Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-15
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ern Russia.
The Times, OF India, states that an ex-
ped'tiou will sail for Suez.
The Cincinnati whisky frauds foot
up 81, ,250,000.
Disturbing Protestant religious as
sembles is a common occurrence in the
mining regions.
A LADY liEing in West Sanceriies.
Ulster county, n. Y, gave birth. on
Friday last. To triplets. two boys and 2
girl This makes l6 children sue has
presented her husband with since their
marriage. The tabies are in good
health, and with the mother aredoiug
we'll.
Talk about the precocious women of
oriental couutries-what have they To
do with the little woman down IN
Mount Sterling Kentucky, who is eigh
teen years of age, has been married
and has three children.
A,Cincinnati judge hiss dedecided that
playing ball on Sunday Is not perform
ing common labor
Peter Cooper has been sued for
SANDER, aud damage laid at fifty thou.
sand dollars. And all because he said
that he didn't believe one Groom, to
whom he gave five thousand dollars to
be used for electioneering, purposes in
behalf Of Mr.. cooper used the money
for that purpose
Daniel Conway, leading spirit
among the communists Of New York
City, was on Friday sentenced TO eigh-
teen months Imprisonment, for assault
ing Andrew " Gallagher with kn,fe
recently.
A, Brockvills Ontario Canada on
the 6;h inst. four men entered the resi-
dence of John johnson and demanded
meuey. On his refusal to comply with
the demand they tied him to bed and
beat him fatally with club. All the
money the burglars secured was 81.
cS'eidi aiieNts nave uetu nc1c
A Tennessee Youth Ia. just been
Sentenced to tso years in the pen
itentisIy for stealing a eoonskin. He
lived in snoter part of the State from
that IN which a man WAS held IN $500
bail tor assault with intent to kill.
A Syracuse n " dispatch says
there is some basis for the reported
FeDian Increment In that locality
Probably 80 men are engaged in it
claiming connection witt a general
movement along the frontier. Some
money has been raised and men armed
with pistols. The better class of Irish
citizens give no sympathy to the move
mcnt.
Interviews with leading Feniaus in
Budals give no credence 10 the sen,a-
tiODsl report that three thousand nen
are under arms and that steam tugs
aud transports are being secured TO
convey the Fenians 10 Canada. The
police and military authorities pro-
nounce the report canard. The city
IS quiet and no unusual number of
strangers Is noticeable.
Tire sabre is about to be ruled out OF
/. the cavalry regulation as q useless
weapon for the soldier Ii is found
iha, soldiers do but little killing and
not much woundIns with the sabre, aud
they are unhanjy things to dangle at
the side unless they are of use The
medical satisfies of Germany show thai
in the recent var with France. out oi
O., ,00C wounded, little over 200 only
were injured bv the baynnet; ou: OF ,
80 killed, l3S only had any signs OF
sabre wounds.
Some startling stories have LATELY
been SET sanat that General Fremort
and his family were IN actual destiru-
fIun. The fact is that General Ere
mont has lost all his mesrs in unfortu-
nate business enterprises and il really
very poor bat he and Mrs Fremont
have 50 many warm friends everywhere
that the story of their suffering is aI
together Incredible.
The Marmoset, small monkey hsv
lng soft fur, hooked claws, and a long
thick tail, which the Washington Troo,
captured at Pttsburg during the riot,
Is still at the residence of the captain
At WiIlistown township. and in a yer,
healthy condition. This auina, j,
thought to have been boxed up in a ear
N its journey to some of the Z0ologic
,l gardens, but the rioters in their ef
forts to stop transportation enabled it
70 get out.
Nightly robberies in the city o.
omaha, Neb, for three weeks past.
and the presence of an unusual nun
Der Of tramps, has necessitated &C
ton of the citizens. A vigilar ce
com nIttee OF one hundred AMI ii ty
men, thoroughly organized and act
ing under q well-divised plan, search
ei the c,ty thoroughly on Saturday
night. Legal measures viii be ad
heed to until they fail, when desI er-
ate remedies will he applied. The
co nmittee will continue to act night
ly until the tramp nuisance is abated-
In Brooklyn, on Nay 4th, Francis
co Peralto, the Mexican mustang T.
der, started to ride 305 miles in fif
teen hours at 4 O'Clock this morning.
He accomplished his first hundr, d
miles in four hours and twenty min
utes, average per mile two minutes
and forty seconds, fastest mile two
minutes and thirteen seconds. Cne
hundred and ffty-nine miles were
covered in seven hours and twenty
minutes. The two hundredth mile was
completed at ten minutes OF two o.
clock p. m. He completed 301 j miles
at Z o'clock p. NJ, but continued I'M
til he completed 305 miles at 7:10,
making the last mile in 2:41. The
rain made the track heavy, or he
would have made it in fifteen hours.