Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-19
News Items.
Peter Cooper is Sc.

Chiua oy an euict vi the Emperor al tue
end OF three years.
Some sncI;iegious scamp stole the
communion set OF the church at Wyom-
ing
On Puget Sound they catch from
twelve to fifteen hundred salmon 10 a
single haul of a seine.
Red cypress ties on the Louisiana
and Texas Railroad, laid seventeen
years ago, are still sound.
Hall a million Of bricks we're used in
the construction of the new Union De-
pot at P,rtsburg.
William Tylor, of Forkston, Wyom
ing c"uuty' lis over one hundred years
old and works every day.
The widow of SIR William Sowes
in hsr will, written in l420, d,sposes
to aer "god daughter Maud, daughter
of the Baron of Hilton, one romance
boke. called the Gospels.
ln some parts of New York State
cabbages are left to rot in the field,
because the price offered for them will
not pay for harvesting.
The old fashioned reticuie is in style
again, made OF silk or velvet to match
the costume, and hung on to the wrist
by handsome cords.
Andrew Richards, the negro who as
sauited Mrs. John Smith near Winches-
ter, III, on Sunday, was taken from
Jail aud hanged yesterday by mob.
Elmer Eugle, aged fifteen, while
picking coal on the railroad at Potts
town yesterday was struck by passen-
ger train and instantly killed.
Erie county acknowledged lis Sher-
ifs deeds at one term of court recently
A young kentuckian, who was struck
on the knee by a base ball several
months ago has died from the effects,
alter severe suffering. The awful
warning comes late IN the season, but
it may be Of use yet.
A New York cigar store has an Amer
lean flag, the red stripes of which are
made Of cigars, the white ones Of Gig
arettes, and the stars of pieces Of plug
tobacco, placed in background of sill
yer leaf.
Four Of the cells in the new SunburY
Jail are being lined with iron Of the
thickness of boiler iron. They are in
intaaded for the more dangerous class
of criminals.
Thar was a sharp dodge Of the Rom
dout. n Y. saloon keepers. They all
signed the Murphey pledge, and thus
got rid of the temperance advocates.
A few years ago lady residing at
Eureka, al was married in $1,000
dress. She now takes in washing to
support drunken husband and three
pairs of twins.
Charles r. Vandyne, OF Princeton,
is coDtiaed IN Jail at Junction City, Da-
Wis county, Kansas, on the charge of
b,gsmy, having left his wife and family
in charge of his father at Princeton,
and when he reached Kansas he mar
ried the daughter of a wellto-do farmer.
Talk about your thrifty Yankee !
Why, here's guileless Texas youth
who rode a thirty dollar mule into town
the other morning, g,swapped eight tunes,
and rode home at night on a seventy
FIVE dollar horse, and with hundred
dollars In his boot leg. There's no
one in Connecticut who can beat that.
An Illinois doctor made a wager
that his wife would shortly bear trip
lets, all boys. And surely enough
the wife has now made good her hus-
bands prophecy by giving birth to
three healthy bouncing BOYS. The
Uother aud bows are doing we'll, while
the doctor wins his bet aud is the
proudest man IN the country.
John Van Lew, Colun bia county
farmer, was found dead IN the road on
Sunday morning, week with his brea-t
filled with large shot and his skull evil
dently broken with the butt end Of a
gun. Revenge is supposed to have
oeen the motive for the murder, as the
body was not robbed. There is 10 clue
to the murderer.
Burglars entered the dwelling of
Mark J. Williams, in Huston township,
Centre county, on the evening Of Thurs
day a week while the family were at
worship, and stole trunk containing,
among other things, ten thousand dol
lars IN notes and Snnds and six hun
drel doIlars in gold ani silver accumu-
lated before the war.
The recurrence of droughts in Asia
which are so productive of poor crops,
is attributed to the destruction of the
forests, which acted as reservoirs of
moisture. Planting of trees, and their
careful nurture and protection is the
only permanent cure for the distress
from which portions of India and China
are now suffering.
Au old farmer in N.w York State
recently invited his neighbors to a
''coru roast" A large fire was built
in the back yard, where the green corn
onions and potatoes were roasted.
After sppeasing their hunger, social
dance was INDUCED in.
A correspondent of the Tunkhannock
Republican shows frcm an ancient re
cord that John Depew, IN l772, sea-
son of great destiturion, sold piece Of
land worth ESQ, sat place called
Wilkes Barre Fort, 10 ye Susquehanna
for half barrel Of -four
worth 81
William Reimer was a candidate for
sheriff of Lehigh county. He was de-
featcd in the nominating convention,
and FIVE hours after the ballot which
sealed his fate, the present sheriff
levied upon all his property 10 sat
isfy judgments which had been stayed
ln der the belief "that be would secure
the nomination and bridge bis way out
1f bis embarrassment"
Two bears were seen IN the vicinity
,f Etapp GanralI ahnut tro -aobs ..,