Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
STATE ITEMS.

rye s feet s inches high.
Derrick City and Six Points are the
latest new towns in the oil regions.
Nearly all the rolling mills of Lu-
zern county are now in operation.
The population of Clarion county
has doubled within the last three years.
The Cambria county Jail holds
twenty six prisoners.
The lectures of Charley Ross father
are well attended in the northern por-
ton of the State.
Counterfeit 25, so cents and 81
coins are being extensively circulated
in the western part of this State.
Frederick Stone was knocked speech
less and John Carney instantly killed
by lightning in Lancaster, during =
storm on Tuesday a week.
Springfield Furnace, Blair county,
has been in operation since 1915, only
ceasing at times for making necessary
repairs.
A party of Quakertown hunters
speared 30l bull frogs in single night.
Over two hundred aud fifty wells
were completed in the Bradford district
last mouIh.
The Welsh Mountain Gang continue
to be the terror of farmers In the south
ern portion Of Bsrks, eastern portion
of Lgscaster and western portion Of
Chester counties.
The town of Bradford, which has
sprung up like mushroom in the oil
district of Mexican county, is said, by
local paper, to contain loo profess
ional gamblers, FIVE faro banks, and
numerless club rooms and drinking
houses.
The Commissioners Of Northampton
county have agreed to exonerate from
tax all parsonsges aud five acres of land
attached thereto.
George w. Bushong, who committed
suicide at Lancaster recently, was at
one time the possessor of 100000.
He lost it nearly all through intemper-
ance.
On Saturday a week near Chambers
burg, a stone fell from the top of a
stone wall aud struck little fve-year
old boy of Samuel McHaffey on the
head, and killed him instantly.
A German, named Henry Zeiset, of
Lancaster county, while grinding bark,
on Monday week, fell into the mill
and was instantly crushed to death.
A bull belonging to Sam'l Senseman,
o. Silver Spring twp. Cumberland
county broke into the horse stable on
Sunday and gored valuable marc to
death
A Reading firm has been awarded
the contract for furnishing 100000
bricks for the new State Lunatic Hos
pital to be erected at Nor-i.town.
Chicken cholera has appeared in
Berks county.
For the first time in sixteen years
the Armstrong county jail is without
an inmate
Late on Thursday night week Prof.
6. G. Saunders of Bethlehem, wis
aroused by some one knocking ct his
front door. He went down to ascer-
tain what was the matter, and when
opened the door, be was seized by
masked burglars, who after binding him
completely ransacked the house, secur-
ing much booty.
Tramps attempted to stop young
man as he was driving over the South
mountain from Adams county. One
jumped out and caught the mans horse
by the bride. A sudden jerk on the
lines threw the tramp under the wheel.
of the buggy. Two other tramps call.
ed upon him to halt, but refusing to dc
SO, they fred at him, but fortunately
he escaped uninjured.
| The Harrisburg Telegraph of june
5 says: Yesterday morning Mr.. Tinker
who resides on the Blue Mountain
about two miles east of Sterrett,s Gap
was bitten IN the hand by a copper.
head snake, as he reached his hand in.
to box on the barn floor. The rep
tile did not loose its hold until shaker
off. Mr.. Tinker proceeded to hi.
house at once to procure whisky, and,
in his haste, got hold of a bottle Of
carbolic acid and drank nearly hal
pint of the contents, which caused par
tial paralysis Immediately. DR.. Rodg.
ers, who resides at the Gap was sum
moned and administered the usua
remedies, bat it is not known whether
the patient can recover. Mrs Tinker
has has been quite i'll for some time
and the physician did not expect her te
live through last night.