Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-09
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The Allegheny county Demscra,s
to the next State Convention are al for
Col. J. p. Barr for Governor, excep.
two.
The Aberdare. English, Iron Com
pany has failed. Five thousand people
arc out Of employment by the failure.
The failure Of three seasons Of crops
in successiou iu the mountain counties
of Kentucky, have placed the inhab,-
tants of that region in destitute circum-
stances.
A dispatch received at Washington
at the Treasury Department, announced
tina. Larkin W. Selars, an officer Of the
Secret Service Division Of the Trea-
sury, who has been missing from hi,
home, At NieholvilIe, Scott county, Vir-
giuia, since the 10th OF April, was
found dead near Opressus station, in
Wise county, on the lst inst Two
bullet holes were found in his head and
two In his breast. 1t is supposed that
be was murdered by gang Of counter
fei,ers in that section.
Decoration day was generally OBJ
served. 'a'.'l n.t.i '.'-'a f
AT Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday q
week, q man named keuran hlled bis
mother-in-law and then plead insanity
Yellow fever is reported st Key We:t.
The army appropriation is a millich
short. 1851 ...sif. ll-..
Perryville, Va, had supposed
Charley Ross. .I al
The house of Mr.. Van Nicer, near
MAXWELL, Canada, was destroyed by FIRE
on Saturday night week. Three Of
his children persisted in tho flames.
A negro named Harry Garter was
killed on plantation Eve miles from
Augusta, Ga, on the 3lst ult., BY
Overseer z. b. Harris, who found him
in the act of skinning a hog. Garter
reached for his gun, which Was on the
ground near him, but before be could
obtain it Harris fred, wounding him
fatally. -.i H.eaI.Y .-...
On the 3lst ult., the Supreme Court
Of this Stats declared the tax upon coal
constitutional The tax is source Of
S500,000 revenue to the Common
wealth. lair. Hi ..l.. E-.
Ripley, Tenn, was nearly entirely
destroyed by FIRE, on Sunday d week
The FIRE started in saddler shop.
Miners about Pott.vil!e are running
work at rates of wages offered by the
coal companies. So dispatches say.
A National Temperance Convention
was held at Chicago, last week.
The laborers employed by the Board
Of Public Charities, of New York,
struck on the lst inst, against re-
duction Of wages. An attempt to pa
rade in c body to the City Hall was
prevented by the police.
G. =. Leslie, member of the South
Carolina Legislature, is reported to
have absconded from Charleston, to
avoid arrest Oh a charge Of defrauding
the State while Land Comm ssloner,
during Gov. Scots administration.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
.-North-will meet next year in Brook
lyn. . :.. a.l...
The fund raised from the colored
teamsters, iaborers and mechanics in
the District of Columbia, employed By
the Government, to aid in supporting
the sick, infrm and those unable to OBJ.
tain employment, Of their own race,
has amounted to about half million
of dollars.
There is a rumor OF war between
England and Burmah.
Recently, gentleman who q few
years ago purchased farm about eight
miles from St. Michael's, Talbot coun-
ty. Md, plowed up an iron kettle, said
to contain SIC, 900 In ancient coin.
A pair of boots, with gold tipped
toes, aud heels Of the same metal, and
valued at 500, have been made at
Idaho City, to ~ worn BY the high
sheriff, next fourth Of July, when there
i, to be festival celebration there,
and ultimately to be sent to the Cen
tennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
General Sheridan was married last
Wednesday to Chicago lady, sged 20,
be being a.. May they ever be happy.
II is said he will take his young bride
out Oh the plains for the wedding trip,
visiting, among other places, the fam
Gus Yellowstone river, the rival of the
Yosemite of California. Secretary
Belkuap and others accompany the bril-
dal party, aud General Clusters caval-
ry expedition Of twelve hundred troop
ers will furnish the escort. ..
The Republican State Convention of
Ohio, on the I'd, nominated Rutherford
b. Hays, and adopted the following
platform:
The Republicans of Ohio, in conren-
tion assembled, reafhrming the cardinal
principles of their organization. which
have become recognized maxims of pol