Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-03
STATE ITEMS.

Christiana, Lancaster county, has
revived the spelling bee.
Millions of grasshoppers are being
turned up By Wayne county plows.
Thirty thousand wild pigeons we're
caught at Sheffield, Pa, one day re-
Gently, in ueis.
Francis Kettle, thirteen year-old
boy of Hollidaysburg, has run away to
join a monastery.
The Great Council of Red Men. of
Pennsylvania will meet at Carlisle the
second week in May.
The Annual State Sunday School
Convention viii. be held at Williams
port on the eleventh of June.
A % pound wild cat, measuring 8
feet and niHe inches, was shot at Poun
tain Dale, Adams Co., recently.
Robert Wilson, the Oldest Mason in
in Dauphin county, died at Hiqhspire
on Tuesday night week aged Sc.
Berks county pays bounty to per
sons who kill foxes The treasurer re-
Gently paid man 81 ,25 for four scalps.
The soldiers in the city of Reading
who sued the State during the late riots
were paid on Friday. The bill amount
ed to $4,000.
At Franklin on Wednesday a YER
dict Of $1,000 was rendered against
Oil City in favor of II. s. Mays, who
sued for damages for injuries received
by falling through defective sidewalk.
Lancaster county produced very
heavy crop of tobacco last year, but the
prices that are being resIized are not
satisfactory. The last advices show
an increased demand, and slightly i'm
proved figures.
A. terrible accident happened on
Monday to Mrs. r. Armstrong, Chester.
While standing near hot cook stove
she tainted aud fell face downward
upon the stove, burning herself fear
fully about the head. Her eyesigh. is
thought to be permanently injured.
EIwood Skunk, while on his way to
Pickering. Chester county, from Phe
xville, was attacked by robber, who
shot him in the forehead and robbed
him of watch, a revolver aud some
money. His wound is not considered
dangerous.
Andrew Holtzworth, a man about
eighty two years old, respected citi-
zen Of Petersburg Lancaster county,
was found lying de.d behind the stove
on Wednesday morning q week. He
had arose to bulld a fire, and while
thus engaged had been seized with the
fatal attack.
DR.. Thomas Rotbrock Of Centre
county, who was recently tried for the
crime of abortion, the jury failing to
agree, was arrested the other day and
committed to prison to answer similar
charge. The victim in this case is q
Mrs. Ettele, of Bellefonte, who died
from the effects of the operation.
Chss Rakestraw. liquor dealer in
the village of Paradise, Lancaster coun-
ty, had been missed from his home
several weeks. After diligent search
his body was discovered in q dam on
Pequa creek. HIS pockets we're fill
ed with stones, and one was tied across
his breast, showing that his death was
the result OF suicide. Cause-enan-
cial troubles.
Mrs William Shuman. of Columbia
has black cat of unusual intelligence,
remarks an exchange. One of it:
wbims is that it will not permit its
mistress to wear spectacles. As soon
as the cat see. her with the objection
able glasses across her nose she will
spring into her lap aud with her teeth
deliberately remove them, and lay them
down using the utmost care not to in
jure her mistress or the glasses She
has never been taught this trick
Peter r. Schultz. wealthy farmer
living near White Hall, Mon,our coun
ty, attempted suicide on Tuesday
morning. About 4 o'clock be arose
and went down stairs aud first took a
dose of poison, but this failing to work
as he desired he took pistol and frei
| ball into the top Of bis head. He
died at one o'clock that afternoon. He
was unconscious TO the last. The ver-
dict of the Coroner's jury was that he
"died by his own band, while tempor-
ally insane" Schultz was q popular
farmer, having no debts Of any kind.
Through mails for cities, but give coun-
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