The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-26
Brief Items.


A number of houses in this borough
are now being painted and put in good
order.
I Mr.. Thos. Sutch of this place mourns
the death of his horse, caused by lock
jaw.
Mr.. Benj. Fickes of Juniata twp,
also lost horse last week. 1t died from
the effects of kick from another horse
Mr.. Samuel Brown, of Centre twp,
also lost fine mare last week, in foal-
ing.
E1The strike among the miners in
Efanklin county has ended, and the
men have gone to work.
Johnny, a little son of James Minich,
residing at Loysville, fell from horse
on Tuesday last and broke his leg.
Last Tuesday was the first real spring
day we have had. Straw hats were
brought to light and seemed to be seas
enable.
Twenty fine horses were taken though
here on the way to Harrisburg on Fri
day last. They belonged to Mr.. John
Minich.
ION Thursday last, Mr.. d. M. Rine-
shitl& shipped forty-four head of fine
cattle, the entire lot averaging over one
thousand pounds each.
A young man named Kissell, residing
at Shade Gap, Huntingdon county, who
was subject to fits, was taken with one
the other day and broke blood vessel,
dying in few minutes.
Michael Johns, an old man residing
in Wheatfield twp, died on Saturday
night. 1t is stated that an insurance of
$65,O00 was on his life, mostly held in
Duncannon.
A lad named Dougherty, fell under a
freight train at Harrisburg on Thursday,
and had both legs so badly crushed that
they had to be amputated. Another
warning to the boys.
We notice many of our exchanges are
swindled by the pad" advertisers. We
tried to save them this loss by caution
ing them six months ago, as from infor-
nation we had we were confident the
concern was swindle.
The house occupied by Mr.. A. H.
Glen, in Carroll twp, near Shermans-
dale, took fire and was burned to the
ground on Thursday last. Much of the
furniture was also destroyed. We did
not learn how the fire originated.
ne uOteA aH MllleTSlOWu keDb ny pnu-.
man Miller was on fire in the garret on
Sunday a week, but fortunately the
flame was extinguished before much
damage was done. The fire caught from
a stove pipe which passed up through
the floor, coming apart.
A family named Hart, residing near
Lisburn, in Cum berland CO., were last
week poisoned by the glazing from an
Qarthan arnalx o0fainy off In RI tho annla
butter, of which they had eaten. The
sick persons all recovered, but one had
close call.
of age, walked from Sandy Hill to
Bloomfield, and back home again, re-
naming two hours in this place, and
did it all before O'Clock. This made
distance of 32 miles and over muddy
roads, which we call pretty good fore
Moons walk.
On the morning OF the 18th inst. Dan
iel Kessler, of Middlecreek twp, Snyder
co., hanged himself in his barn with a
halter strap. He had gone to the barn to
feed his stock and his grandson, after
finishing breakfast, went out to assist
him, but going into the stable found him
hanging at the hay-rack, dead.-Post.
OuT SOOu LllndLucl
of Pfoutz's Valley, had four of his stock
cattle so badly lacerated on the belly, re-
Gently, that the entrails protruded He
thinks that some of the neighbors' dogs
tore them, but the belief is that the cat
tie were running in a clearing of Mr..
T's, and were injured by snags. The
latter seems to be the most plausible,
although the former may be the cause
We trust he may be able to save their
lives.-Ledger.
Three citizens of Reading, Pa, were
last week accused for murder alleged
to have been committed fifteen years ago.
The names of the accused are George
Gottschall, Samuel Butterwick and
William Eiler Gottschall was the pro-
prietor of resort on Cedar street, in
Reading, known as Buck Hall, which
during the war was frequented by sol
diers passing through Reading. The
murdered man was a soldier. The arrest
was made in consequence of a confess
ion made by Mrs. Gottschall the wife
of one of the accused. The accused were
subsequently discharged for lack of
evidence.