Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-03-01
SHORT ITEMS.


The city treasurer of Pittsburg dis
bursed 81 2GO 255 90 last year.
t A school teacher in Clarke county
Iowa, has been dismissed for kissing the
! "big girls.'
An Albaiy atsh has been sent to pris-
on for five months simply for "borrow-
ing" an umbrella.
A Mr.. Mabus of Lewisburg, while 60
ing home the other day, slipped and fell,
breaking his leg in three pssces.
Texas reports that there is lees law
lessness there'now than there sas been
at any time since the war began:
A Virginia boy. l6 years old. died
few days ago, after suffering intense
agony, caused by eating painted French
candy,
A Chicago girl ssss she does not get
married for the reason that she does not
know whose husband she might be mar
rying-
A citizen Of Montrose had to pay s25
the other day for purchasing bottle Of
whiskey for young man of intempers
ate habits. .1.. ...
A careless printer made dancing mas
ter's card read,."I ofser 1ty respectful
shanks to all who have honored me with
their patronage"
A tough old widower. in response to
neighbor who addressed words of COM
fort TO Nirs, replied. "WaH, yes. I
shall miss Rer-she was very expen-.
sive woman"
The measels are very prevalent among
the children of Butler, over 100 cases
being IN the town. Some of the schools
are in consequence nearly stripped Of
their scholars.
There are two brothers, twins, living
in Massachusetts town at the age of rs
years. WHO learned the house-carpenter's
trade together, married sisters. and have
always lived together.
Fhe present Gar Alexander is said to
have reverence amounting to supersti-
ton for his i,ther Nicholas, who the son
believes was directed by Heaven in all
his undertakings.
Leonard Choate, tie Newburyport in
cendiary, of whom We asea to hear SO
much a little while ago, has been sen
seneed TO the State prison to hard labor
for ife
Rev. Hugh Mathews Mormon preach
er n PlahiEville, Chester county. has
been Converted to the faith of the United
Berthren, and has entered into full fellow.
ship with them.
A little girl joyfully assured her moth
er the other day, that she had found out
where they made horses-she he'd seen
man in a shop inst finishing one of
them, for he was mailing on his last foot
The new King Amadeus of Spain. is
said to be very much attached to dogs,
having taken with kimt to Madrid fully
30 of the 4uadrupeds, rarying between
the Scotch terrier and the English bull
dog.
A fish. twenty feet long and some six
feet in girth, inhabits the Upper Blue
Lake, in Lake county. Nevada, and the
Indians viii not fish therein, believing
that tie sigh. of the monster would be
warrant of death to them.
In admiration of the great III Russels
strong opposition. young lady of pow
erfuI isngss, and fingers to match, at the
piano, screamed out I'm ahoatl I'm
afoat r. II should thiuk you were
growled an old bachelor, Judging from
the seuall
A clergyman, reading chapter of the
Bible for his Congregation, found himself
at the bottom of the page, with the words.
".lnd the Lord gave Noah a wife )" then,
turning over two pages instead of one,
he continued, land he pitched her within
and without with pitch"
A fellow convicted in the Clarion
county court last week of two charges
of violating the law in regard to the sale
of liquor, blandly requested the judge to
suspend sentence for few days till he
could get married as he feared his girl"
wouldn't have HIM after he had been in
Jail. Ilis request was granted.
The pistol used by Henry Clay in his
duel with John Randolph at Little Falls,
on the Potomac, April 8, 1926, is on ex-
hibtion in the rooms of an East Broad
way New York; club. On the occasion
of that duel the ball from Mr.. Clay's
pistol passed through the skirt of Mr..
Randolph's coat Mr.. Randolph, how
ever, fired his pistol in the air, chival-
rously saying to his antagonist, Il do
not fire at you, Mr. Clay
There is French girl of great beauty,
living about forty five miles ap the Sioux
river. from Sioux City, who possesses
the agility of the most lively animal one
can imagine. She is said 30 be able to put
her hand upon the back of horse and
inrnn over him withnnt tnnchino a. hair