Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-07-29
Summary of News.
WEDNESDAY, July %.

Chicago has had 100000 fire to-
day. A Jew has been arrested for
starting the great fire last week.
The Grand Amy of the Republic
meets to-day at Bethlehem, Pa.
William Wallace, brother and Rob-
ert Wallace, a cousin of the Wallace
who was hanged at Clarksville, Arkan-
sas, last March, were shot from the
bushes near Clarksyille last evening
Robert was killed instantly and William
was mortally wounded. No arrests
were made. This is a continuation of
the Wallace vendetta which has exist
ed in johnson county for two years. A
number of the kinsrnen Of the Wal
laces armed themselves and went to
Clarksville this morning hunting for the
assassihs. - ai'
Edward Wagner, who is charged
with sending an internal machine to the
residence Of Mr., Herring. Philadelphia,
with the evident intention of blowing
up the family Of the latter, had hear
ing at the police headquarters to-day,
and was committed in default of ten
thousand dollars bail.
The Mayor of Philadelphia has issued
the following proclamation, offering a
reward of twenty thousand dollars for
the capture of the abductors of the
child Charley Brewster Ross, aud the
restoration of the child
MAYORS OFFICE.
PHILADELPHIA, July -, 1874.
At the instance of the citizens of
Philadelphia, | hereby offer reward of
twenty thousand dollars for the arrest
and conviction of the abductors of
Charles Brewster Ross, son of Chris
tian X. Ross, of Philadelphia, and the
restoration of the child TO his parents.
The child was stolen from Washington
Lane, near Chew street, Germantown,
in the suburbs of Philadelphia, on the
afternoon of the first of July last. At
the time when the child was stolen he
answered to the following description :;
"Age, four years; dressed in brown
linen kilt SUIT, with short skirt; broad
orimmed, unbleached Panama hat, with
black band; laced shoes, and blue and
white striped stockings; the boy has
long fiaxen, curly hair, hazel eyes, clear
skin, round full face, and no marks ex-
cept those made by vaccination ON the
arm. His appearance, as above de-
scribed, may have been greatly changed
by cutting off his hair, or changing his
dress TO that of a girl or in some other
way. The child was decoyed by two
men into a falling top yacht bodied
buggy, painted dark all over, lined with
dark material, drawn by dark bay or
brown horses, about l5l hands high,
driven, 1t is believed, without check
rein, by two men who as nearly as can
be ascertained answer the following de-
scription No. l was man of rather
large size, probably 5 feet 8 or 9inches
high. He was only seen sitting age
believed to be from 30 to As years /;
moustache and full beard or whiskers,
rather long on the chin, of brown or
sandy brown color, and brown hair. He
wore ring on the little finger of the
right hand. No 2 was a man 5 feet S
or 10 inches high ; about 25 or 80
years of age; of light or tendency to
sandy complexion sandy moustache
and red nose and face, having the ap-
pearance of drunken man. One of
the men wore a broad brimmed straw
hat, looking as if it had been worn a
season or two, and much sun Drowned.
The other wore a high crowned, dark
coloreI straw hat. One wore a linen
duster-the other gray alpaca duster.
One of the men wore large glasses or
goggles, of dark color, probably as
disguise.
[Signed.l W. S. SToKELY,
Mayor of Philadelphia.
In the cause Of humanity as well as
for the interests of Justice it Is earn
estly requested that the foregoing be
given the widest publicity In every
newspaper in the United States aud
Canada. The report that Wooster was
released to-day is unfounded.
fSignedl Fulton.
John Schwick, German, was arrest
ed in New York City for forgery to the
amount of SlO0. 900, and viii be re-
turned to Germany under the extradi-
tiou treaty.
Leonard Jump has been killed at
Milford, Del. He attempted to jump
from car while in motion. Another
warning against jumping off cars while
in motion.
A director and the cashier of the
Eight National Bank of New York
have been arrested on charge of ma
king false report of the banks condi
ton.
Seeds and grain in Philadelphia
Cloverseed, $1,000; timothy seed, So.
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