The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-22
Brief Items.

Our thanks are again due Senator
Smiley and Hon. M. B. Holman, for
public documents.
(yMillerstown Bridge Company will
how take proposals for the rebuilding
of the bridge at that place.
]. w. Rice of Sandy Hill, recently
killed three hogs, about one year old
that weighed 1928 pounds.
A young man named Mintzer, resid-
ing at Marysville, had his leg badly
mashed by the cars at Harrisburg on
Tuesday night.
The boys who went to the school
taught the past winter by Mr.. Geo. Bar
nett came home delighted on Tuesday
evening. The term had ended
The fellow who committed the assault
on Mr.. Zerfoss, near ,Shippensburg two
weeks since was arrested at Altoona and
now awaits trial for his raseally deed.
A man buys a horse for 500 and sells
him for 500, buys another for sos and
sells him for 500, how much has he
made?
B. F. Hall of Carroll twp, postponed
his sale on Saturday last, owing to the
bad weather and it will take place on
1hO hoDA vi lhlD w LEN
Read the Carlisle Carpet House adver.
on Sth page of this paper Also, read
notice headed " Attention, Housekeep-
ers," on 4th page of last weeks TIMES.
/JThe Carlisle Mirror and the Herald
Nave been combined, and paper is
issued called the Herald and Mirror.
Mr.. A. H. Adams is the editor. The
first numbers look remarkably WELL
VA little girl named Annie Porter, liv-
ing in West Harrisburg, died last Thurs
day from over exertion in jumping rope.
Parents should guard their children
against this foolish practice.
Two horses belonging to John Dimm
of Pfoutz Valley, got scared and jumped
from the fiat upon which they were to
be ferried over the Juniata ut Millers-
town. A broken wagon pole was the
injury caused by the scare.
Leo Lantz, who gave sheriff Gray SO
much trouble during his term of office
and who finally escaped from Jail in
this place, was so badly hurt on the N.
G. r.. r. few days ago that he died
from the effects of the injuries.
The Ledger wants to know how a
railroad is expected to sustain itself
when single line telegraph won't pay.
We can't ship freight on even "single
wire," and If we could the poles are SO
poor that a pound package would en-
danger the line.
On Thursday Mrs. Thomas Tressler
of Juniata twp, was thrown out of a
wagon and somewhat bruised while
driving to Newport. The accident was
caused by the wagon striking the ami
n1al3c hool- in Crntuu Anvun hilI
it to run.
Henry S. Date of Chicago, ILL.,, prom
lses to send pictures for money sent him.
We know of parties who have sent him
money but failed to receive any return.
He may be very honest man but his
manner of doing business does not
please those who have lost their money.
The parties who committed the burg
larry on the premises of Marx Dukes &
Co., at Newport, have been arrested at
Harrisburg 1t seems they did succeed
in entering the room formerly occupied
by e. B. Fleck, from which they stole
some articles which had been left there.
They are all Harrisburg fellows known
as hard cases.
The Net0s says: While Rev. S. w.
Seibert was regularly appointed by the
late Conference of the Evangelical Asso-
citation to the Juniata district, he was
also granted supernumerary relations,
which he purposes to take advantage of
and rest from ministerial labor the cur
rent year, which leaves Juniata district
to be supplied.
The following are the officers and
teachers Of the Evangelical Sabbath
School of Elliottsburg: Supt. ID. r..
Kane Aassist Supt. ID. ]. Kell: Sect.
ii. Foose; Librarians, ]. Ehatto; and
Frances Hartman Teachers of Bible
class, Mrs. Brader and J. w. Gehr.-
Other teachers, Frank Rice; Thomas
Hench BENZ. Zimmerman and Phemie
BradeT. Lecturer from the Black board
DIR. Conrad.