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THK TIMES NEW
BLOOM FIELD, PA., JULY
10, 1881.
THE TIMES.
JTew Jilootnfteld, July 19, 1881.
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Latest From Washington.
The condition of the President at nine
o'clock a.m., Monday, was satisfactory
to his physicians. They report him as
progressing slowly and they think
surely towards convalescence, though
they do not call him as yet out of
danger, and It will be several weeks
before all dauger will be passed.
Pulse this morning, 88; temperature,
081 ; respiration, 18.
Otf Tuesday morning a tralu on the N.
J. Southern It. It., ran oft' the track
while crossing a bridge near Manchester.
One car was dropped into the water and
one man was fatally Injured and several
others badly hurt.
To prove that It takes all kind of
people to make a world we note the fact,
that a few days ago a Washington
woman took some broiled chicken, jellies
and other delicacies to the jail with the
request that they be given to the assas
sin, Gulteau. Her request was notgraut
ed much to her disgust.
The dead lock in the Senatorial con
test at Albany was broken on Saturday.
To fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Piatt, Hon. Warner Miller, at
present member of Congress for the
twenty-second New York district, was
elected. No election was made for the
short term, in place of Conkllng.
A New Jersey militia captain who
was Indiscrete enough to make a slighting
remark about the wounded President,
was obliged in consequence to remain In
retirement while his company was out
ou parade the other day and was a wit
ness of the burning of himself in effigy
by an excited crowd that would have
severely handled himself in person had
he fallen In their way. In several other
instances men learned that it was a good
time to keep either a civil or a silent
tongue in their heads.
Guiteau thinks it was the. first shot
that made the terrible wound in Mr.
Garfield ; he says that the President
sank down, at that shot. When spoken
to on the subject Mr. Garfield said : " I
think so too." He spoke of the terrible
shock he received when he felt the bul
let, and he says he felt his knees giving
away from under him. With the doc
tors he believes that the arm shot.whlch
only grazed the skin, would not have
affected him so much. Ills recollections
of the entire affair are very clear.
Threatens to kill Guiteau.
Washington, July 12. Secretary
Blaine received iu his mail yesterday a
postal card postmarked St. Louis, Mo.,
but without signature, upon, which the
writer stated that he had carefully
watched the reports relative to Presiden t
Garfield and should not be satisfied with
the simple incarceration of Guiteau in
an insane asylum or for a term of years
in the penitentiary, but that he had
vowed by all that was holy to take
vengeance for the suffering needlessly
caused President Garfield, and to kill
Guiteau himself, wilch statement he
desired not to be forgotten.
A Merited Retribution.
In Heard county, Ga., a fellow named
Waldrop committed an assault on the
wife of Dr. John Mitchell and then
murdered her. There was no doubt of
his guilt and after two days search by
the friends of the deceased, he was
arrested. That night a body of armed
men took him from jail and led him to
the spot where he committed the crime,
tied him with wires to a stake and then
placing pine around him burned him to
death. His screams rang out on the
quiet country air, and the flames lit up
the scene with lurid glare. The death
struggles were horrid, but not a man
stirred. Standing in a circle around the
human sacrifice, they looked with stolid
indifference at the horrid expiation of
llis crime. From first to last the officers
made no effort to save the prisoner for a
legal doom. If they had it would have
been futile, for popular passion was
frenzied. Waldrop was 23 years old,
and a man of good address.
The Murderous Toy Pistol In Baltimore.
A Baltimore paper says : There have
been a remarkable number of fatalities
here among children injured by ex
ploding paper caps on toy pistols within
the past few days. Up to this evening
eight children and youths have died of
lockjaw, superinduced by what appeared
to be trilling burns.
Terrible Thunder Storm.
A terrible storm passed over New
York, Brooklyn and Long Island, ou
Wednesday. During the funeral serv
ices in the Evangelical Church at Green,
vllle, for Wolfgang Stoecel, a prominent
member of the Knights of rylhias, a
thunderbolt fell within a few feet of the
building and shook It to Its foundation,
a panic ensued in the church. Many
ladles fainted, and those who retained
their senses rushed for the door. Anoth
er bolt struck the pole of one of the car
riages outside the church and knocked
the horses down. The horses attached
to the other carriages were frightened
and ran away. They were, with diffi
culty, recaptured. The minister sue
ceeded, finally, In restoring order In the
church, and the services were finished.
