Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-01

men seized Charles Lacy, fire collector
Of the town Of AustefIiii, n. T., in :
secluded spot en- his way hon.s fFVn .
collecting tour in that town, and pre-
senting revolvers to his head, compel
led him to deliver all the mouey be had.
1t was supposed BY the fobbets that
Lacy had considerable money with bin,
but il proved to be only $3.50. The
robbers hed As quickly as they came,
and they have not yet been discovered.
When Col. sForLey comes home from
Europe, and De is on bis way nov, he
will lecture IN Philadelphia on his Cen.
teuu,al experience. =
A chicken hawk was shot recently in
Albany township. Berks county. which
had . steel trap attached to one Of its
legs ns
1t is thought that fully twenty thou
sand gold searchsrs vii! be swaruing in
the Black Hills by April FIRST.
The latest from the Black Hills Is
that the miners are working for 81 per
hour.
Two Virginia damsels arrested while
riding horses bare back confessed 20
having stolen them.
A party Of four hundred men has
been oreanised in Philadelphia to start
for the Black Hills.
Professor Sselye finds that each In
dian costa the Govern.uent about S2,-
600 year to keep him alive.
The Governor of Maine has sigued
the act sboIishipg capital punishment.
Ohio Prohibition people have State
ticket in the field. - ~ l.ii
James Parton has been urging bis
petition for the legal;zstiou of his mar
riage before the House judiciary Com
mi.tes Of the Legislature Of Msssachu-
setts. aa fea
A lawyer has sued John c. Fremont
for SIC, 900 for service in the patenting
of Mariposa lands in Californis.
There is = bill 10 the New Jersey
Legislature directed against the run
ming of excursion trains during the
Centennial year. sri
Congress has passed bill to prevent
the useless slaughter Of the buffalo in
the Territories of the United States.
Gov. Ingersoll Was re-nom,oated for
the office Of Governor Of Connecticut,
by the Democratic State Convention Of
that Commonwealth, on the 2Sd uls.
An offer Of $5O,OO0 has been made
for the swsepings Of the Centennial
buildings.
The West Chester Republican last
week reported an sppletres in North
Coventry in full leaf. The same paper
this week doubtless will report the
sane tree leafess. H
On Sunday. at St. Charles, No., a
terrific wind storm prevailed yesterday,
sweeping everything in its path. A
WOODEN factory, s,w-m,ll. warehouse,
two Touring mills, German Methodist
church, court house, county clerks Office,
California hotel, Zeitung Office, Harms
stables, concert hall, St. Charles saw
ings bank, Park House, Odd Fellows
building, St. Charles, .News Office, Dem
oerat Office, St. Louis, Kansas Central
and Northern railroad depot, aud many
other buildings we're more or less dam
aged The gas works are total wreck.
james Clancy and Son were killed aud
several injured. Many residences, farm
houses, feuces, &c, were swept away.
The loss exceeds half million Of dol
lars.
On Sunday Rev. E. C. Langley, while
engaged in the Mission Church in
Brooklyn, fell dead IN the pulpit. He
seemed to feel the illness coming on
him, sank back in his chair, and before
assistance reached him he was dead.
The physician who WAS summoned sta
ted that death was the result Of hes:t
disease.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Of Wisconsin has denied the sp.
plication Of lady lawyer to practice
in the Supreme Court.
The Babcock jury were unanimous
for acquittal after being out seven min.
u,es So dispatches say.
A horse backed on the track of the Lack
awanna and Bloomsbury railroad near DAN
vile recently, and the result was fourteen
cars landed into the canal and the horse
was killed. ~.
Mrs. Quinn, of Luzerne county, vas fatal
ly struck by an engine while walking on the
track with her boy. The latter jumped off
in time to save himself and equestei her to
do so, but the mother was too much con-
fused to know what course to pursue and
remained on the track. Her husband, the
father of seven children, was killed a short
time ago.
Lynn, Mass, has voted to substitute kero-
sene for gas in lighting the streets. A
saving of $1,000 or more will be effected.
Catlin, the man who painted our Indians,
used to say that prime necessity for avoid
ing diseases Of the lungs was to s'shut your
mouth" TWAS to their habits of keeping
their talking machines closely shut that be
attributed the freedom of the red men from
consumption. Breathe through your nos
trils.
The late Captain Ward, Of Detroit, who
died leaving $s,Oo0,Ooo to be fought over
by q couple Of wives and . couple Of fami-
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