The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-26
Miscellaneous News Items.


aB-Mr. David Meyer, an aged citizen of
Coplay, Lehigh county, was recently thrown
from buggy by his horse running away.
and was instantly killed.
aB- People in Bradford who live near the
Chinese laundries complain of the un.
healthy atmosphere eugendered by the
hardworking but uncleanly Mongolians.
GE-A mar named William Williams
was cut to pieces on the Lehigh Valley
railroad on the Mahanoy by freight. ira in
last week, while lying on the track.
GB-A man who was taken before the
mayor of Scranton for drunkenness the
second time, was sentenced to five wears
hard labor at Carbondale the Offenders
home.
PHILADELPHIA, July 20. - George w.
Seward, deaf mute, was arrested yester-
day while going from door to door in this
city soliciting aid to defend the assassin
Guiteau. In reply to question Seward
wrote ON slate, "Guiteau is French
man. l am Frenchman. He is all right
to kill Garfield" The prisoner was ar
raigned this morning and remanded for a
further hearing.
HARRIsBuRe, July 2O.-The head of a
colored woman, supposed to be that of
Mary Andrews, who was thought to have
been killed and burned by her husband
near Highspire, was seen floating in the
canal near that place last evening. A
search is being made for it. This adds a
new phase to the case, and the opinion
now prevails that Andrews burned only a
portion of his victims remains and threw
the other part into the canal.
EgTA young lady Of jamestown, N. Y,
while in bathing near Bemus Point, Chau-
tauqua Lake, on last Friday, had a narrow
escape from drowning. A turtle caught
hold of her ear, which caused her to scream
frightfully, and but for the timely arrival
of assistance she would have strangled. In
order to extricate the turtles teeth from
her ear its head was cut completely off,
after which it took ten minutes to pry its
jaws apart. The lady went through the
again float in the Chautauqua.
aB- In CONNECTION with the death of the
Swede at Orbsonia a few days ago from
sunstroke, the Huntingdon Local NeWs
tells the following sad story of human bru-
tality He was returning home after
hard days work, and fell in the companys
yard, where his corpse remained over night,
and until late next morning. When dis
covered his fingers were partly torn off, it
is supposed, by rats or hogs. His body was
taken in charge by Mr.. Hartman, steward
of the almshouse, and properly inferred at
the expense Of the county. The citizens
are Justly indignant at the inhumanity of
those who knew of the dead mans condi-
tion, in permitting his body to remain out
all night TO be mutiated.
ES On last Wednesday afternoon, during
a sudden thunder storm, lightning bolt
struck large pine tree in field belonging
to Mr.. S. G. B. Faulkner, who resides
about eight miles from Richmond, in Han
over county. At the time Mr.. Faulkner
and number of hands were working near
by. The report was sharp and loud and
shocked several of the men. Mr.. Faulk-
ner noticed the tree was set on fire by the
| lightning, and at once sent hands to clear
| away the brush to prevent the fire from
i spreading to his fencing. About twenty
minutes after the tree was struck another
loud and deafening report was heard in the
tree, and on examination it was ascertain
ed that the fire had communicated with a
shell which was lodged in the tree during
the war;