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

cite, Wis, recently.
Saratoga waters are now being ship
ped abroad.
Young man." says quaint writer,
.sif you are to be married, your future
wife Is now living; therefore pray for
her." And while you are about 1t,
don't forget to pray for her future
husband; he needs praying for as
much as she does
i rare and enormous oraDg outang,
a widower. is the most interesting re-
cent arrival at Paris His wife died
soon after they were caught in Borneo,
and all bis affection Is now cOncentTat-
ed on their son. The father described .
as the personifcatIon o: melancoly.
The Princess Louise at the military .
review in Toronto was, says cores
pondent "the plaiuest dfessed woman
in sight She wore short riding hab-
it. decidedly the worse for wear a hole
IN it being conspicuous. There was
not bit of trimming on it anywhere;
the only piece Of color was button
hole bouquet of bleeding hearts on
green Leaf She wore a PLAIN linen
roll collar, fastened with stcneless
gold brooch. Her earrings were large
pearl drops. Her face was shielded by
a black veil, with large black spots,
and her gloves were Of dog>kln."
y dispatch from Rome Ga, says; \
case of alleged PArrlcide Is reported
here from the country. Jane eagle,
respectable farmer, lived IN the house
with his father sturdy old man. The
old man had a dispute with his sons
wife about plug of tobacco. Some
pretty sharp word had passed, when
eagle came in and took his wiie's
part. The quarrel grew warmer, until
at length the old man ran into the
yard, seized a stick aud was returning
when 1t Is alleged, as be entered tie
door his son deliberately shot him with
a shotgun. The father died in a few
moments. The son and his wife were
both arrested are now in Jail.
/ 1t is something to know that Mrs.
Lang,ry. tie professional beauty o.
London, makes her ovn clothes aud
trims her own hats. There is some
thing handsome about that, certainly.
W. | Berlin lay dying Of the yellow
fever in Memphis, with an insurance
policy on hrs life for $4,000 and no
money to take up the last unpaid pre-
mium. The President Of the Knights
OF Honor Relief Board wss sent for,
the necessary amount raised and the
rremiurn paid five minutes before Nh
Berlin passed away. But for this
prompt action the dead mans family
would have been left withou, any means
Of support.
\ Plnker,on detective named Stark
has got confession from BUckholtz, "a
bridgeport, Copn , tha; he murdered
Schultz and got $4,000 from the rEur
dered man. Stark found the money
where Buckholtz said he had md 1t
Stark occupied a prison cell with the
murderer until be got the confession.
Fred Douglass has written a long
and able letter to the American Society
for the Advancement of Science, II
which he declares that the negroes o.
this country haze attained position
already ;hat proves their ability Il
prosper aud to deserve their freedom
aud lheir rights.
Several prominent capitalists Of th,
District Of Columbia are pooling money
to help Ewing along in Ohio. aud wan
- 4 return to WELD a controlling irfu
cnce in District atfairs, which will b,
largely considered in Congress thu
winter. This fact VIII bear remember
ing if Congress does something quee
in District government.
\ special dispatch from Rio Grand
: city, Texas, reports that the small pc,
is epidemic liz Mier, Mexico, fifteer
= deaths having occurred IN one day Tn
disease has reached Rome, Texas, wher
ten children have died from it. Th
ranches in that vicinity are reported a
!. badly infected.
, Rachel Vent, who was buried on Mon
=. day a week, in Baltimore, had for man
. years worked at the forge and anvil
: Her father, George Vent, came to thi
: country from Germany and opened
: blacksmith shop on Britton street, af
: terwaris removing TO Eden street, uea
=. McEIderry. She learned the trade i
= her girihood and became as good
4 hand as any man could be. As be
u father broke down and grew old sh
r took control of the shop and supporte
a the family by her own labor. She wor
. tight fitting WOODEN dress and a black
smiru I, leather apron, and frequen,l
: smoked a short clay piPPc as she toIled
= When her fathor died she sull stuck t
i the trade, but few months ago sh
r grew enfeebled and rapidly sunk. He
work had given her in her best day
b the muscular strength of a man. Sh
! bad eligible offers when young, but sh
- always refused to marry, preferriug {
z remain single and provide for the fan
e lily.
Il There is living in TIE Virginia tow
a of Marion twelve ar-old boy wit
u broken neck. According to the En-
:. terPriSe, published in the neighbour
70 town of Wytheville, the little fellow
. neck was broken several years ago
= at which time iron and steel bar
. were run along the spine and claspe
> on both sides of the face. The hea
! is thus held in one position. Som
- days ago the framework used brok
4 and the head fell to one side, cuttin
a off the power of speech. The mothe
= put the head in a natural poise unit
70 the clasp had been mended, when a
- went well, as before.
b. About thirty prominent men of d.
,e Ka!b, Mississippi, have been indicte
le for conspiracy to kill of the Chisoll
family.