A lightning bolt darted out of the clouds
overhanging the suburbs ofBrooklyn,
killing Theresa Kelley, aged 12, of 1,740
Dean street. The child was bareheaded.
She had been sent upon an errand, and
was at Buffalo avenue and Dean street,
on her way to a grocery for a can of
milk and a package of pot cheese. The
lightning struck the can in her hand,
aud, running up her arm, left a purple
streak In Its path. It burned her eye
brows and hair. She was thrown down,
and when first approached was not dead,
but she died soon after being removed to
the grocery. Her father, Bernard Kelly,
last night removed her body to his
home. The place where the accident oc
curred is sparsely settled. In a garden
close by a laborer named Kenny was dig
ging with a spade. He was paralyzed by
the same stroke that killed the girl, and
It was over two minutes before he was
able to let go of the spade. Then he
seemed to have lost the free use of his
limbs. The child's body turned black a
few hours after the accident.
New York, July 15. Word was re
ceived at police headquarters late this
afternoon that three men had stolen
$10,000 in bills at the Grand Central
Depot aud escaped. The robbery, upon
Investigation, was found to have been
committed boldly in the open street.
At noon Charles Messersrnldt, a clerk
in the(employ of Jacob Ituppert, brewer,
drove In a light wagon from the brewery
at Ninety-second Street and Third
Avenue, down to deposit a sum of
money in the Germanla and Nassau
Banks. With him In the wagon was
Gustave Akerlon, an ofllce-boy. They
carried $9,300 in bills done up in a
package, and a bag filled with silver
dollars. At Forty-seventh Street their
wagon was run into by a vender's
wagon, in which three men were seated.
The supposed peddlers sprang from
their wagon, two attacked the clerk,
while the third cut .the reins of his
horse. In an instant they had seized
the package of bills, and, jumping back
in their cart, drove furiously down
Lexington Avenue, the bag of silver
fulling iu the street, making their escape.
Is It a Swindling Concern.
The Standard Oil Company is openly
charged with swindling the public by
marking on their barrels more gallons
than the barrels hold and then putting
from one to four gallons less into a bar
rel than it will hold, thus cheating the
merchants out of from four to eight gal
lons of oil in every barrel. This has
been asserted lu the Drug Heporter, and
the publisher of the Bradford Star says
he has tested a number of barrels and
found the charges to be true whilst the
barrels of all other dealers tested had
ful measure. If the charge Is true the
sooner all dealers stop buying the oil
made by this company the better.
Racing Ahead of a Locomotive.
Eiiinecliff, N. Y., July 11. A
crowd of persons at the Hudson River
depot in this city on Saturday afternoon
were horrified to see a team of horses
racing down the railroad track ahead
of a rapidly moving tralu. A teamster,
to make a short cut, had attempted to
cross the track above the depot Instead
of at the regular crossing. Just as he
got on the track he heard a loud screech
from a locomotive's whistle, aud, turn
ing around, saw a train , almost upon
him. He put the whip to his horses,
aud when he turned off the track at the
station the locomotive grazed the rear
end of his wagou. It was voted the
narrowest escape that crowd had ever,
seen.
Shocking Wife Murder In Maine.
Bath, Me., JulylZ Benjamin Cross
man, a drawtender on Hodgdou's
Island, Sheepsscot River, left home
yesterday with his wife togo to Wiscasset
In a dory. At an early hour this morning
he was found in an intoxicated condition
on Barter's Island, and being questioned
as to his wife, replied : "I have commit
ted a horrible crime and want to be
hung." The dory was picked up in the
river and found to be smeared with
blood from end to end, the inference
being that the woman had been literally
chopped in pieces and thrown overboard.
Cross man is a peaceable man when not
In liquor, and Is about 40 years of age
He was sent to Jail.
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A Cool Robbery.
Sidney, Iowa, July 12. The bank of
Davis & Sexton at Itlverton was robbed
of $4,000. Two men rode into the town
about 4 P. M. ou horses stolen last night
near Sidney, and hitched the animals
back of the bank. While Mr. Sexton
was getting money from the safe to
change a bill for them they leaped over
the counter, placed revolvers at his head,
took the money, fled to the back door,
aud rode deliberately away, inviting the
crowd to follow. A large company Is
in pursuit. At the last accounts the
robbers were near the Missouri Hue, aud
the prospect of their capture la good.
