Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-30
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Castle Shannon, Allegheny county
gave such hot pursuit TO cattle thieves
that they we're compelled to abandoi
their horses aud a drove of cows the,
had stolen.
A horse in Lancaster got rear foo
so tightly wedged in his mouth fighting
flies that balf an hour was consumed il
extricating it.
Colonel Mclaughlin and Processes
Miller, the celebrated wrestlers, had ,
tussle at Ti,usviie on Saturday nigh
week that lasted from early in th,
evening until after midnight, when il
was declared draw.
Three Lancaster county men have
perfected machine which makes 6,00(
pretzels an hour.
The Bellefonte Wafchman says the
grasshoppers are destroying almost
everything in The shape Of vegetation
In some parts of Centre county they
have eaten all the grass and corn, and
are now working industriously on the
fruit trees
The wife of Alex. johnson, of Wash.
ington township, Indiana county, pre-
scented her husband with tripiets Oh
July l3th-.wo boys and girl.
There were 5000 Spiri,uallsrs il
camp meeting III grove near Erie last
Sunday a week.
Michael Hickey a youth of 10, was
killed on the railroad at Erie while uu-
der the influence of liquor. The par
ties who sold him the liquor are to be
hunted up and prosecuted.
An Allentown man has a thousand
parrots.
Potter county was risited BY sever
al flight :rosts within the pas. three
weeks.
There have been 1000 applicants
for pensions from Luzerne county IN
der the arrears of pensions act
A cat in West Chester is nursing a
pair of rabbits, which il found among
her kittens.
Louise johnson, a Swedish maiden
of 10 summers, residing in a bsekwoods
portion of Clearfield county, attacked
with an axe and killed large black
bear. Bruin was in the act OF carry
ing off piggie
A number of cattle have been found
dead along the Wyomissing creek,
Berks county, supposed to have been
poisoned by drIukiug the water I'm
pregna'ed BY the dye stuffs from the
bat factories running into the stream.
i go inch salmon, weighing six
pounds was gIgged in Snerman's creek,
Perry county last week. There was
no sport in that capture.
The authorities Of konigsberg have
issued decree forbidding even the
transit OF Russian cattle or sheep
through the district because of the rim
deepest Such animals will be slsugh
tered and buried aud all fresh mea,
coming from Russia will be siezed and
destroyed.
Michael AcShaae, Of Bethlehem was
attacked last Saturday evening b? 4
patty OF rougbs and severely beaten.
10 escape further pounding McSh=ne
suddenly fell 10 the ground, feigning
death. Tbi. scared the roughs, and
after brief COZ: sul!a,ion, they carried
the'body to the North Penn Railroad,
winch was only short distance, and
laid their supposed victim across the
II LEX for the down express t. cover NJ
their crime. The assailants then de
parted and and as soon as silence reign
ed, McShan did likewise. TIVE OF ihc
men have been arrested.
A farmer named McQuinn, who lives
in Pieasan: Valley, Schuy kill county,
was visited a few days ago by gang
OF eight or ten roughs, wao entered tie
house and demanded whisky. The far
mer gave them jug Of liquor, and tie
men started of with it. MeQninn then
took out a revolver and opened Ere on
the retreating crowd, hitting one man
in the face. Shortly afterward the
gang returned and selzing McQuinn
unawares, beat him severely with clubs
They then laii seige to the house, but
Mrs. McQuiun, having sustained simD
ar attacks by iramps before knew just
how to act. She withdrew 10 the Sec
ond story and from the open windows
opened brisk pistol fire upon the III
vaders. The rOUghs were not used to
this Indian SOFT of warfare and soon re-
treated.
Great excitement prevailed in VI!
Transport on Sunday last over what was
reported to be newly made grave in
the Catholic cemetery, and said to con
tain the body of man with his throat
cut. Two hundred people gathered at
the cemetery to see the grave opened
5y the District Attorney and squad
of policemen, when it was found not to
be grave, but a mound Of earth which
had been deposited there during the
digging of grave not far distant,
Speaking OF the tobacco crop in Ian
caster county, the Iateil'gencer says
GAS for the new crop nothing but a
good soaking ram of long continuance
will save 1t. The storm of ten days
dld some good, tu, the hot weather has
since dried the Gelds up again and wa
ter is badly needed The tobacco that
was planted late suffers mcs:, and some
Of 1T is not over few inches high. A
drive to Marietta from this city shows
some fine tobacco in garden patches
and great deal of very poor tobacco
in fields, but in the immediate neigh
borhooG o. Marietta can be found
some Of the finest crops in the county,