The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
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face value. Look out for them.
= If applicants for Clerk to Commission
ers increase much more, there will be o.
>great variety of candidates to select from
An exchange says that SCOT falling on
the carpet from open chimneys or from
carelessly handling stove-pipes, If COW
cred thickly with salt, can be brushed
up without damage to the carpet.
The election in Juniata county result
ed in the success of all the union ticket,
with the exception of President Judge.
The average majority on the balance of
the ticket was about two hundred.
The Courier says prosecution is ab out
to be begun against the managers of a
Life Insurance Company in Leba non
for malieiously conspiring "to cheat and
defraud by means of false pretences and
tokens"
The Orphans Home at Wormelsdorf
was burned on Thursday evening last.
The building was entirely destroyed,
but the inmates were all safely removed.
The party who removed that umbrella
from porch on Main street on election
night, will please return it and save ex-
posure.
Two men were in town on Saturday
night from near McAllisterville, Juniata
county, hunting for horse thief. They
had tracked him as far as Newport, but
from there no trace of him had been
found.
A leaking lamp taking fire on Friday
evening in Graham's law office, raised
the alarm of fire. The lamp was thrown
into the street before any damage was
done to the room, and no one was hurt
For minute or so it looked rather
alarming however.
Mr.. Joseph Wilson, workman at the
nail factory, while crossing the road to
the scrap house, one day last week, was
knocked down and run over by a two
horse team belonging to Mr.. George
Losh. He was badly bruised but no
bones were broken.-Record.
E9"A An exchange tells remarkable
story of the beneficial effects Of erecting
telegraph poles in Norway, 1t says
''they scare all wolves away from the
neighborhood, and many miles of line
have been put up for the double purpose
of securing rapid communication and
immunity from the wolves. Large dis
tricts have thus been cleared of the dan
gerous and troublesome brutes." If the
Norwegian poles are as small and poor
as some of the poles between here and
Newport we don't wonder ther are afraid
of them, they might fear they would
break off and fall on them.
Personal. = On Wednesday last Mr..
Chas. l.. Harling moved his tools to
Z West Fairview, Cumberland county,
where he will try his trade as shoemak-
er. If he likes 1t he intends to remove
his family to that place in the spring.
He is good workman and q steady, re-
liable citizen.
u William Witherow, graduate of the
AdUOcdte office, leaves on Tuesday morn
ing for Altoona, where he has secured
job on the Tribune.
esa Rev. Stine, who our citizens will re-
member as a visitor to this place a few
months since, was recently arrested at
Leavenworth, Kans., for robbery.
We are indebted to Mr.. Jos Bender of
Carroll twp, for few nice late pears.
The editorial fraternity of Newport
was we'll represented in town on Wednes-
day, brother Fry and Shrom both being
up Tor the election returns.
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Fine POtatOes.-We received bag of
New York potatoes from Messrs Rough
q Bro, Newport, that beat anything in
that line we have ever seen. They have
car load of them. They are large and
cook nice and mealy. Judging fiom the
size of these potatoes, the yield must
have been great, and they would be val
liable seed for our farmers to get.
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October Weather.-B. McIntire, Esq,
hands us the following report of the
weather for the month of October, 1881
Average of Thermometer at 8 o'clock
A. NJ, $50 z7' and Barometer 9e'inches
minus 5-tenths. Average of greatest
heat, $50 40 and of cold 46o 81. Sunday
the End was the warmest day, the Their
mometer registering 100. Thursday the
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