Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-16
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lands in Texas alone.
San Francisco is 10 paric over small
pox. Over 400 cases we're reported
last month.
Reading physicians report fourteen
cases of smallpox in one locality in
that city.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is laying its fourth track from Phiiadel-
phia to Harrisburg.
Thomas Burton Quackenbush was
hanged at Batavia, N. Y, on the morn
ing Of the llth inst, sor the murder Of
Mrs. Sarah Morton on the Sd of De-
cember, 1875. He confessed the deed.
Daniel Hull, the oldest living loco
motive engineer in the State, resides in
Chambersburg. He was born in Stras-
burg, Lancaster county, in 1898, and
commenced railroading in lSi3.
Charles krause, sewing machine
manufacturer of Honesdale, Pa, while
driving through piece of woods on
his way to Piltstou, on Tuesday, was
assailsd by a band of Molly Maguires'
aud SO inhumanly beaten that his life
is despaired of. His watch and con-
siderable amount OF money weIe taken.
On Friday week Mrs. Ann Jane
Buehler, who has been known IL Potts
Vile for years as "Auut Jane," ar
rived at the advanced and extraordi-
age of LOG years She was born Au-
gust 4, ITO. She is in destitute cir
George Bowers, of Hopewell town
ship Bedford county, committed suicide
by hanging himself in his stable. He
had been gloomy and respondent for
several weeks.
Charles Decker AMI Albert Smith,
boys, aged respectively 10 aud l6 years.
were arrested at Cory on Saturday for
attempting, during the latter pait of
June, to throw passenger train of the
track of the Philadelphia and Erie Rail-
road by placing spikes and stones on the
rails. They were committed TO the Erie
Jail
There are 1890 public schools in
Pennsy lvan;s, snd there is a regular
daily reading of the Bible in ii 800 Of
them.
A COW was found the other day
standing stark and stiff in = pasture IN
Maine. She had been struck by light
ming, killed, but hot thrown to the
ground.
1t Is stated that the Turkish army
now equipped and in the field numbers
800 900 men.
"Why didn't l kill some body 2"
thought con nsict as he entered the
Massachusetts, State Prison to serve out
a ten years. sentence for hen-stealing,
side by side with man sentenced for
FIVE years for causing the death of his
wife.
Smoke caused by confagration in
the bush between Henmingford and
Valley field, Canada, started by a farm
er In clearing piece of land prevails
to such an extent as TO interfere with
east and west. The fire has
ali the farmers crops, cattle,
buildings, &C., in the surrounding
The wheat being marketed in Union
county, ILL.,, is of an inferior quality.
Last weeks sale of short horned cat
tie at Paris, Ky, amounted to Sl54,-
900.
Z. Phillips was sentenced on Satur-
day to one years Imprisonment aud
fined $500 for issuing fraudulent tax
receipts in Schuykill county.
Samuel NJ. Blaine killed 55 snakes
on his farm, near Milton, last Friday.
Grasshoppers now infest thirty coun-
ties in Georgia.
A water-spout near Lynchburg, Va,
IN Saturday carried away culvert.
eavib.g a gap fifty feet in depth, into
which a freight train pitched, killing
two men.
Charles Walker, aged Ii years, was
80 badly cut in the neck with a knife
n the hands of a playmate with whom
ie was scufiling, at Tawuqua, that he
lied two days afterwards.
The peach originally came from Per-
':a; melons from Asia; ounces from
Corinth; the bean from Egypt cherries
from Asia; apricots from Armepia
he tomato from South America, and
apples we're originally brought from
he east by the Romans. The crab
apple is indigenous to Great Britain.
The onion was almost ar object of
Worship with Egyptians 1000 years be-
'ore the Christian era. 1t first came
rom India.
During the prevalence Of thunder
storm at Irwin's station, Pa, on Friday
evening, the lightning struck and in
'tantly killed JAS Twigger, who, with
wo other boys, were out at play. HIS
were severly stunned by
he shock, but it is thought they will
'ecover.
If the man on the fence sits there
i'll he has read and digested Gov. Til
lens letter he won't get down in time
20 vote.
Jim Frazier has been cutting grain
or over two weeks, and has one of the
inest crops ever raised on the Missouri
,ottom. He has 40 acres of winter
wheat, and will clean % bushels to the |
eye so acres of Rye, 60 acres of bar
ey aud 90 acres Of oats, making to-
al of 800 acres Of small grain. He |
as also 40 acres of corn, 80 acres of
which is in tassel, being the early Dent
ariety. He is feeding 800 head o:
ogs, 10C head of which are ready for
market, and has just shipped 60 head Of
at cattle, and has several car loads left.
lie commenced threshing his wheat
thursday, and expects to clean up the
7hole business before the machine
loves.
Mr.. John Scott, Postmaster of Brook
lille, was brought before U. S. Com
,issioner Me- aDdless. Pittsburp. Sat-