The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
Miscellaneous News Items.

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B-The stock-yards hotel at Indianapo-
lis having raised the price of board, tho
stock yard men have struck, and declined
to patronizo the hotel bar, which was the
only monoy-making part of the institu-
tion.
gaSA Towanda, ILL.,, farmer paid
Bloomington teamster SO for the return of
lost package of $1,000 in currency. Hc
said, however, he would have paid $lOO
reward, but the $1,000 returned was the
exact amount required to lift the debt off
his farm.
GsB- The other day drover was shot
near Shawaugunk, N. Y, by some un-
known person, who was doubtless after
81, 450 which the drover had. The assail-
ant fed because of fright without obtain.
ing anything. The drover was found
insensible. lie is unknown, and it is
thought will die.
GB- The military commission from Mass.
to inquire into the alleged misconduct of
the Ninth Mass. Regiment, on the York
town Centennial trip began its iuvestiga-
tion at Richmond, Va, last week and
examined number of witnesses The
evidence will not be made public until the
report of the commission is made. The
depositions were made under oath, and
some of them are exceedingly damaging to
the good name of the regiment.
REA singular discovery was made in st.
Louis few days ago. A gang of men
engaged in digging the foundation for a
new refinery uncovered the mouth of a well
fifty feet deep drilled through the solid
rock. 1t was filled with clay, but when
cleaned out, rapidly filed with pure water.
No one appears to have known of its exis-
tence.
ggFA lynching party met at Sorocro,
New Mexico few days ago to hang
robber After the business had been com
pleted, and before the meeting adjourned,
it was discovered that two of their number
were mounted on stolen horses. They were
arrested and brought before an improvised
court, and in few minutes were suspended
alongside of the first victim.
sB A peculiar charge was made against
two prisoners at the Central Criminal Court
in London the other day. Some time ago
one had been sentenced to two months
imprisonment, and the other to one. But
at the prison they exchanged names, the
consequence being that the one that had
really the longest sentence was released
first. The other excused himself by saying
he was hard up at the time, and was will
ling to serve second month for consider
alton. The two were found guilty of
conspiracy, and sentenced - one to six
months at hard labor, the other to three
months.
PARIS, Nov. 8. = The superior of the
Missions Etrapgeres' in this city has
received dispatch from Hong Kong to-day
announcing that terribly disastrous ty-
phoon has ravaged western Tonquin. Two
hundred churches, thirty-four presbyteries
and colleges and two thousand houses have
been reduced to ruins. Sixty thousand
Christians have lost all they possessed.
The suffering is frightful.
sB-A culprit was recently tried in
German court of justice for murder and
robbery. The Judge, before summing up
the evidence for the jury's consideration,
asked the prisoner whether he had anything
to say for himself. ''Only this, your Hon.
OR" replied the latter cit was not MUIR
der, but suicide" Judge-''How do you
make that out?" Prisoner-"I In this way
your Honor. The deceased, for years be-
fore his death, went about everywhere
saying that he was determined to put an
end to himself; but he never had the cour
age to do so. At last his irresolution moved
me to pity; so to save him from disappoint-
ment, and, more especially, from being
worse than his word, suicided him.
Judge" is all very well but what
made you take his watch? ?" Prisoner
"When he was dend he did not require q
watch. did, aud so very naturally put
it in my pocket. Besides, he was an old
friend of mine, and 1 wanted something to
remember him by"