
to 40 feet wide and six feet deep.
PATERSON, November 15.-The wife of
Samuel David, son of II. ]. David, prom
inent New York city lawyer, was found
dead on the porch of his residence at Wyn-
ocke, a.few miles north of Paterson, yester-
day morning. Her head was bruised as il
with club, and she was covered with
blood. Her husband who was within all
night, gave no clue to the tragedy. 1t is
thought to be case of murder. There
was blood inside the house, which has not
been accounted for. The coroner C.. M.
Rutan, is holding an inquest this after
noon.
tB-The Rev. J.. II. Gallahorn and a