Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24

immense flower garden st prsssht.
Jennie june says . fashionable bon
net can be bsd for dollar and hslf.
Tweed's death-btd was Of rich ma
hogsDy, furnished with spring msttfess-
es.
Kansas will place . stature Of John
Brown in the national gallery at WASH
ington.
Mrs. A. H. Bassett, found $75,.
600 Diamond on the bank of the Coosa
river; near Wetumpks, Alabama, few
days ago.
Selika, q colored singer who has ap-
peared in Cincinnati, is spoken of as
having attained remarkably fine execu-
ton, and having q voice Of almost phe-
nolnenal brilliancy.
Captain j. ". Oakes Of Charleston,
w. Va, committed suicide on the 18th
by throwing himself under freight
train. He was q prominent steamboat
man.
John Ba!lenger, alias Jack Durino,
sn athlete of considerable reputation,
died at the New York Hospital from
injuries received several days ago while
wrestling with q bear at Albany.
| Raleigh, N. c., colored men have a
Young Mems Christian Association.
No white folks admitted. The associ
alton is helping four young brethren
to MAINTAIN an existence as theological
students.
Two hundred horses per week are be-
ing purchased in Clinton, Essex and
St. Lawrence counties, New York, and
in the western portion Of Vermont, BY
agents of the English Government. The
animals are selected for cavalry pur-
poses.
There are indications, at Cincinnati.
Of another railroad "war" in Eastern
passenger rates. On Thursday, the
Pan Handle route reduced rates 70
New York to $l3, and the Atlantic
and Great Western to $ll.
In row which originated IN the At
r,can Methodist churce st Jacksonville
Fla, on Sunday night week Toblai
Hsnnss shot Clarence Hubbard dead,
and so badly wounded William Baker
that he died yesterday.
Frank Maxwell, Of Steubenville, q.
went out duck shooting on the 18th.
ffe dragged his gun carelss'ly out o.
his boat on landing, and two loads o.
shot tore hole nearly six inches in di
ameter in his chest, killing him in
stantly.
| A weasel attacked . sleeping child,
aged Two years, in Washington, d. C.,
recently. A deep cash was made il
the little ones throat, and 1t would
probably have been killed had not it,
screams aroused the parents.
An immense bass, weighing ninety,
one and one half pounds, was exhibited
10 front of . Nassau street New York
restaurant. The fish measured nearly
five feet around 1t was caught in &
res in the sound, opposite Port Ches'
ter.
| A petri6ed crocodile, forty six feet
in length, has been exhumed near Como
Station, on the Union Pacific railroad
and shipped to Yale College. The dis
coverers-Mr. Carlln, the station agent
and Reed. . section boss-get 81 Zoo
for their 6nd, and q monthly salary ol
I 1880 to hunt for the mate of the mon
ster.
John Freebury Of Welland, Ont,
was sentenced to seven years in the
penitentisry for setting fire 70 Crasse':
Hotel, in Berthe, causing q loss Of Sl0,-
900. Aaron Anger for hirsing Free
bury to set FIRE to the ho.el, received 4
similar sentence. Angsr, . uan oi
considerable means was the rival o!
Creese.
An eight year old girl in st. Loui:
has a penchsnt for swallowing metallic
substances. Recently she was taken
sick and $l.l5 in dimes-thers was one
nickel-was elected frOm her stomach
The coins we're of somewhat browuish
color, and the nickle Was partially de-
stroyed. 1t is supposed that the dimel
Wereswallowsd four month ago,
| Congressman Ellsworth, who is Wis
iting bis home at Greenyille, Mich,
was assaulted on Tuesday a week BY
j. j. Shearer, Deighbor, and terribly
beaten. The external plate Of the
frontal bone over bis lef. eye is frac-
tured and bis condition is critical. L
was reported on the streets for month,
that Shearer intended to horsewhip
Ellsworth and two or three other gen.
tlemsn for alleged interference in biz
domestic troubles.
i A grand reunion of veterans will be
held At Leavenvorrh, Kansas, May II
and l8, under the auspices Of the
Grand Army of the Republic and citi
zens Of Leavenworth. All soldiers are
cordially invited to attend, and all tbos,
who decide to do 30 are requested Il
forward their name and address, witt
that company and regiment, to Custel
Post, No. 6, Leavenworth.
A dispatch to the Galveston .Ne,r
reports an Indian attack on . mail car
rier near Fort Concha. One IaAn VA
killed and the mail taken. Another
party Of Indians captured thirteer
mules at Fort Davis. Cavslry are il
} pursuit of the Indians, who are suppos
I'D to be from Fort Stanton reservation
Jeremiah 8. Black has instituted ,
suit in the Circuit Court At Washing
ton sgsinst ex Secretary Bsiknap
claiming IS, 900, "for work and labor
done by the plaintiff at bis request, etc
The declaration is in the usu,l form
and the bill Of particulars Is as follows
"W. W. Bslknsp to Jeremiah S Blacl
debtor, for professional services u
counsellor .s.-iaw, $1,000" The fee
claimed is for services rendered in th'