Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
STATE ITEMS.

Franklin county people are agitating
the subject Of erecting new jail.
The postofiiee at Eibin>vlile, Bedford
county, has been discontinued.
A rag pedder In Lebanon made four
unsuccessful attempts to hang himself
Il few days ago
Girls are said TO be the most expert
telegraphers along the line of the Penn
sylvanla railroad.
George LecIercq. of Copper City, Pa,
stuck giant powder cartridge into has
mouth, Int tie fuse, and the explosion
literally blew his head of.
The First National Bank of Mifiiin-
burg was broken into by parties un-
known few nights since, and some ten
or Twelve dollars IN money, which had
not been locked NJ, was stolen.
Mr. VI. X. Grant, of BoyeItown, put
a jar containing sixty turtle eggs ON
shelf last June. \ few DAYS ago he
noticed a little turtles head sticking
out Of one Of these eggs. He immedl-
ately placed them in warm sand, and
the result Is thirty little turtles alive
and kicking.
The barley crop in Pennsylvania l.
the largest ever harvested.
There is 60 abatement in the ravages
of pIeuco. pneumouIa in Colerain, Ian
caster county. One farmer has lost 20
head of cattle.
Daniel McAlister, a soldier of the
late war, fell into we'll at Hornesvi'le,
yesterday Afternoon and was drowned.
Jacob Keim, of East Hanover town
ship, Dauphin county, who is ninety
three years of age, worked all dag on
Friday 4 week, thFeshing wheat.
! The Cham bersburg Public Opinion
SAYS Five gentlemen, four of whom
were over so years of age, and one 81
years, attended the circus in Hagers
town last week.
T. S. Hoffman, of Greensbure, West
morelaud county, had his pocket picked
on railroad train, a few days since, o
$500 and lot OF valuable papers.
Boys teased Cbiuaman of Coleville
, near Bradford, by throwlng stones
, through his window. and he rushed GU
and fired off his pistol at the first per
) son he saw, an uuoffending citizen, wht
7 fortunately vas not struck.
q Sixty three farmers cleared two hun
! dred and fifty acres of heavy timbere'
e land in one township of Cambria county
p this summer.
! 4 son of Robert Hunter, of Millport
Clearfield county, was accidentally shO
aud killed on Sunday evening week
by his own pistol in the hands of Johl
\ High, which he had given TO the latte
:. TO examine.
= On Sunday night a week Joseph Hol
d land, of East White township, Cheste
county, was driving home from the Pre-:
> byteriau church in that township, whel
t his horse was struck by lightning an
d instantly killed. The parties in til
-;ooe we're 30 shocked that they wer
S nnahIe - ,.;, unna-e they were. Tb
n wagon was soDewba, shattered.
d The Fulton Republican says: Lean
der K. Unger, lad aged about THU
d teen years, of this place, while walkin
" up The garden path at his fathers resi-
2 dence, the other day, in bis bare feet
o stepped on the head of copperhea
snake. He had the presence of min
to keep his foot firmly down while /
- managed to reach a piece of lath tha
was lying near With this he belabor
=. ed the {" sarpint" until his back wa
:. - broken, then jumping quickly away /
O' " dispatched it at his leisure. 1t wa
over two feet IN length.
a Maggie, wife of Peter Monroe (
= Sebuylkill Haven, the owner ofa can;
y, =. boat attempted to commit suicide G
- Tuesday afternoon week, by jumpiu
'S =, overheard. Her husband happened
hear the splash in the water and juml
= ed after her aud saved her. 1t is sal
= to be case efreligious mania, the wo
- an wishing to live with the angels.
!, On Saturday Mr.. Michael Gleim,
no a well -to-do farmer of South MiddletC
fe township, Cumberland county, went
=, Carlisle to see the circus. a stIang
!, got in with him and told how be b.
ve won $1,000 10 a lottery, but must ha'
$500 to show before he could draw
Mr. Glenn wanted to serve him, so
k put up 800. borrowed 500 more fro
rs friend, somebody grabbed the pill
aud Mr.. Gliena is sad over bis loss.