The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-28
THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA, JUNE IS. 1881

sixtyseven yards week, which will re-
quire five years to complete the first bore.
1t will be when finished the biggest bore
in the world.
READING, Pa, June 10.-An accident oc-
cured to passenger train on the Schuyl-
kill and Lehigh Railroad yesterday, by
which Charles Matthews, the fireman, was
instantly killed. John Herbine, the engin-
eer jumped from his engine, receiving
slight injuries. The engine was complete
ly wrecked The cause of the accident
which had been placed on the track. One
end of it had been thrust under one Of the
rails, and the other end rested on the oppo-
site rail. Several passengers were slightly
injured.
G% An extreme drought is the cause of
great anxiety among the population of the
district of Orenburg, in Russia. The crops
have failed for three successive years, and
the danger that is now impending seems to
stifle all hope. The people form process
sions, with images of the saints, and march
about the fields. A dry west wind is blow
ing without intermission, and not cloud
appears iu the sky. This is accompanied
by an unusually high temperature. AS if
this were not bad enough, the embryo of
locust that last year caused wide devasta-
tion in some places has been found in large
numbers about the fields.
GB-Twelve years ago George Smith of
Columbia County, New York. married
pretty girl named Carrie Miller. After
several years of welded life wealthy
bachelor fell in love with Carrie, and
George consented to sell all right, title, and
interest in her for the sum of $4,000. The
money was paid, George resigned his wife,
and lent the $1,000 to his brother Abner of
Dutchess County, to be invested in i'm
provements upon farm. Now he wants
the money back and sues for it, and it is in
the prosecution of this suit that Georges
true marital history is brought to light
Abner sets up a counter claim for board,
washing, clothes. and supplies, and threat
ems George with a criminal prosecution
for theft.
GB-A few days ago pair of sparrows
were seen carrying strings, hay and feathers
into a small bird house on AN old carpen-
ter shop in the rear of SIT Broad street,
Newark. To-day persons going through
the old burying ground, on which the shop
fronts, can see the body of the female bird
4 a T.. I.
nest she got piece of string wound about
her neck The other end of the cord she
had woven into the nest, and when she flut-
tered ont of the box and attempted to free
herself, the cord straugled her. For sever
al days after her death the male bird how
cred over the body of his luckless mate
with food in his mouth for her. He has
not been seen since the storm.
SAN Francisco, June 2O.-The Eram-
iner this morning publishes an interview
with General w. II. s. Barnes the gener-
al purport of which is that the real Roger
Tichborne has at length turned up and has
unfolded his story to General Barnes, the
Duke of Sutherland and DIR. Bull
man and a full statement of the case has
been mailed to England by DR.. Russell.
Tichborne says he has been for a great
portion of the time in the United States
that he served through the war, was mar
ried in Brooklyn, N. Y, and is now living
in the vicinity of San Diego.
PITTsBURG, June 21.--A dispatch from
Freeport, Pa, says A serious accident oc-
Cured here between and O'Clock this
evening A western bound freight train
on the West Penn railroad ran over COW
near Buffalo creek bridge, throwing the en-
gine off the track on the bridge, causing
the structure to fall and precipitating the
engine aud ten cars into the creek. James
9. Repine, the engineer, and James Det-
rich, the fireman were instantly killed.
Major Snowdon, of Freeport, passenger
was also killed. The three bodies have
since been recovered. The engineer was
found wedged in the timbers. A brake
man named Gallagher, made narrow es-
cape by jumping from box car. Repne
and DIETRICH lived at Blairsville, Pa.
Szg Mr.M, f. Morse, Westboro', Mass,
mentions to us the gratifying information,
that St. Jacobs Oil relieved him of very
severe attack of Sciatic Rheumatism and
is an excellent thing Boston, Mass Ctd-
GUator.
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