Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-12-18
GENERAL ITEMS.

ZEN EH Al ITEMS.
Waterproof paper boots are worn in
Japsn.
A Georgia minister rode 40 miles,
married five couples aud received 81 so
Three sisters living in Dyer county,
Tenn, have given birth to sixty chill
dren.
Delaware and Virginia sre the only
two States that have officially adopted
the whipping post.
Dried leaves 0. the lemon. verben,
are used in Spain for making . ts,
which is taksu fuI bervousn4ss AID iBdl-
g-s,iap.
Thousands Of trsnps have arrived in
the South for the winter, aud Arourd
Atlanta, Ga, no householder respond,
to riss Il the deor bsli NJ night With
out carrying viii LIN . shot gus.
William HAssett, Of Newton, Mass.
has bsea sued far the eost Of his own
grsves,oss, which be ordered . year
ago in an,ieipa,isa ef IN early ds.th.
Leessrd Platt, sf Sb.ldos, Io~s,
elopsi With two g,,!.. WAS pursued snd
os<rt.ses BY their parents sod nsr
rlsa sss ~ Ihe,s. the other. who had
!ost .hs te.s, ksing tAsea k~r.s BY her
i.Ibsr.
Peter Ccnlick, OF Mosroe, Michigan.
ssed ID. asrri.d 4 young won.n, and
-oa,.,-d A.lf If bis property Z" her.
he has s,seS become eosviseed that she
iaveigisi Ai,. into tie match, skd il
sui.g tor iivOrss.
Two resident, Of Gilisvi,.e, Va, dis
put-d about = Young lsdy's sze-on.
n.Id.ns that she was 70. the slber that
.bs WAS lS-2nd fosgh: about It. cue
being killed. II s.sy hsd only asked
her they would have discovered that
~hs viii Be IL next March.
A man Was shot at in Colts Ststior,
Ohio, ey h,sh~syn.an, but the buile'
lodged n . soo., ard he ~as unirjnr-
I'd. 1bs ea-k vss not B,ois thar his
mosh-s had sivea hiu, bus = con,ic
~onz boe. aud j, vas nos next h,
heart, bus 10 his cost '.il pocket.
a minneapolis dispatch rays thu,
Part.r Guer.-y. sgd ID. -on Of PROM
ine.t drdg4is', aud Florence W,r."S,
sg-d l6. th. asuShf-r Of Pre-b, To-
risn si-r2y%sn. 1T Lake City, while
.k.sirC t"r-.asr On Frid.y evening
ver- drnvnsi. Tie bodies were Te-
covered.
A nan IN L-xipztoe, Va, m,iled q
letter 50 . Ec,itious hSms in Jsosn
with r-qnsst that it be returned !: not
called for, end started it By way Of the
Atlantic. HIS object vas to see how
long it would be in going round the
world. 1t came back by way Of S.o
Francisco is just 100 days,
The Rev Dir. Pen.ees-t, ~ Boston.
in = sermos against round dancing. said
that = very respe table and intelligent
young voiaxn had assured him thas the
hugg,ug WAS, to her, the plessants,s
part of ball.
Bill Pearoe kepta bar room in Bodis,
New, and was greatly annoyed BY men
~bO drank without paying. lie re-
solved to do only = cash business, and
po-ted SO announcement thereof. Sam
li.I.ey read the plscard, drank . full
,umbl.r Of whisky, aud eooliy SAID ::
q" Put it on the slate" Pearee drew .
revolver aud killed iial.ey on the spot.
The Legislature Of Missouri has been
peti,ioned BY the GrsDd Juries Of .ev
er.i ccsr'iee 10 revive the whipping
post in that State. The Boaue county
jury srsues that more punishment Is
impos.d On the honest taxpayer than is
Infected on the criminal by s@all pecu-
ri.ry faes or short terms 0f impri.on-
weht.
A Portland deputy sheriff va. exam
min: = barrel OF i'4u"r, intending to
ms.e q seizure, .b~n the hung 1ew os',
L't ti:a in tia eye, aud rut b.. eye out.
Ii has ec-t f, youth in Charleston, IL
liu"i., So eco ,o slander . young lady,
aud t- Us tern served right.
Two n.en, sccuseI cf stealing stock,
and ~bo killed lsrder VITO tried IT,
xIre.t ibssn, we're taken from the sheriff
y: Cssteo county, Seo., on Tue.dav n
week, tied 10 Il tee std burned to death.
T.. w. Lane, wife aud two children,
living iesr u.iies below Sabulz, Iowa.
ou the Mississippi river. were Crowned
on the l2th in.,.ht, While out on the
ice la a hand .Isigh III. ice trvk. SO
.uddeuiy that uou, could save item
selves or be rescued.
Ur. Bradford. convicted in New York
of esusiug tue death Of Vietoris Con-
So's BY :..lPractice, rss sentenced on
FRIDAY 10 impr sonment for fourteen
years and elk mouths. Previous to the
sentence, = woman known a. Madame
Chradi, clsirvoysnt. arose 10 the court
room snd declared that khe had CON.
mitted The offence, and the Doctor was
:LDucest. Her statement, however,
had no weigh, with the Court, aud size
Was permitted to depart.
A thirteen year old Denton Eastern
Shore, "d-, J boy named Boycs knocked
bis sister down with . club the other
day. aud thinking that he had killed
her. he gssbed has own throat with
jack. knife. Beth vi llrobstly recover.
Peter Muehmeiser. . resident of the
Twenty fifth ward, Cincinnati, beat hi,
wife on The head With . fat iron the
other woruing until he supposed her
dead. He then went out aud hanged
himself. Muchmei.er vac q drunken
wretch, who drew bis only support from
his wife, . washer woman. Lately she
received a smal. legacy, of winch be
attempted, uusuccessiuIly, to deprive