Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-03-03
lower part Of the town we're submere.d,

we're su5mefged. hasing the streets il
darkness. All the mills except on,
have suspended work, throwing at leas
10000 persons ont of employment.
A despatch from kno1.ille, Tenn.
says . destructive freshet has canset
immense Losses in East tennessee. Th,
The Tennessee river has ihisty-eight,
feet Of water. The Knoxville ga
works are submerged, aud bridges
mills, barns and houses carried away
The railroad bridge on Hiawassee'
river has been carried away. No train
are running.
Late accounts Of the tornado tia
passed over Pettis county, Mo-, on th'
23,d ult say that seIeral DWELLING
.nd three buildings III the county wer'
destroyed. The principal damage dom
was in Houstonia. The storm was onll
$50 yards wide, but was terrific II
power. and Gid its work in Houstonia il
30 seconds A freight train was hurled
from the track, and some of the car,
carried distance of 100 yards. Be
sides ". ii. Porter, who wss MORTAL,
wounded, DR.. Williams had several rib,
broken, and his lungs seriously injured
He will probably die. Several other.
we're more or less injured. The loss or
property is about $4,000.
A Wisconsin paper says Of an exten
sively married minister of the Gospel
named Bones.eel, Sawyer, Green, Jone.
perhaps with more aliases and rossi
bly, with more wives than No. l who
lives 10 Apdover, N. T., and support:
herself BY taking in washlug-than No.
2 who keeps the wolf from the door in
Hanover, n. Y, by doing housework-
than No. 8, formerly of Winona, who
is dead-tban No. 4 who abandoned
him on finding out his real character.
The Rev. Mr.. Bones.eel-Sawyer- Green
Jones lastly and lately was joined ic
his No. 5 in Galesville, where he was
building a Methodist church by con.
tract. His po!ygamoas depravIty be-
coming known, his No. 5 was taken
away from him, while he boIted for
parts unknown and in quest of women
yet to be married 10 him. For we have
no doubt that Jones will 60 on marry
ing himself over and over again, jus,
so long as he can keep out of the PEN
itentiary. Ha is picturesquely de-
scribed As having +" light chin wbiskers
and a wart under his left eye"
Mexico is undergoing a religious ex
citement. A prominent Protestaa,
Bible reader has been assasslnated.
The New York Tribune published
the following on the oath ult.: There
was considerable excitement at the
Police Central Office yesterday over the
finding, in Trenton, n. j., OF the hat
believed to have been worn by Charley
Ross on the day of his abduction. Su-
perintcndOnt Walling said that abou,
two weeks after the abduction, Mosier
wrote to the parents Of the missing boy
and told them that he had destroy ed
Charley's clothing, but that if they eu-
tertained any doubts that he had their
child in custody, they could find the
boys hat in Trentou, as it had fallen
from his head when they were driving
through that city on tie second day
after the abduction. When the facts
about The missing hat we're learned. a
reward of $50 was offered fer its re-
covery. Ii was not until some time
that the right hat was sent to
Philadelphia. though many hats were
sent to Mr.. Ross. Superintendent
walling says that he still feels conf
dent that Charley Ross is alive, though
the thorough searches that have been
made have failed to reveal the place Of
bis concealment. This indicates that
the boy is with persons who may not be
aware of his Identity.
1t will not do for a stranger to drink
just anywhere in New York city, as
NAV be learned from the Tribune of the
24'h j: At the Jefferson Market Police
Court yesterday Z. c. Dunlap, of
China, Me-, charged jane Bell and
Henry Shriegel with robbing him of
money and property to the amount Of
50, 500, at the saloon at No. 81 Amity
street, on the night of Feb. % Dun
lap had been staying at Earl, S Hotel,
at Centre and Canal streets, and on the
night mentioned stopped in at the saloon
and asked for drink, and got what he
supposed to be whiskey. Soon after
wards he became inscnsible, and re-
NAMED in state of stupor until 3 a. IN.
the following morning. When he be-
came conscious he detected Bell in the
act of searching his pockets, and, soon
after, discovered that drafts on the Ma
tiOnal Bank of Boston for $500 and
$500, respectively, a number Of rall-
road tickets of the value of SIS, a
watch aud chain worth $40, and $500
in money, had been stolen, his loss
49,