Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-06-11
ST&TE ITEMS.


Thirty thousand pounds ofwoci have
been sold in Washington county at
from % to 30 Gents per pound.
Tue lawyers of Reading do more
fishing than all the other limbs Of the
law in the State.
The wheat fields throughout York
county were all beaten down by the
late storm.
Horse thieves are operating e1ten-
sively in Washington county. 1t is
not an unusual thing for farmers to
have all their horses stolen in night.
FroggiDg expeditions are now IN or
der in the eastern part of the State
After the oys:er comes the frog.
Aaron Still coiored barber OF
Reading who IS nearly seventy years of
age was married on Sunday night to a
girl of eighteen summers, OF his own
color.
Counterfeit national bank bills are
more numerous in the oil regions row
than they have been for ten years past.
John d. Neil is in jail at Allentown
awaiting trial for bigamy.
The Governor bas signed the bill
repeating the act of 1920, which pro-
hibited horse racing at agricultural
fairs.
A gypsy baby was born in Westmore-
land county few days ago, which was
the first occurrence of that kind ever
known in that county.
The orchards in Northern Pennsyl-
vania which is a great fruit raising re-
gion of the State, never looked more
promising than now.
A citizen fell on a bad pavement in
Mahanoy City, Schuy kill county, and
was hurt He offered to settle with
the authorities for $50, which they re-
fused. and a Board Of Arbi;rators
awarded the man $500. From this
the borough appealed, and last week
the court awarded himS 1000 damages.
Miranda Hoffman, young girl re-
siding near Beaver Meadows Carbon
county, wandered away from her home
on Saturday and was found drowned in
a millpond the fol. owing Monday. She
had been ruined by young man and
took this method of destroying her
/ life.
A singular accident befell John
Skees, in Huntingdon, the other day.
He was chalnrng his COW, when the an-
imal suddenly drew back her head, one
of her horns penetrating Mr.. Skees'
right eye, forcing the eye ball out
upon his cheek. He instantly req laced
the optic and expects to suffer no in
convenience from his accident.
A colt as white az snow was fOaled
in Blair county the other day.
A farmer named John Christian,
aged 70, of Berks county, drove into
Bernville on Whit Monday in a spring
wagon accompanied by Mrs Elis Ber-
gil widow of 81 both in their every
day clothes, and were married. 1t
was regarded as the most sober we'd
ding hao in that vicinity since the place
has been inhabited.
The Allentown City Item says that
the descendants Of the Kern family, in
Lehigh county are at present very much
excited about fabulous fortune, said
to amount to sbou; 100000. 900, to
which they lay claim 1t is said the
fortune had been leaned to the Govern
ment of Holland for two terms of nine
ty years each, which time is now ex-
pired.
On Monday afternoon . week a
shooting stfray took place at Lebanon
Pa, which resulted ID the death OF
pne man and the wouDding OF another,
probably fatally. The person who did
the shooting was Wm. Uhrlch. a
short time ago seine personal effects of
Uhrich's we're seizsd for unpaid taxes
and advertised for sale. Tax Collect
or Haur aud Constable Lennincer
went to Uhrich's residence TO sell the
goods. Upon their appearance Uhrch
forbade them TO sell and threatened to
shoe; the first man who touched aBy
Of the articles, and without another
warning irew large sized Colts navy
pistol from bis pocket and fired at Len
ninger. The bs,! took effect in the
abdomen. Uhrich then fred at Haur
tie bullet passing through his clothing
without doing any damage. After this
Ubrich placed the revolver TO his head
and committed suicide, the ball enter
ing the back of the left ear and pene-
tratiug the brain. lie died instantly
The deceased is thirty seven year old
and leaves a wife and FIVE children.
The Johnstown Tribune says: Mr..
. George Turner, well known farmer OF
Conemaugh township, made narrow
escape from a sudden and horrible death
on Thursday evening He started Tor
Indiana county early in the morning.
to buy butter, eggs, etc, to sell az his
stand at the Johnstown market, and
abou, ) o'clock P. NJ, when the thun-
der storm began raging, be was in the
neighborhood of Pine Fiat. lie took
refuge III friendly wagon house along
eide the road, driving his horses IN out
{ of the storm, aud sat down by the side
. % the wagon on one o: the si!ls of the
, building. A few minutes afterward he
was blinded and partially stunned By q
vivid fash of lighting, and when he
was able to look around he discovered
, that both his horses were lying on the
ground dead. They were subsequently,
buried, and yesterday nc managed tC
, get word of his situation to his father,
in-law, Mr.. Philip Arthur. Of Pine Flat
who went TO his relief with a team O
horses and brought him and the Wagon
up to Johnstown last evening. He did
not feel any bad effect from the shock
and occupied his stand at market thi;
2 morning as usual.
GENERAL ITEMS.
g There was slight fall of snow OF