A Queer Way to Prevent Hydrophobia.
As Susie Hunt, a twelve year old girl,
was playing with a pet cat at her home,
0 Adams street, Hoboken, on Sunday
evening, the animal scratched her
slightly on the hand. This angered the
girl, and she gave the cat a severe beat
ing. A few minutes after, while the
girl was sitting In a chair reading, the
cat sprang upon her and fastened its
teeth in her nose. The girl's mother,
who witnessed the occurrence, seized
the cat, and cutting Its head off, washed
the girl's face with the blood, In order,
as she said, to prevent .hydrophobia.
Heavily Insured.
A letter from Westminster, Carroll
county, Md., dated the 12th lust., says:
Itobert Bell, colored, died In this city
last night, aged somewhere In the
eighties. His life was kuown to have
been Insured for a large aggregate sum,
and his death and insurance policies
were the chief topics of conversation
to day. Quite a number are interested
in the policies, and the whole amount
is estimated at $00,000. It la said that
$174,000 have been taken on his life
during the past two or three weeks, one
syndicate investing $55,000.
A Father's Terrible Mistake.
At Lyons, Ohio, some time ago the
post office was robbed and since that
time Postmaster C. E. Carmon has been
very watchful for the burglars. About
2 o'clock Saturday morning his atten
tion was aroused by seeing a figure on
the roof of the house and he fired the
contents of a breech-loading carbine
through the head of the supposed burg
lar. Examination revealed the horrible
fact that he had killed his 14-year old
son Elmer, who had gone out either in
a fit of somnambulism or to seek relief
from the terrible heat.
A Woman Killed by Lightning.
Port JeuviS, N. Y., July 12.
During the terrible thunder storm of
yesterday morning he house of John
Brandt, near Calllcoon depot, Sullivan
county, was struck by lightning and
Mrs. Brandt was instantly killed. Her
body was horribly mutilated. The
house and the dead woman's clothes
were fired, but the flames were extin
guished before much damaged was doue.
The lightning struck In three other
places In the same neighborhood.
A Difficult Problem Solved.
Ambition, competition and over-exertion
use up the vital powers of men and
women, so that a desire for Btimulants
seems to be a natural human passion,
and drunkenness prevails on account of
this necessity for bodily and mental in
vigoration. Parker's Ginger Tonio fair
ly solves the difficult problem, and has
brought health and happiness into many
desolate homes. It does not tear down
an already debilitated system, but builds
it up without Intoxicating. 201m
Miscellaneous News Items.
tWA. fifteen year old son of Mr. Enders,
of AVayno township, Dauphin county, was
struck by lightning aud killed ou Monday
afternoon whllo driving cow from a field.
tSThe scxtou of a.cburcu at Glovers
ville, N. Y., paid $50 for pushing a man
back from the door wbo attempted to leave
church before the services were closed.
tSTBernard Brogau, near Tipton, lad.,
while binding wheat, bound up in a sheaf
a blue-bellied snake, which bit him on the
finger. Ills finger has since swollen, and
turned the saino color of the snake.
63" At Sodous, N. Y., two rope walkers
gave a grand exhibition last Saturday, aud
one of the performers fell from the rope,
narrowly escaping death. The apprecia
tive audience raised a purse of twenty-five
cents aud presented it with compliments.
tIFA flock of sheep belonging to Jonah
Randolph and Norval Lindlcy of Cumber
laud township, Greene county, was attack
ed by dogs recently. Twenty of the flock
were killed outright and fifteen wounded,
some of the latter have since died.
C3T"Tbe British bark Beatrice, Captain
Stewart, loaded with oil, was struck by
lightning Thursday eveuing about 7 o'clock
while oif Reedy Island, near Fort Dele
ware, and with her cargo was entirely con
sumed by fire. One life was lost aud four
men were seriously injured.
t3S"Tbe other day Oncar Mather, 1 of
Shelbjvillo, Ind., received large Africau
milk snalte, some eight foot In length and
as lnrge around as a lamp post. It escaped
from a box In Dennoy'ii saloon, where It
had been placed, and all Shelby county is
standing on chairs, holding up Its skirts
and screaming.
