Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

came out near the elbow, causing vefv
serious but not dangerous wound. The
child fell from its mothers arms and
rolled under the bed and when taken
up it was found to have received no IN
jury. At last accounts the patient was
in fair way of recovery.-Gen,us Of
Liberty.
Mr.. Faul Stif1sr, residing near East
Sarpsburg, Huntingdon county, a wild
over with FIVE children, met with ter
rible death on Thursday morning of
las; week. He was trying that old and
dangerous method of ascertaining wheth-
er his shot gun was loaded, by placing
his mouth ever the muzzle of the gun
and blowing into it, with his foot pres
sing against the lock, and By some
means his foot slipped, and as the gun
happened to be loaded very heavily
with shot, it was discharged, the con-
tents entering the unlucky mans niou.h
aud crushing the whole side of bis face
into an unsightly mass.
A fight BY two lawyers IN a Memphis
court, Tenn, on the 2lst inst, is de-
scribed by an exchange in this way -
One of the attorneys called the other
a liar, whereupon the one SO addressed
seized the Court Bible and Knocked the
other down, and proceeded to admins
ter corporal punishment according to
the code P. r. The Judge called for
the Deputy Sheriff. The combatants
were finally separated by the bystand
ers, and the Judge fined them fifty dol
lars each, and also fined the Deputy
Sheriff twenty FIVE dollars for being
absent, but happening to remember that
he had sent that officer out just before
the mill began, his fine was remltted.
Towanda, Bradford county, clergy
men peopose to preach only once Sun
day for the next four months.
A young man in Jersey committed
suicide on the day appointed for his
marriage. He was crazy of course.
a despatch from Utica, N. Y, last
Saturday says Ordo Davis, farmer
So years old, residing in Herkimer
county, was found with his head nearly
cut off i'll his barn on Thursday morn
ing. His son, aged "a years, the wife,
the wife's sister, Mrs. Fred. Emburge,
her son, aged 50 years, and neighbor
named Adams, have been put under
arrest TO await the action of the coro
ner's jury. Davis had his hands and
feet frozen through tie cruelty of his
family, and was otherwise helpless on
account of sickness. He died i. bis
bed in his barn.
On the 9th inst. the Indian chiefs
Red Cloud and Spotted Tail signed an
agreement to relinquish their right in
Nebraska. They want Sll,00O in
horses, $4,000 in cards, 81, 100 in Lar
ness, and $4,000 in wagons
Last Friday, at Thomaston, Maine,
the execution of Wagner and Gordon
took place. The demeanor of the
doomed men, which was cheerful The
day before, had changed greatly on the
morning of the execution. Wagner
appeared much excited. He has bith-
crto believed in the saving power Of
the charm which he wore next to bis
heart; but at last, realizing its impo-
tence, be seemed breaking down. Both
men protested their innocence. Cor
don requested that the inscription,
"COme unto Me, all ye that are weary
and heavy laden. and l will give you
rest" be placed on his tombstone also
that the hymn, "Jesus, lover of my
SOUL" be sung at his funeral. The
gallows on which the men we're to be
hung was placed near the quarry, and
could be seen from no point outside the
prison yard. The drop had done re-
peated service before. The crime of
Louis II. E. Wagner, who was Prus-
sian sailor Of brutal demeanor and grow
cling instincts, was committed OF the
night of March 5, 1878, on Smutty
Nose Island, one of the Isles of Shoals.
For the sake of plunier be rowed to
the Island, attacked the family of
Norwegian fisherman named Hontest,
killing Mrs. Christensen and a girl
named Karen. Mrs. Hontest barely
escaped by fleeing to the rocks The
plunder amounted to $40. John F.
Gordon was the son of farmer at
Thorndyke, Me. Having grown jeal-
GUS Of his brother and his wife on ac-
count of their preferment in bis fathers
will, he entered their room on the night
of June l6, 1878, and literally chop
ped them to pieces. Their little child
was also killed and another boy was
seriously hurt. Gordon set fire to the
house, but the neighbors extinguisbej
the flames and discovered the terrible
slaughter. The most stenuous efforts
have been made for the last two years
to save these men from the gallows,
and the fight in their behalf has been
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