Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-14
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lever.
The speediest horse is Rarus. Re-
GENTLY, at Buffalo, n. Y, he trotted a
mile in 2.l3!.
Satan lives in Toronto, and the De-
troit Free Press, which is we'll acquaint-
ed with him, says he is really good
fellow.
New Haven, Conn, has a telephone
company, which has put up over 400
Telephones and forty miles Of wire dur
ing the last six months.
There we're sixty-seven failures in
New York during July, which aggre-
gate liabilities of S5,73S,l7l, an iH-
crease over June in the number of
failures and the amount Of liabilities.
Two trunks belonging to John FL.
Draper, custom house auctioneer, who
arrived IN New York from Europe on
Sunday a week were seized by the Gus
tom house oficials 1t is charged they
contain smuggled goods.
Hiram A. johnson, lawyer, of New
York, has fled petition in bankrupt
cy; liabilities, Sll4,000.
Royal b. rouant, the defaulting
cashier of the Elliot National bank, was
lodged in Jail at Boston.
100000 barrels of petroleum are
unsold and await shipment in the oil
region.
Two colored men, brothers, quarrel
ed about two dollars, near Hampton,
Va, on Saturday week, when one
stabbed the other through the heart,
killing him instantly.
During the month of July five hun
dred and four deaths occurred In hav-
ana from yellow fever, aud sixty three
from small pox.
There is jail at Deadwood, a log
hut 30x20, within which is small one
with iron grating doors. 1t Is white
washed and surrounded by a six-foot
fence. The guard is composed of one
muscular man and four bull dogs.
A special from Anna, ILL.,, states that
three women, while seeking shelter
from the storm on Sunday evening a
week, were instantly killed by the top
of large oak tree, which was broken
off BY the storm and hurled upon them.
The ofioe of the Ocean House, at
Watch Hill, R. l., was entered at 9
O'Clock ou the 7,h inst, and the safe
rolled out on the highway, where FIVE
men were trying to open it when they
were alarmed by movements in the
house. 1t is thought that the party
came and escaped in small sloop.
Philip Strich, of Hamilton, Ohio, re-
turning with an excursion party from
Niagara Falls, got off the train when it
stopped at Bismark, Ontario, yesterday.
His foot got fastened between the rails,
and before be could extract it be was
run over by the Chicago express and
instantly killed.
On the Both Of July, at Fort koegh
Dakota Territory, Jim Crow Collins, a
gambler shot Bigier Thomas, of the
Second Cavalry. The soldiers of his
company surrounded the Jail and
wounded the Sheriff. The Sheriff then
abandoned the Jail, and fight ensued
between Collins and the soldiers. A
soldier named Hurry was killed, and
another named Sanders was wounded.
Another company of soldiers put down
the riot The row started in dance
house, and was about woman.
AT . barbecue at Sandy Riffs, Ky,
few days ago, ten miles from Frank
fort on Saturday evening, John Thomp-
son and William Gordon began quar-
reling and firing upon each other.
Their respective friends and followers
Immediately drew their pistols, and
some thirty shots we're cred before the
termination of the affair. Gordon was
wounded in the face. Thompson's
horse was killed under him. Leonidas
Howard was shot in the hip; Deane
Roach was shot in the lung, and will
probably die. Walter Roach had his
horse killed. The deputy sheriff is
raising force of assistants, and will
eudeavor to arrest all the participants.
The ladies practicing law in Wash
ington city are Mrs. Belva A. Lock-
wood, Mrs. Mariella N. Kicker, and Mrs.
Lavinia c. Dundore. Two young men
are studying law under Mrs. Lockwood's
tuition. These ladies have good prac-
tice in the courts of Washington. Mrs.
Lockwood is of medium size, with
halo of gray hair around fresh, rosy
face; dark eyes that are calm and look
as if they were listening. Mrs. Kicker
is young, handsome, talented, rich and
independent-minded, yet circumspect
and self-respectiDg. She intends to
practice criminal law. Mrs. Duudore
ie fne lnokinp a 0ood lawver and has