Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
kTATE ITEMS.
Erie is prJ=cung q skating rink.
Pitfsbory has cnlored tragedian.

Lake Eric.
Cows sell as high as $40 per head
in Chester county.
A vicious horse bit an Oil CITY
youths ear of the other day.
Workmen have examined all the
bolts aud braces of all the iron
bridge. on the entire line of the Penn
syivsnls railroad.
-Four hundred men are now employ
ed in the Erie car works.
Beef cattle raised IN Mercer county
are shipped direct to Europe.
A fatal poultry disease prevails In
Chester and Delaware counties.
A Franklin county pumpkin weighs
los pounds.
Dlphtheria in mslignant form pre-
vail, in Reading.
The Philadelphia yellow fever fund
last Thursday amounted to $l3l $780,
81 cts.
5000, 900 is given as the receipts
of the various fairs in the State this
year.
Several horses have been shot by am
ateur gunners at different points in the
State.
A wild cat was killed near Dauphin
recently that measured four fee, in
length aud weighed 81 lbs.
Horse theivss are operating in Frank
lin county.
Potatoes sre sdvaneing in price in
the Lebanon Valley.
Cases Of smallpox have made their
appearance in the eastern part Of the
State
In Somerset and Fulton counties
farmers clubs are being formed to
prosecute hunters for trespass.
DIphiheria. IN a malignant form, pro-
walls In Shamokin, Northumberland
county.
Detective John Gle. and Jeremiah
Rhoades, of Reading shot eighty six
rabbits one day last week 10 the uppe I
\ end OF Chester county.
Chester county is more infested BY
tramps st the present time than it has
been since the nomad began his opera
tions. Some of the roads in that couu-
ty are regarded as SO dangerous that
travellers fear to pass over them at
night
10 txo weeks thirteen children at
tending one school in Armstrong coun-
" died Of diphtheria.
On the lst dav of the hunting season
a Jamestown party, in Lebanon county
ebot 81 rabbits.
Efforts are being made in many parts
Of the State to reduce clerical salaries,
Two dollars aud costs is the expense
of Gaming a man in Blair county if the
man pulls your hair.
Philip Huffman was caugh. in the
tumbling shaft of threshing machine
one day last week on the farm Of john
Horner, near Jones' Mills, Westmore-
land county and terribly mangled.
Stock hogs are selling at 4 cents
per pound in Cumberland county tLis
week.
The raising of Guinea fowls has be-
become a profitable business in Ches-
.er county.
Farmers in some parts Of the State
have found it necessary to re-sox their
fall gain.
The Starc Grange meets at Belle
fonte on the lG;h of December.
In Montgomery snd parts OF Chester
county, men do not venture on the
public roads after nighfali, una.ued
It's all owing to the tramps.
At the request of b's daughter, Mr..
DeVoe, of Steubenville is to be Gre
mated By DR.. lie MOyne, of Washing
ton, Pa.
A full grown wolf was shot and kill
ed in Blacklick township, Carbon coun-
ty, lev days since.
Ninety responsible persons of Johns.
town have agreed to subscribe IS fol
a course of lectures this winter.
The house of Martin Seippe, of Ian
caster. was robbed on Sunday afternoon
a week of twenty dollars in money and
quantity of valuable jewelry.
DreIel & Co.. of Philadelphia, have
! received l20, $50 contributions to the
yellow fever sufferers.
Mr.. John Clayton, of Green county
} With horse and buggy, fell over a preci
pice, one hundred feet high, aud Meth.
er man nor horse were injured
The late drought destroyed the lima
! bean crop of Schuylklll county.
Four of twelve recent jurors in West
morelaud county weighed l040 pounds
Chester county has more lyceums de
batting, singing, temperance and scien
tiGc societies in successful operation
than any other county in the State.
/ Amos Ewing cut l6l shocks of corr
10 one day on Chester county farm
} The heirs of Henry Scbantz, Lehigl
county, have found $4,000 hidden mon
ey.
The name of the Post-ofice at Ag
= news Mills, Veuango county, has besI
changed to Mariasville.
The residence of Paul Whitehead, o
West hester, was robbed by tw,
sneak thieves on Tuesday afternoon o
watches and jewelry amounting in val
ue to nearly $500.
Circus men have been playing sharl
tricks IN the northern part Of the Stat,
where they took The trade dollar a
80 cents, and rhe Mexican quarter a
20 cents, and then paid them out q
100 and % cents.
The railroad trespass law is deat
matter on the statute books; the couu
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