Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
News Items.

Turkey has ordered 25o tons OF cart
ridge paper from an Ohio concern.
/ The border claims bill has been re-
vived at Harrisburg. 1t has been in.
troduced regularly for several years
past.
Ex-Governor A. Il. Shepherd broke
his leg by fal. on the Ice on Monday
evening a week.
Mrs. Astor saves considerable time
BY her new idea of having a day ap-
pointed for appointed for receiving party
calls, and making the occasion recep-
ton.
Fifty Oneida Indians will participate
in the celebration of the massacre of
Wyoming. A sham battle will be one
Of the features.
Aaron Patchin insulted two ladies IN
the streets of Syracuse and went to the
penitentisry for $50 days.
Senator Patterson says he would be
fool to resign while he can lie in bed
and draw $lSs day as Senator.
General b. +. Butler has been en-
gagged as counsel by ex-senator Simon
{ amerou 10 defend him in the widow
Oliver breach Of promise suit.
Berks county agriculturists are ttrn
ing their attention to the cultivation of
cranberries.
Archibald Gordon, of Granville, ~
c., is father oftwenty seven sons by
one wife.
Sadie Sharp and Eta Hazeltine, aged
respectively eleven and fifteen, broke
through the ice on pond near Hyan
mis-. Mass, on Sunday week, and were
drowned
Bertha--Von Hillern commenced
walk of one hundred miles in twenty
eight consecutive hours, without sleep,
at Baltimore on Monday evening, and
accomplished the undertaking on the
Sth.
A lady of Oxford, Chester county,
had small piece of glass removed from
her arm few days ago which had been
imbeded therein for over fifteen years.
A gentleman in Ebensburg, nam ed
Humphrey, killed one hundred and one
pheasants during the season just closed.
Dickson Mortimer blew into bis gun
at shooting match IN Clarion county.
His foot slipped from the hammer aud
a ball went crashing through his mouth
removing two front teeth, fracturing
the jaw, splitting the end of his tongue
and struck the palate of his: mouth,
changing its course so that it lodged in
the back of his neck at the skull. They
feed the man on milk now, and bis re-
covery is doubtful.
The Lebanon Conference Of the Lu-
theran denomination will hereafter con-
sist of thirteen ministers and churches,
mainly in Lebanon Schuy kill aud Berks
counties.
The Postmaster Of Reading has re-
ceived an anonymous letter enclosing S
conscience money from a person who
writes; 50 | made use OF letter stamps
the second time, SC had no rest until L
paid for them"
A'Boston girl fell while sdanciug
New Years night and broke her arm.
The Allegheny county Jail had 4, ,3Il
prisoners during last year. The num-
Der who ate their New Years dinner
there was l0l.
Thirty suits, aggregating $3.50,
have been instituted at PIttsburY by I
shippers whose goods were destroyed
during the July riots.
The Pottsville Council, at meeting
on Thursday night. passed an ordinance 1
declaring the Office of Borough Exeeu-
tive, or Chief Burgess, an honorary
one, without pay, thus saving the bor-
ough several hundred dollars per an
nun. This action has destroyed the !
aspirations Of candidates for that office
at the coming spring election, to the
number of twenty.
The Dover, N H., Republicans have
elected Haye, delegates to the State
Convention, and adopted resolutions
strongly approving the Presidents pol
icy.
A new Catholic Church will soon be
an additional attraction at Franklin
A licensed hotel is unkucwn in " ash
ington' county.
\ batch of six "liollie Mcguire"
convicts have reached the EIstern Pen
itentiary from Schuylki!l county.
NJ ILL., Il l..
was robbed in Pittsburg waiter girl
saloon, on Thursday night of poke,
book containing $50 10 cash aud check
for 81 800.
Hon. j. d. Abbott, who was intrusr-
ed with a large amour, Of the funds of
widows, farmers aud estates in Called
onia county, Vermont. is defaulter to
the extent of several thousand dollars.
Upon his exposure on the 9Th he at
tempted suicide By taking poison. His
recovery is doubtful
An old MAIDS show is talked Of at
Utica.
Francis Murphy has arranged with
a Boston firm to lecture for $3.50 per
night.
The Allentown poultry show opened
on the Sth The premiums amount to
$1,000.
Over 1900 new farms are said to
have been commenced in Texas last
year under the Homestead law alone.
Another Turkish army was captured
at Shlpka Pass on the Sth inst.
Louisiana's bonded debt is about
$4,000, COO.