Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-14

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says ~On the Goth tie sad idss o.
cured to me Of visiting the ruiss q
cscpta. On my arrival thcre What ~
spfuI slght met my ease. Ii vss sens-
ding horrible % contemplssS. Not
one stone remained on another in the
city. The number of the dead is CAL
culated at three fourihs Of the entire
population. The few families which
art saYed ere now on the outskirts Of
What was the 'ciry, living on What they
can procure bat they will soon be
obliged to retire. as the putrefaction of
the dead WIN not allow them to remain.
1t is heartreuding to see the wounded
who can have Lo rare, and who cannot
remain long alive in their present con-
dition. And more fearful still, ban
ditti are killing and robbing the wound
ed. No adequate idea can be formed
of the condition of affairs there.
Last week the committee of the New
York Assembly, charged with the inses-
tigator of the cause Of the increase of
crime in New York, on Wednesday ex-
amined William A. Martinez, who was
on the police force eight years and a
ward detective four years. He testi-
fed that while be was a detective In
the twenty ninth precinct the keepers
Of panel houses paid to Capt. Burden
SIS week aud Fifty per cent. of the
amount named by complainants. The
gamblers and keepers of houses Of pros
titution used to pay for police protec-
tion. He believed that this practice
still existed. He was sure that no
gambling or panel houses could exist
in any precinct without the knowledge
of the Captain. Thieves and pick
pockets were we'll known to most of the
detectives. There was little encour-
agement to detectives to arrest thieves.
They might take wan to the central
Office and swear that they that he was a
thief, but they would probably meet the
man in the street the next day. In
reply to the committees question as to
the recovery of stolen property, Mr..
Martinez said that much of it was re-
covered through collusion between the
thieves and detectives. When a public
mans property was stolen the pick
pockets we're warned that unless it was
returned they would all bo "run in. ,"
That notice usually brought back the
property.
This is case of liquor trouble as
despatched from Columbus, Ohio, last
week: For some days warm conflict
has been going on in Westerville, this
county, between the citizens of the viii
lage and one Henry H. Corbin, who re-
Gently opened a liquor saloon within the
limits. Until Wednesday the
war has been one OF words, but last
night some persons unknown placed
under the saloon building,
and, by means of a fuse, the charge
was fred about midnight, which demol-
ished the doors and windows, and raised
the roof four inches. On the Sth, upon |
Corbin's application, warrants we're
issued for the arrest of the preachers
Of the various churches of Wester eilie, |
the Postmaster, and four other citizens. |
The warrants charge the parties desig- |
mated, and others who are unknown.
with riotous conduct in assaulting aud |
encouraging an assault upon Corbfu's |
saloon on the night of the End instant.
Otterbein University is located ID Wes-
lervil!e, and for many years no saloon
has been allowed to exist III the town.
Dreading load of tax, Stroudsburg
voted two TO one against gas and water
works. i''..
The Fayette county grand jury found
, true bill against Mary E. Miner, for |
killing her mother in April last. She
will be tried IN September. a-a.. |
Statisticians during the past week
have busted themselves gathering the
,umber of persons killed and wounded
IN the 4th Of July. The last count
'ooted between one ard two thousand.
The trial of Parker, the ex.Treasu-
'er of South Carolina, for frauds against
he State amounting to nearly half a
million dollars, was begun in Columbia
asst week, before Judge Carpenter and
! jury composed of five white and seven
,olored men. sr-..
1t is understood that under the act of
IDLY 1S, 1874, providing for the re-
of specie payments, the Trea-
Jury Department has disposed of about
$40, 900, 900 Of the, bonds known as
i've per cents, authorized by the act
If July IA, 1870, and with the pro-
leeds has purchased about $4,000, 1000
u silver for the purpose of retiring the
fractional currency.
At about midnight on the night Of
he 9TH inst, the cashier of the Barre
National Bank, at Barre, VT, was
aroused by four men, who, after bind
nO and gsOcin0 his rifa and d,uobtar |