Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-12-10
STATE ITEMS.


Tamgaa has man with a silver
nose.
A Methodist church in Bradford
county increased its membership by
the addition of $50 persons, converts at
a late revival
For the first time in years men are
in demand in the oil region.
At Bradford, on Tuesday, a man
named Ready, from Buffalo, shot Car
rie Nihil in the mouth and then killed
himself. Jealousy was the cause of it
ali The girl will probably recover.
Harrisburg expects 10000 strangers
there to see Grant on the 18th.
Mr. William billiards of T;tusvilIe
after fifteen years labor has produced
an organ with a violin and bass yiVl at
tachment.
Mary O'Connell. fifty-two years old,
of Oil City had three teeth pulled ami
blei to death.
Another cotton goods manufacturing
esta blishIaent is to be erected at Ches-
ter
Amos Borneman died 10 Bnycrtown
Berks, little over five hours after his
sister Mrs. Brooke.
Only one of the 40 Pittsburgers who
went 70 Leadville has prospered at all.
There is fine of fifty dollars for
marrying a minor without publication
Of the banns, and now the father OF a
juvenile bride is after the Rev. j. j.
MeIlyar, of Sharpsburg, under the
statute.
The case of Mrs. Wetherold against
Judge Eiwis Albright, President
Judge of the Allentown district, for
embezzling pension money belonging To
the plaintiff, was decided on Friday in
favor of the defendant.
Captain Joseph A. Stone, of McKees-
port, slapped Mss Rose Clark in the
face in the street, and the town is very
much excited over 1t. Miss Clark says
that Captain Stone promised to make
her Mrs. Stone but be denies this,
says tha. she iusulted the lady whom
ne did marry, and dares her TO bring
a charge of assault aud battery.
The PIttsburg Commercial Ga-etf, re
ports a sensation IN Mckeespcrt, Allie
gheny county, caused by Capt. Jos A.
Stone, member of the last Legislature
slapping the face Of Miss Clark, who
had insulte1 his wife. Miss Clark is a
miiiiner. and says that the captain was
attentive to her for some time and then
married another which has made her so
angry that she cannot resist giving Mrs
Stone a piece of her mind whenever
she sees her.
While fellow named Saieards was
being convicted up at Chambsrsburg
for robbery, the sheriff of Clinton coun-
ty Ohio was hanging around the court
house ready to take Srlvards in for
robbiug woman of 81 900 in gold sew
en- years ago.
ClsarfeId county schools girls will
not be trrfed with. Miss Barley, a
teacher in the Morrisdale Nine school.
the other day attempted to punish one
of her female scholars, and, a. she did
80, the pupil rose up IN her seat and
struck square from the shoulder knock
ing the teacher down aud upon the at
temp, o: the latter to get mp repeated
the operation, telling her sensele-s to
the floor She was at once carried to
her boarding place aud a physician
summoned aud at last accounts was
not atle to be out Of bed.
The following item from the Frank
lin Spectator should ad,nonish boys to
be careful when engaged in playing the
game which cost this boy his life
"Thomas McAlister, Of the Third ward,
was killed in a game of shiny last
" ednesdAy. The particulars are as
follows The boys of the Third ward
school were engaged in q game of shin
ny previous to the call OF school on
Wednesday morning, and youug Ne
Aiister aud William Riddle, lad hail
ing from Sugarcreek township, started
for the shiny block about the same
time, but Riddle getting the best OF
the race, McAlister stopped down TO
pick the block up, when Riddle struck,
hitting McAlister on the bead, mashing
in the bone just back and under the
left ear. He remained unconscious
until I o'clock on "Wednesday evening,
when he breathed his last"
A friend informs us that during the
storm that prevailed about 6 O'Clock on
Friday evening. November. l4th, ball
of lightning, at distance appearing 10
be two or three feet in diameter, fell
slowly to the earth, striking aud com
pletely demoIishiDg a large pine tree
that stood about l60 yards from Mt
Calm school house, IN Lebanon town
ship, and which measured two and a
bali feet in diameter at the butt, and
was sound, live tree. The ball ex-
ploded upon striking and a dense smoke
arose, but the tree did not ignite, nor
was 1t charred in the least. About ten
seconds seemed to elapse after the tail
exploded until the peal of thunder was
heard by those half mile away, and
they were slightly shocked a; that dis
tance. Upon examination it was found
that the tree had been completely de-
molished-literally broken into.kindling
woodland the pieces were scattered to
great distance ID every direction, and
nothing remained of the tree save a
stub about six feet high, about the
roots of which the ground was torn up.
Pieces were fonnd at the following dis
tanees from the tree: North 6l5 feet,
south $50 feet, east $50 feet: and west
300 feet. Many people have visited
the spot and express as;onishmeDt at
the sight. The statement is eorroOo-
rated by some of the townships bes:
citizens who witnessed the phenomenon.
Bali lightning is something of rare oc
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