The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-17

ly ever get published.
For cheap Straw Hats go to Morti-
mer's. He has received new supply.
Z The shad fishing at Newport has not
been great success, though few nice
ones have been caught.
/Another drove of horses were shipped
from this county last week, Monday,
and some very fine cattle on Tuesday.
In Decatur twp, Mifflin Co., a young
man named John Wray was killed by
n stroke Of lightning on Tuesday last.
(,Rain here is somewhat needed, though
The slight shower of Saturday night
helped matters little.
In passing through Lancaster county
on Saturday we saw some fields where
the corn was up nicely. In this county
some are hardly done planting yet.
Mr.. Eshleman informs us that instead
of eight tons of tobacco having been
shipped by the Newport Tobacco Co., it
was eight carloads or about sixty tons.
Ninety in the shade, was the record of
the thermometer here on Tuesday and
Wednesday last, and ninety-three Oh
Thursday and Friday.
The greatest humbug of show ever
yet seen, was in town on Thursday
evening. The troupe consisted of a
long haired man, a short skirted woman,
poor old horse, and buck board
wagon. "As failure it was a success"
Mr.. David Clouser who was so unfor-
tunate as to lose horse two weeks ago,
last week lost good heifer. The cause
Of har dooth ho oO,16 not toll David
seems to be. having more than his share
of bad luck.
The valuable horse belonging to Cal
der's livery stables, Harrisburg, which
recently broke its leg by fall, has been
put into 'sling," the fracture has been
set and the animal is getting along as
well as can be expected.
n Darkness is no longer to prevail in
this borough, the town council having
erected street lamps and provided for
the lighting of then such nights as the
moon is not supposed to shine. The
lamps are handsome and shed n good
light.
One day last week Constable Klinepe-
ter of Newport, arrested and placed in
the Jail in this place, Samuel Kepner and
James Bagar, charged with stealing
trunk, the property of Rev. j: w. Ely.
The trunk was taken from wagon in
East Newport, near Amos Watts resi-
dence.
While two young men named Houck
and Duff were engaged in cutting down
tree near Saulsburg, Huntingdon
county, on Friday a week, the tree sud-
denly fell upon and instantly killed
young Houck. The deceased was about
TX uaora Of o0o n Il fbo con Of a xy;JO,u
Mrs. Light of Newport while going to
Duncannon with her son-in-law who re-
sides in Centre twp, was thrown back
wards out of the wagon by the sudden
starting of the horse. Fortunately her
injuries were only severe shock and
some slight bruises.
Charley, little two-year old son of
Mr.. John Adams of this borough, fell
out of bed one morning last week, his
head striking an earthen-ware spittoon
breaking the top of the spittoon into
many fragments and cutting his head
severely in several places. His wounds
bled profusely and DIR. Strickler was call
cd in to dress them.
4 A new method of utilizing lime stone
lis rapidly coming into favor. Instead
of burning it into lime, as has been the
custom heretofore, when wanted for
fertilizing purposes, it is crushed and
gound into powder and then sown upon
the land after the manner of plaster 1t
is said to be of more benefit and great
saving.
Monday morning at the Harrisburg
depot part of the harness broke on a
horse attached to an Adams express
wagon. The horse became unruly and
beginning to kick, the driver was COM
PEELED to jump from his seat. The
animal then ran away, taking course
down Railroad street At the corner of
Chestnut he ran into Brenneman' 8
green house, smashing glass, breaking
flower pots and damaging plants. When
captured it was discovered he had paid
dearly for his freak, a long piece of glass
had penetrated the horses shoulder, and
an artery had been severed. He was
removed to the company's stables,
where an attempt was made to stop the
flow Of blood, but it was unsuccessful
and the horse bled to death in short
time.
Maple Sngar.-A very fine lot of Maple