Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-03-26
SHORT ITEMS.

killed 5000 buffaloes in the last four
mountbs.
The people Of Kansas town have Civ
en- ball to raise money to pay their
minister.
A lad in Dcnvers. Massachusetts
while making believe to hang himself
accomplished the feat in reality.
A new horse disease has appeared in
Portland, Maine. 1t affects the legs
making them so weak that it is with diff.
ficulty the animal can stand
An elegant white hearsc. suitable
mourning fer children under fifteen
years of age, is advert sed in Omaha
at 's5 trip.
Death comes sometimes in curious
shape. A youth in Milford, Mass, was
killec by barrel Of shoe heels which
foil upon him.
Vermont papers are Boosting Of eight
old farmers in Franklin county, who live
within two miles of each other, and who
have had twenty five wives among them
Dill" said Bob. "Why is that tree
called weeping willow 2 cause one
one of the sneaky. plaguy things grew
near our school house, and supplied our
master with switches
Amos Halleck and two children, living
on the prairie, near Pomeroy Station,
Iowa, were burned to death on Friday
night, by the hay roof of their house
taking fire and falling on them while
asleep.
Tho aged but astute Il'inoise far.
mer keeps no barometer. nor does he pat
his trust in the grounding, but he knows
when spring approaches, by seeing his
sons who have arrived at manhood, pre-
pare to leave home, after a winter Of
"sponging' ON the old man.
A Sacramento lawyer remarked to the
court /: at is my candid opinion Judge,
you are an old fool" The Judge al
lowed his mildly bcaming eye to iall upon
the lawyor brief moment, then in q
voice husky said, 1T is my candid op;n-
ion that you are fined $780,"
Sir Henry Holland speaks of noble
man who, when demonstrated with by bis
family for employing an illi,erate physi-
clan, replied that she thought, q man Who
was so profoundly ignorant Of every
thing else must certainly know great
deal about medicine
On Wednesday hired mln ut the
Aims House, Bucks county, named John
Carr. was killed by falling off borse
and rolling between the horse and wagon.
He became entangled in the harness in
some way and was dragged considcra-
hle distance
Near Oakley, one mile north of the
corporation line of Cincinnati, on Non
day William Drake, farmer sixty four
years old. went out to burn brush, The
grass, leaves, fences and barn cau.ht fire
William Drake was found dead in tie
field one hundred yards from the stable.
He had been suffocated, as his clpthes
were not burned.
The telegraph informs us tha: a Mrs
Spicer, in Il Western city, very nearly
lost the right of dover in her deceased
husbands estate-amounting te $4,000
for lack of marriage cert ficate. 1t
may be well to ask. how many married
ladies in this country are better of than
Mrs. Spicer The manner in which the
registration of marriages in some portions
of this country is managed, ought to
make ladies' nervous.
A singular incident occurred in Bangor
school the other day. A little girl pur-
chased bottle of ether for her mother,
and took it with her to the seminary
During the session she passed it about to
her young companions, and, in conse
quense of frequent whifa. FIVE pupils
succumbed to anasthesia, and were car
ried home more or less insensible, while
the air was so full Of the violate fluid |
that an unusual drowsiness was felt by
all.
A Bangor bridegroom refused TO 60 up
to the alter because the bride had adopt
ed the new weakness of parting her hair
on one side. \ sharp war of words fol-
lowed, which resulted in declaration on
to part of the angry youth that he had
taken firm stand, and that the hair
must be redressed or he would never look
upon it again. To this the girl replied
hat he might leave as soon as he pleas
ID, and leave he did, much to the disgust
Of the people who came to partake of the
supper.
The most extraordinary frog story that
We have seen for a long time comes from
Colorado. The Greeley Tribune tells it
hue "Mr. Graham recently found pet
'iied frog in excavating his well. Its
eatures were wonderfully well preserved.
md the owner had intended to present it
o the Greeley Geological Cabinet, but