Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-04-24

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ins her disuer she prt her kaifg iuto oEe.
and found, much 0 bsr aston'sAmeni and
disgust, a small frog embodied in the cen
ter of it.
Charles Livingstone, a convict at New
Albany who had seven years to serve.
tried to get out by packing himself into
box filled with spokes. Unfortunately
he forgot to mark the case This side up,
and was placed head downward in the
wagon. The pain finally compelled him
to shout for help, and he was unpacked
and shipped back to durance vile.
Attention is called to Mrs Peter Gron-
da, of Makinac county, Michigan She
has twenty three children. One OF her
sons has fifteen children, one of her
daughters has twelve children. and all
the rest of Mrs. Gronda's sons and daugh-
tiers have large and increasing families
Further, the old lady wears snow shoes
and can walk ten miles day without
blinking
A careful calculation as to the number
of human beings addicted to canibalism
at the present time gives total of only
a fraction inside of two millions, which
actually represents the six hundred and
nineteenth part of the whole population
of the globe. The motives assigned bey-
oni mere hunger, induced by dearth of
other animal food, arc the passions of re-
venge and hatred. as well as religious
sentiments and gloomy superstition
The Utica OJserp,r tells of MONSTER
in Litchtield. the citizens
have dug an arch through one of them.
and wagon, loaded with men and wo-
men drawn by four horses passed through
the suow-arch 1t is 400 feet in length.
and the heads of the men and women in
the wagon did not reach within four feet
of the top. The Litchieid people talk
Of preserving the tunnel for pic mic pur-
poses during the coming Summer.
The Soarpsville Adcertiser says:
What is the matter with the bees From
every direction We hear of great mortality
among the honey makers. The oldest
apiarians are as much at loss to account
for it as the novice Mr.. Seth Hoagland
of this county, one of the largest bee
keepers in the United States, writes a
friend that he is losing severely. and
that go far, he has been unable to account
for it The cause is said to be not lack
of food, nor unusual cold, and so the
remains mystery.
Mr.. William A Ford, of Caroline
County, Md has a pet lamb that goes
rabbit t-hunting-that is he follows the
dogs To tn. wood., aud, When they strike
the trail he follows in pursuit, and seems
to enjoy the fun as much as the hounds
The lamb is not always
successful in keeping up with his swift
footed companions, and sometimes he Is
left behind and gets lost. When this
occurs be loiters about. stops at some of
the neighbors, and finally works his way
home again.
The Henderson, Ky. RDpo,sr has
the following account of a distressing ac
cident Miss Hester Langley. aged about
fourteen, daughter of Mr. Samuel W.
Langley, died very suddenly at the resi-
dence of Mr.. John Mcbride, in this city,
Oh Monday morning last. while under
the influence of chlorotorm. The yorng
lady was under treatment for diseased
eye. and, We understand. just before the
operation was performed on the eye by
DIR. Thompson she was induced by her
sister to inhale chorolarm. which had the
fatal result stated shove
Speaking about being buried alive, there
is story Of an OK in Wis which sur
vived the longest living burial on record. (
He had the good fortune, however, TO be
buried in haystack. which fell upon
him Nobody knew what had become
Of the creature until after bis mysterious
disappearance had lasted over three
weeks. when no put out an appearance
from :he haystack, having eater his way
from tie centre to the circumference /
There was snow on the ground. which .
moisture enough to prevent his I
lying from thirst.
The Butler County Cti.ln says Ii
is again our painful duty % chronicle an
other death by accidental shootiug-to .
record the awful event of another soul /
hurried into eternity, without moments /
warning. The victim of tne sad occur
rance this time was Mr.. John A. Brown, |
IF Fairview township, in this county
1t appears that on last saturday Mr.. |
Brown WAS shooting rats that infested his |
house, and in doing so his gun was acci-
lently discharged, the ball passing
.hroush his head, killing him instantly. |
MIR Brown was young man, but 25
years of age, and married.
Bridgeport has promising boy bur
,lar. He broke into house a few days |
,go, and to direct suspicion in another
quarter he put on mans pair Of boots,
'aised a window that it might appear !
he entrance had been effected in that
way, and dropped note in the hall, pur-
porting 20 have been written in New |
\ ork, in which the writer said he would /
stop at Bridgeport and so through Jones
house. The ruse threw the dctestives .
IF the track, and no knowledge of the .
hief was obtained until he was arrested .
n New York on account OF his suspi- /
'ious appearance, when he confessed the /
whole affair. For boy only thirteen
years old this will do Uorcestcq- .Spy
Big Haul.