Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-11-03


Bradford, Mass. 4 few days since. The
facts Of the Case, according to . cor
respondent, are rs follows: A lady in
the above town had been sick for some
time, and to all appearances bad died,
and arrangements were accordingly
made for the funeral to take place on
the third Gay after her supposed de-
cease. The preparations for burial had
progressed so far that on the day Of
the funeral the lady was placed in .
coffin, when it was observed that one Of
her eyes was partially opened. Nothing,
however, was thought of it, as it was
supposed 20 be the result Of muscular
contraction, and the arrangements for
burial were all completed, when the
supposed corpse astonished her a,ten-
dants BY asking to be placed on her
side. The house of mourning was sud
denly turned into one Of joy, and at
last acc cunts the lady was doing finely, /,
with every prospect of complete re-
covery.
Epizootic, in mild type, is reported
from all parts of the country.
Coffee can be cultivated in Louisiana,
Alabama and Florida.
A man who a few years ago was
worth $4,000 is working out a fine on
the streets of Richmond, Ind.
There are now in the Tombs prison,
New York city, five murderers, all Of
whom will suffer the extreme penalty Of
tine law within the next three weeks.
Standsrmon and Dolau will be hung ON
December 10, and Weston, Ellis and
Thompson on the 7th.
A despatch from Potisville, last Fri
day, says: The coroner's jury in the
case of the boy Frederick Brown, who
died of injuries received by The COLI
sion on the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad, at Tuscaroa, on Tuesday night.
after an examination of q number of
railroad employees and.passengers, re-
TUNED verdict that he came to his
death from injuries received by the col
lision on the Schuylkill Valley railroad, |,
at or near Tuscarora they find that
the conductor and engineer of Engine
No. SO are guilty Of gross and culpa-
BILE carelessness in starting for Middle
port at the time whenithe regular pas
senger train was nearly due; they are
Of the opinion that the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad company are censura-
BILE for not placing a more experienced
telegraph operator at Middleport sta
tion, who could advise the conductor
and engineer not to start until passen-
ger trains had passed, and the accident
would have been averted. The other
wounded continue improving, except
DimmeliBg, who has shown no change
since he was taken out of the wreck.
A despatch from London en- Satur-
day announces that an iron establish
ment at Leeds is about to suspend bust
ness, which will put between 5000 and
10000 workmen out of employmeni.
There was a'half million fire in Phil
adelphia last Sunday, by which some
nine hundred hands are thrown out of
employment The fire originated in
the dry house of Burners WooleD
Mills on oath street.
A remarkable case of child-stealing
lately occurred at CsrliDville, Iii. A
message came for DR.. Harrison to at.
tend case in the country. Arriving
at the place designated, be found that
be had been hoaxed and upon return
ing home, learned that bis little g,rI,
aged Is months, had been carried Of
by two wumen.
Miss Buckman, the Illinois giantess,
who died the other day, weighed 4l2
pounds.
About eighteen miles from Fort Glib
son, Miss, and one mile from Brandy
wine Springs, on the Place of Mr.. o.
Quin, the existence of a great number
of cut stone has been known for an in
definite time, and the people in the
neighborhood have used them for props
for their houses. Mr.. Jas. Gage, Jr.,
went out there few days ago to ex-
plore and had specimen stone brough,
into town. 1t is about three feet long
by about twenty inches square, resem-
bling in shape bar Of soap. 1t Is
probably a native sandstone. Mr..
Gage took this block himself from be-
meath the roots of a large pine tree.
1t formed q portion of a wall about
twenty feet broad on the top, which Mr..
Gage traced for distance of 260 yards.
The inference that one would naturally
Draw from this superficial view is that
this must have been a city wall. but
deep exploration might show it 10 be a
portion of fort, temple or other build
ing. Any way, its antiquity is proba-
bly, immense, antedating the history Of
the red men, Port Gibson Miss. J
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