Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-01-24
Just as We Found Them.

Seven women voted at an election hell
in Vallejo, California, recently.
Nine hundred vessels have been wreck
ed off the coast of Florida since 1887.
One hundred years ago there were bu
four newspapers in America.
Cincinnati has score of females in /,
brass band.
care you fond of tongue, sir :" II wal
always fond of tongue. madam, and
like it still"
A married Missourian was horse whip
ped by his wife for going out riding will
a widow last week.
Three sisters in Stonington. Conn.
were married Oh New Years to three
brothers.
John S. Mosby, the great guerilla ha'
been appoint and confirmed brigadie1
general of the Mary land militia.
A Mrs. Mill. of England, was recently
granted divorce, but was ordered by
the court to pay her husband $500 6
year.
Some one. telling that actions are bet
ter than words, has said: I'VE read ol
the acts of the apostles, but never Of lheiI
resolutions"
A bride in Indiana, ritter the conclu
sion of the marriage ceremony, stepped
gracefully forward and gave out the
hymn, "This is the way l long have
sought"
The Washington police on the night
of the 18th inst, made raid OF the
gambling houses, with but little success,
as most of the gamblers infestiug the
capital had got wind of it.
1t is reported that the life of the late
James Fisk. jr., was insured for $500, 600.
The Charter Oak, of Hartford, refused
to insare him for $4,000, the officers
not thinking him morally sound.
Postmaster Henry Smith, of St, James
Long Island. set trap gun OH Wednes-
day night for burglars, but forgetting the
gun, went to the Office to obtain pack
age and was shot, dying the next morn
ing.
The Secretary of War has asked Con-
gress to appropriate s42 600 to complete
the marble statue of Lieutenant General
Scott, pediment, &C., in accordance with
the unanimous joint resolution of Con-
gress in 1867.
"Ah, Dick, l have buried my brother
since saw you" Served him right" ;"
said Dick. what do you mean, sir 2"
was demanded Why" said Dick,
would it have been serving him right to
leave him unburied p
President Grant has appointed four
women since lie has been in the White
House to the highest grade post offices,
with salaries of $4,000 per anrum In
other grades the appointments of women
already number by the hundred.
A letter from Ottawa, Kansas states
that corn is drug in that market at 50
cents, and potatoes are dull at 40 cents
per b ushel The cause is the difficulty
to transport the spare produce OIL account
of the exorbitant rates of freight charged
on all railroads.
Two young women, named Lizzie
Brandt and Minnie Allison, were arrested
in Brooklyn on the 18th inst, for steal
ing $1,000 worth Of watches and jewelry
from a railroad conductor nam.d Charles
Brandt. The property was fouad in
their possession.
A fire at Mount Joy, Pa, on the ISL
inst destroyed the following properties {:
Brady & Sons edge-tool factory Brady
Brothers malleabls iron works Buck
meyer. Mishey & Co.'S foundry, and
William Brady's dwelling. The loss is
estimated at $4,000. Insurance, $1,000.
A crazy man having got into the gal
larry of the Senate of the United States
during rambling debate, was taken out,
the sergeant at arms telling him that he
was "out Of place in that gallery"
That's .o," said the lunatic 81 ought
to be on the floor with the Senator'S"
The coach dog of the late Daniel NJ.
Seymour, of Hartford, Conn, manifested
deep grief at the death of his master, and
watched the coffin till it was removed
from the house. He then followed it TO
the grave, which he refused to leave for
ten days, when he was found dead from
starvation.
A horrible tale comes from Alabama.
Three disguised men robbed the wife of
tax collector of the public funds, and
then ordered her to serve supper. She
did so, and put arsenic in the tea. On
stripping the dead bodies of their disguis-
es, one proved to be her husband, who
had taken this means of stealing the
peoples money.
The record of the Freedman's Bank in
Washington indicates pretty well what
the negro is capable of with a fair chance.