Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-05


Illinois. The brides name Was SslIie
Wcrtbington. She is worth . million
Of dollars in money. The groom's
name is Henry Stewart. There Was no
display Of wealth at the wedding
The shock of an earthquake vas felt
at Richmond, Va, at midnight, on the
22nd of December last An inhabi-
tant relates his experience as follows :;
In less time than il takes to write it, q
large portion of the male population
xass I'd the streets, all evinciug q state
fof general decentralization. AT the
hotels bells we're rung, and guests made
a general rush for the passages, corri-
dors, &c. AT the Exchspge the bridge
between the two uil1iugs swayed back
ward and forward as If il would be torn
from its fastenings. Many ladies were
greatly frightened. Few of them took
tine to make their toilets. The shock
was perhaps felt severest out Leigh
street. where houses rocked as IT on
the bosom Of q mighty wave. In some
instances entire families rushed out into
the streets wild with terror The con-
sternaiion verged into madness In the
effort to reach streets. People actually
tumbied over each other, but Fortunate
iyn) one was hur.. Accounts frcm
points along the R. D. X X. state that
the shock was felt very severely.
Butler county whiskysdistiliers have
been arrested for sscrooked" business.
The Catholic church at Passaic, n. j :,
was burned by an incendiary . few
days ago.
A priest of the Catholic church at
Newport, R. l., refuses burial, accord
ing to Catholic rites, to the corpse of q
! Catholic child sent during life by its
parents to Protestant school.
/ In 20 days and 81 hours Colonel
Scott, President Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, put up the PhiladelPhia mar
ket street bridge across the Schuylkill,
which was destroyed by FIRE recently.
A California girl named Shirk has
risen to the first rank as an actress in
in London, while at the same time a
Miss Anderson, of Louisville, KY, is
carrying off the highest houors Of the
stage in the West.
The Fincastle (Va.) Herald related
this story some days ago: Last week
Mr.. W. ". Womack and family, who
live on James river, were aroused late
in the night by the loud barking ol
their dogs, and the excellent housewife
endeavored to incite Ler worthy hus-
band to investigate the cause of it. He
declined to be disturbed, however. BY
what he thought a trivial matter, and
she boldly ventured out. With the aid
of a servant and the dogs she captured
a tremendous bear considering its age),
to the astonishment of her liege lord,
who put in his appearance after the
fight was over"
While attempting to cross the Ice at
North Andover, Mass, on Christmas,
Nettie Saith and Anna Conlin, aged 8
and l years respectively, were drowned
by the ice giving way.
A negro named Patterson kicked his
wife 50 inhumauly on Christmas, in
New Jersey, that she died few days
afterwards. He was committed for
trial.
A colored boy, aged eight years, was
drowned IN the canal basin at Harris
burg on Christmas evening. His name
was William Brown.
A boy in Washington, ID. G, got
possession of bottle of whisky on
Christmas, and drank about half pint
Of it. He sickened and died from the
effects of the drink the next day. He
was seven years old.
Eighty people we're killed aud Fifty
wounded, BY the giving way Of floor
IN = church in Switzerland, during
Christmas festivities.
A man fell down fight Of stairs at
bis place of lodgings at New Breton,
Conn, ON the 9th ult., and broke his
neck.
IIne magnitude of the oyster trade
may be imagined when the fact is learn
ed tina. fif.y thousand persons are en-
gagged in the business.
A few days ago thief entered the
Blackstone National Bank of Boston,
and snatched a package of $1,000 in
greenbacas from the counter and fed.
Where
Edwin Mickey, Of Northampton
county, went to church last Sunday a
week, and then thieves went into his
house ano 5agged $500 worth Of
watches and jewelry. While he was
praying the burglars were watching and
preying.
Mr.. S. c. King, elected sheriff Of
Mexican county this fall, is sad. 1t has
just been discovered that there was no
legal election for sheriff, as the term Of
the present sheriff-appointed by the