Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-03-20


with his step mother who is about h''
own age.
A lawyer in New York has been fined
s75 and committed to Ludlow Street jail
for being rude to Judge Barnard.
A genuine lion is sauutering around
San Jose. Cal, aud the citizens are keep
ing remarkable good hours.
The last twelve month. have been ter
ribly disastrou. to life and shipping upon
the ocean, all over the world.
Rev VIM Baldwin. Of Great Bend,
Pa, offers $4,000 to any one who will
pick lock which he has invented.
Twenty nine churches have been de,
stroyed by fire in the western States du-
ring February. That is just one day
A Chicago doctor" mistook dipthe-
ria for small pox. and ordered the pa
tient to the pest house. to which. however,
the man did not 60.
Olmstead county (Minn-) farmers are
interesting themselves in fax culture, and
will engage in the cultivation Of it quite
extensively the coming season.
A Detroit wife lately sold the family
cook stove to pay the fue and release
her husband, who had been sent to Jail
for btutally beating her.
Georgia increased more last year in
the value of its property than in any
previous year in its history. The IN
crease is estimated at $50 100000.
In London the other day, little boy
was fined seven shillings for squirting
mouthful of water in little girls face.
His mother could not pay the fine so he
had to go to Jail for seven days.
A Philadelphia woman who had bro
ken her leg was 20 modest that she
would not permit the surgeon to set it.
snd there being no female doctor around.
notification ensued VIII ch resulted in
death
A Peek.kiil quaker, who refuse to
take off his hat in the county COURTROOM
at White Plains made fight Of it, put
the officers out and locked the door and
gained permission from the Judge TO
wear his hat.
A lady ut Paris, Me-. has brought an
action for breach IF promise against a
gentleman ofthat city. She Claims $500
damages. which she alleges tn have been
the cnst of tn. extra wood and oil con-
J,,-;.~ L.. ,nurt ,t,,,
An Indiana lady under sentence of i'm
prisonment for life, offers $50 900 for
husband. Some lucky bachelor will
doubtless speedily avail him-elf Of the
first opportunity ever presented in !ndi
ana to .ecure a really dome-tic life
Mary Wourner of York. Pa. di-cov
cred broken rail in railroad track the
other day. and the.eupon swung her
apron 20 the engineer Of an approaching
train in 70 cnerg tic fashion that Ia,
stopped his train and saved it from de
strucfion.
A gang Of marauders, supposed to b.
Cortina's band. crossed into Texas thir
ty five miles from Brownsville cap.u! ed
several Of the residents, inc!uding tw"
Custom house officers. and drove off over
a tbou.aud head Of cattle They after
wards released the prisoners.
In the Island of Java the deficiency in
the coffee crop will This year be $4,000
tons the Brazil crop will fall short some
10000 tons and the Ccylon will fall
short nearly 10000 tons 1t is thus es-
timated that the coffee crop of the world
will fa'i shor. Of last year full 100000
tons.
Samuel J. Tilden. Of New York, say.
that there are five bushels "f testimony
collected against Tweed. and that bat
very little evidence against the Ring bar
been Published. ChaIls D Connor will
aid i'll the prosecution OF The hing Grim
inals when the trial of the James will
case is concluded.
Mr. Samuel Boor. of Cumberland Valley
township, Be ford county has three Sons
whose aggregate height is nin-teen feet
three inches or All average of six fee, five
inches. The longest one measures six
feet seven inches in his stockings. and i.
not done growing yet. So says the In
quirer.
Curunuum is now obtained of the best
quality in the mountain region Of North
Carolina. 1t i. leutieal in substance
with sapphire and ruby. and is the hard
est form Of matter known except the dia
mond. having cutting power. compared
with the latter, Of % to 100, while that
of emery is only Sc. 1t will consequent
ly polish every substance.
A bachelor. residing not twenty m, les
from Boston. the other day. after having
been taunted for his single blessedness
until he could bear it no longer. called
upon maiden lady of his acquaintance
when the following conversation took
place: "Do you wish to change your
condition 2" asked the bachelor, NO
Neither do H. And turning on bis heel
our bachelor exclaimed: Thank hea
ven I've got that off my mind"
The reporter Of the Reading Eas1. h,-
terviewed Miss Mary Robinson who lay
twenty five days aud nights in a trance.
Among other things she told him that
while in that condition she passed through
terrible acenes, on one occasion being
sentenced to be beheaded as was John
the Baptist. at another time hanged. then
to be stoned to death that she was bu
ried alive and tortured in many ways
after this she had nothing but beautiful
visions.
Somebody has been around Allentown
selling "Di.infectant Sachet. A pre-
ventive against email pox. fever. &c"
The charge for this charm was twenty
five cents and the agent always instruc-