Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-07


A passenger train from Utica, on the
Utica and Chenabgo Valley railroad,
\. l., cane in collision with tie gravel
train between Oxford aud Norwich
The passenger train was badly wrecked.
Mr.. CEi!ds, mail agent, and Griilings,
a newsboy, were killed. Some of the
tram hands and several passengers were
badly injured.
The test time at the Lancaster, Pa,
races was made by Lizzie Keller. Time
2:30.
One of the barns belonging to the
Coleman estate, at Cornwall, Lebanon
county, Pa, was entirely destroyed by
Gre. Eight horses and one bull we're
burned.
The Touring mill Of Thomas Mears,
at Steubenviile, Ohio, was destroyed by
an iDcendiary fire. Loss, 100000 ;
insurance, $4,000.
\ fire in Chico, Cal, destroyed $780,
600 worth of property.
At Sleeps Head, Benjamin l.. /.
CASTILLO and Gallagher had a prize
fight for $500. The cry of police
scattered the crowd. Afterwards one
OF the parties refused TO fight and he
lost the Prize.
A collision occurred on the Low
Grade division of the Allegheny Valley
Railroad, three and half miles east OF
New Bethlehem, Pa, between the mail
train going east and freight train
going west. James Esler, engineer,
NJ. Killer, fireman, and II. Doyle, pas
senger, all on the mail train, were
killed, and Henry Halz, express mes
senger, fatally injured. j. NJ. Fair,
baggage master, John Brown, news
boy, aud John Garrison, passenger. Sc
riOusly injured. The baggage car con-
tanned baggage, mail and express mat
ter, and vas burned. The accident
was caused by the telegraph operator at
New Bethlehem failing to hnld the pas
serger train for orders as directed.
Four companies of cavaly were or.
dered to western Alabama, on account
Of the disturbed condition of that sec
ton.
The State Fair at Easton, Pa, was
visited by large number of persons,
notwithstanding the threatening wea-
ther.
The Modocs in the Indian Territory
are petitioning the Indian Commission
ers to bring the remainder of their band
now in Oregon to the Indian Territory.
1t will require an appropriation By Con-
gress to comply with the request.
The superintendent of the Central
Pacific Railroad publishes card at
San Francisco IN reference to gambling
on the traius of their road in Nevada,
ana says that passengers must protect
themselves from rObb,ry by refusing to
play With card siarpers
Senator Brownlow announces HIM
self as a candidate from the Second
Tennessee district.
The Governor Of Georgia has ordered
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad t.
be sold at public auction to the highes,
bidder, at Macon, on the first Tuesday
in December next.
Camp 10. l50 Of the Patriotic Order
Sons of America has lately completed
a new hall at Valley Forge, This State,
made of stone from the old Revoiu
tionary camp ground.
Mrs. Julia Perkins, wife of ChsrIes
j.. Perkins, of Cincinnati. cut The ihroa,
of her only daughter, aged three years,
killing her Instantly. She then cut her
own throat, but the wound wa, not -uf
6ciently deep to cause death. She al
leges domestic infelicity as the cause.
McClure's planning mill aud six dwell
lings were burned at Braddock's Field,
seven miles east of Pit,sburg. Loss,
SIC, 600, partly covered by insurance
Ali the frame buildings on the block
bounded by Pacific Railroad and Elm,
Austin, and Market streets, Dallas,
Tenn, were burned Loss, $4,000.
A sheriff's posse from Hot Springs,
Arkansas. who have beer pursuing
stage robbers, overlook them near
DoaksviIle, in the rhcctaw Nation. A
fight ensued, during which one of the |
gang was badly wounded and his horse
killed, but the party escaped. The
pursuit was continued, and at last re-
port the sheriff Vas within half days
ride of the marauders. 1t is reported
that they are the noted horse thieves
who live in the Choctaw Nation