Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-13
STATE ITEMS.

| LcSS lcathet was maue IN fennSyl-
wanna thus far this year than for five
years past. The market is over stocked.
Raspberries of . large size were
gathered in Crawford county the latter
part of last week.
Associations for the pursuit and ar
rest of horse thieves are being formed
in all parts of the Sta:e.
A dog locked in the Conueautville
Opera House; after = performance. jun
ped from . window twenty feet from
the ground and broke bis neck when he
landed on . board side walk.
A mau sixty years Of age, living 10
Martinssurg, Blair county, INDUCED
too freely in liquor the other day, and
staggered over . stove broke his neck
in the fall.
The superintendent Of the Bells
Gap railroad, in Blair county, an
nounces that hereafter be will not em-
ploy on that road, 10 any capacity, q
person Of known intemperate habits.
1t is estimated that for every ticket
polled at the late election two we're torn
up, lset or remain on band.
If cur exchanges speak truly there
was less drunkenness the eight Of the
election than has been the case for
years. The fact is explained BY the
other fact that it was q Republican
victory, which is always celebrated
eoberly.
Charles Davis was killed BY an ae-
eident q. Griseenn eOlIiery at Shepan
joah on Wednesday.
Patrick Dillon, Of Doylestown, while
engaged in tearing down . stable, was,
killed BY falling walls.
Pennsylvania received one sixth OF
oil the awards made to American ex-
hititors at the Paris Exposition.
William Shannon, seven years old
was drowned in the canal at Milton,
Berks county, on Wednesday morning.
The clothing store OF s. Dreyfuse,
at Milton, Berks county, was entered
on Tuesday night, and goods taken out
to the amount of from $4,000 to S500U
stolen.
A sinpnl,r fact in relation to the
President Judges Of the State is that
four 6fths of them are fond Of the sports
Of the 6eld, tho rod, the gun and the
dog.
There i. a crusade in Chamber,burk
against "round dancing" Clergymen
aud lsymen have set their faces against
! it.
The barrel work. at TitusvilIe turn
5000 barrels an hour.
Daniel flannup, q farmer of Clear
Spring, York county, has a pumpkin
vine that bore this season l55 lbs Of
pumpkins.
The meanest thief on record is in
Chambersburg He stole the white
Grape announcing the death Of q child,
from the door
The hog crop is unusually good, this
year, and pork of extra quality will be
/ obtained.
The ladies of fashionable church in
Meadrille, go to service in calico dress
es. Reform.
Hon. john b. Packer is erecting
monster barn on his Shamokin Island
farm. The building is l20 by "A feet
in size.
William Lord, a young man living
in Summerhill township, Crawford
county, blew down the barrel to see if
it was loaded The funernal took
place the next day.
A large caramount was killed in
Knox township, Jefferson county last
week.
A young man named Maxwell, from
Dsuville, was arrested in Sunbury re-
Gently for passing counterfeit money at
the Selinsgrove fair.
Large frauds have been discovered
at Oil City among coal dealers and rail
road employers, by which tine coal men
have made $4,000 in short weights.
An owl was shot recently in Hallan
township York county, that had two
muskrat traps on one Of its legs.
The town of Parker in the oil regions
is overrun By rats.
A fat COW in Warren county dropped
dead after being kicked by a boy driver.
The house Of Daniel Kern, near
Schnecksvills, Lehigh county was rob-
bed Of $500 in gold recently.
A man niuety-two years was recent
ly baptised in the creek at Benton, Col
umbia county
The Reading Eagle tells of the catch
ing of fat eel inside Of which was
found dead cat.
All the coal breakers in Schuylkill
county are guarded At night BY q po-
lice force.
The belle -four apple in many parts
Of the State is the finest grown for many
years.
The turkey crop will be large this
year. Thousands Of the Penusylvania
fowl are sent dressed to England dur
ing the winter season.
An Oil City little girl, By the name
Of Kipgsbury, was frightened to death
BY the illusion that man was behead-
ed in performance Of Humpty Dumpty
which she attended.
Ducks are uncommonly plenty in
the SusquekaEna river.
Henry Lott, aged 81 years, has
been a subscriber to the Gettysburg
Sentinel go years, and in that time
never failed to pay his subscription
annually. He deserves to be honor
ed in a special manner by the pub
fishers OF the State.
Noah Hill went into a slaughter
house in Gettysburg, the other day,
and was seized by the mouth and nose
by fierce dog, lacerating his lips
awfully and tearing off the larger
portion of his nose. The unfortu-
nate man will live.
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