Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-26
STATE ITEMS.


There are s5,36l Odd Fellows 10 the
State.
A tramp, aged, ninety, recently
sought shelter In the Allentown lookup.
A vein of magnetic iron ore has been
discovered on Mount Penn, Berks
county.
The Luserne county Greenbackers
at Pittston, yesterday, nominated Hem
drick b. Wright for Congress.
!1t the funeral of Jacob Herr, West
Lampeter, Lancaster county, there
we're over 400 vehicles in the process
sion
The U. S. Marshall is selling the
property of the late millionaire, Peter
Herdic, now bankrupt, liz Lycoming
county.
An effort is being made to suspend
all drilling operations in the oil regions
for four months.
A large number of the old jails
throughout the State have recently
been condemned BY the grand juries of
the respective counties, as unfit for
their uses. The majority of these
buildings are in dilapidated condition.
An incurable disease is said to have
broken out among the cows in the
southern portion of Berks county, being
an Inflammation of the eyes, resulting
in MANY cases in blindness.
Lately several very mysterious cases
of "Man Missing" have occurred in
the mining regions of Schuylkill county.
Hotel rates are being reduced by the
landlords in the rural districts. When
will board come down to the price of
"levy" meal, with lodging thrown in.
Michael Hely, of Phenixvllie, after
four years fugitive from justice, was
recently arrested in that borough and
comIoitted to prison.
| On Sunday night the residence Of
Sanford SHREDDER, in Adams county, Pa,
was destroyed by fire, its thirteen in
mates narrowly escaping from the
flames, losing all their clothing.
Blair county has fitted up depart
ment in its aims house for the keeping
Of insane persons, and hereafter no In
sane from that county will be sent
to the asy lum at Harrisburg. Sensi-
BILE.
Gangs of tramps, at every opportun-
ity take possession of empty freight cars
on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad
which they hold until they are driven
out by force of arms.
John Sny der of Susquehanna town
ship, Dauphin county, sixty years old,
had been picking cherries Friday morn
ing IN bis yard on large cherry tree
when the limb he was on not being
strong enough broke, and be fell dis
tance of forty feet, breaking his right
leg in two places.
Governor Hariranft has appointed
Professor j. P. Wickersham, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, a COM
missioner on the part of the State to
inquire and examine into the industrial
schools and systems of general and
technical education in the various
countries of Europe.
A startling case Of wholesale poison
ing is reported from Pittston, where
several families have been Frustrated
BY drinking the milk of COW whose
udder was bitten by snake. Eigh,
teen persons, who partook OF the milk,
we're badly sickened, among them the
Hon. Judge, lately representative for
the Fifth legislative district of Lu-
nerne. Mr.. Judges daughter is not
expected to recover.
Henry Cooubs and John Bailey
we're students at the Bristol Va. }
Academy They both fell in love
with the same girl who lived in the
neighborhood, and did not care enough
for either to make a choice between
them. They met by chance in wood,
quarrelled drew revolvers, and opened
FIRE on each other. They we're poor
marksman, and nine shots we're fired
before either was hit-the tenth bullet
killing Coombs, who was near rel
ative Of ex Gov. Leslie, Coombs Of Ken
lucky.
A number of Indian relics we're
found with a skeleton IN lot in Dan
vile. The skeleton lay with its head
toward the east On the finger Of the
skeleton were found eight rings of cur
ious workmanship, one of which has a
stone set in it resembling diamond.
With the skeleton we're also found a
plpe beautifully formed in the shape Of
tomahawk, of red clay, highly polish
ed, in which was part of stem in q
state Of decay, which had been appa-
rr,ntly wound with fine copper wire, a
stone Ratchet and a large number OF
arrow heads formed of flint.
John Isaac and Peter Hawn, bach
elOr brothers, whose ages range from
sixty 20 sixty five years, were attacked
in their own house, SIX miles from
Huntingdon Pa, on the 10Th inst, by
two tramps and beaten numerically.
John and Isaac we're beaten uncons-
eious, and the latter is considered be-
yond recovery. The tramps then
knocked down the housekeeper, one
of them holding her while bis accom-
plice ransacked the house. They car
ried away with them bonds to the
amount of 81 600 Ss4 in money and
some other valuables. Upon the alarm
being given they we're pursued, but
turned aud fred at their pursuers. The
chase was then given up, but now the
anti-s moi oh hnrhood has haen arouaed