Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-20
News Items.


On the 18th inst, in New York,
Moses Chamberla;n, convicted of send
ing scurrillous postal cards through the
mail, was sentenced to fine of S. 900.
Railroads in the west we're greatly
INSTRUCTED BY snow last week.
On the 18th inst. at IL o'clock both
houses of the Legislature met in joint
convention to open and count the votes
of the general election. The report
reads
FOR LIEUTENANT GovFRSoR.
John Latta had d............2T1.l9 i 95r votes
AZ e.. Olmstead had. ,0i6 votes
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL.
Justice r. Temple had. .276, COS votes
Harrison Alien had ..... ...212,52l votes
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
VIM. NcCandless had s......219,9 ,935 votes
X. Is. Beath had ......... 212,3l0 votes
JOHN Latsa, Justice F. Temple and
Wm. McCandless we're declared duly
elected to the respective Offices Of Lieu
tenant Governor, Auditor General and
Secretary Of Internal Affairs.
A despatch from S;roudsburg on the
18th says: The case of the heirs of
Monroe Snyder against the Mutual Life
Insurance Company to recover the face
of life policy, the payment of which
was refused on the ground that the de-
ceased had committed suicide, with the
intent to defraud, was commenced here
on the llth inst. The jury went out
last evening and returned verdict for
.he plaintiffs for $l6,459. A motion
will be argued for a new trial at Mauch
Chunk on The lst of February.
A most daring and successful descent
vas made upon the First Natioua. Bank
of Carbondale, Pa, at fifteen minutes
past twelve on the i4th, while the
teller, g. D. Couch, and clerk were
absent at dinner. leaving only the CASH
ier, james Stott, in the bank. Mr..
Stott is quite an old man, suffers from
III health and is very feeble. Two men
came In at the front door of the bank,
aud one Of them asked for the change
of a FIVE doila- bill. Mr.. Stott stopped
down to comply with the request when
the man reached over and grabbed his
head anu pinned 1t To the desk, while
his companion jumped over and bound
and gagged him. They then hastily
gathered up all the currency they could
find, amounting to about ten thousand
dollars, fortunately overlooking one
package which contained fifteen thou
sand dollars They were disturbed BY
woman coming to the front door, and
escaped by the back door, crossing the
river on the ice, and were seen to enter
sleigh and drive off. 1t is thought,
however, that they did not 20 far be-
fore secrcting themselves. One was
about five feet four inches, and wore a
snuff coiored coat and hat. The other
was about FIVE feet ten inches, and wore
dark clothes.
4 despatch from Helena, Montana,
dated Jan. l4tb, tells how cold it was
in tha, neighborhood as follows: Last
night the mercury in the thermometer
froze. Small quantities of mercury in
phisls became cougealed, and proof
whiskey out doors trcze solid in half an
hour. Four Cinnamon who left town
at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, we're
found on Wednesday morning about
half mile from town frozen to death,
and whiskey which they had with them
in small kegs was frozen solid. Re-
ports from Phillipsburg, Montana,
state that two Cinnamon we're frozen to
death there.
A bill abolisbing the death penalty
and providing for Imprisonment for life
for all offences heretofore punishable
with death, has been introduced in the
Name Legislature.
Illinois romance "Aiphonso Barrett
of Otterville, married a second wife, a
handsome lady about rs years of age,
year since, and died last July, leaving
among other assets son Iged %. This
young scion of the house of Barrett
celebrated New Years day BY marry
ing his fathers widow, and the happy
couple are now living at the old home
stead"
Philadelphia detectives made 1862
arrests during 1874, and recovered
SIS 500 worth of stolen property.
Tie Germans of Cincinnati are ex-
cited over alleged adul;eratious of lager
beer. 1t is said that corn aud rice are
used extensively in its manufacture
A Michigan town has a horseshoer
who set l3O shoes in eight hours.
The Chinese have names which cor
respond in frequency with the Browns
and Smiths of Anglo Saxon Christen.
dom. Those most frequently occurring
are Chin, Chang, Wang aud Shin, which
are the equivalents Of gold, long, prince
and stone.
Erie has horse which was driven
sixteen miles IN one hour and seven
scan ,ntnu.as u,,rnut T,,,ypa