Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-03
News Summary Of the Week.
WEDNESDAY, MAY q.

W EDNESEAf, MAY -.
The committee on the Massacbusett,
reservoir disaster have heard testimony
that may convict the builders and
owners Of the dam or reservoir Of crIn-
inal neglect in its construction and in
the manner 10 which it was kept up OF
attended to. Riotiug prevails in the
coal fields at MassiIlon, Ohio. Miner
who struck some time ago, oppose
other men working. Several fires have
been started By the men On q strike.
The Governor of the State has been
called Oh for troops. CongressmeIi
have contributed out of their private
fund 81 800 in aid of the family OF
Representative Mellish, of New York,
who died il AL Insane Asylum. The
nalady was caused by overwork.
Hon. Leonard Meyers, of Philadelphia,
while before the Congressional Com
mittee on Appropriations in advocacy
OF giving an outfit of clothing TO sea-
men, stated that there have been 49,
000 desertions from the navy within
the past seven years. Two thousand
tracts of real estate bsve been forfeited
for non-paymeut of taxes TO the State
of South Carolina. Taxation, both
State and county, there has become SO
oppressive that hundreds of people can
not meet them. The Synod OF the
Reformed Presbyterian Church is in
session in Philadelphia.
Wheat IN Philadelphia - Pennsylva-
MIA amber, 81 G2sal 6S. Corn s5to
soc. Hay. prime timothy, 81 45 per
100 pouads Straw, 81 30 per 100
pounds. Coffee l7.o24Ac in gold.
THURSDAY, MAY %.
Two colored men stepped out to a
retired place near " ashingtOn, d. c.,
to fight duel. The trouble was set
tied without fight. Ii was all about
girl. The Presbyterian General
Assembly at St. Louis provides that
freedmeu's work shall be done by the
Board of Home Missions for the next
five years. Civil engineer George
Raymond testified as to the Massachu-
setts reserv oir that when the dam was
first built II was weak and unsafe, and
in the summer of 1866 the company
spent between 81 200 and $4,000 on
1t The embankment settled down on
the inside, and bad to be filed up with
earth, and the face was rip-rapped. His
greatest doubt IL regard to the dan was
the use OF cement in cold weather For
the first year the stockholders ali feared
it. \ Young man named Burton
and two women were crossing the hud-
son river, at Albany, in boat. The
former attempted to hand IN q dog
winch was swimming after them, and
fell into the water. One of the women,
III her efforts to help hiu, also fell in,
and both we're drowned. The three
county commissioners Of Barnwell eoun-
ty, 5. c, arrested ior stealing public
funds, have been convicted and sen
tencsd respectively TO ten years, nine
years, aud thirteen months in the peni
teutiary. ThePOpe at Rome has
fever. Three physicians are in con-
slant Attendance.
Colorado wishes to be admitted as
State. Cincinnati Express killed
uian named Turner at Duncannon, Pa
The State engineer of louisiana has
informed the Governor of that State
that 5000 900 cubic yards of levee is
required along the river to save the
State from overflow next year. a
hearing in the case of the crusaders |
arrested last week in Pit:sburg took |
place in the Common Pleas Court in
that city, and Judge Stowe gave his
decision, reversing the judgment of the !
acting Mayor, aud ordered tie fines to
be refunded. The women are jubilant /
over their victory, and held meeting
to decide upon future plan of action
The UddeTzOok case is before the
Supreme Court at Harrisburg. The
are the exceptions taken to
the rulings of the court below by I'd
ierzcoks counsel: First. That the
court erred IN permitting the photo
graph of W. s. Goss to be used by
witnesses in identifying the remains
found. Second. The court erred IN
permitting the photograph of w. S.
Goss to be used by witnesses in identi-
lying A. Z. Wilson and W. 5. Goss.
Third. The court erred in sending the
strer of A o. Wilson to D. b. Muller:
etter of a C. Wilson TO S. K. Downs.
and letter of W. s. Goss foi insurance.
to the jury in their rom for their ex-
animation and comparison. Fourth
The Commonwealth failed to iden,if,
he body found as that of ". S. Goss
" any other person. Fifth. The evl-
ience failed 20 prove the guilt of the
prisoner.
Hon. j. Edgar Thompson, President,
If the Pennsylvania Central Railroad.
lied at his home in Philadelphia, of
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