Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-01

woman who. win hcf son cf fourteen
years, c"msaaud q defsehment Of the
rebel army. She leads the insurgents
in person, dressed in . riding habit,
snd mounted on fine horse, aud is IS
brave ss lion.
The Republicans will not fuse with
the Conservatives in Virginia.
The Railway Convention at st. Louis
on the 24th ult, adopted resolutions
urging Congress to aid in the compile
iion of the Texas and Pacific Railway.
There will be fifteen contested seats
in the incoming Congress.
A dry goods house. that of Wallace
& Co., failed in New York last week,
for S5OO.OoO.
And new it is said the &C ivity in the
Navy means trouble with Lngland.-
There must be Gre somewhere under all
this smoke.
On Thanksgiving day the body Of
the Vice President lay in state in the
Rotunda at Washington, and . throng
of men, women aud children that re-
quired seven bours to pass, fled through
the building AND by the bouored re-
mains Of Henry Wilson, to cast the
last look that mortal ewes could give.
Intelligence from Spain, Cuba, and
the Philippine Islands states that seven
thousand of their citizens will send
goods to the Centennial.
A lamp explosion in Camden took
place on the morning of Thanksgiving
day in the house Of Mrs. Charlotte
Chew. in her bel chamber about one
o'clock. The lamp had been placed on
the mantle, and when it burst the fluid
was thrown over the carpet aud imme-
diately ignited it. Laura Chew, a
daughter, eighteen years of age, who
roomed with her mother, sprang out of
bed and rushed TO the door to call for
help, when her night clothes took FIRE.
She opened the sccond-story window,
out of which she either jumped or fell,
and was injured so terribly that she
died in few minutes after being con-
veyed into the house. The clothes of
the mother also took FIRE, and before
assistance could be rendered her she
too was so terribly injured that she ex-
pired about | o'clock the following af.
ternoon. William Chew, a sen of de-
ceased, about sixteen years old, had his
hands also severely burned. Forru-
nately, the lamp at The tifpe Of the ex-
plosion was situated some distance from
the bed, and the flames did not reach
it. Blu. little damage to the furniture
was sustained.
The Huron county, Ohio, court will
have eighteen divorce cases before it at
its next term.
None of the fairs in Southern Ohio
paid expenses this season.
Potatoes are only eighteen cents per
bushel at Girsrd, Erie county.
In Texas young camels bring $3.50
each. After their bristles grow they
bring more.
William b. Astor is dead. His
wealth is vdr,ously estimated at $40,-
100000 to oO,Ooo,OOO.
On the nigh. of the llth ult. a SER
want girl in the employ of A. Gibbons,
Coatesyille. was found seated under
the bed Of one of the family lying in
wait with butcher knife. She was
committed to prison in default of one
thousand dollars bail.
The scow king" of New Mexico is
named Cbisum, and he owns $4,000
head of cattle.
The California newspapers are pub
fishing t5e docket of Toulumne coun-
ty Justice of the Peace who beld an
Office in 1850. An extract from his
minutes CT case is thus given n. b.
Barber, the lawyer of Gorge Work,
insolently told me there we're no Law
for me to rool so, told him [ didn't
care for bis booklaw, that l was
the law myself. He continued to jaw
back. ] toli him to shut up, but be
wouldn't. l fined him $50 and COM
nitted him to Jail for FIVE days for con
tempt of court in bringing my roolings
and dississinns into disreputa bleness
and as warning to unrooly persons not
to contradict this court.
A single bolt of Lightning in Dakota
lately killed fourteen horses and FIVE
steers
Two hundred men are at work grad
ing the Lewisburg and Spruce Creek
Railroad in aud about Paddy's noun
tain tunnel, Centre county.
The aggregate weight of Mr.. Joseph
Weigel, wife and daughter, Of Port
Clinton, is 7lS pounds. The father
weighs 297, the wife DO, and the
daughter 2Ol pounds.
In the great walk at Chicsso, O'Lea-
ry walked in the six days 5O3s miles,
and Weston 45l Al miles. O'Leary's IS