Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-01-26

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made . piteous bat useless appeal TO
the foolish Ii,tle creature to follow her.
Ou came the train, aud still stood the
calf, BY this time facing the train.-
The engineer tried to scare the little
fool away By making the whistle scream,
but he Wouldu't scare. When the
train vas within ten rods of the calf,
;he COW made rush for her silly child,
caught him on her horns, and bore hin,
away in safety. :" .-'i - IL
4 One evening lately three masked
robbers took possession Of the resi-
dence of Mrs. W. A. Marshall, of San
Jose, California, for the purpose fran
sacking it, They did not succeed in
the design. Mrs. Marshatl keeps her
valuabIes concealed, and has a habit Of
sleeping with heavy hatchet in easy
reach. Hearing a noise in the dad Of
the night she sprang up with the dead
ly Ratchet in hand, confronted them,
and gave them to understand that if
they were resolved upon going through
the house she would bear them compa-
ny. She stou'ly contested their pro-
gress, and took time to examine them
so critically that she afterwards de-
scribed them SO accurately that two of
them have been caught and identified.
Two Vermont farmers appear t" have
been outrageously taken in.o They in
duced their wives to JOIN the Grangers
and report to them the character of the
organization. Now, at every attempt
to join themselves, they are greeted
with two black balls. Meanwhile the
wives 60 regularly and rriumphantly to
every meeting of the grange and the
men stay at home to mind the babies.
1t is Darwin whom the Boston Post
charges with having said that the male
grasshoppers use their hind legs to fid-
die on the edge of their wings, and
that the best fiddler always wins the
affections Of the female first.
Two deaf mutes were married at
Oneida, n. T., last Wednesday, by the
"sign language" sister of the bride
interpreting the service as the minister
read It,
Arthur Gupther, ex United States
Revenue Agent, has been convicted in
St Louis of receiving $1,000 from a
cigar manufacturer for compromising
prosecution against the latter for yio-
lation of the revenue sar.
A fire at Apollo, Pa, on the night
of the 10th, which originated from the
explosion of an oil lamp in Il. A. Ran
dolph's shoe store, destroyed two
squares, comprising about forty build
ings. being nearly half the town. The
loss is estimated at S50,000.
! A little boy at Columbia tried to
burn down his fathers stable the other
day for the fun of the thing. His
movements were opportunely discover
ed and the flames extinguished.
j. p. Stewart, an Altoona landlord
attempted suicide by throwing himself
in front of train. An observer OF
the rash movement dragged him of the
track in time to save his life.
The Inland insurance and deposit
company Of Lancaster, which went up
the other day, has about $4,000 good
assets. The liabilities are $4,000.
Two tramps were committed to pris.
| on for six and nine months for aggra-
waited assault on a brother tramp at
Carlisle.
A man living in West Bradford,
Chester county, recently set forty-6ve
traps in one night, and tie next morn
ing found that he had captured thirty
one muskrats.
A citizen of New York city, who
had burglar alarm in bis house, Was
aroused from bis slumber BY its signal,
ore night last week. He got up quietly,
took pistol, cooked it, and was gliding
down stairs, intending to perforate the
fellow who was trying to enter the
house, but by misstep he knocked the
elbow of bis pistol arm against the wall
thereby discharging the weapon, the
ball from which entered his left leg
about midway between the knee and
foot and lodged in the ankle joint. The
report of the pistol started the burglar
on run from the premises, and the
wounded man was carried to bed.
A communication from Marysville
Perry county, of week ago, to the
Harrisburg Telegraph says: Yesterday
afternoon fire Was discovered IN the
basement Of a house occupied by Sam
I mel II Rr.dv The cootents of the
kitchen and basement we're pretty gen
orally consumed, and the fire was no,
discovered until the flames broke u1
through the stairway, and it seems al.
most miraculous that the entire house
was not consumed. From all the cir.
cumstances and evidence the fire wa.
started IN closet containing lot Of
clothing BY pair of tramps who had
previously called for bread an6 mea,