Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-28
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There are thirty candidates for the
Office Of Sheriff in Lehigh county
Unmarried women and widows IN
Rhode Island are to vote If they pay
taxes. =.
Spring chickens abont the sise OF
p,veons. sell ID New York markets 1t
81 per ID. =,
A Reading nan married girl with
out previously telling her that obe OF
his legs was wood and she was 50 an
gry on duding 1t out that she left h'm.
John ID Lee, the Mormon murderer,
b,. eighteen wives and sixty-four chill
dIen.
Sbippensburg has FIVE cases OF arson
,or tr,ai in tho Cumberland county court
N April.
A Chambersburg man has recently
been troubled with rats about h's hog
pen. Last week be took up the hoor
of the pen, aud succeeded in killing Oh
l60 OF the pests. - a
The bsathep Chinee has invaded
Chester aud established laundry
During the absence from home OF
widow in Soldier Hill, Luserne county,
on Friday, the landlord arrived with =
warrant, seized the goods and nailed
down the windows. The poor woman,
vho had five children, found herself
homeless when she returned IN the even !
ing. =,
George Spencer, a news agent on the
Penn.y lranla Railroad, was before the
Mayor of Pittsburg on Friday, ON the
charge of giving Norwegian emigrant
copper cent for a 81 80 gold piece.
Spencer was committed for trial, and
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is
keeping the emigrant and his friendsin
the city, at the expense OF tbs company, !
to testify at the trial.
The Easton Express says there are
six sisters residing in South Easton
who, together, weigh 1881 pounds
One year ago they aggregated 1870
making a clear gain during the centsn-
NAL year of one pound.
1t will cost the Government three hun
dred thousand dollars to be properly re-
presented at the Paris exposition.
| A number of members of the Union
hose company, Lancaster, amused
themselves killing rats in their hose
house the other Gay, and they succeed
ed in bagging fifteen mons,rous rodents,
which weighed in the aggregate nearly
thirty-two pounds.
A Brooklyn woman left her six
months old infant IN charge OF neigh |
Dor while she vent out. On her return
she found the woman, Hannah Dough
erty by name, had got drunk and laid
down on the infant, smothsring it to
death.
An aged tramp, who will be 79 years
old on the fourth of next mouth, aud
who Is on his way to Canton, Ohio, Was
accommodated with lodgings at the
tramp house st WillIamsport on Satur
day night . week.
Abou. coon on Sunday the family OF
Isaac Werts, near Unionville, Berks
county, we're startled by the appear
ance Of boy who came rushing INTO
the house, saying, "You had better get
out Of here if you don't want the root
10 fall in on you. The house is on fire.
The inmates we're 5000 on the outside
of the building, and before they could
fully recover from their astonishmen;
aud had time to save only few of their
personal effects, the house was 10 ashes
On Sunday morning q week in Read
ing, singular accident ACQUIRED. Mr..
AIRED j. Miller was driving down
Penn street, when in crossing the rail-
| road track his team was struck by two
trains ,one going up and the other down
Horse, buggy and driver we're dragged
down the track and ground between
the two trains. Mr.. Miller, strange
to say, escaped with severe bruises.
The horse was injured beyond recovery
and was shot. Portions of the buggy
were scattered along the track for
three hundred feet.
James Malone, of Esston, Pa, while
mentally deranged, hung himself on
Monday q week at the Northampton
county Almshouse, near Nazareth, Pa.
A fawn which had been driven from
Its home IN the mountains dashed into
the house of Colonel Calkius at Ticon
d-roga, N. Y, last week, and after
staring about In wonder for . few mo-
meuts it leaped through window in
the sitting room and disappeared.
Two men in Berks county descended
into lim.kiln and accidentally stirred
up two polecats, who greeted them
with an aroma which almost suffocated
them. They scrambled out of the kiln
in very exhausted condition.
Rev Geo. Robson, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, IN Duncanuon
Perry county was commissioned Post
Chaplain in the U nited States army BY
President Grant on the 3rd inst.
The Oldest son of President Hayes is
q successful Ohio farmer.
The residence of John Cooser, near
Bakersville, Westmorelaud county,
was consumed by fire few days ago.
Two small children perished in the
flames.
Miles Ogle, the notorious counter
feiter, has been sentenced At PItt.burg
to eight years imprisonment andSs0OO
fine. Several others were convicted at
the same time and received lighter SEN
teces.
A fire recently occurred on the farm
of Mr.. James G. Long, residing one
mile east of Sadsouryvills, Chester
county, destroying the barn and ten
head of live stock.
While John Higgins, of Pheuixville,
was in his house few days ago some
one fired at him through a 1indov