Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-11-18

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30 enraced him that be seized her by
the hair and cut her throat with a
pocket-kuiie lie then cut a terrible
cash in his arm.
Two horse thieves, caught in the ac,
Of stea.ing. were shot aud killed at
Brlnkley, Arkansas, on the night OF
the llih inst.
J"seFh Walison, a highly respected
Baptist minister IN Nnrdwav county,
Missouri, shot and killed VIM. Boush,
on Friday. An old grudge was the
cause.
The dwelling ot Alexander John
son, in California, ten miles Up the
river from Cincisnaii, was burned on
the afternoon Of the 18th.
A German named Kramer, living IN
Cheshire, Conn, beat his wife with a
club, on the Ilth SO that she lied Oh
the 18th. The murderer was arrested.
A fire in East Blackstone, Il. l., on
t%e 18th, destroyed the Elmwood Mill,
dye house, store, barn, Cfhce, aud two
story boarding. house. The mill was
owned and run by John e. Scott, Of
Millville. Loss, about $4,000 in
sured for $4,000.
GartlsDd Woliz. who was shot aud
robbed on the Perrysville road, near
Pltisburg, on the night of the llth, has
since died Two men named William
Murray and Fred Meyer arc under ar
rest, supposed to be The nurderers.
A fire at M, hampton, Mass, on
the evening of the 18th, destroyed the
dwelling house Of ". ". Clapp, Will,
two large barns, two sheds, and their
contents, including five cows, three
calves, three hogs the production Of
four acres OF tobacco and fifty tons of
hay. Total loss, SIS 900.
Charles A. Armstrong, owner Of the
coal works in Nestmoreiand county,
the scene Of the late distur Dances be-
tween striking miners and imported
Italians, notified the sheriff on the 18Th
that he had disarmed the Italians in his
employ and seat the arms TO place of
safety.
a despatch from ST. Louis, under
date of the 18th, says: The Waterloo
Monroe county, Illinoisl Times TO day
has un account of the arrest and pre-
liminary examination of Barney Nc
mahon, farmer. living three miles
from BuTksyille, Monroe county, for the
murder of his wife on the 9ih Of Au-
gust last, and subsequently, burning
her body. The parties had frequently
quarreIeI. On the Sth OF August las.
he sent his children away on visit.
They returned the day following, ami
we're told their mother had started for
Burksvilio, since when she has not been
seen or heard OF. On the dav of the
alleged disappearance McMahon fred a
l.g heap some distance ircm the house,
aud kept i, burning two weeks. 1t
emitted terrible stencil, which, when
questioned. he attributed TO chickens
which bad died of cholera. Suspicion
having been recently aroused, detec-
uves were employed 20 work up the
ease. 1t appears that after the log
heap was burned down the ground was
ploughcd over. bu, en- examination 4
few days ago, several hair pins, small
buttons, and small bones which looked
ike finger bcEes, and an upper jaw
bone with teeth attached, were found
Tins led TO the arrest OF McMahcn,
who was keId TO answer. Great cx-
citement prevails in the nerghborhood.
Prof J. r. PhiIlipri, the Reading
aeronaut and ropewalker, met with a
severe accident on the 9TH inst, while
performing on a tight rope, in the vii
lage Of Churchtown, Lancaster county.
He fell from the trapeze, head down
ward, distance Of p feet, aud was
considerably bruised.
Tue house of Joseph Garter, at Syr-
acuse. y. Y, with about $4,000
worth Of segar, aud tobacco, was de-
stroyed By ire on the l2th inst. Mr..
Carter was burned to death Ia endca-
,oring to save snme cf his stock.
= lad named Kelley, an inmate of
the Ohio RETURN School at Lancaster,
has confessed TO several scts Of incen
diarism lately, ineiuding the brush and
shoe factory and stock barn attached to
the Institution.
The Hebrew Orphan asylum, stu
ated near Calvert road, in Baltimore
county, Md, about enc auG half