THE TIMES, NEW BLOOM FIELD, PA., I)ECEMlEK 18, 1877. Whole Farms Washed Away. Nover in the memory of man lias tliure occurred Biich a 1'Ibo in the streams of Hampshire county, W. Va., m by the recent flood, nor bo great destruction of crops and fencing. Bo extensive lins been the destruction that it amounts to a calamity. Along tho South Brnnch scarce ly a shock of corn or a slnck of liny re mains ; the wholo vallpy Is a clean sweep ; crops and fencing, and tlio embankments are all broken and swept away. All the fat cattle and other stock of every kind are loft on the hands of the farmers at the beglultig of winter without food, and pro bably not a sufficiency of food loft to winter the horses that are used to till the ground ; consequently the cattle must be thrown on the market, or seek a more favored country for food. A despatch from Moorcllelcl, Hardy county, say that the destruction by the Hood in that county alone will reach 400, 000. There are not a thousand shocks of corn in the valley of the South Branch of the Potomac. Farms have been washed completely away, and land that was worth $100 an aero is now utterly without value. The suffering among the cattle is very great, and hundreds of farmers are ruined. The torrent reached from mountain to mountain, and was twenty feet deop. A Priest Said to Have Been Kidnapped. Detroit, Mich., December 5. The eve ning papers give an account of tho recent abduction of Father Fitzpatrick of King, ville, Out., sixteen miles from Windsor. Fitzpatiick lived next to Eider Heudeison, with whom he became intimate, and by whom he was converted to Methodism. On Friday Fitzpatiick appeared ot tho Methodist Conference at Belle River, and embraced the faith, an exciting crowd of Catholics attending. Fitzpatiick, accom panied by Henderson, started to return to Kingvillo, and on the way stopped for supper at a bouse near Essex. While wait ing for Biipper Fitzpatrick was called out by two men, supposed to be members of the Kingville Catholic Church, who said they would like to talk with him concern ing the step be bad just taken. The three strolled leisurely down tho road until out of sight of the house, and nothing has been seen of Fitzpatrick since. An inves tigation is in progress. The Catholics in Canada as well as in Detroit are Btirred up over Fitzpatrick 's defection. It is believed tbe kidnapped priest was kept at the bouse of the priest at Maidstone Cross that night, and the next day taken to a convent at Sandwich or Amerstburg. Can a Wife Hire Her Husband? A novel question presented itself before Judge Bchenck, at Asheville, North Carolina, recently. At the spring term of Buncombe Court, Judge FurcheB sentenced one Shaft to Imprisonment In tho County Jail for Bix months. After be had remain ed in jail a month, the Couuty Commis sioners, having seen the recent act of As sembly allowing them to hire out convicts to the public works, or " Individuals," proceeded to hire Shaft out to bis wife for $3 per month, and Shaft moved his quar ters to the old domicil as tbe prisoner and "hireling" of his wife. Tho matter now presented by the Solicitor of the Court, His Honor ordered that Shaft be committed to prison as an escaped convict, holding that though the lcttor of the law had been com plied with, it was a violation of its spirit and meaning, and a virtual nullification of tbe sentence of tbe Court. Capt. McLoud, who is the prisoner's couusel, has appealed to tbe Supreme Court. Skirmish Between a Journalist and a Mayor. Isaac M. Brown, editor of the Columbus, Indiana " Republican," has been making things hot for gamblers aud other wrong doers in that city, and has been bringing bis stogas down upon the corns of Mayor Cooper, who, be declares, agreed to wiuk at infractions of the law as the price of bis olection. On Sunday the mayor and tbo oditor met, and after a war of words buckled in. The editor displays two black eyes, and the mayor shows up with a chawed thumb and a loss of wbiskors. Lawrence, Kan, December 11. The Simpsou bank, of the city, went into voluntary liquidation yestorday, and