Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-02-28
SHORT ITEMS.

Woman first tempted man TO eat. lie
took to drink or his own account
Five negroes have been summoned as
Jurors in the United States Circuit Court
of California.
Every wooden leg which supplies the
place of limb lost in battle, is said to
be stump speech against war.
Fifty dollars is said to be the usual fee
for an organist in New York, to play at
a fashionable church wedding.
A poor mtn in Summer county, Kan,
has only $1,000 head Of cattle il the
world.
TIE legislature of Florida have agreed
to impeach the governor of that State for
malfeasance connected with the railroads.
HenT Coulter, of Pit:sburg. accepts
the challenge of BigIin Brothers, of New
York, for 81 200 boat race to take
place in Nay on the Schuylkill river.
Five thousand pound (s25, ,o0o) have
been subscribed in England towards the
fund to defrsy the expenses of the pro-
posed e1redi;ion in aearch Of Or. Living
stone
Philadelphia sent nearly 100 900 boxes
of candles to California last year. San
Francisco is said to be the larges: can
die market in the world.
Old Rye is said to be one of the
healthies, tovrs in New hampshire
But Old Rye" is not one Of the health
lest drinks i'll New Hampshire.
a piece of quartz containing Airty-
three per cent. of gold was recently
found in well at Lewisburgh. 1t is
not certain that the well contains moro.
a minister not long ago preached from
the text, "Be ye therefore steadfas:;"
but the printer made him eTpound from
"De We tnefe 1Or Dredkldsb
The following speech was made by the
winner of prize in foot race: Gen
tlemen, have won this cup by the use
of my lega; trust | may never lose the
use of my legs by the use of this cup
An exchange remarks that this is the
season of the year when the domestic
side board glows with hoarhound slings.
boneset, cocktails, pinkroot and senna
smashes, and castor oil juleps.
Two centuries ago. not one in fifty
wore stockings. Fifty years ago, not
boy was allowed to run at large at night.
Fifty years ago, not girl made a wait
maid out of her mother. Wonderful
improvements in this age!
While party of young men ard boys
were targr. shooting at Phenixville a
few days ago, stray shot entered the
window of the house of Mr William
Campbell, striking his daughter Cassie.
aged fourteen, in the head, killing her
instantly.
David Leith has commenced suit
against Henry eansman in tie Circuit
Court of Missouri, at St. Louis, charging
the latter with depr;ving him of the
company, love, comfort, assistance and
services of Mrs Lei,h, by seducing her
from home and husband. Mr.. Leith lays
his damages at 100000.
The Beaver Argus says: We learn
that Wilson Freed, of Pulaski township.
has lost four of his childrer, all girls,
with diptheria-aged respectively twelve.
seven and FIVE years and four months -
Three Of them were corpses at one time
and buried in one grave. This leaves
him with but two boys.
A young lady of Council Bluffs, be-
ing informed by her "feller' that he in
tended to cease his attentions, cowhided
him around the room. and as he sprang
through the open window, told him, with
a parting lick, that would teach lin to
be more careful for the future not to trihe
with a gentle aia' loving heart.
An economical lady writes thus Tell
your lady readers to mend their tin pans
with putty. 1t il very easily done, and
Is much be:tcr than 60 throw them away.
Put the putty on the ouside, LEI it dry
thoroughly, and you viii never have to
mend the same place again. have pans
thus mended, that have used for twenty
years"
A child of Mr.. Inter in Rochester.
n. Y. was taken i'll about a week ago,
ana on examination the point Of needle
was observed protruding from its stom-
ach A physician was called VINO cut
around the needle, but failed to extract it.
Other physicians were called and the nee
die vas removed, but the child soon died
from inflammation induced by the opera
ton of the frat physician The needle
had been swallowed by the child.
Mr.. Lowder, of WiDona. Mich, re.
lieves his feelings in the "Herald" as
follows: "Whereas my wife, Dora 5.
has abandoned my bed and board with
out Just cause or provocation. having
been for many years an admirer of the
free love principles, chosen the life OF
mistress to C. w. Pauling. a Baptist
rathar Than the society of her