Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-02-15
Just as We Found Them.

Female "queer-ahovers" are doing
iushing business in Cincinnatia.
Senator Wilson. it is said, intends to
reply to Mr. Blacks article in the Feb
ruary GALAXY.
Tenn essee has imposed tax on dogs
for the school fund. One dog for each sas;
family is exempted, ..,
Gov. Geary has appointed Hon. w
NJ. Hall Judge of the Bedford district
in place of Judge King, deceased. .esl'es
A hotel at Kenrosha, Wis, was des,,
troyed by fire, one night last week
Three woman and four children perished
in the flames. aa ir.i -ri ,7s .''
| A Chicago woman asks for a divorce
on the ground that her husband has new
er, in all their seven years Of married
life. kissed her once. = .' Us 7-t -.
| They had an original snow squall in
Vermont last week. which was accompani-
eddy thunder and lightning, a horse be-
ing struck by the latter.
! A Canadian editor thinks it worth
while to explain that when he wrote
The Ames Failure the types made it
read The Loves and Fishes.' 10. 4
| Hon. Thos. A. Scott is named in con-
nection with the Presidency of the Union
Pacific Railroad. In that position. he
would be the right man in the right place.
A western paper, describing the debut
of young orator, says; ale broke the
ice felicitously with his opening, and was
almost Immediately drowned with ap-
plause."
The bellies of Saratoga and Newport
are outdone by the wife of Mehemet Ali,
who required five hundred camels to
transport her baggage when she went
visiting. ---.... .... ..-.....-..-.--- - {
One of the "lost arts has been found.
1t is believed that the principal preserva-
tive substance used in enbalming the
mummies of Egypt was carbolic acid, in
the crude state. - .-..
Little Susan Amour, at Lebanon, N.
H., Tapped the snow off an iron post.
and her tongue stuck to the frozen metal.
After much effort. she was separated from
the post in a bloody condition, and is now
suffering from the occurrence.
A commi tee of one hundred and fifty
ladies of North Attleboro, Mass, having
tried in vain to persuade the liquor deal
ers of the place to abandon their business,
now threaten to substitute violence for
persuasion.
Four years ago Mrs. Cobledic, of
Cleveland, kindled fire with kerosene,
and was badly burned. On Monday last
she repeated the experiment. and this
time. killed herself. besides badly burn
ing her daughter .7.-rtss-. -.'
The present severe winter in England
has caused several independent gentle
men to appear on the streets of London
in grea, coats extending from the ne:k to
the ankle. They prefer comfort to fash
ion. .-.. ...-...--.... ...
The Superintendent of the Census now
declares his inability to furnish a COM
pendulum of his report before the 4th Of
March. The troublesome States appear
to be South Carolina and Texas, from
which not over half tie counties have
been reported.
A Washington correspondent relates
that prominent at the last Presidents re-
ception was a burly citizen OF Croydon,
N. H., who resolutely kept his hat on,
telling the ushers that he had heard how
fellows at Washington stole strangers
hats, and he didn't mean to have his
stolen.
There is great deal OF courage some
time. in small boys. A lad in Bridgeport
had three,fngers of his right hand taken
off few days since by drop press in
brass shop. Looking upon his bleed
ing hand, the brave little fellow exclaim-
ed "I'll bet mother will cry when she
sees that" ' ...-- '~
A .orrible tragedy occurred at Egg
Harbor, N. ] on Thursday, the Cd inst.
A Mrs. Michel, while laboring under
temporary insanity, killed two of her
children, both very young. by throwing
them into a well, and then committed
suicide by jumping in herself She also
attempted to drown another of her chill
dren, boy ten years old, but he manag
ed to escape from her. ... .r4s.l l,.G
Azariah Moses, of Mercer county,
made the journey from Connecticut via
Harrisburg and Pittsburg, to his present
place of residence, in 179S, with an OK
team, being AZ days. on the route. At
that time New Castle contained six or
seven log houses, and Sharon wa. in
habited only by Indians. The first
white settler of the latter place was a man
named Jones. Mr.. Moses is hale and
and hearty batchelor of 80 years, and
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