Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-21
The coming President, see his bright rays,
In the centre behold the face of Rttthegfard B. Hayes
News Items.

A negro was sentenced in Floyd, Ga, i,
to be hanged next September, aud he
asked the Judge to appoint an earlier
day. His Honor remarked that pro-
priety prevented a change. +" Never
mind the propriety, Judge" said the
prisoner, 's1'm the man that's going to
be hanged, and | ough, to have some
thing to say about IT."
A man, his wife, and then four chIl-
dren tried to drown themselves together
in St. Louis, but were rescued by a
boatman. They were destitute, and
the Parents, after deliberate discus
sion of the subject, had decided upon
suicide. The oldest of the children, a
girl of thirteen, bad acquiesced in that
determination, but the younger ones
did net seem to comprehend the impor-
tance of the event.
In Philadelphia, on the 18th inst, &,
Albert G. Ward, who was a member Of
the staff Of the notorious rebel ra.6er
j ohm Morgan, was arrested on two
charges on the first for stealing fifteen
dollars worth OF tickets from one of the
receivers of the narrow gauge railroad /,
and tie second for giving worthless
check on A. J. Drexel 4 Co. in pay
ment for boarding. Ward is an old
offender in this line, but he has escaped
punishment heretofore through ;he in-
fuence of his family. This time, how
ever, be will be tried and punished, if
convicted.
John Cody, of Sesier, Tenn, shot
the lover Of his wife, but the wound
was not sufficient to kill, and SO on the
following day be aimed more carefully,
and with deadly effect. The Nashville
Banner says: "Cody was not arrested,
as the majority of the citizens are of the
opinion that be did exactly right"
On Sunday morning q week three
burglars forced an entrance into the
house of the keeper of cemetery in
the suburbs of Newark, n. j. Selling
the only occupant, the cemetery keeper,
they blindfUlded and bound bins. They
then rummaged through the house for
money and valuables. Not beng as
richly rewarded as they expected, the
robbers demanded of their captive the
information as to where he kept his
He fai,od to inform them,
whereuron they built fire and held
him over it, in the expectation of fore
ing from him the desired information.
After burning their victim so severely
that be will likely be cripple for life,
thieves decamped, taking with them
their plunder.
Since the trade in human hair has
been SO much injured in Paris by the
reports that the tresses displayed 10
shop windows came from the hospitals
or from the heads of dead persons,
many Parisiennes insist on having the
hair cut off in their presence. The
dealers are, however, equal to the emer
gency. They bring up ther Breton
girls in full CT stume. She cries as her
locks are cut, and the buyer is satisfied.
Usually the gIrl is an imposter and the
hair fastened to her head by an artful
process.
A Centre county man attempted to
swim across body of water three
times on a wager. He succeeded in
crossing twice, but on the third attempt
was seized by cramp and drowned be-
fore assistance could reach him.
An aged couple named Turner living
in Leroy township, Bradford county,
we're robbed of $4,000 on Sunday a
week Their house was entered by
three men, who, having securely tied
them, ransacked the house and got safe
iy away with their spolls.
A German residing In Buchanan
Iowa, named Geisel, had $500
which he kept in hay stack for safety.
He went to the mill few days ago and
by mistake took his money bag along
and had his hard ea-ned money con-
verted irto -four.
While everybody was looking at a
circus parade in Fall River, Mass on
Friday week, four men entered the
city treasurer's office and asked for
license. When they left they took
with them box containing $4,3l7. 1t
is only fair to suppose that there was a
little circus in that treasurer's office
when the loss was discovered.
DIR. Cook, the president of an insane
asylum at Canandaigua, New York,
was stabbed and killed on the 18th ip-
slant, BY one of the patients of the in
stitution.
A woman in Macon, Ala, had twins
twice, and then triplets, and after the
last lot her husband ran away, and has
not returned.
Miss Matte -, of Chicago, re-
Gently enjoyed the distinguished priyi-
lege of declining three offers of mar
riage within twenty-four hours.
A family of eight negroes we're poi
soned to death in Lenoir, N. c., by
strychnine which farmer had put into
pork. He had lost meat several times,
and took that way of Furnishing the
thieves.
Texas has just sent to the Centen-
niaI large collection of snakes, cent?
pedes, tarantulas, scorpions, horned
frogs and other specimens Of the rep
tile and insect industry of that State.
A company of musicians and dancers
from Algeria are on their way to the
Canfevp,al