Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-11-27

three years imprisonment Ill the Peh''
ten,iary for forgery.
Mis- Laura Liam. of Somerville, Tenn
last week received the S25 premium at
the Memphis fair for making the best
calico dress, having succrssiully compe-
ted with the domestic skilI Of more than
! 1GO ladies.
Silver hts been found in paying F,tn
titles in Luz rne county, near Sack
rhinny. A ton of ore sent TO the PhiI
drlphia Mint. yielded fourteen hundred
and forty one dollars and ninety-sisht
cents, which is considered very rich
Two gentl, men recently took pede.-
TRAN tour from Portland, Oregon, tn San
Francisco. distance Of eight hundred
miles They averaged % miles day.
and lived chiefly on Graham crackers
and fruit.
A novelty in genileme,' dreas -birts
is about to be introduced. The bosom of
the shirt is to have faw bars OF music
printed upon it, in some cases with words
Gentlemen wearing these will stand be
hind pianos to be sung and played from.
j. Edgar Thompson. president of the
Pennsylvania railroad has been appoint
eG by the judges Of the cont of com
mon pleas a member of the board of
commissioners of FarmouAt Park, in
the place of Cen Meade, deceased
] 1t is proposed to raise in Philadelphia
SlOD OO0 to erect a substantial testimon-
iaI of the appreciation of Philadelphia
clizrns for the services Of the late Gen
eral Meade to the country land the city.
At a meeting last week $4,000 of ihi,
nm 'unt was raised.
ID. A R,nzedas, clerk in Louisviiln,
cu TurSriay evening week -tIurh NJ a
dog crouc''ing under the stops Of his real
dence with the butt Of a Sun. The ham
mer struck the stone steps aud discharg
ed the gun, lodging a load of dack -hot
in the young mans breast, lie ran
twenty or thirty steps. excl,im;ng. III
shot and fell Head on the pavement
I The most satisfactory bet for all par
u
election in Bei.i:.r por, i,st Monday nigh,
If Gran: was rlrctsd The young man won
the lady. aud il Greeley Was elected TIE
+ lady was TO have the young naa. The
result shows that the young man won
the bet. and i. IL stated on au holiiy of
the young lady herself that rhe is per
fec,ly willing he should have the prize
The Mercer Pes says: GA Friday of
last week a son of Mr. Hugh Mrnnel.
near Leesiurs, Springfield township, was
accidentally killed while driving team
in company with his brother through a
field. 1t seems they stopped to get a
hat of one of the boy. which had blown
off, and in getting into the wagon the
lines were forgotten. which hal Gropp"d
down The wagon was under tree at
the time, and before they bad got ready
to start, a limb fell and struck the lad on
top OF the head, crushing the skull.
4 ii the world knows that \. Il. Stew
art is building city a, Hempstead
Plains. 100 elegant houses are going ND
broad boulevards are laid out. railroads
are planned to connect with all the great
lines to New York, and a project is on
foot to run TO the city with steam Each
of the houses will cost about SIS 600 or
more. But he will sell nothing To
applicants he has ore answer. IL have
nothing to SELL" Some think Stewar,
intends to complete the whole city before
he puts anything on the market His
great structure in New York, known as
the Home for Sewing Girls, is nearly
done. II is now said that it is not to be
a home for girls at ali, but it is to BE- a
mammoth hotel to be run by the Le-
lands.
About lao o'clock on Friday morning
the through New York and Washington
Express ran into the PHILADELPHIA and
Washington Express this side of Ellers,
lie station, ten miles from Wilmington
he latter train was more than an hour
behind time. and had come to a stands,ill
at the place Of collision. the locomotive
being unable to proceed farther for want
OF steam. In coIliding. the cow catcher
lifted the rear end Of the last car, throw
ing the buffer of the forward end below
that of the next car, and telescoping the
two, completely wrecking the interior of
both, Henry G. Fritz. of Wilmington.
was instantly killed, and George pollitt,
colored minister Of Salisbury, Mary
land, died soon after he was removed
from the wreck. Seventeen others were
injured. among them James Ii. Shaks-
pear, Of Philadelphia, in the foot. Ex.
Senator Cattell was among the pa.sen-
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