Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-27
News Summary Of the Week.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20.

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gress paper relative 10 con ricis and
paupers that are sent to this country
from Europe, and suggests that law
be passed authorizing the President Of
the United States to return all such
people landed at our ports by the YES
sells that brought them. The Eng
lish steamship unard Company will
withdraw their line from Boston to
New York because Of high rates Of
freight on western produce. Forty
buildings were destroyed BY fire in
Almyra, Canada. The Pennsylva-
mia and Delaware Railroad has been
leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. A prominent Cincinnati
brewer stabbed a prominent brother
brewer fatally. The Farmers and
Mechanics Bank Of Rochester, New
York, closed its doors. A doctor in
Lewiston, Maine, has been convicted of
manslaughter for causing the death Of
an infant through negligence. In
Msraphis liquor cau-ed party Of
friends to ight. One was killed one
received three shots aud still lives :;
one had an arm broken, and a fourth
was considerably bruised. The
Jews district in Constantinople has
been visited by disastrous fire. Be-
tween one and two hundred houses were
burned Two Austrians of State
rank propose to fight duel. Con
necticut Legislature elected Hon. W.
W. Eaton. Democrat, to the United
States Senate. Majority 30 on joint
ballot Twelve miles from San
francisco, John Arerend, wife and four
children were found murdered in their
own house. No clue to the fend who
committed the act.
THURSDAY, May 81.
Sixty Russian MennoDi'es landed at
New York Prof. Swing, who has
been on trial before the Presbyterian
Church at Chicago for heresy, has been
acquitted. ThoEas McNalty shot
John Dobahoe at his house IN Wilkes
barre, in deranged spell. He imag-
ined that Donahoe had come to arrest
him. Five hundred and seventy
eight representatives Of the l. o. o. f.
attended the Grand Lodge in Philadel-
phia. A house in Cincinnati fell
/ down and buried seven persons in its
ruins. The United States Senate
adjourned to allow Senators an oppor-
tunity to attend Nellie Grants we'd
ding. Baxter took peaecable pos
session of the State House at Little
Rock. He talks of arresting Brooks
for treason. a committee of the
Massachusetts, Legislature are investi-
eating the reservoir disaster in that
State. The house of the overseer Of
the reservoir has to be guarded by
special police and military, to keep the
people from getting and lynching him.
An old revivallst of Pottsville COM
mitted suicide by shooting. 1t Is sup
posed that he was insane.
FRIDAY, May %.
Fifteen hundred men are at work
clearing away the debris in the valley
of the reservoir disaster in Massacbu-
setts. Committee men are reporting.
The chairman of the Select Men of
Northampton said the total loss to that
town by the destruction of bridges and
roads was $50, 600, and many hundreds
of acres of rich meadow land, worth
from 5000 to $500 an acre, were to-
tally ruined. B. S. johnson, cashier
of the Williamsburg bank, stated that
about one third of that village had been
destroyed. OF valuation of nearly
| 81, 600, 600 one third had been swept
away, and with loss of business aud
depreciation there must be loss OF
taxable property of $4,000. In the
village of Leeds two button factories
and boarding houses involve loss OF
over 100000. In Florence there is
$4,000 loss to buildings and ma
chinery A Chicago pork packing
house was burned. 100000 pounds
of meat and 606 live hogs we're in it.
Loss Sl50,000 Two men escaped
from the Ebensburg, Cambria county,
jail. The one was imprisoned for rape,
the other for assault and battery.
The locomotive of train of cars went
through the draw of the bridge over
the river at Beaverton, n. Y, killing
the engineer and the conductor of the
train, who ehanced to be on the loco
motive at the time. The minister
who married Nellie Grant was allowed
the first kiss after the ceremony. Now
Mrs. Sartoris received many bridal
presents among them is lace pocket
handkerchief, such as sell at $780,
The President gave ber $4,000.
A fire in Central City, Colorado terri
tory, originated in Chinese wash house,
and destroyed l50 houses. Loss ST.
100000. The next annual session
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