Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
News Items.
Stanla. il lost IN Africa.

About ZoVU cars were oesioyou ~
Pit,sburg.
Thirty one Americans are studying
at Heidelberg
San Frsscisco losfers are ralued BY
Chinese cherp labor.
/ A Paris, ky., frm is making 10OO
gallons of blackberry wine.
Do not use Paris green to kill cab
bsge worms.
Crawford county viii have three
fairs this year.
Cumberland, i'd, has a female bar
Der shop, and its patrons are in hourly
dread OF being scalPed by their Jealous
better halves
A new secret order, styling itself the
"lron Hearts," is said to be taking the
place of the "Molly Maguires" in the
coal regions.
Mrs. Margaret Reindeer, of Adams
county, is said to be ll2 years old.
The hog cholera has made its appear
in Mifflin county.
1t is proposed TO elect a postmaster
for the town of Mercer by popular vote.
The atholic congregation in Tyrone
have decided to improve their church
edlfce.
The Tifin, Ohio, Churn Company
turns out 5000 churns and 4O,epC dog
en- ssshboards annually.
II. L. Hamilton has been nominated
for Sheriff by the Venango county Pre-
hioitiouists.
The oats crop all ,hrough the Leban-
on Valley, from Harrisburg to Read
ing, is reported to be the heaviest rals-
ed for ten years.
The whole force of the Conreautville
Courier Office, two editors, printers and
the "devil," shut up shop and marched
off with the militia last week.
Owing TO foreign demand leather
/ boot aud shoe material Is now ten per
cent higher than it was one year ago.
A large grain house on the farm Of
John Mc0owan, In Union township,
Berks county, was struck by lightning
last FRIDAY night, aud destroyed with
/ the entire contents.
The expense Of moving aud feeding
the militia Of New York will, it is said
foot up $250,000.
1t will take PIttsburg long time to
live down the infamy OF her lucendisry
/ fires.
Over 100000 bushels of wheat be-
longing to Indianapolis parties were
burned at Plttsburg.
/ A six year old boy at Larry's creek,
LycomiDg county, got in front of
reaper. ou the llth instant, and one
foot was cut entirely off and the other
so badly laeerated that 1t had to be am
putated.
A wagon load Of people fell over a
bluff at the .'Darrows" below Crescent,
Lycoming county, descending distance
of over forty feet; but strange to say,
none of the party were hurt beyond
few trifing bruises.
Great damaged was done to farm
houses, etc. Along the creek three
bridges, wool house, wagons, fences,
aud almost everything near the banks
of the creek we're swept away Consider
able damage was done ct other points
on the crerk.
On " ednesday July the 18th inst,
between and O'Clock in the evening,
Daniel Barr committed feloniOus rape
on the person OF Dora G. Warnse lit
tie girl between 6 and years old.
The crime was committed in the barn
of Elisha Whitmir, who resides short
distance east of Milton. Barr Is an
IDIOT.
Early on Monday morning thu 30th
of July Strathaven dam, ON Big Crum
creek, gave way causing great damage
to property below. Juo Greer & Co.'S
cotton aud woolen mill, at Avondale,
Delaware county, was flooded and the
Machinery and stock damaged TO the
amount of $50, 900. Ten houses in
Avondale were washed out and several
persons carried down tn, stream, but
were all saved by ropes being thrown
to them.
A man named Murphy, living near
Pennsylvania Furnace, In Huntingdon
county, attempted to capture a couple
of cub bears the other day, but the ju
venile bruins scOOted up a tree, aud
when Mr.. Murphy t.ied to dislodge
them by pelting them with stones they
raised an outcry which brought the
mother bear TO the scene, when she
turned the tables on the would be cap
tor of her offspring by chasing him down
the mountain, causing him to lose pair
of shoes and bundle in his fight, and
finally compelling him to climb a tree
for safety.
While Mr.. A. BoyDton's hired man
was driving lelsurely along the river,
in the vicinity of Blooms bridge,
Ulearfeld, recently, the man heard
sharp snap, as of something breaking,
and suddenly checked the horse, and
at that instant large tree came crash
iuS u'Wb, ioi'hs oOiOSS '"O oaen VI 'hc
horse and killing it instantly. The
carriage contained Mrs. Bovnton and
her little boy aud Mrs. Beauseigner
and little boy, who were badly fright
ened.
On Wednesday evening Robert An
derson. seventy five years of age, of
Allegheny county, got into a quarrel
with his son, who is a cripple, and start
ed toward him TO strike him. The son
raised his crutch to defend himself, and
Mr.. Anderson falling against it it pen
etrared his eye three or four inches in
to his brain. He fell back and expir-
ed in a few moments.
A novel Building Association is
about to breath into existence in
Mechanicsburg. 1t embraces a mem
bership of but Eve persons, viz A lum-
Der dealer, brickmaker, a carpenter,