CSrOn Monday night Miss Missouri
Slkes, nged 13, adopted In the family of
Mr. Ramsey, of Montgomery county, Ga.,
heard of the death of her brother Frank.at
his home In Houston county. The news so
shocked her nervous system that she retired
to her room and was soon afterward found
in a dying condition. She died soon after
ward. tTA German visited Delaware Water
Gap a few days ago on a tour of pleasure,
and while wandering over the rocks missed
his footing and rolled to the bottom a dis
tance of about ten feet. When be gained
his feet he mnde a minute examination of
bis various bruises, after which he took up
his lino of march for the hotel, with the
remark : "I dinks dese penuties of naturj
vas blayed out."
Orkai.oosa, Iowa, July 12. The hardest
lain for years visited this region yesterday
afternoon and last night. Cellars have
been flooded, bridges washed out, and rail
road tracks greatly damaged. Reports are
coming In from the couutry of losses of
slock, fences, and buildings on the low
lands. The rainfall by actual measure
ment was fivo and one-fourth Inches,
Nothing like this has been kuown for years.
ESTFour young men broke into the
house of Joanna Sullivan, at Landsfleld,
Berkshire county, Mass., last Saturday
night, aud taking her from her bed into
the open air, brutally tarred and feathered
her. The assault is thought to have been
provoked by the woman's habit of getting
herself and neighbors into the local courts
by petty suits. Two of the perpetrators
have been arrested.
Hudson, Wis., July 11. Fourteen cars
of a freight traiu on the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minnesota and Omaha railroad broke loose
yesterday and started backwards down a
steep grade towards North Hudson, acquir
ing a remarkable speed. At the depot
they crashed into another freight train,
killing its engineer, George Trider. The
engine and several cars were badly dam
aged, the loss being estimated at $40,000.
Milwaukee, July 11. A special dis
patch from Menomenee says two despera
does shot and killed Under Sheriff Cole
man of Duun county and Charles Coleman,
sheriff of Peppin county, Wis. The mur
derers are the Williams brothers, horse
thieves from Illinois. They escaped after
shooting the officers and are armed with
Winchester rides. A heavy reward is
offered for their capture.
tA bee tree was cut dowu on the lands
of the Lackawauna Iron and Coal Company
a few days ago, when a nest of large black
snakes was found in the hollow of the tree
below the bee combs. The bees and snakes
entered through the same hole, which was
located about thirty feet above the ground,
and the fact that the combs of the bees
contained no honey, the supposition is that
their near neighbors bad dovoured the
fruits of their toil as fast as it was gath
ered. tW Mr. Orlando Weatherbee, says an
exuhaugo of ours, proprietor "The Spencer
Pharmacy," Spencer, Mass., reports : My
customers speak very highly of the Great
Gorman Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, it having
always given excellent satisfaction. One
of them, Mr. Henry Bleecher, has been
greatly benefited by its use in a case of
severe rheumatism, and he refers to it iu
terms of highest praise. Cteve. Leader.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C, July 13, 1881.
Against the opinion of anyone else, Guiteau
lias held that the first bullet fired by him was
the one which so seriously wounded the Presi
dent. He was bo rjcar the object of his wrath
and was so perfectly cool, that ho could hardly
have missed the exact figure of the President,
but, supposing the President to have swayed
to one side, as Guiteau says he did, after the
first shot, It Is easy to see that even a well
aimed second bullet might miss lha Intended
point. The President now agrees with Guiteau
that the first bullet made the serious wound.
The opinion of Senator Blaine, who Is said to
have been remarkable cool, during the scene,
would be valuable, but he refuses to talk for
publication. Col. Rockwell, intimate friend of
the President, says the latter, If he recovers,
would not accept the money now being sub
scribed for him. Neither, It is believed, would
Mrs. Garfield lu the unhappy event of a fatal
result to the President's wouad. The few
dozens of people wbo make up this quarter of a
million will doubtless find pleasure in so
doing, and we have no right to question the
motives of any of them. But auy necessary
provision for those a murdored President
should leave behind him should be made la
such a way that the recipients will feel that
all the people united la It, and this can only
be done by acts of Congress, the payment of
the President's salary for a full term and a
pension for services as commander In chief of
the army, both of which appropriations are
sanctioned by precedent will answer the
purpose. For the sake of the eniluent pro
prieties of the case, and because of the desire
of every citizen to be represented to such case,
this would seem to be tho better way of treat
ing the subject.
