The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-19

killed.
tB-A revenue officer, named Seagravcs,
while on his way home in Macon county,
Tennessee, stopped ut farm house on
Friday to spend the night. Later on he
was called out by five men, taken to the
woods and shot to death.
e%-Four inches of snow fell In northern
Virginia on Friday night, the 9th inst,
making the third snowfall this MONTH
The apple tho principal fruit crop of that
section, is not injured. All farm work is
delayed by the protracted winter.
eB- Navigation on the Delaware and
Hudson Canal has again been suspended.
A heavy landslide occurred at Hawks
Nest, four miles west of Port Jervis, oc-
Cured on Sunday, and several large rocks,
one weighing many tons fell into the
canal.
eR-A special to the Times star from
Little Rock, Ark, says "A party of
masked men yesterday rode into Toledo,
country town, sixty miles south of hero.
One-half surrounded the court house,
while the others entered the treasury,
blew open the safe, and stole from $4,000
to $4,000. They all escaped"
PmLADEIPmA, April 12.-The directors
of the Texas Pacific railway held meet
ing to-day lasting over two hours. The
resignation of Colonel Thomas A. Scott,
president of the road was read and accept
ed, and Jay Gould was appointed to sue
ceed him.
tE-A letter has been received at the
Treasury department. from an enterprising
German citizen of New York City Offering
the government $4,000 for the privilege
of running small lunch counter and
beer saloon in the lobby of the Post Office
of that city. In a postscript he added
that If his proposition was entertained he
would make it call right with the proper
parties"
eB-A society has been formed in Mil
waukee under the auspices of the Young
mems Christian Association to reform
discharged penitentiary convicts. In fur
therance of the object of the Society a
circular has been sent to various prison
officials desiring that discharged convcts
be sent to Milwaukee to be used for exper-
mental purposes. The police authorities
are opposed to the movement and predict
its failure.
cB Tuesday morning as shifting engine
No. 8 was pulling a train of cars up the
p. r. II. at Steeton Samuel Finley who
was standing on the engine fell off and
rolled under the cars. Before the train
could be checked the wheels of one car
had passed over his body causing instant
death. The coroner was summoned, a
jury impanelled and a verdict rendered in
accordance with the facts. Finley was
employed at the Pennsylvania steel works
as rigger.
g4A few days ago the family of Ma
than Thompson of Shelbyville, Ind, were
all taken sick about the same time and in
the same manner. They suspected they
were poisoned by the milk. An analysis
developed the presence of small quantity
of arsenic, and an investigation resulted in
grandson of Mr.. Thompson's, aged 16
confessing to have put something in the
milk to make his grandpa sick in revenge
for chastisement the old gentleman had
administered to him few days previous.
GB- Near Bingham, Mimi, early on
Friday morning, while workmen were
engaged in clearing the snow from the
railroad track and working in cuts towards
each other, an engine was ordered out to
make dash at the first block, which was
done with such force that the engine went
clear through, unexpectedly, and brought
up at the second cut, killing one of the
laborers instantly, mortally wounded an
other, and seriously injuring three other
men.
PoRT JERvIs, N. Y, April 1l.-Martin
Shannon, of Lackawaxan, Pa, has receiv-
ed letter from Springstead in which
Springstead confesses to have drowned a
boy named Samuel Asher at Lackawaxan
ON juno IL. 1877. The drowning was
supposed at the time to have been acci-
dental, but Springstead state that he up
set the boat and kept the boys head under
water until he was drowned, and that he
did it because he hated the boys father.
The selfconfessed murderer is at present
confined in the Passaic county, N. j., Jail
to await the action of the grand jury on
the charge of planning to murder and rob
citizen of Passaio. He had been in the
employ of the Passaic postma ster.