Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-15
STATE ITEMS.


There are about 100 attendants .,
at the MilIersville Normal School.
Tie Catholic Temperance Uaion Of
Pennsylvania wIli huld Its ANNUAL con
ventioh IA Erie early next month.
A Fur FIN aud Feather Cub" has
been organized br T'tusviiie spcr,mea.
J"bn EIs, of Port,toxn, while re
turning home from East Nrn;mesi
township Chester coua'y, on Thnrsds,
i-ii IN with sn agreeable stranger who
chlorotrrhed and then robbed him OF
SIS. 50
\ mine wagon containing eight men
jumped the track white descending iD-
TO the slope ii the Ga;. Neia coil,ery,
near Putr-vills on Thursday evening
and was thrusn to The bottom. Fred
rricS Borrz.i, IL YursyIii., vas h"rrI-
by pahgied ani instantly killed and
G-"rge >ch.,di, "i pnirsvi,ie, .etIug-ly
injured. Tu- r"maibirg sII msn es-
capped with .ligh, bruises.
Six besstiy intoxicated persons, FIVE
r"n and = jInsn. were hauled to jail
n cnsl cart 81 Fr.nkiIn Venango
county. las; Friday, ali 20 uncou-ci.u,
that thsy were literally dumped cn ,h,
sidewalk aud carried 10 their Cells IKE
iogs "f wo-d.
Two m'aI>trr' of the gospel esch hsd
hnr,e s'oi~n last week. while conduct
'ug qlrrterly meeting on the borders
q Prnu-y lvsui.. near Hancock, tii.
Extensive preparations ore being made
IA Uettl sburg tD observe Decor alton
Day IHe grafton vail be delivered
y G-u B,uj4miu +. Butter, whose
,ubj.ct will be "rue Private Soldier
IA tue War of the ReheiIi"u." Presi-
tent Hays and Posrrna.,-r General
hry have accepted iuvi;s;iohs TO be
rie-eut.
Alter !. ShinI=l. of Danyill. Pa. .
.nb ". Z. kah.or, { Hanover, both
students oi lhe Theological Seminary
At Gettysburg, were accidents iy
ir"Tned on the 1'h By the u.ett,ne OF
heir oua; on Spring Lake They were
graduates Of the Pruusy wanna College
'Gd member, OF the class ol 1877.
Mi,- Emma Craner, of Monroe coun-
Y, went to a -prlng cor pail Of waiei.
suen she ~as suddenly seizei with
,aIaiysi- aud Tell into the waiter.
.Hh-n discovered she was l.fele->, no
,ue being by 10 rescue her from drown
ing.
Extensive preparations are being
made at Gettysburg, Pa, to observe
Decoration day. Tue Grafton wIi BE-
'e!ivered by General Benjaniu F.
6ulIer, whose sHiject will be "The
rIvsre soldier III the war of the rebrl-
lin" President Hayes aud Po-tma>-
ter General Kew have accepted iuyIt.-
tons aud will be present.
The suspension of Union National
Bank OF Lewisourg is believed to be
only temporary, snd results from the
of the cashier. De-
positors will, be fully paid as the as
sets are largely in excess Of the liabil
tiles. Examiner Young is now in
charge of the tsuk, and a statement
will be made in few days
Last Thursday week David NJ
Creary, Shippensburg, went to bed in
the National Hotel, Chambersburg, and
instead of turning off blew out the gas
let. TIE oder was not discovered un-
I'll Z o'clock the next morning, aud
when an entrance was made TO the
room by window, M'Creary was found
uneoncious on the bed. Medical aid
restored hun, but he will never fully
recover from the effects of that blow.
Altoona is to have new Presby yterlan
Church, at cost Of $40 900.
ryin daughter oi Rsv Bakers, of
S,lt~burg, lnd,,ua county. aged about
thirteen, was burned to death Thurs
Law night last. nv y lamp down stairs,
followed by an older sister, when she
'ell, the lamp breaking, the OIL taking
tire, burning all the clothing from her
person, causing her death almost in
stantly
New YORK, May ga japanese
correspondent of the Post, writing from
Toxic under date Of April 5, sends the
following: The famine In the north of
China isges with increasing severity
and the most dreadful reports come
from the afflicted regions. In on.
town a man opened a shop .or the sale
If human flesh. and did a good bust
ness in cannipaiisiic joints and rossts.
ill the local mandarin ipterfered With
this rather novel and utterly horrible
in living by causing the
shopkeePer to be arrested and bebead-
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