Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
News Items:

Iramps are giving Harrisburg wide
berth.
The Black Hills furnish a ready
matrimonial market.
The potato rot has made its appear
ance III Berks county
The capital stock of the Hunting
don plate glass company is to be Sl75.-
900.
Berge favers the whipping post as a
preventive of cruelty to animals.
Last year the State of Maine paid
s2,72j in bounties for bears at Eve dol
lars a head
The Northfeid, Conn, Knife Com
pany is doubling the size of Its factory.
New visiting cards are of medium
size of ungiazed bristlebOard small
script is used on these cards.
Miss. HiIlern. the pedestrian stands
five feet three, aud has perfect feet,
which are so small as to require a
u dress shoe.
The daily loss to the workmen of AL
toona, says the Mirror, has been about
$4,000, divided among trainmen, shop
hands and latorers or about $50 900
per. week.
1t now appears that Chief Justice
Agnew did not kill the two pheasants
found in his possession out of season.
They we're pfesehted to him by an in
convenient friend.
Foreign papers believe that Europe
can take 1000, 900 head of cattle from
the United States every year, the Inn
1t of cattle rearing having been reach
ed in many parts of Europe.
a late PIttsburg paper contains the
following Persons of known respecta
bility in Allegheny who have in their
houses goods stolen from the Pennsyl
wanna railway cars had better return
tbem. If they do not they may be
obliged to undergo the disgrace of hav-
ing their dwellings searched by police
officers.
Says the New York Times . ga Phil
adelphia paper has discovered hermit
IN the heart of that city. No explana-
tion is given why he chose such "a lone
Iy locality" Score one for New York.
The law and order posse of Harris
burg vent On a free excursion to
Cbambersburg and Williams Grove on
Friday.
Mr. Evaris keeps the major portion
of his large family on his farm in Yer
mont.
The large ard valuble barn OF John
T. Hughes,in SummerhilI township,
Cambria county, was struck by light
ming and consumed on the 9th ult,
together with six sboats, over two hun
dred dozen wheat, about twenty tons
OF hay, and great variety of farming
utensils, horse gears, etc.
Half ton OF pure gold is used an
nually for filing the teeth of the people
of the United States
Burlington, Iowa, imposes a fine of
$500 upon steamers whieh land tramps
at that plac.
Superintendent Packer, of rhe Le-
high Valley road, announces his deter
mlnatIol to weed out of service of his
road all men engaged in the late strike.
IL. &. Stone, the man VINO shipped
the first cargo of wheat from Chicago,
died during the riots.
A girl, named Stone, aged II years,
shot and Instantly killed boy, named
Woolsencrofi, aged 10, in Boggs town
ship, Clear6eld county, on the 81 inst
He had refused to give her drink of
water.
The Pittsburg Guards organized dur-
ing the troubles, have decided to make
the organization permanent and enlist
under the State law.
Sheriff Linderman, Montgomery
county is organizing posse of one
thousand for home protection, IN ac-
cordance with the Governors suggest
ion.
Alonzo MelnOr VINO is charged with
having opened a switch TO wreck a
train of soldiers, has been arrested at
Pittsburg. \ detachment of troops
went to his house at night and found
him asleep. They awoke him, when
he grasped revolver IN each hand to
defend himself. lie finally surrender
ed and is now in Jail.
4 kiln for the manufacture of China
ware has been erected in Pike township,
Berks county. Pa, and bricks burned
IN it for the purpose of lining the oven.
An exchange says one of the worst
features of the railroad strike in the Le
high Valley is the compulsory stoppage
of the Bethlehem irou works. This es
tablishnent has been running force of
1000 men, IN sufficiently profitable
way to avoid loss, while great many
families were kept from starvation. The
total cessation of business on both of
the railroads cuts off the necessary sup
ply of coal, and the fbres had to be
drawn.
Elk City, in the oil regions, has
been full OF accidents for the past week.
Here are a fes of them \ boiler blew
up, slightly ,njuring three men; four
rigs were burned down; child
about six years old fell in pool of wa
ter and vas drowned on Monday even
ing the large depot building that was
nearly completed was destroyed, togeth-
er with $500 worth of carpenter, tools.
The work of a thunder storm at
Gartiner ~ Y, on the ith is thus de-
scribed A barn was struck by light
ming and burned, together with its con-
tents. The owner DuBoise Etting,
was instantly killed, aud two men with