Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-20
STATE ITEMS.


sesses Bible l35 years old
Over 200 applications have been re-
ceived for space at the Allegheny ex-
position next fall.
There are fifty seven prisoners from
Northumberland county in the eastern
penitentiary.
Eleven hundred tickets for the west
we're sold at the Harrisburg depot of
the Pennsylvania Railroad last month.
double the number sold in February
1877. The largest number were for
Kansas.
A residence in Pittsburg, erected at
a cost of Sl27 900, was sold recently
70. $40, 200, subject to a mortgage of
$1,000.
Nearly 200 cars Of freight were
shipped east from Pittsburg in one
day recently.
Seven thousand silver dollars were
sold at par for gold at the Philadelphia
mint on Thursday.
In Carlisle, a little ten year old girl,
named Reilly, was detected in the act
of picking lady's pocket, in the post
office few evenings since.
Henry f. Minuich, Assistant POST
master at Landisville, Pa, has been ar
rested and held in $1,000 bail to an
swer a charge of embezzling, secreting
or destroying letter containing SIS in
greeubacks.
A Lebanon firm has manufactured
5000 pounds of bologna sausage this
winter.
A Po.tstown grocery retailed 400
dozen of eggs last week at 10 cents
per dozen.
Henry E. Minnich, assistant Post
master at Landisville, Lancaster coun-
ty has been ARRESTED on the charge Of
embezzling and destroying letters.
James w. Weir, for many years
Cashier of the Harrisburg National
Bank, died last Friday from the effect
Of stroke of paralysis.
Joseph Walker ,an Allegheny eoun-
ty farmer, crazed by the loss of SIS,
600 deposited with s. B. W. Gill, the
absconding lawyer of Pittsburg COM
mitted suicide on Friday
Joseph X. Lacey, of BirdsbOro', I,
Berks county, was found dead on Fri
day night, in sink hole into which he
had jumped from his bed room windo "
in lit of insanity caused by fever.
Pennsylvania College, at Gettys-
burg Pa, has recently received be-
quest of $4,000 from the estate of a
Miss Adaline Sager.
J. W. Gray, a constable of Cambria
county, has disappeared and with
him about 1000 belonging to the
county.
The State fair will be held in Erie,
commencing September %. The
State Diarymen's Association Will be
asked to take part.
Over 5000 persons visited the Rail
road Mems Christian Association rooms
at Altoona last year.
Chester Is getting up a proud repu-
tation for elopements. The Eddystone
Print Words furnished the last fugitive
pair, Mr.. Edward Quinn and bliss Til
lie Rigby.
Orlando Shaffner, the monstrous boy
baby, whose parents reside in West
PikeIand, Chester county, Is to be
placed on exhibition. His height Is 80
inches, and he measures 80 inches
around the waist. His head is 81 inches
in circumference and wrist inches.
He weighs 65 pounds and is not yet Is
months Old.
Martin Birgen, Molly Mcguire and
one of the alleged murderers of Pat
rick Burns, arrived at Pottsville, on
Friday, from Canada, in charge of
Pibkerton's detectives. Burns, who
was a mining clerk was shot and in.
stantly killed at Tuscarora on the
morning of April Is, 1870. He had
in some way gained the ill-will of the
Nollies, and they conspired to put him
out of the way.