Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29

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ported from certain parts Of Utah.
Many farmers throughout Nemaha
county, Wisconsin, have been compelled
to sell their stock, on account OF Prair'e
fires burning up their winter supply OF
hay.
A paper says in an obituary notice,
that "the deceased has been for several
wears a director of bank, notwithstand'
ing which he died a Christian, and uni
versally respected
Nearly all New York young gentle
men have their overcoats made with
pocket on one side, lined with flannel OF
fur, in which lady may slip her hand
when walking Of cold winters evening
Farmers in Crawford O. complain
that mice Are committing great depreciation
in their orchards. One gentleman. Mr..
Wv. Morse of Hay6eld. had one hun
dred trees garbled by the little pests.
While digging we'll in Washington
ILL.,, the other day, at the depth Of sixty
feet the workmen came upon Jumps OF
coal and chunks of wood. in a good state
of preservation, imbedded in the blue
clay.
a man in Topeka. Kansas disgnsted
at the boast of puffed up parent in a
neighboring town that he has % chill
dren, settles him with the truthful state
ment that he himself is the father of "a
children, and has given 22 good educa-
tons.
The house of a Miss Dale, near Tion-
esta. was entered, while che was absent.
the carpets cut to pieces, sofa ripped open,
furniture broken, bedding and clothing
torn 80 as to be unfit for use, and a g,n-
eral havoc perpctrated, causing loss Of
$500.
The laborers engaged in digging a
trial pit for the water works at Harris
burg, have struck fine vein of yellow
ochre, twelve feet below the surface The
ochre is entirely free from grit, and is
pronounced a first class article. 1t is
worth five dollars ton.
A married gentleman of Elizabeth,
New Jersey, lost valuable diamond pin
which he advertised iIi the Herald, leav-
ing fifteen dollars with the book keeper
as a reward to the finder His wife was
the lucky person She took the pin to
the Herald Office and got the money.
The Emperor William, of Germany,
is in his seventy fifth year, but bis hair
and beard alone betray his age. His
complexion is fresh, and his powers of en-
durance are still great 1t is thought he
owes his physical powers to his sim. lie,
soldier like mode of living. although he
comes of a strong and hardy family.
An applicant for the position Of do
mcstic in Danbury family was asked if
che understood how to use kerosene
Her reply exceeded the most sanguine
expectations Use it, is it 7" che ex-
claimed in tone Of reproachful expla-
nation; give me can of karysane and
I'd never ask for The lift of a Shawn. -
She was not engaged.
Elk county has the largest tannery in
the world. 1t is owned by NJ. NJ.
Schultz. who last year had $1,000 cords
of bark peeled upon his own lands for
the use of the taunery. and turned out
100000 sides of leather. lie now en-
ploys over 200 men, and in the time of
bark peeling increases the number to
about 1000
Between sixty and seventy deer have
been killed within two miles and half
of President furnace, near Oil City,
during the last four weeks. They have
not been so plenty before in the last
twenty years, and sportsmen are taking
advantage of their numbers. 1t is sup
posed that they have been driven in by
the great fires in other sections.
A burglar was caught at Somerville
from the circumstances of meeting
young lady in one of the rooms in her
night clothes. On seeing him she faint
ed and fell in his arms, and when the
people Of the house came in he was try
ing to bring her too with bottle of cam
phor. lie said no gentleman would go
off and leave a lady in such a condition
aa that