Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
News Items.

Huxley puts Niagara Falls at ten thou
sand years old, and it may be three or four
times that old for all he or anybody else
living knows.
On the 14th inst. the Sheriff of New York
made his return on the execution in the
Judgment for ST, ,000. .0O0'in the civil suit Of
The People against William N. Tweed
The return was s'No property to levy upon"
The Philadelphia police came down on
the can-can dancing trorpes that had been
giving entertainments in various parts Of
the city, for the amusement of the lewd
population, and those who were curious'to
see the bad side of the world as well rs the
good.
A London womsH with babe in her arms
provoked her husband 80 much that he
threw knife at her. II killed the baby,
entering two inches deep into the head
The jury acquitted the father BY rendering
verdict of " Accidental Death" and Sc
verely reprimanded the mother for having
cxasperated her husband.
Mrs. Richards, an English woman, "a
years old, amuses herself in England by
walking 900 miles ir 900 hours. She
walks two miles from a quarter before till a
quarter past ., and so on each successive
two hours, taking rest in the intervals. he
does her mile In fifteen minutes; and al
though she has for nearly two months been
walking in this way, she does not display
the slightest symtoms of distress.
Hereafter criminals will be executed
privately in Dallas, Texas, in order to pre-
vent public decentralization.
Three thousand hop pickers recently left
London on one morning for the hop fields
of Kent.
When dog barks at night in Japan the
owner is arrested and sentenced TO work a
year for the neighbors that were disturbed.
The dog gets off easier, being simply killed.
They are keeping up their reputation out
West. Two men gagged the express mes
senger on a Utah Central train, near Salt
Lake City on Thursday evening, opened the
safe, stole 81 500 and escaped. For bold
ness this takes the belt.
The Paris Exhibition of 1873 already
promises TO be great success. II will be
in the heart of Europe's favorite capital
all foreign countries have, through their
ambassadors, notified their willingness to
contribute, the Prince of Wales has accept
ed the Presidency of the English committee,
and other princes are expected to follow
his example. The construction of the
building has already begun.
sporting judge Is of use in more ways
than one Recorder Hackett, OF New York,
added TO his other sound decisions one
upon guns, the other day, which bore
against a prisoner who pleaded that the
shotgun, with which he had shot some
children, went off from a blow against the
window sill. The Recorder examined the
gun, declared il impossible, and offered to
let the prisoner try il in that way against
him with double charge in 1t. The jury
was convinced by the judge, as an expert
as well as judicially, and the sentence was a
years Imprisonment.
As the crew of a Footdee fishing boat
were hauling their nets on bo ard at the fish
ing ground, about thirty miles off Aberdeen,
in Scotland. the other day, a large-sized
whale-a 'sfinnerh-made a rush at a heavily
stocked uet, and swallowed part of it, along
with an immense quantity of herrings which
were sticking IN the meshes. The some
what indigestible mouthful seemed TO make
the whale rather uncomfortable, the mon
ster looking as If was about 10 choke but
the fishermen IN the boat managed to tear
off bit of the net, aid the whale soon dis
appeared with the rest.
Prof. Blackie in a recent lecture said
"a woman is naturally as different from
man as flower is from tree. She will be
fitted for the rough and thorny walk of the
masculine professions when she has got
rough beard, a brazen front, and hard skin,
but not sooner"
Henry klie and his wife Julia, an
aged German couple committed suicide
In St. Louis last week. They were too
old to earn a livelihood and were un
Wiling to be burden to their children
or the community, and affectionately
resorted to suicide together, as they
had previously intimated they should.
A Chattanooga farmers house was
robbed. Next morning stranger call
ed and said that he was one of the rob-
bers, and ne showed a locket. The
farmer said he valued the locket be-
cause it had been worn by dear child.
"Here it is" said the robber, SEEM
ingly affected. s.Let me make restitu-
tion. Here are $40 for your little
son" He handed the farmer coun-
terfeit $50 bill, and received $50
charge.