The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-19

GgrieG Items.
Harry Smith of this borough captur-
ed 10 fine bass at Losh's Run on Friday
last,
~ On Monday of last week Mr.. Martin
( Stambaugh residing near Ellottsburg
fell from load of grain fracturng his
hip. -
Mr.. John Buck of Bucks Valley lost
valuable COW few days since. Her
death was caused by collie.
The Ne,oS says: If proper terms can
be secured in leasing ground, the Perry
Co., Agricultural Society is a settled
fact.
ION Wednesday little son of Mr..
/Wm. Wallace of this place swallowed
carpet tack, which for time stuck in =
his throat but finally went down.
- The Duncannon Record is offered for
sale owing to the poor health of Mr..
Lupfer We trust Mr.. l.. will soon
recover his usual health.
The NJ E. Sunday School of this place
Y had very enjoyable picnic on Thurs
day last. The turn out was large and
the weather was all that could be desired
Mrs. Joseph Murphy of Oliver twp,
( was bitten on the arm by house snake
on Friday last The bite caused the arm
to swell fearfully and was very painful
for some hours.
Mr. Shuman Miller, of Nillerstown,
( is erecting a large and commodious
hotel on the ground formerly occupied
by the Lineweaver House, destroyed by
fire a few years ago.
49, A mare belonging to Mrs. DR.. Singer
of Newport tried to jump fence, and in
so doing fell and broke leg. 1t was
thought best to kill the animal to put
her out of misery.
4
&. Wallis, Esq, died last week fromf
scarlet fever after q very short Illness
1t was a sad affiiction, and we extend
y our sympathy to the afflicted family.
The barn belonging to Mr. L. G. Zim-
Imerman, in Aliens Cove, Penn twp,
took fire on Saturday week and was
destroyed together with over thirty tons
of hay, a large quantity of wheat, two
wagons and many other farming imple-
y ments. The loss is heavy; partly
covered by insurance. =
In field on Judge Elders farm, in
Juniata Co., spot of ground has sunk
to the depth of three feet. The hole
made by the sinking of the ground iS
quite large one, being 80 feet long and
l3 feet wide The cause of it, of
course can be only matter of conjecture.
There will be Sabbath School picnic
in the grove at ST. Pau's Church in
Madison twp, on Saturday, August
18th. The public is invited to attend.
No huckstering allowed unless permis-
sion is obtained from the committee of
arrangements.
On Friday last lady by the name of
Gable, having a five-weeks-old child,
got on the Chicago Express at Harris
burg to go to Lewistown. The child
took sick, and at Thompsontown died.
When the train arrived at Mifflin the
railroad company took charge of the
dead infant and had it buried.
A gentleman named Speckleson, "a resi-
dent of Baltimore, but on his way to
Altoona, was thrown from the platform
of the cars on the fast line as it was
passing round a curve near Rockville
on Monday of last week. He was going
from one car to another at the time
His body was sent to his friends.
On Monday a young man by the
name of Daniel Minnich, who works
for Mr. Hassler on William McLean's
farm, west of the borough, while back
ing loaded wagon into the barn, the
tongue slipped from his hand and struck
him on the cheek, breaking the jaw
bone in two places. His injuries were
attended to by DR.. Marshall, and he is
getting along as well as the painful
surroundings will admit of.-Shippens-
burg Aes0s.
Philip Shearer, aged tifty-nine, resid-
ing at corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and Calder streets, fell over dead at the
car shops between seven and eight
O'Clock Tuesday morning while at work
Coroner Shindler held an inquest on his
body and the jury rendered verdict of
death from natural causes supposed to
have been produced from over exertion
and the intense heat prevailing at the
time Deceased leaves an aged wife to
mourn his loss.
The Carlisle Mirror is much exercised
because the Bloomfield papers do not aid
in giving currency to a sensational story
promulgated by the Philadelphia Record
When the charges made are shown to
have any truth in them, it will be time
enough to help give them further circu-
lation. Those who best know the
parties, do not believe the charge made
true, and to give 1t circulation II false,
would be exceedingly unjust, and dis
creditable TO the paper so doing. The
editor of the Herold and Mirror should