Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-25
News Items,
Famine ID British India.


insurance last year.
They are building railroad in Pal
estine, it il 70 be 500 miles long.
The Paterson, N. j., Fire Insurance
Company hs, appointed receiver.
Prospecting tor new coal deposits
near po:ts.ille causes great excitement.
Mr. v. Patterson, soo mystsriously
disappeared from Pitts,on some time
ago, has turned up in France.
Worms are making sad hssoc among
the orchards in the yicipities Of Watts
burg aud CORY. Some orchards are
reported As not having q green leaf In
them.
A father and two sons were suffoca.
ted in a we'll near Dag too, o., on Tues
day, by foul air.
Several prominent men Of Altoona
and Tyrone have been arrested fox
adultery.
The dog-cstchers are still at work.
Nearly 1000 dogs have thus far been
drowned.
Thirteen steamships will arrive in
New York during August, with mails
frou British Psrts.
The Philadel phia Spiratuslists will
hold q camp meeting at Sicklerville, IN
the lower end of Camden county, COM
msncing August y.
1t was Mr.. John Miller, son of NJ.
Edward Miller, who attempted to shoot
Taylor Boltosser, at Leysville. on the
4th inst.
The Metbodists of Newport held a
festival on the 4th--a big dinper-and
realized SI30 at cost of only $2l.
Jacob A. Bluner, ex City Treasurer
of Allentown. has been arrested for
embezzling $4,000 He was also
cashier in a bank that went into liqui-
dation.
Among the presents at wooden
Wedding recently, vas an irfmencs
cake. This was reserved for the last,
when it was cut, cheese box, covered
with icing was revealed.
A New caterpillar has made Its ap-
pearance in Lancaster County and
threatens the destruction Of the tobac-
co crop.
reward of $3.50 is offered for the
arrest of the parties who stoned the
tram on the Lehigh Valley Road at
East Mauch Chunk.
Capt. w. b. Kellar, of Indiana cous-
ty, has been arrested for forgery. He
Is alleged to have signed two of his
neighbours names to note for $500
and succeeded in getting the note CASH
ed at Saltzburg bank.
1t is estimated thst not less than q
500 fresh milk cows are shipped from
Cum berlard county 10 PhilsdeIphi,
yearly.
An unknown man was found drosIi
ed in the PenDsy ylvanIa Canal at Bald
win, below Harrisburg, on Saturday
week.
James A. Favor, who is under S20,-
900 bail for assisting to kill the Hst.
rington girl, east Boston, drowned him
self in the canal at Lowell.
Muf Lawlor, John Slattery, and
Charles Mulhern, the Mollies phs turn
ed States evidence, were released frorn
prison on the 10th on their own recog-
nizancs
Moses Everett, of Columbia county,
fell from load of hay few days ago
aud was killed.
Mr. Moor Beatty, b1ilier of Pull
adelphia, while attempting to rescue
Mrs. Philips, of New York at Atlantic
City, Oh Saturday, was drowned, to-
gether With the lady whom he was try
ing to save.
A monster ratilessaks was killed
near Black Rock Station in York coun-
ty, few days ago which had - rat
ties.
Seven skunks that had cougrega,ed
the foor Of hay shed os
" endell Miller, in Lower Allen twp
county, were killed BY
Capt. George Ostott. John Longsdotf.
on a neighbo-ing farm, killed 4 nest c.
six skunss.
at 6: 40 on Saturday evening a
seek a sharp and well defined shock Of
vas felt at Memphis Tenn,
lasting bat q morent aud doing no dam
age. A wedding cermonv wss being
performed ~ Grace Church, and as
H;shoP Pierce, of Arkansas, who was
officiating, announced the corpls 81
man aud wife, the shock came ana Gre
ated cOnmotion among those present.
The BODY of David Reinbard of Potts
vile, was discovered on Saturday morn
ing & week on the railroad at Mount
Carbon, Pa. He had evidently COM
nitted suicide by throwing himself un-
der the wheels of = passing train.
The Warden Of the penitentiary at
Joliet, ILL.,, having disoJTcred plot of
the prisoners in that institution to es-
cape, on Saturday seized nineteen of the
and put them in so,;tsry
A girl aged about eighteen years,
and living near Scranton, was engaged
in the work Of picking coal from an ash
pile OF the Lsckswanns coal and iron
company, when her clothing caught 6rs
from some cinders, and before tho faues
could be extiuguished the girl was so
badly burned that her life is despaired
Of.
While a party Of young men vers
celebrating the night of the Fourth at
Clear6eld county, by
throwing 6re-balls, a drunken youth
named Elisha Rickets, kicked over s
pan of of burning turpentine, scattering
the auid over boy named Snyder.
He was horribly burned, saa died, the
oezt day in grea, agony.
Agses Parr, a,wamau who is engaged
in Philadelphia in taking charge OF cbil-
dren, has been arrested on the charge
Of causing the death of q child plsced