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

The Broeklyn bridge will cost, by
the time il is finished, not less than
SIS 100000. The FIRST estimate OF
the cost was less than Sl2,0OO,oOO.
The new Pullman palace cars are
very luxurious, costing each Si5,OOo-
Ordinary passenger ears cost St,OVV
drawipq-room cars, $1,000; mail and
baggage cars, 81 600 box cars 81 ,OOo-
The late furry in Wall street New
York is said to have cost "the lambs ,
that is those who we're shorn-be-
tween five aud ten millions Of dollars.
The Atlantic and Great Western
railroad is managed By accommodating
officers lady passenger IN one OF Its
trains Thanksgiving evening, gavs
birth to child in a palace Car, the
train being stopped at Saegertown,
Crawford county, until the momentum
affair was over, some Of the passengers
amusing themselves meanwhile 10 run
nlDg foot races.
A woman calling herself the Qle-n
of Cure Is doing an enormous business
in the Southwest, particularly among
the negroes. She rides in discarded
circus chariot, wearing velvet and
spsngles and accompanied by baud OF
music. She has the reputation among
the credulous Of possessing m'raeulous
powers of healing, aud muitItudes
/ flock around her wherever she goes.
She makes no charge for her service,
/ out sells vast quantities Of Il iinamert,
| to which she ascribes mar7elcus cura-
tive qualities.
Few men have had the pleasure OF
routing leopard with an ox-whip, but
such was recently the feat Of "Buster"
Gibbons, a noted Texan. The kerri-
vllle FrOhtIerSmen says that Gibbons,
cooking his breakfast in the woods at
the head of Cypress creek about a
week ago, when leopard, being hun
cry advanced, growing. Gibbons
snapped hic1rfls at the beast, but the
powder didn't happen to be dry, aud So
throwing aside the gun he clutcbed bis
OK whip. The leopard's white teeth
became more threatening, but when
Gibbons cracked the whip over his
head, moving towards the animal, 1t
turned tail to and made for the woods.
Henry Clay's only living child, ].
b. Clay, owns 200 of the paternal
acres at Lexington, Ky. He has a
pretty farm and many fine horses
Everybody in and around Tusca
rawas. Ohio, is excited over what is
spoken of as 1.-The gradual petrifac-
ton" of a two-year old son of Jo-
seph Kinsley. Last July the legs of
the little one became useless and
from that time on have so hardened
that they present the solidity as well
as the appearance of stone. A living
petritied child was never before
known and the medical men of Tus-
carawas are reported to be dumb
founded.
Il fell in here four days ago, when
the Indians were running me. am
starving. Ii Bill don't find me to-
morrow l VIII run this knife through
my heart I can't stand TO starve to
de}th. JoHN RoAS. November l.
1850, Was found recently IN Il cav
ern ut Point Rock, near Llmpasas,
Tenn. The message WAS carved in
capital letters ON the face Of 4 smooth
limestone rock Near the rock WIS
the skeleton of a man AMI near the
skeleton the rusty blade Cf a bowie
knife, the handle of which was rotten
with age. Fhe Cavern walls cannot
be scaled without the all of rope
twenty-five feet in length. and the
aperture IS exceedingly small. Roam S
own efforts to save his life wosld have
been Unavailing