Geu. Arthur, as Is known came here at the
requost of the Cabiuet. All the members of
that body agree' now that the Immediate
danger is past In the President's Case, the Vice
President returns to New Tork city. His
Interview with Mrs. Garfield yesterday was
Tory agreeable, many circumstances making it
more so than their first after the shooting of
the President.
It Is pretty well settled that for the presont,
at least, tbere will be no discrimination made
on account of politics, In the discharges from
the pension ofilce. Over one hundred persons
will be dismissal this week, the reduction
being made necessary by the limited appro
priation for the payment of clerks, etc., but,
according to present advices, efllclency only
will be considered In selecting the victims. It
may be said In this connection that the now
commissioner Is making several changes la
the ofilce which promise to be beneficial.
Kno.
Once More
We announce the arrival of NEW
GOODS suited to the season. We have
added Buntings, Ginghams, Seersuck
ers, Laces, Ilibbons, Fans, (some of
them very handsome) and many other
articles that the ladles now need.
We think these new arrivals are not
only desirable In style and quality but
call them cheap, at the price we have
marked them.
Our stock of Dry Goods aud Notions
we are taking special pains to keep well
sorted up, and, as you will want to come
and see those articles we will give you
prices when you call. You often want
to send the children for Groceries and
articles or that kind, and we therefore
state a few prices :
Sugars, 8,0, 10 and 11 cts. per pound.
Green ColTee, 12i, 15 and 18 cents.
Roasted " 17 and 22 cents.
Best Carolina Rice 3 pounds for 25 cts.
Prunes (very nice) 3 " " 25 cts.
Syrup, 10, 121 and 15 cts. per quart.
Best New Orleans molasses 75c. per gal.
Cheese, 15 cents per pound.
In addition to the Goods named above
we have Canned Vegetables and Meats,
of only the best brands, Corn Starch,
Oat Meal, Pickles, Chocolate, Gelatine,
Raisins, Maple Sugar, Spices of all
kinds, and in fact a full assortment of
goods iu that line.
Ladies wanting Dress Goods or No
tions of any kind will find it to their
advantage to give us a call. Those who
cannot call, can get samples of Dress
Goods by mail, and mail orders will be
promptly filled.
Wo have many other lines of goods
we would like to mention, but have not
the space. We extend you an invita
tion to call and look at our stock of Ties,
Gloves, Hosiery, White Goods, Buttons
etc., etc.
Ouestions for Men..
Do you want Cottonades or Cassimers
for yourself or the boys a suit V If you
do come and see what we can show
you.
Do you want a Hat for the boy or yous
self V We have them at various
prices. Do you want Shoes for yourself, wife or
child ? We have a good assortment
of a quality we can recommend.
Do you want Paints, Oils, or anything
in that line? If you do come and see
what we can do for you.
Do you want Iron or Hardware of ny
description t If so we can supply
your wants. Suppose you let us try it.
If you want any kind of goods, you
stand a good chance to find the article
you want in my stock.
F. Mortimer,
New Bloomfleld, Pa.
For a full line of Wall Paper, Station
ery, Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Picture
Frames, Books and Fancy Goods, give
W. H. GANTT, Newport, Pa., a call.
A full line of sheet music in stock. 3oiy
Still Alive I I am still alive and ready
to cut and fit suits in good style. If
wanting any work.in my line, give me
a, cull. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Samuel Bentzel,
TAILOR,
April 6, 'SO.tf New Bloomfleld, Pa.
Important to Travelers. Special in
ducements are offered you by the Bur
lington Route. It will pay you to read
their advertisement to be found else
where in this issue.
Take Notice. All persons are hereby
notified that trespassing on my land for
hunting or fishing, or for any purpose
whatever, Is forbidden, and persons so
trespassing or allowing their cattle to
trespass will be prosecuted according to
law.
i.'330 William Stambavoii.
Flour and Feed for Sale. The subscri
ber has Flour and Feed for sale at the
residence of his son, Albert Fry, on the
Krozler property, lu Centre township,
0 Frederick Fry.
A Large House In Newport for rent.
The undersigned having been disap
pointed in a tenant, oilers his house audi
grounds for nine dollars per month.
Milton B. Eshleman.
10 Newport, Pa.