Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

Lancaster's bon led debt Is S3l7,
1898.
Tramps have again encamped in the
suburbs Of Altoona.
Eggs are down TO fve cents per. doz-
en- in Bradford county.
Johnstown's dogs brought into tho
treasury last year Sl65.
1t costs Butler county four dollars
for every tramp lodged in the Butler
Jail over night.
Citizens of York, York county, pur-
chase spring water from wagons in
which it Is peddled through the streets
of the town.
Joshua Miller. aged about 20 years
the heaviest man in Lehigh county is
dead. He lived near Catasaqua and
weighed nearly four hundred pounds.
Scranton is to have a spinning mill
employing four hundred hands. The
business comes from Massachusetts,,
Scranton having been selected for the
chcapne,, of coal at that point.
Mrs Mary A. Kaufman, aged seven
ty-five years, left her home in Pitts
burg several days ago and has no: since
been heard from. Fears for her safety
are entertained.
The base ball season in Cambria
county has been opened, aud a bat
slipping from the hands of a player,
at Portage, struck and killed q little
daughter Of Herman Klinemeir.
Later developments lead to the belief
that the old man named Gromer, whose
suicide at North Washington, Butler
county, was reported few days ago,
did not take his own life, but was mur
dered
John Hutb, an undertaken of Beth
lehem has been arrested, the dead body
of an infant having been found con-
cealed in box In his house. Huth is
also suspected of being concerned in
several recent attempts at incendiarism.
At q meeting of the directors Of the
Permanent Exhibition, held on We'd
pesdsy it was decided to have the formal
opening for the season of 1878, on the
first of May. The details of the pro-
gramme have not yet been perfected.
Henry II. Mellick, aged seventy FIVE
has just married Emma Keiter, aged
twenty -one, at Easton. 1t was sort
of bargain and sale affair, as previous
to the ceremony mortgage for S5 900
piece of land valued at 81 500 and
$500 in cash we're transferred to the
young bride.
Two brick stores in Chester uer
fred BY the explosion of a coal oil
lamp on the night Of tho 10th inst,
completely destroying the structures
and partially burning hotel. George
W. Wood and wife, who we're asleep
over one of the stores made a narrow
escape with their lives. The loss will
be about S30G0.
According to the Lancaster Exsmin-
er girl in Paridisc touship, Lancas-
ter Go. when moving is followed BY hy-
irg stones that come from the east.
thrown by some invisible power
Wherever she Is the stones pursue.
Her parents put her in chimney cor
ner 10 shield her from the dangerous
visitors, and ''stones actually came
down the chimney after her,"
The barn Of Mrs David Powell, Jr.,
a poor widow of Blacklic township,
Cambria county, about three miles dis
tsnt from Ebcusburg, was destroyed
BY FIRE on the night of the I'd inst.
Three horses, four milch cows, two
calves, hay, grain, and . variety OF
farming Implements were consumed
Loss, 1900. The FIRE was the work
of an incendiary.
On the night Of March 2s gang of
robbers made a raid on New Berlin,
breaking into Vanvalsah's shoe store,
stealing boots, shoes, hose. coffee,
combs, . new coat, and several dollars
in money. They also stole . sheep
skin from s. X. Dreisbsch's stable, and
horse and harness from Samuel Oldt's
.table and . good top buggy belonging
to David Oldt