Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-14

refuses to sign The certificates sf the
candidates declared elected at the re-
cent election, ON the ground that great
frauds we're committed, andh asks the
court to set the election aside for these
reasons.
| 4 Baltimore beggar has retired from
1 business with fortune of S26, ,0G0.
Seven years is the fine counted for
the construction of the tunnel between
England and France = Ht3ifI !
The young woman in Liverpool, dis
g,ised for months as cabman, was at
last detected BY her uuvarying civili,y,
proper language, and refusal to take or
ask more than the legal fares.
The epizootic has again appeared in
! Pictou county, Nova Scotia, and :
number of valuable horses have fallen
victims TO it 10 ~
! One million dollars In silver blocks
were received las: week at the United
States Assay Offices in New York from
California. Each block is worth $3.50.
Broom corn was introduced into our
country BY DR.. Franklin. While ex-
aiming whisk (importedl he acciden:-
ally found single seed, which he
planted in his garden, and from which
the corn was propagated.
In Switzerland there was marriage
( BY proxy. \ woman there was mar-
ried to man in America, the proxy
being neighbor aud man already
married. The authorities are discus
sing whether, this much married man
has not committed bigamy.
! Under the new law in Wisconsin
every woman of the age of u and up
ward, residing in the district within
which the duties of the office are to be
per formed, is eligible to the following
Offices Director, collector and clerk of
school district; director and secretary
of town boards, under the toFnship
system of school government member
of board of education in cities, and
county superintendent of schools.
A case came up before Crawford
county (Ga.l justice of the peace one
day last week, which was decided in a
novel way. 1t seems that two negroes
claimed the same calf, and TO decide
who was the rightful owner it was to
be turned into the pen with COW, and
if the COW recognized it the decision
was to be inGl. The calf was put into
the lot, aud the COW fondled and ca
ressed 1t, proving that it was hei calf.
The other negro threw up the sponge
and abided by the decision. In this
CdcC tuC SOW Wao yui ys H"aa . IT'D. ..
The old Danforth House at Pithole,
which cost forty-thousand dollars when
it was built, has been offered for bar
rel Of "tangle foot" by its present pro-
prietor, which reminds us that this once
famous city coutains fifteen families
now, or fifteen thousand inhabitants
less than when the Danforth liou. e
was in blast. ...,'..... ....-.
a regular and extensive baud of
robbers, who have committed numer-
Gus depredations for some time past, in
the vicinity Of Chico, Arkansas, was
broken up on Thursday night BY party
Of citizens, who were waiting for the
scamps. Two of the robbers we're
killed by being fiied upon. "A third
was drowned while attempting to es-
cape, and two were imprisoned. Nu-
merous persons who were connected
with the gang have fed from their
homes.
Mckenzie, farmer, was murdered
10 his house near Greenyille, Illinois,
on the night of the Sth inst. His body
was dragged to the stable and thrown
under the feet of pair Of mules. His
wife and sou were arrested on suspi
cion of being the murderers.
On the Sih inst. George Rey nolds, a
Mormon, Of Utah, wao was recently
convicted of polygamy, at Salt Lake
City, was sentenced to one years con-
6nemept in the Penitontiary, and to pay
a fine of three hundred dollars.
The strike at Hazelton still contin-
ues. There are about 1900 troops in
that region, to preserve order.
At Scranton on the 9th inst, vote
by ballot wa, taken in several mines Of
the Delaware and Lackawanna and
Western railroad company, to decide
the question of strike, and resulted
l,5l2 for and 3l9 against work. The
result has given the most unbounded
satisfaction. Hyde Park, where the
vote was taken, rules the Lackawanna
region, ard for the present there will
be no strike in that vicinity. 'i
In the vicinity of Hazelton on the
morning of the 9Th inst, party Of
Jeddo miners fired into Company !, of
the First Regiment, doing guard duty
at that point. Fire was returned, and a
member of the company was wounded,
hut NOT seriarslv THE skirmixh iS IN a