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

The search for the body of Mr. Hem
ry Laudis, Of Palmyra, who, it is be-
Iieved, was murdered and buried in a
certain locality in Lancaster county, is
still going on.
The Legislature of Connecticut has
a bill before it that provides for the
comforting of the right to vote on
women.
One day last week Grand Trunk,
Canada, freight nsln was detained fof
half an hour by grasshoppers. They
were over an iuch thick on the rails.
A Montreal woman forty-seven years
of age, aud who has been married twen-
'y two years and had nine children, has
Just discovered that she has no affinity
for her husband, and eloped with boy
not yet nineteen. She carried away
property belonging to Ter husband to
the amount of over 81 600.
One hundred and ffty "picked Welsh
singers" are organizing an expedition
to attend the Centennial.
This is the way Barton Coffman, an
old farmer near Indianapolis; Indiana,
was swindled ou. of 81, 800 some days
ago Mr.. Coff:nan has four sons in
business at Carthage, Ill. A swindler
posted himself on their family affairs
and came to indianapolis, visiting COf-
man, and representing himself as Thos.
Graham, partner of the Coffmaus at
Carthage. Graham came to the city
and purchased horses of Gates 4 Bay
and others, agreeing to pay for them as
soon as he could cash draft on Car
thage ILL. bank. He went to Fletcher
& Sharpe's bank, drew a check on the
Hancock County National Bank at
Carthage, LII. The bank refused to
cash it without Identification and en-
dorsement. Graham referred the bank
10 Mr.. Coffman, who afterwards en-
dorseG the draft. Graham secured the
money and left. He is described as
tall, OF plausible appearance, dark hair.
good complexion, right eye blind or
contracted, and of good conversational
powers.
The Pittsburg Gdsette relates the
following Mr. s. s. Bellows, wool
dealer for New York, and who is pur-
chasing agent for the manufacturing
firm of Slater's Sons, Webster, Mass,
was robbed of $4,000 last week, ac-
cording to reports. He had drawn the
money at Cadiz, Ohio, where he had
his headquarters, and started on the
train to New Alexandra to pay for
some wool. He got off at New Alex
andria Roads station and started up the
hill toward the town, which is about a
mile from the station. He says he had
got probably half way when, just as he
was passing large oak tree BY the
road side, two men Jumped out from
behind it and grasped him, one on each
side, and hurried him off the road and
down into deep hollow, put rope
around his neck, all the time indicating
by the pressing of Two ugly looking re-
volvers, which they displayed, that they
were terribly in earnest. The victim
of all this attention came to the con-
clusion that all was up with him. and
gave expression to bis fear by sharp
cry, which, however was effectual.y
stopped by means of large, red hand
kerchief being thrust into his mouth.
They then proceeded to search his
pockets for the key to his vallse, which
in the meantime they bad taker pos
session of, but at first not succeeding
in finding the key, one of them sugges-
ted that they cut the valise open, to
which, however, his partner objected,
and ere long produced the key, with
which they opened the vallse, took out
the money, inclosed, amounting to S5,'
900, locked The vailse again and re-
stored it and the key to Mr. Bellows,
after carefully stowing the money away
on their own persons. They then
searched him farther, taking his pocket
book, which contained S25. 90, but gave
It back again by reason of the small
amount therein. They overlooked $500,
however, which was slowed away in the
Fisto! pocket of his pants. After they
had committed the robbery they re-
mained in the hollow with MIR. Bellows
about an hour and half as he thinks,
during which time they threatened him
With death at every motion. and finally
left him, going In the direction of TIE
station, about the time that the west
ward bound train mo. q was due at
Alexandra Roads, telling him that if
he made any noise or moved while they
were in hearing or seeing distance it
would not be weH for him. He waited
until they got out Of sight, and then
made the best of bis way to his friends
in New Alexandria, where he arrived
in very demoralized condition. He
says that the men were large-he being
quite a small man-and were also armed
with revolvers, which made very heavy