Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-02

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cask in the blacksmith shop. The
blacksmith and bis son we're both in
stantly killed, and the building shiver-
ed TO atoms. The adjoining bridge
was also destroyed and the buildings
shaken for several blocks around.
At Freemansburg, Pa, early on the
morning of the 26th ult. an excitement
prevailed over the reported stealing Of
an infant of Allen Goss from its cradle
during the night. Unremitting search
by the citizens and authorities resulted
In finding the body Of child in the
Lehigh river, which was recognized as
the missing baby. The evidence indl-
Gates that the mother threw it in. Nrs
Goss wa, arrested aud conveyed to
Easton Jail. Subsequently, she con-
fessed the deed, and is supposed to have
committed the unnatural crime while
insane:
Dispatches received state that Brig
ham Young cannot survive many days.
His malady de6es medical skill.
George Simms, colored, was hung on
the 26th ult., at CoviDgton, Georgia,
for the crime of committing an outrage
on a white woman in November, 1873.
He confessed his guilt the day before.
The dry goods store Of Baker i
Brothers, on State street, Trenton, N.
j., was robbed on the night Of the 25th
ult. of silks and fu.s to the va.ue OF
5000. The thieves entered the rear
by boring FIRST through a stable, and
then into the cellar, and then by fore
irg door from the cellar into :he store.
They were judges of valuable goods,
having taken nothing but silks and furs
of the best quality, the inferior good,
being thrown aside and left lying on
the floor. The gas is kept burning,
and besides the regular police there is
a private watchman for the stores in
the block, yet SO adroitIy did the bur-
glars manage by creeping behind coun-
ters as to elude all watchfulness. The
robbery seems to have been under ar.
raugement for several days. An at.
tempt is supposed to have been made a
week ago, as about that time . dog
about the premises was poisoned.
Charley Ross is believed to be in
Canada.
The Chicago express over the Balti.
more and Ohio Railroad, which lef,
Camden Station at 130 on the night Of
the 25th ult., when about FIVE mile.
from Baltimore, ran into a number oi
horses on the track, which were killed
The engine was thrown from the track
and the train delayed two hours. The
engineer, George Buckley, was severe.
y injured by Jumping from the engine
The horses we're valued at $4,000
None of the passengers we're injured.
A deputatlon Of Ottawa lum bermen
waited on the Premier on the afternoon
of the 26th ult. and asked for an ex.
PLANTATION of the clause in the recipro.
city treaty which refers to unmanufac.
tured lumber. Mr.. Mckenzie said
3" What was understood between the
Secretary at Washington and the Do.
minion government, was all dressed and
planed lumber, mouldlngs, etc."
Lancaster county trsmps can obtain
sustenance at the alns-house only in
exchange for work.
LehIgh county thieves killed COW in
a field, skinned and dressed, and then
stole her.
At Clark's Thread Works at New.
ark, n. j., on the morning of the 9Th
ult., three hundred operatives, mostly
females, we're thrown out OF employ
ment, BY accident, as follows: The
couplings of the main shaft by which
power is supplied became detached
and the engine, of seven hundred horse
power, thus released from restraint
acquired fearful momentum. The driv-
ing-wheel, weighing twenty tons, few
into fragments, one Of which, weighing
two tons, shot through the roof and
landed fifty feet distant. There were
many narrow escapes, but no one va.
injured. The loss is estimated at 500.
900, which fire insurance does NO,
cover.
Edward Hawk was arrested in Bal.
timore on the 9th ult. for forging the
name of James V. Kelch, ex-Tax Col.
lector Of Philadelphia, to q check fol
$4,000. The accused was held 60 avail
the arrival Of Philadelphia detective
A brute named GayAish, in New
York city, placed his daughter on hot
stove, from the effects of which the
child died. An inquest was held OF
the remains, on the 9th ult. The YER
diet Of the jury was that Carrie Gay.
nish, aged four years, came to bel
death from the shock and exhaustion
following the burns when she was placed
on the stove by her father, and tha,
they believe be was sensible at the
time he did the deed. The accused
4 vas committed IN the Tomhs