Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-12

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sends answer to Franks Geographical En-
igma, OF last week, AS follows: The mount
Alps; the river-Po; a lake-Salt Lake;
town in ltaly-Naples; mountain in Spain
CASTLE ocean-Atlantic, town in Flor
ida-Ocaia; town in South Carolina-Elton.
The whole IS CorstantinopIe.
The 'sr;ot loss bill,' as it Is called, came
up in the Legislature on the 9TH inst, and
was re-committed to the Ways and Means
Committee, from which il should not be
favorably reported. The members that vote
for the bill, vote for their political funeral
The sl.0O0.U00 has been urged with such
persiStency that the belief is rapidly gam
ing ground that some hidden influence is at
work to urge it forward.
A Huntingdon paper last week said The
Huntingdon Penitentiary Commission on
Saturday last awarded the contract for
building reservoir to hold 100000 gallons
and laying $500 feet of S-inch cast iron
pipe, to Phiadelphian for s., l67. After
the award had beer made the successful
bidder, not being able 10 give the required
security, abandoned the contract. 1t was
| then relet TO the next lowest bidder, W. NJ.
Morrison, OF Lock Haven, for about s. 300.
! The Bloomfield Times OF last week is
responsible for the following A lady in
| this borough bad a bag of yeast cakes
hanging in such a manner that she thought
them safe from rats. One evening, hearing
noise in that vicinity. she went up to as
certain the cause, and found il was occa-
| stoned by the dropping of a meat hook on
the floor, lot of these hooks having been
put near there while not in use. On fur |
ther investigation it was found that the rats
had hung one of the hooks from a nail I
aboys, and then by hanging on others, had I
commenced chain which they continued /
until il gave them access to the bag of yeast 4
cakes. The truth of this statement is 4
youched for by several parties who SAW the .
chain while the rats were making II and after 1
it was completed.
During a number of years pat, Hunting I
don papers told the public of the financial /
misfortunes of "Old Jimmy Walls" and 1
severely condemned certain Huntingdon
lawyers for having brought about his tinan-
cial ruin. Some days ago train of cars
struck Mr.. Walls and SO injured him that 1
he died from the effects of the injury. A
late paper from Huntingdon says: Some
years ago Mr.. Walls erected hand some
monument to the ory of his wife, and
at the same time had one erected Cor him
self, having his name and all but the time
of his death inscribed thereon. The peo-
pie of this town and county remember how
the old man was sskinned" by the lawyers
of this place, and, now that he is dead, his
friends intend taking proceedings against
his defraudcrs.
y On Sunday afternoon a number of boys,
and-men, were at the river shore in the
vicinity of the canal sluice, south of town.
William Parker, Lad aged about Il years,
son of Z. S. Parker, was at the edge of the
water, laving or washing his hands in the
river. James Keiser stood further up on
the bank, and threw a stone that struck
with such force that the boy fell as if he
had been killed. Mos,s Panrebaker saw
the boy fall forw ard into ;he river, but did
net know the cause of the fall. Noticing
that he did not get up, he ran to the pros
trate lad and lifted him out of the water.
BE was unconscious nearly all that after
noon, but gradually came to, and is now
partly restored TO his usual health. In ad-
dition to the blow On the back Of the head
the mark of a severe blow is seen on the
forehead of the boy, which was cauled by
the head of the lad striking a stone when
he fell forward into the river. 1t was mar
row escape from death for the bog that was
struck, and narrow escape from deed
that would have been a dark shadow on the
life of the boy that threw the stone.
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The decision Of court in India, "whst
is decision,' is related, as follows, by Rev.
H. VI. ScuGder, d. D., who was for many
years a missionary in that far-of country:
"Four men, partners in business, bought
some cotton bales. That the rats might
not destroy the cotton they purchased a
cat. They agreed that each of the four
should own particular leg of the cat; and
each adorned with beads and other Orna-
ments the leg thus apportirned to him.
The cat, by an accident, injured one of its
legs. The owner of that member wound
around it rag soaked in oil. The cat,
going too near the hearth, set this rag on
fire, and being in great pain rushed in
among the cotton bales here she was ac-
customed to hunt rats. The Gotten thereby
took fire and was burned up. 1twas a total
loss. The three other partners brought
suit to recover the value OF the cotton.
against the partner who owned this partlc-
uiar leg of the cat. The Judge examined
the case and decided thus The leg that
had the oiled rag on it was hurt; the cat
could not use that leg; in fact, it held up
that leg. and ran with the other three legs.
The three unhurt legs, therefore, carried
the fire to the cotton, and are alone culpa-
bic. The injured leg is not to be blamed.
The three partners who owned the three
legs with which the cat ran to the cotton
will paw the whole value of the bales TO the
partner who was the proprietor of the in
jured leg"
Two lovers at the gate;
They linper. linqer. llnycr;