Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-02-21
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At Newcastle, LII mel have sign
ed Murphy's temperance pledge.
Nire or ten lonesome families occu
py Pithoie, which once had Is, 900 peo
pie.
Ed,nburg, Clarion county, Pa, 4
wilderness q year ago, has over 4,00t
souls.
Lhsrles Lockett, young man o
Gilberton, accidentally shot himself il
the hand with his revolver.
A married couple are living in New
Castle, Lawrence county, whoss re
spcetive ages a:e los aud los years.
/ Psrlor matches are dangerous, as q
lady of Wiiiiamsport lately discover
ed, when she came near being burned
up by one OF these explosive articles.
A blacksmith of North Heidelburg,
while shoeiug horse, struck a penny
which was firmly imbedded in the hoof
An Oakland, Cal, woman, who en-
terrained a sick stranger, got Sl40,.
600 by the Iatter's will.
A son of John " off, of Fayert City
while sliding down bill fell and bit bi:
tongue nearly of.
Joseph Mitten, an old man eighty
years of age, died at his residence near
Freedom. iew days ago. About three
months ago the old gentelman was par
ing his toe-nai's, aud accideueDtally cut
one OF his toes very slightly with the
knife From this abrasion set IN what
is known as "dry Gangrene," halt the
foot turned black, and, when struck
gave back a metallic sound as OF iron
or glass.
The landlords of the city of Titus
vile have agreed where practicable to
write their leases from the FIRST of May
instead OF the first of April, the object
being to crowd "moving day" into
tairer werther-
Mrs Wilson, who recently died in
HoiIldaysburg, in her eighty ninth year,
within the two years previous to her
death, cut over a dozen teeth of third
set.
A project for constructing railroad
tunnel under the river at Detroit is un-
der consideration. There has been 80
much interruption to travel and trade
this winter by ice that the necessity is
felt Tor immediate action.
Daniel Keiser . prominent citizen
of Williams Valley, died aud was bur-
led last week from paralysis. He was
the father of twenty children, BY two
wives fourteen Of whom are still living
Thirty thousand pounds of copper
are used in q month in the shops of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at
Altoona, when all the hands are at
work.
Pittsburg is seeking after retrench-
meut in its public school system By re-
ducing the number of principals. 1t is
proposed to reduce the number from
thirty nine to ten.
A Baltimore oculist recently per-
formed an operation upon a six months
old infant of that city which was born
blind. The operation was entirely sue
cessful, full sight being given the little
subject.
On Saturday hight a week n. J.
Razier. a merchant of Sparta, Georgia,
was waylaid while going home from his
store. lie was struck with a sIung-
shot, and robbed OF $l00 and { watch.
He has since died.
Samuel Smith, a farmer, was way
laid and robbed near Franklin, Indiana,
Sunday by young man named John
Cochran. Smiths skull was broken
and he will propably die.
Mrs. Gottlieb Vogele, tbirty-6ve
years of age, was horrible mangled by
dogs while going to her home near
Newport, KY, Saturday night week.
She Is not expected to live.
William Green, convicted of the
murder of his half brother, Samuel
Marshall, was hanged at PIttsburg at
noon on the 18th. The murder was
committed at Mansfield September 4,
1876.
The largest gas vein ever struck
in the OIL Region was found on the
Gibson farm, recently; the roaring re-
sembles Niagara, and can be heard dis
tinctly a distance D. nine miles.
Fifty two tramps lodged at the Beth
lehem lock up last week. They all
broke stone for the borough.
A tramp got warm breakfas. at g
house in Middletown, Conn, went 10
the Post Office, got letter with s.
bill in it, came back and insisted upon
paying for his meal. They wouldn't
tahe pay because they feared the bill
was a counterfeit.
A Kentucky man recently hanged
himself IN an ice house. He knew
where he would keep.
Rat SKINS sre an article of merchand-
ise at Fort Dodge, Iowa. where one
dealer has bought $4,000 recently.
Tie partial failure of the potato crop
last season has induced importation of
potatoes from foreign countries. Sew
erai hundred barrels of French pota-
toes have already arrived at New York.
The duty is Is cents q barrel, in gold,
bu. the high price of 81 per barrel for
which they are sold affords handsome
profit for the importers.
A little girl recently went from Mi
n.rs' station to Wiikesbarre on bust
ness. In returning she missed her des-
tination, and was carried BY the train
to Scranton. Her friends lost sight of
her for two weeks, when they discovered
her in the streets Of the latter city beg
g,og, she having fallen into the hands
of a professional beggar who was teach
ing her the business The little girl
-. .o,t.,>d 90 bar sp,ords and har ,,1