Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-21

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for an audience with the President, was
arrested il Washington on the 18Th.
A loaded pistol Was found upon hin.
Navigation Is just opening on the
lakes.
Yellow fever has disappeared from
Key West.
Outrages BY the Apache Indians are
reported in Sonora. On March Is
three men and boy, with pack tram
were attacked, the men being killed
aud the boy escaping. The cargo of
the train vas recovered by the troops
on the 18th; the mail and escort wer e
sttacked and the mail rider was killed
/ Mrs. Whiting Nletcalf'e dwelling, IN
the northern part of Providence, r. l.,
was burned on the l4th INST, and &c.
900 in United States bonds in the
house we're consumed. Loss on build
ing and furniture $1,000.
On the l4th inst, Judge Martin, Of
the Superior Court Of Connecticu,,
Issued an injunction enjoining the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company from issuing free passes
to the members of the Legislature Of
| Connecticut.
A FIRE in Driftwood, Pa, on the morn
ing Of tine l4th inst, burned the Drift
wood Hotel and dwelling occupied BY
three families. another small dwelling
house, billiard saloon, and number of
small out-houses. The Patchell Hotel
was badly scorched. The Fire Depart
ment, with steamer, went from Remove
to Driftwood to assist before the FIRE
was got uuder control.
Anumber of fashionable young LADIES'
in Boston have organised q cookery
club, meeting twice = week At the resi-
dence of each member in turn, who
treats her sister-members to a break.
fast, dinner or tea prepared exclusively y
BY herself.
Peach buds in Delaware promise q
large yield Of fruit the coming season.
Its said that at Sarrelouis, in France,
baby was born which lived less than
one day, and in that short period in
formed the good people about that
"ls75 would be good year, but 1876
a bloody one"
! A boat capsized near Norfolk, Va,
on Tuesday night week, by which
colorcd men we're drowned.
[From the Troy Prcss.l
They live at GO North street.-the
and Mrs. Smith. The husband is nine
ty-tbree years Of age, and has beer
married six times. The wife is pretty
old, too, nearly eighty. perhaps. bu,
she refuses to tell her exact age. She
is a grand daughter of Mr. Marsh, al
one time Governor of Connecticu: Mr.
Smith is now exceedingly frail and al.
most deaf In 1918 he married hi:
first wife, by whom be had three sous
and daughter, three of whom survive,
the eldest being si1ty-two years of age
and the youngest 6fty-three. He can.
not now remember the names of hi:
first, second, third and fourth wives
Ali that be remembers of them is that
except the FIRST, each Of them did no,
live long; and that he lived happily
with them all. His fifth wife, who had
considerable property, died about foul
years ago, leaving the bulk Of it to he,
husband.
81 have had SIX of them, aud they
have all been good wives to me-" he
said. "l am too old and feeble now tc
have another" About twenty years
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Smith No. 5 removed
to Troy, where he has resided since,
Mrs. Smith dying four years ago, a:
above stated, and where be married
Mrs. Smith No. 6 three years ago, bav-
ing only courted her three nights pre-
viously. according to bis statement, bu,
a great many mere nights according to
Mrs. Smiths.
| The latter, indeed, was inclined to be
not little indignant at the statement ol
her husband that they bad had only two
evenings courtship before marriage
She knew all about him, she says be-
fore they were married. She did moi
want to be understood, however, as say
ing that she had not enjoyed her mar
ried life. She liked her husband,
though he was SO ipfrm that be could
scarcely walk, and so deaf that be
could scarcely bear. She would remain
with him as long as he lived, and after
his death she would 60 and stay with
her rich friends. She continued "I
like married life, and if my husband
were to die to-day, l would marry again
to-morrsw if l got the chance"
On being asked if she thought she
would have any chance, she answered
that she did not know but that she
might; but this she was sure Of, thai
if she got chance to marry again she
would not refuse it. 81 got chance" /"
she pursued, /" to marry when l was