Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22
Tuesday, January Is, next, will b.

0oyernor Harfraufts inaugurstou osy-
Speaker Kerr's father came near be-
ing rich msn, in this gay: He sold
his farm near Titusville, Pa, in 1854,
for So, 500 the next year petroleum
was discovered on il, and not long after
i, was sold for $3.50, 600.
Forty thousand barrels of apples, for
which $50 900 was realized, were ship
ped from Monroe county, Michigan,
thi, fall.
ratle in Perry coanty hsss mad
itch, what,yer that is.
4 disease kno~n as the Texas fever,
is raging extensively among the swine
aud cattle in Vincenttowu ~. j. and
neighbolhood. Recently Mr.. Caleb
RiIgway lost near l0o head Of SWINE,
Mr.. Aarou Harker 80, Mr.. stephen
Haines 80, and Mr.. Benjamin Taylor
IL cows, 5 calves, aud 5 hogs. The
farmers and hog raisers in that part CT
the State are much alarmed
Gen. d. S. Elliott, of. Everett, has
been appointed by the Majo, General
commanding and commissioned By the
Governor, Inspector of the troops ct
the 9th Division N. G. of Pa, COM
posed of fourteen counties in the CEN
trail psrt of the State.
In Virginia Mr. Allen Hannah has
married Miss Hannah Allen, and now
Miss Hannah Allen is Mrs. Hannah
Hannah, aud is perhaps the only woman
in the world whose whole name can be
spelled backward and forward.
The latest code Of honor act is re-
ported from Augusta, ia, under date
of December 18th, as follows 9. d.
Tilley and George <. Ratcliffe fought
duel at 8 o'clock this afternoon, at
Sand Bar Ferry,S G. Tilley was shot
in the right groin at the first fire. The
ball was extracted from the left side
The wound is serious, but not necessa-
rily fatal. Tilley demanded a second
fire, but his second refused on account
of his wound. TIiley challenged Rat
cliffe for words rejecting on his char
acter.
Two women of Susquehanna town.
ship. Cambria county, Mary 4 Bealcs
and Mary Ferrier, have been arrested
and put in Jail on charge of arson.
Mrs. Beales' husband is in the Clear
6eld Jail on similar charge.
Near McKeesport, Indiana county, a
farmers wagon was run into by loco
motive and the bed Of It was carried
two hundred yards without injury. The
of the wagon was dashed to
pieces, and the driver, Samuel Werner,
was killed.
A stnpendous land swindle has just
been discovered in southeastern Mis-
souri,, showing the fraudulent transfer
of over twelve million acres of land.
The Italian War Department is about
to introduce a system of cooking ra-
tions on the march.
John Aired, of Rene, Ga, as he
paid his taxes remarked to the collcc-
tor: ei am 6fty-two years old and
don't owe a dollar haven't bought
bushel of corn or pound of meat since
the war never had cross word with
a neighbor in my life, aud never swore
an oath never buy any clothipg-have
them spun, woven aud made at home
never had lawsuit with any one, and
never was a witness in court"
George NJ. Ball, a young man Of Is
years, employed on the farm of Mr..
Perry, in estfield, Mass, has been
to drink, while milking
night and morning, quantity of warm
milk. A few mornings since, failing 10
take his accustomed draught, some
thing came up in his throat, choking
him, and he fell over senseless A son
of Mr.. Perry was surprised to see a
snakes head protruding from BalIs
but on attempting to seize it,
the serpent retreated down his throat.
A powerful emetic wss administered,
and in a short time the young man
up ''hooked ADDER" two feet
eight inches long, aud about as thick as
two fingers Of a mans hand. 1t lived
only FIVE minutes Ball has probably
carried the serpent for at least twelve
years, as be was accustomed to drink
from a small brook when boy. Since
parting with his tenant his health has
greatly improved, and his appetite is a
little more reasonable.
The author of 'Bingen on the Rhlne,"
Mrs. Nortertcn, is a widow sixty seven
years old, and is soon again to be mar
ried in London, to Sir Sterling Max
well.
Miss Wilhelmina Townsend, aged
sixteen, dropped dead while dancing at
a social party in Chelsea, Mass, last
Thursday night a week
Col. d. B. Davol, of Fall River,
Mass, had his arrangements completed
for his wedding to occur last week, but
his vedSlnp suit was carried off nv n