Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-15
News Items.l
BARTON SPEAK.

Young woman who bad her feet and limbs
so badly frozen, about three months ago as
to render amputation of the one limb and a
portion of the foot of the remaining limb ne
cessary, is now able to "set up" and Is fast
recovering from the severe illness she was
compelled to Undergo. An artificial limb
will be procured after Miss Carl has suiii
cicntly recovered.
N. Ferguson, Esq, ofthe Robesonia Fur
naces, Bcrks county, has COW weighing
] 800 lbs which, it is said. yields twenty
pounds Of butter every week when in profit.
An Arkansas newspaper says that after
two farmers in that Stale had spent Sll2O
ON the lawyers in trying 10 find out who
owned an old cart, they commenced shoot
ing. and i've cents, worth of ammunition
brought a satisfactory decision. '.I:'s your
cart" werc the last words of the plaintiff.
The iucendi,rics are operating in BerSs
county, and three barns have been burned
by their acts in lew days. A Young girl,
between 10 and IL years OF age, has been
JAILED for one OF these crimes. 7-r
Reading is famous for beer, and Lancas-
ter for tobacco.
|. A. Potts, OF I'm. ,n city. Somerset
county, was killed on Saturday wedk
while illegally hunting rabbits The
ball from companions gun struck a
stone, glanced, and struck the deceased
over the left eye, killing. him instantly.
The grand jury of Bucks county have
disproved the financial statment of the
commissioners Of that county. They al
lege that large sums of money have
been paid out for work done on bridges
which was not given out to the lowest
bidder after full! public notice. The
commissioners will probably be prose
cuted for misdemeanor at the next term
of court.
Schenck retires.
During the mouth Of February 79
new wells we're completed in the oil
regions, principally in Butler and Clar-
ion counties.
Two hundred horses have been entered
for the spring races at Louisville.
The Metbodists of Lock Haven abol-
ished their choirs and have decided in
favor Of congregational singing.
Two sons of James McClelland, OF
Plum township, venango county, had a
dispute as to which should get out Of
bed first one morning last week. One
fnxiy showed the other out Of the bed
on the Hoor, when the ousted one took
a rife and shot his brother through the
leg, inflicting painful but not . dan
gerous wound.
The Erie mail north from Harrisburg
ran into land slide twelve feet high
on 10th inst, near Georgetown, on the
line of the Northern Central Railway.
The engine, express, mail and baggage
cars were badly damaged. Engineer
Frank, fireman kiear and express mes.
senger Kuriz we're injured. 1t is re-
ported that Que passenger was slightly
hurt.
A newly born infant Was recently
found by Philadelphia policeman OF
the roof Of house, where it had been
abandoned by its inhumsn mother
The officer was attracted to the spot
by the sound of the httle innocent.
weak waillngs. No known language
} furnishes terms sufficiently strong tt
properly characterize the wretch oil
wretches guilty Of such brutal behavior
Two Young rsscals in q Michigan
/ town cbIoroformed a whole donation
! party BY scatteing the drug about th,
room and upon the clothing of th,
guests. Twelve persons we're stupe6et
! in this way.
A citizen of Lebanon county accom-
modated 327 tramps With meals an,
lodging last year.
In the rolling mills at JohnstowI
there is place called the "tramp roost
1t is an open space about fifteen fee
wide, between two furnaces and an en-,
of the building, aud runs the length o
: one of the wings. Being warm an,
dry it affords an excellent shelter fo
. these wanderers. As high Is niuet,
! "roost" here o: night.