Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

Tom Allen and Joe Goss will maui
each other for 81, 500 side on the 7th
Of Eepteuber, at some point near Gin
ciunatti.
Last Sunday morning q ~eek, eight
children, whose ages ranged from eight
to fifteen years, gotioto an old leaky
skiff in the Ohio river, short distance
from vsvay, indiana, and started out
for ride. When in the middle OF the
river they discovered that the skiff was
filing, aud shrieked for help, at the
same using every effort to reach the
shore, but the skiff soon went down.
A gentleman on the Kentucky shore
jumped into small boat and attempted
to rescue them, bat before be could
reach the scene, FIVE, all the children Of
Charles Irwin, were drowned. One oil
the three rescued vas so badly fright
ened that it is feared be will not re-
cover.
The Giant Powder Works at Nc.
GAINESVILLE, N. j. exploded on the after
noon of the 10th inst. The explosion
was caused by an accident in the mixing
room. Frederick johnson and Patrick
Gallagher we're blown to atoms. TIE
report was heard twenty miles from the
scene
Mr.. Edgar Farmer, one of the most
promlnen. citizens of Newark, N. j.,
and the senior member Of one OF the
most extensive trunk factories in the
country, was found hanging dead in the
loft over his stable on the morning OF
the 10th inst. For some time past the
deceased has gwen evidence Of mental
arrangement. He imagined that he
was in destitute condition.
A Roman tomb was recently opened
at York, England, and enclosed in a
stone coffin was found the body of a
young girl, admirably preserved by the
use of gypsum, and furnished with
what has been considered modern de-
vice-a chignon. This rested upon a
pyramid of pads, plaits and coils, and
although many hundred years old, is a
good specimen of the present fashion.
A wag, who had wrapped piece Of
cloth having the word " Centennial on
it around an egg and then boiled it so
that the word appeared plainly on the
she'll, sadly deceived q Portland, CT,
farmer, who took it out of tue nest
where it had been placed and exhibited
it at the Office of local newspaper as a
wonderful manifestation of the hens
intimate knowledge Of the history Of
the United States.
Ten men were Aogged at New Castle.
Delaware, on Saturday "a week, and
afterwards placed in the pillory.
The Pennsy lvania Railroad Company
announces that round-trip tickets over
that road from all points in the East to
St. Louis and Cincinnati will be sold at
reduced rates to persons wishing to at
tend the Republican and Democratic
National Conventions.
Mounted revenue officials are raiding
through North Carolina and Virginia,
breaking up illicit distilIeries and cap
turing a large amount of contraband
whisky.
1t is estimated that during the time
that the fractional currency has been in
circulation, sixteen millions Of it has
been lost to the public generally by de-
struction in various ways.
"Miss Martha Bell has been a school
teacher in Carlisle for the last forty
years, and her services are still highly
appreciated by the school board and
citizens"
The plague has broken out at Bagdad
in Turkey, where 399 people died be-
tween the 23d and 29th of April.
Ex. Governor Rufus B. Bullock, of
Georgia, has been captured and taken
to Atlanta, under requisition from the
Governor, after an absence Of five
years from the State.
Hon. Daniel j. Morrell, Of Johns
tows, Pa, Chairman Of the Executive
Committee of the United States Gen.
tennial Exposition, had his pockets
picked on the Centennial grounds, of
$500 and gold watch.
A Chester county boy threw stone
over a wall, which fractured a little
girls skull.
There is q talk of abolishing the
bank check stamp. The governmental
revenue would be cut a million and
half shorter if the stamp duty be re-
pealed.
The counties of Beaufort and Cole.
ton, South Carolina, are threatened
with famine.
The Greenback Convention, last week
at indianapolis, Indiana, nominated
Peter Cooper, of New York, for Presi-
dent, and Newton Booth, of California,
for Vice President.
A raw egg, mixed with little sugar,
taken every morning before breakfast,
is declared to be an infallible cure for
dyspepsia. The Lancaster Examiner
says so.
The recent gunpowder explosion at
Salt Lake City, it is alleged, caused
over one hundred premature births.
Simon j. Miller, late treasurer of