Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-07-26
Just as We Found Them.

led to the production Of 7s3 love letters
by the lady.
In New York city disease prevails
among the horses, that in many cases
proves fatal.
London has a greater population than
the twelve largest cities of the United
States combined.
Sin is never at stay if we do not
retreat from it, we shall advance in it /;
and the further on we 80, the more we
have to come back.
The sun shining through slightly
convex pane of glass ignited box OF
matches in a house in Canandaigua q
few afternoons since. ea .s
Single house lots sell at Newport. R.
l., for $50, 900 and $40 900 each. Few
residences in our large cities are built on
land costing so much.
| One of the handsomest cottages at
Newport is built upon a rock, and has an
iron band which goes entirely across the
roof of the house and fastens it down Sc
curely. .'
Up to the time of the latest dates let.
ters from England say the question there
was. "Are we to have any summer :"
Correspondents were sLivering as they
wrote.
Of the six thousand people at Sara
toga, last week, it is estimated that only
five hundred were there ON account of
their health. The others came to see
and be seen .r. o.. ..r..s s..
Powdering their arms is habit of
fashionable young ladies in New York,
which is severely commented upon -
What are arms good for without powder
TO make them go of : ....r
Mr.. Geo. Campbell, a Canadian farmer
of Thorndale, was murdered on the 18th
inst, by two robbers, who afterwards
ransacked the house for money, but OBJ
tanned only ten cents.
The chinch bugs have destroyed two
thousand acres of corn and nine-tenths
of the oats crop in Jackson township,
Missouri. jackson is one of the best
agricultural townships in Missouri
a country youth from Georgia lost all
his money gambling. and then sat down
and cried, The winner returned him
his money; telling him to go home, and
in future to "gambol on the green
In the city of London there are but
two professional experts, whose opinion
on the identification of handwriting
is of any value In Boston almost
every bank officer is regarded as an
expert. r.. - .....
A young lady and one of her gentle
man friends, iu Cincinnati, had friendly
struggle ior the possession of loaded
pistol. a few days ago They didn't
know it was loaded" until she received a
About year ago, German named
Heffelhnger bought a farm on the Muncy
hills, Lycoming county, for S5O00-
Since then coal has been discovered on
the land and $50 600 has been offered
him tor the farm.
On Wednesday evening two weeks
ago. Otto Hnbers jewelry store in War
rem was broken into, and between $4,000
and $1,000 worth of goods stolen. At
ter collecting their booty, the thieves
stole horse and buggy worth $500 to
carry it away.
They have an original way of serving
the boys for going in swimming in West
Brownsville during the day. When they
go in the water in front of residence,
the ladies go for their clothes and carry
them to the m lin street. and the boys are
forced to go after them. They never
need the second warning.
A fish dealer in Lock Haven few
days ago got some fish from Philadelphia.
On opening one, he found in it a very
nice pearl handle. four bladed knife,
about two and half inches in length th.-
The knife was not much corroded, and
evidently it could not have been in the
fish for any length of time. .......
1t is estimated that $4,000 worth of
whortleberries were gathered last year
on the Blue Mountains between the
Delaware and Lebigh rivers. Besides
the quantity consumed at home, immense
quantities were shipped to the cities
We learn that the crop this year prom
ises to surpass that of last year.
The Indian substitute for tobacco ia
the bark of red willow. 1t is scraped
fine and dried. When smoked it pro-
duces no sickness or headache, and the
Indians of Wisconsin who use it turn
from tobacco with disgust. 1t is called
"Kinnekanic" and is said to be an anti
scorbutic.
Jas. Irwin, Jr., well to do and highly
esteemed citizen of Elizabeth township,
Allegheny county, committed suicide on