J. S. Chew was appointed receiver. It was tbe oldest banking institution in tbe city. It is believed that the assets of the bank, if not sacrificed, will bo sufllcieut to pay tho creditors iu full. O Stephen A. llavilaud, who is sup posed to be tho most correct type-setter in New York, died recently, aged 00 years. lie bas been known to set twelve book pages of type, in mixed Greok, Latin and English, without an error; and the remark able feat of setting a concordance to the Bible iu diamond type without an error is attributed to him. A Business Widow. A St. Louis widow bas on band a law suit to break the will of ber first husband, another to recover tbe Insurance money on the life of tbe second, and a third 'to ob tain alimony from tbe last. "' VEGETINE WILL CURE RHEUMATISM. Mr. ALBERT rKOOKKR, tlio well-known dniggl't nnd apothecary, of Sprlngvaip, Me., al ways advise every one troubled with Rheuma tism to try VEUETTNE. HEAD 1IIH RTA 7 EMU NT. Sprlngvalo, Mo., Oct. 12. 1970. Mr. If. II. Stevens: Dear Sir Fifteen years ago last full twin taken sick Willi It I ic u itiiU I hiii , wits nimble to move until the next A pi ll. From that time until three years ago thin all I sullered everything Willi rheumatism. Sometimes there would be weeks at. a time that I could not step on stept theseattacks were quite often. I suf fered everything thaf a man could. Over three years ago fast spring I commenced taking Veire tine anil followed It until I hud taken seven but bottles; have had no rheumatism slnee tlmt time I always advise every one troubled with rheuma tism to try Vegetlne, and nut. sillier tor years as I have done. This statement Is gratuitous as far as Mr. Stevens Is concerned. Yours. Ac. ALBERT ntOOKK.lt, Firm of A. Crouker St Co., Druggist nnd Apoth ecaries. VEGETINE HAS ENTIRELY CURED ME I rtoston.Oct. 1870. Mr. II. It. Stevens: Dear Blr My daughter, after having asevere attack of Whooping Cough, was left In a feeble slule of health, llelng advis ed by a friend she tried the Vegetlne, and aficr using a few bottles was fully restored to health. I have been a great sullerer from Rheumatism. Ihavetaken several bottles of the Vegetlne for this eompliU lit, and am happy to say It has entire ly cured me. I have recommended the Vegetlne to others with the same good results. Jt Is agreat cleanser and purlller of the blood; It Is pleasant to take and I can cheerfully recommend It. JAMEH MOUSE, 304 Athens St. lUieuinnllNm la a Disease of tlio Blood. The blood In this disease, Is found to contain an excess of fibrin. Vegetlne acts by converting the blood Horn Its diseased condition to a heulthv circulation. Vegetlne regulates the bowels which Is very Important In th's complaint. One bottle of Vegetlne will give relief, but to effect a per manent cure It must be taken regularly, and may take several bottles, especially In case's of long standing. Vegetlne Is sold by all druggists. Try It, and your verdict will be the same as that ol thousands before you, who say. "1 never found so much relief as from the use or Vegetlne," which Is composed exclusively of Barks, Jtoots and Herbs. "Vegetlne," says a Iloston phvsiclan, "lias no equal as a blood purlller. Healing of Its many wonderful cures, after all other remedies had failed, I visited the laboratory and convinced myself of Its genuine merit. It Is prepared from barks, roots and herbs, each of which Is highly etrectlve. and they aro compounded In such a manner as to produce astouisliln results." VEGETINE. NOT1IIXG EQUAL TO IT. South Salem. Mass., Nov. 14, 187U. Mr. H. R. Stevens: Dear Sir I have been troubled with Scrofula, Canker and Liver Com plaint for three years; nothing ever did me any good until 1 commenced using the Vegetlne. I consider there is nothing equal to It for such complaints. Can heartily recommend it to every, body. Yours trulv. , . MRS. LIZZIE M.PACKARD, No. 10 Lagrange street. South Salem, Mass. V EOETIN IS Prepare H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegctiue Is Solil by all Druggists. 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