Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-20
News Items,

were waiting for the ''sde" of the fire.
men.
A mau died IN Indiana county re-
Gently, and an examination of his eff
fec.s showed that be had laid up the
snug sum of twenty-four hundred dol
lars in Spanish quarters
An engineer III Lewisbarg was show
ing couple OF lady friends a pistol
cartridge last week. One OF them
punched it with hair p,n aud II ex
pioced, damag,ug the hand OF the uau,
an 4 burning the iace OF the punrhee.
A moulder named Mrehan has been
sentenced at Troy, n Y TO ten years,
Imprisonment for assaults upon other
mpuiders wh' did not belong to the un-
joni~ts of that trade.
The safe and vault of the Walter A.
Wood Moving and ReapIng Machine
Company, at Hoosick Fails, New York
was blown open on Tuesday night q
week by masked burglars and $500
stolen. The vault and safe are toral
wreck. The watohman was gagged aid
bound.
A little girl named Minnie killinger,
aged ! years, aud one OF tue soldiers
orphaus at " h,te Hail soldiers orphans
school, was fatally scalded ou last Sat
urday morning about o'clock, by fail,
Ing backwards into a tub of hot water
A German Lutheran church has beer
organized 10 CORY, corner of C"ucoId
and Sourh streets. Prof. Roth, OF
Thiel College, Greenvihe, it is expect
ed vii! preach as often as once month
Mrs. Jaul, a widow with three chill
drrn comnitied suicide at York OF
Sunday b, hanging. The act Was caus
ed by depressions OF spirits.
The Doylestown Presbyterian Chuch
has given its pastor, the Rev. DR..
Adams, a six months VACATIONS, with
out abatemaRt of salary.
Ger 1900 shad were caught a. the
Spryd wharf fishery, Middletown, the
past season.
A project is on foot in Erie to repro
duce 10 duplicate the Old blOckhouse
on Garrison Hill aud make of 1T a
memorial to mark the grave Of Anthony
Wayne.
Murdock, a mail agent between
Richmond and DanvIlle, who was ar
rested few days since for robbIng the
mail partially examined and admitted
to bail committed suicide at Richmond
Va,
There are 2.670 members of the
Methodist denom,ua ton in Biair county
Mary Lock wood, a New York Bow
cry couccrt saloon waiter gIIl, died or
Monday night from kicks Inflicted BY
an unknown man.
All the small blacksmith shops own
ed BY and along the Lrhigh Valley
railroad have been closed as measure
of economy.
A we'll dressed stranger went into a
St. Louis pawn shop, bought arevolveT
hal 1t loaded, and then shot himself
through the head.
The new postmaster at Pittston pro-
poses 10 move the pnst Office, aud
there is fine quarrel III progress about It
Frank M'Comic of Myertown, Leb-
anon county, was thrown from a coll
recently and fatally injured.
The caterpiIllrs are dong much mis-
let to orchards in Perry county.
Tue wheat crop III Tie same county VIII
be an average one.
The Laudlsvllle Camp Meeting will
open this year on Wednesday, July
18th aud continue over two Sundays
Tne ST G"thaId tunnel, IN the Alps
is unfinished, aud It Is estimated eIght
million dolla-s are necessary to Its com-
pietiop.
Sheriff Pew, of Mercer county, hav
ing rallied fnancisly, the cor"Ler % the
county has been nOrIti-d 10 take charge
o. the off :e. His liabilities are stated
to be nearly SO, 600.
Tue weather in California is unusual
ly warm this season. In some places
in the Interior the thermometer has
ranged as high as one hundred aud ft'
teen IN the shade.
A small meteorte fell in N"rristown
on Sunday, striking on the street. Ii
broke in pieces, which we're picked uE
by passers by aud preserved as curious
tiles.
Ou Thursday evening " ii. Miller
and John Washington, both colcred
engaged 10 a fight at attstOwn, each
na .irg a razor, which resulted IN Wash
ington cutting Miller's throat from cal
t. chm. Miller was taken to L"iser's
drug store, where the wound was
dressed BY DR.. j. j Lesser. The
wound is not thought to be fatal
Washington has been arrested and
lodged in Jail.
A little child OF Vim. Etters, oi
Burnside township, Centre county, aged
fifteen months, crawled away while the
mother was milking. and although search
was made in all directions 1t was not
found until next morning setting by the
side of a log about three quarters of a
mile from the house, which distance il
must have craw led on its hands and
knees. The woods had been burnt
and excepting some scratches 1t was not
injured. This occurred on one of the
cold nights some weeks ago.
Last week the divorced wife of j. +.
KIRBY visited Sunbury aud secured heI
boy, VINO lived with her former hus-
bands second wife. They left Sun
bury on Friday, aud rhe next day the
mother was fatally injured on the lie
high Valley railroad aud the child serl
ously hurt.
A traveller reached into the ticket
Office al Northum berisnd aud asked tor
a ticket to Chicago, laying DOWN a
twenty dollar note, tut before the agent
could pick up the money, the sharper
had suatched bill aud ticket aud
boarded a train then leaving. The