The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-08-16
Isrict Etc,nA.

Considerable hail fell in some parts of
Centre twp, on "Wednesday noon.
Don't neglect to attend the large sale
of Kentucky and Virginia horses at
Loysville, on TUESDAY, August 23rd.
Mr.. Eby of Elliottsburg, is opening
an iron ore mine on eX-Sheriff Gray
farm in Spring township.
A Methodist camp.meeting will be
held on the old Waterloo camp ground
Of Absalom Rice, beginning Thursday,
September 1st, 1881.
A letter received last week from Mr..
Milton Rinehart, from Toledo, Ohio
says, Carpenters are wanted here badly.
Wages $3.50 per day."
Mt. Zion's Lutheran Sunday School
viii picnic at the Warm Springs, on Sat
urday, August 9th. A cordial invita-
ton is given to all.
Samuel Adams of Bridgeport, killed
three rattle-snakes on the Blue Noun
tains short time ago. They each had
10 rattles.
The Insurance assessments make the
registered letter business lively for the
postmasters. If there is not a let up
soon the upper end Of this county will
SOOH get run uIy.
Judge Grier's team frightened at the
cars on Friday week at Newport and
turning short around broke the pole.
They were secured before greater dam.
age was done.
While a young man named Owings
was driving into town in Tuesday even
ing from camp meeting he drove over
stone pile and his horse stumbled and fell.
Miss Jennie Darlington who was with
him was thrown out and had her head
cut somewhat by striking on stone.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is putting down another water trough
for fast trains three fourths of mile
east Mapleton. The one already on the
north track is one thousand feet long,
and the one being put on the south
track will be eight hundred feet long.
Several young men of Elliottsburg,
have organized String Band, and on
last Saturday night at about ten o'clock,
they stopped at each house Of that viii
lage to serenade its citizens, who eX-
pressed themselves very much pleased
with the music.
Mr.. Henry Miller of Howe township
railroad watchman y'was struck on the
leg by a piece of a torpedo exploded by a
passing train. The riece that struck
him passed through his pants and imbed-
ded itself into the leg so that it had to be
extracted by DR.. Campbell.
Mr.. Newman, of Duncannon, in his
letters regarding seed wheat, seems to
overlook the fact that there are three
different parties canvassing Perry coun-
.ty, with "Seed Wheat. We presume
he only means to endorse one of them,
viz: Mr., e. w. Giddings,
A Mr.. Light, residing on Kelker
street, near Third, fell over dead about
l1.30 o'clock yesterday morning, while
talking to Mr.. Wenrick, his next door
neighbor, in the latter's yard, it is pre-
sumed from an apoplectic stroke. Mr.
Light was aged about fifty four years
and leaves family of grown up chill
dren.-Pdtriot Of the 1st inst.
On Wednesday noon quite a storm
passed over this vicinity. The wind
did considerable damage to trees and
crops. Two trees that had telegraph
wires fastenened on were blown down
breaking the wire, and obstructing COM
munication, for several hours. One
large pine tree below Mr.. Oliver Rice's
barn was blown over, and the roots
made bank like wall, about u feet
high and over so feet long.
PersOnal.-Mrs. Nettie Gettle, of Ohio,
sis visiting her father, Mr.. VIM. Mckee,
Of this borough We are sorry 20 state that
Mr.. M. is in poor health.
Mr.. ]. d. Burn son of Mr.. VIM. Burn
was in town last week on visit to his
fathers family. Jimmy is looking well
and doing well at Oxford Pa.
Isaac G. Black, of Philadelphia, nG
visiting friends ip this county. M QrrA,
I )JuIy Weather RepOrt.-B. McInfre,
Esq, hands in the following report of
the weather, for the month of July, 1881
Average of Thermometer at s o'clock
7. M. 9o-S7', and of Barometers 80
inches minus six-tenths. Average of
greatesth heat 7so and of cold 62c-25.-
There fell and two-tenth inches of rain.
Sunday the 10th, was the warmest day,
and Saful 40 W fba Ond fla ooIdoef