Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-08

A sad case OF the shooting OF youth
BY his father is despatched from lndi-
annapolis, as follows: Some days ago
man named Peterson, residing in this
place, en,iced away from her home
the daughter of farmer named Trusty,
aud brought her to this city. The
father Of the girl learning her where
abouts en- Monday last, induced her to
return home With him. Peterson fol-
lowed them, making threats Of violence
against the old man, and last night he
approached TSusty's house. Mr.. Trus-
~, euraged at the persisteucy Of the
fellow in his attempts TO accomplish the
ruin of the girl, took down his sho;
gun, intending to shoot him on sight.
Trusty's son, aged Is years, learning
Of his fathers design, ran us to dis
suade him, and Trusry mistaklng him for
Peterson, fired, killing him instantly.
1t is seldom that duel is fought in
this State. One was fought at Taylor
vile, near Scranton, on the night of the
Is, INST. 1t is true the meeting was
not-by special appointment, but after
one Of the parties notified the other
to look out, that be intended to shoot
and did .hoot-tbe other party de-
liberately drew a weapOn-pistol-and
returned the fire with such effect that
the party who fred the 6rst shot was
mortally wounded. 1t was about a
woman.
Men have been known to kill their
wives BY kicks and blows, but it i. a
rare thing for woman to kill man by
kick. Such case is reported from
Washington. 1t was Michael Kuhn,
who told his wife that she was unfaith-
full to him, that she was on too intimate
terms with other men secretly, where
upoh the iusulted woman kicked her
husband in the abdomen with such
force tina: he doubled up, slckened and
died. The trouble in this case is that
Mrs. kicked too hard.
Leo N. Levi, the only Jewish student
at the University of Virginia, recently
won the gold medal in an oratorical
contest by eight students selected to
represent the whole college.
Mr.. Blanton Duncan gives the fol-
lowing Interesting account of the de
probation of the Confederate currency
lie says the total issue never reached
$685., 900, 900, and ITS depreciation was
less than is popularity believed. He
says the paper dollar was worth IS
cents in gold 10 November, 1861 60
cents in May, 1862 As or so cents in
November, 1862; l6 cents in July,
1868; cents in November, 1868, 5
cents in May, 1864, from which period
to the termination Of the war it fluctu-
ated, going up at once to 6 cents, and
only failing entirely as medium in
the last .wo months prior to the caritu-
lations when every one Saw that defeat
was inevitable.
On the lst of this month, at Dayton,
Ohio, William Dawson, ex-Colonel of
an Indiana regiment, while attending |
wedding party at Barlow's Hill, having |
refused admission to six rougbs, was
stabbed by one of them, named James
Murphy, in the abdomen, from the |
effects of which he died in few min
utes. There is a probability that Judge
Lynch will settle the case some of these
days.
This case Of bank robbery was re-
ported from Louisville, KY, on the Cd
inst. About daybreak Louis Rehm,
the teller of the Planters National
Bank, was discovered near the bank on
his way to the police station. He /
could hardly speak at first, but after
while informed the detectives that three
men had taken him from bed during
the uight, proceeded to the bank, and
forced him to deliver the keys, with
which they opened the safe and alb
stracted money. Rehm alleged that he
was chloroformed and stabbed in the
side, where there is slight wound
The preceding story was related to De-
tective Bligh, who regarded it as very
weak, and had Rehm locked up at a
hotel. The directors of the bank met,
and after consultation came to the con-
cluslon that Rehm's story was fraud
and be the robber. Being told that all
regarded him as the tobbef, be asked
for an hours sleep, and retired for that
time, aud on awakening confessed to
the detectives that be had robbed the
safe the preceding night before IL
o'clock, carrying its contents home and
burying them under his house. An ex-
animation by the detectives revealed all
the money tied in small sheet under
gymnasium in the rear Of Rehm's resi-
dence. He was arrested and is now in
Jail. He says that be doesn't know
why be took the money, and now realizes
the imptobability of being taken from
bed as stated. The bank will resume
business to-morroW. The money stolen