Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

room. The chief robber then told the
other two to guard the doors. Francis
Prltchard told them to bold on, and be
would give them the pocket book eofi
tanning all the money iu the house. He
then went to a drawer, a robber follow
ing III with cooked revolver in one
hand and "bi!ly" in the other The
robber took the pocket book, examined
1t, and said to Mr.. Pritchsrd {. You
have more money than that" Mrs.
Pritchard replied-'Search the house
then" The robter commenced a search
Of the drawer, finding a silver watch,
which be pocketed. At this time Mr..
Pntchard's hired man, who had been
watching his chances, sprang for door
that led upstairs. The robber made a
grab for him but did not catch him.
lie then snapped his revolver at him,
which fortunately missed fire. The
hired man succeeded In getting to the
upper story and jumped out of win
dow. The robbers heard the sash fall
and the whole three ran out to catch
the hired man and prevent him from
giving the alarm. That was the last
seen of the robbers. The man return
ed IN an hour with Daniel Turner, John
Turner and George Turner, three neigh
bors. all armed, but the robbers had
gone. The hired girl also succeeded in
getting away without the thieves know
ing it, before the hired man made his
escape, but she vas too much fright
ened to do anything but conceal her
self in some bushes, short distance
from the house, until the robbers had
left. The amount in the pocket book
was about four dollars and fifty cents.
That and the watch make the net result
of the thieves labors. Mr.. Pritchard
had several thousand dollars in TIE
house, which the rascals might have
secured if they had not been frightened
by the hired mans escape. That
money no doubt caused the attack
The leading villain was about six feet
in height, with Burnside wh,skers and
dark clothes. The other two we're
about five feet seven or eight inches,
dark clothes, stout built; one with d
goatee and chin whiskers aud the other
a mustache. They were all of very
dark complexion, perhaps colored for
the occason. In their hurried departure
they left valise containing some scraps
of victuals, matches, scissors and a
comb. There was also letter in the
valise, addressed I" Shreeves, Millers-
town" Its contents were 81 have
seen Jim and Andy. Martin will tell
you the night we have ser." The let
ter was dated March %, 1873, aud
signed "B. Riley" 1t is hored these
scoundrels may be caught and that a
healthy example may be made of them.
A large grain firm failed In Milwau-
kee, because of its Inability to fill a
promised order of 240 900 bushels OF
wheat.
A young girl named Giles, residing
at Mill Creek station, near Pott>vllle,
who has been for several years subject
TO epileptic frs, while Washing floor
on the l4th inst, had an attack, and
falling forward with her head into a
pail of water, was drowned before as
sistance could be rendered her.
Pittsburg was visited by heavy rain
on the night of the 18th inst. On East
street the water ran three feet deep.
The calamity last year in that city,
being fresh in the minds Of The people,
created alarm among people who lived
iu houses on low ground. Many of the
inmates of such houses took refuge on
the hillside, and for a time the air was
rent with screams of women and chill
dren. Fortunately the food soon sub
sided ard no serious damage was done.
There is daring band of horse
thieves, numbering hundred or more,
operating in Arkansas Valley and along
the Kansas borders of the Indian Ter
ritory. The band is thoroughly organ
lied, one of ITS leaders being c noted
frontier robber named Barnett. Ten
of the band were brought into Wichita
By party of soldiers, they having been
arrested about eighty miles west of the
Cheyenne Agency with lot of stolen
property in their possession. At Dodge
City there is great excitement among
the citizens, aud they will undoubtedly
lynch number of outlaws.
A nan was recently discharged from
the Berks county prison, where he had
been serving a tenn of thirty days for
vagrancy, who is only thirty eight years
of aee, and has been in twenty-seveu
different jails, spending twenty years
of his life in them and learned FIVE
trades. He seems to like that kIud oil
life.
Manayunk, this State, is writhing in
the torture of a social scandal A Mrs
Bates, q prominent lady of that town,
appeared before a Justice of the Peace