The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-14
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JOln FlQ0lcle OF 1Oye JWp., nau one
of his feet badly crushed by O log roll
. ing on it few days ago.
s-/Mr John Black of Oliver twp, has
4 colt that is only two years and twenty
! 1.-TWO days old that weighs 1922 pounds.
Charles Gambler, of Duncannon while
working at the shears in the rolling mill
4 on Tuesday night, had his thumb badly,
mashed.
The horse of the rope walkers who
visited this town a few weeks since, ran
away at Huntingdon and broke leg
for the woman.
MIR. John Richie, of Centre twp, fell
And struck his knee-cap, on Monday
\ last, lamng himself so badly that he,
was laid up several days.
%An adjourned meeting of the Carlisle
Presbytery will convene in Duncanno on
v to day, when Rev. j. w. Gillard will
be installed as pastor of the church in
that'place.
1.-The Sunday School of the Church of
God will hold Picnic in Kirkpatrick's
y Grove, on the road leading from Dun
N cannon to Bloomfield, on Saturday the
, 18th inst.
/Abram Kell, j. B. Hench and John
/Kitner of Elliotsburg have already
bought large number of cows this
summer, and are shipping them to the,
eastern markets.
The insurance bill which was so bitter
ly fought by the spectators was defeated
finally for lack of one vote. We don't
see the name of the member from Perry
recorded as voting on either side.
That two thousand dollars of bribery
money, Speaker Sharpe has in his pos
session he has no right to keep neither
can it be returned to Bradley. Let him
send it ON here as a subscription towards
a railroad between Newport and Bloom
field.
I'VE are pleased to learn that Capt. d.
Mickey of this borough, has been award
ed the contract for the erection of the M.
E. Church, at Walnut Grove, this coun-I
ty. The Captain will put up good job
Contract price, $S75 90.
TNewport has awakened to the fact
THAT in order to keep up with Bloomfield
4 in Improvements it will be necessary to
have street lamps. Their town council
have therefore taken the requisite steps
to have them erected.
The bridge at Seidels Forge at Marys-
Vile has been damaged so that is inn
passable. This is the bridge that con-
meets that end of this county with Cum
high water moving the abutment.
1t is supposed the Newport "safe bur-
glary," was committed by the same
party who few nights previous bur-
glarized safe for Graybill Brothers, at
Millersburg. A party of suspicious fell
lows that had crossed the river were
seen near Mt Patrick.
For many years Mr.. B. McIntire of
N q ~ ho x1Jea
I er, and the amount of rain and snow
I that falls. The greatest rain that he
ever recorded was on Thursday morning
last when over two inches of water fell
within four hours. During the twenty
Nfour hours nearly four inches fell.
Mr.. Jacob Mickey had the misfortune
to back his horse and wagon over the
hill in the rear of the Falling Spring
Furnace on Saturday. The horse fell
back into the wagon breaking the top in
and otherwise damaging it. The animal
was uninj d.-Frdnklin Repository.
A summer kitchen belonging to /. G..
Stewart, McCoysville, Juniata county,
took fire on Friday aweek and was
burned. BY hard work the flames were
kept from the other buildings. Defec.
tive stove pipe arrangement was the
cause of the trouble.
4 NudIl6S vi
came near losing his life last week from
excessive bleeding at the nose. DIR. p.
j. Sheeder was called who plugged the
posterior nostrils, which is an operation
\ of considerable difficulty. The opera
\ ton was very successful, and in the per-
eformance Charles yorked considerably.
Jacob Long residing at East Newport
was found dead on the r.. r., track a
short distance below that town on Satur-
day morning. He had left home to go to
work and was probably struck by some
train. Coroner Sites held an inquest and
verdict was rendered in accordance
with the above facts. The deceased was
man over GO of age. He leaves wife
but no children.
The high water of Thursday carried
off the trestle and some of the planks
from the Miffiin bridge, and that with
the other debris that came down carried
off some of the trestle from the Newport
bridge The work there however, is so
for advanced that it will cause but little
delay and the loss will be only what the
timber was worth.
On "Wednesday night some thieves
entered the summer kitchen of Mr..
Samuel Dunkelberger, in Spring twp,
and stole lot Of -four, coffee etc, and
then went to the cellar from whence
they took two-bushel bag of flour and
crock of sausage. Spring and Carroll