Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
STATE ITEMS.

than wool, and the dogs are not as
hard on the bees as on the sheep.
FIVE Lehigh countians who moved
out to Iowa have been killed by wolves
in that State.
An old-style minister at the LaiIObe
camp meeting prayed that the Lord
would forgive the managers of the camp
for charging an admittsnce fee o. ten
cents.-LldianG .NeSsenger.
Recently, Levi Iocum, mail car
rieI on the route between Lebanon and
Mastcrsonyiile, while carrying the mail
from the former to the latter place, was
attacked BY a robber Both the carrier
aud the rcbber drew their pistols, the
latter firing and then running away.
Mr. YOcum was unIujlred.
At MarysvI!Ie, y estmorelaDd coun-
", on last Friday a week, Rachel Snod
grass, a young lady Of nineteen, was so
overwhelmed with fright at the peril of
her infant brother sivadling plank
over the mouth of a well that she fell
to the ground aud expired almost IN
stantly.
Ii Is estimated that two-thirds of the
farmers Of Armstrong county dad not
raise wheat sufficient to supply their
own families with bread.
George Herman, a farmer living near
Orwigsburr, Schulkill county was set
upon on Thursday by an OK that had
become mad from the bite of dog lie
was struck IN the face By one of the
hoofs of the animal and badly cut His
clothes were badly torn and he was
severely bruised before he could finally
escape. when he returned aud shot the
Iufurlatei beast
The Clarion Democrat says that
George VI Walters, OF that place, who l.
eighty nine years old, thinks nothing
of singing his gun over his shoulder
aud 'ramPing distance Of twenty five
miles IL search OF game.
Rev. Samuel Mc3rIte, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at McHcesport,
took holiaay of five weeks, and when
payday came his congregation deduct
ai what they had paid out to have the
pulpit supplied during his absence.
Mr.. +. VI. Shoch, State Rcpresen-
,at,vs fro.. s"urvrr-, ovuuty, t'-7 -"
arrested, charged with having procured
bis nomination and election BY bribery
/ and corruption.
Mr. Jacob Plank, Of Ciurchtnwn,
Cumberland county. fell from shed on
Tuesday q week, and received injuries
that resulted 10 his death very soon
.:;erward. lie was eighty-seven years
of age, and the inventor of what is
known as the "PlaOk plow."
Hunterstown, village five miles
northeast of Gettysburg, was visited by
a cyclone on the 4th lust, which totally
destroyed the Methodist church, badly
injured the school buildings aud un-
rooted a number of dwelling houses
and other buildings in the town and
vicinity. The path OF the storm wa'
only about sixty feet wide and ran IN
an irregular direction between north
and south. The cloud was funnel
shaped.
+ On Saturday Thomas Keller, far
mer living in Piaiufeld township Nor
Hampton county while engaged IL
hauling logs had on the wagon with hin
I two year old daughter. By sudder
JOLT the child was thrown from log
under ihewheeIs of The wagon and th,
head of the infant was almost severed
, from the body, causing instant death.
IL is believed the oldest married cOu
pie IN the State are Abraham Ploncl
and his wife, living in Union TOWNSHIP
in Tioga county, who were married il
1903. They live on their own farm
and have done their own work unit
within the last year. They have eigh
, living children, the eldest being seven
ty-two and the youngest fifty years o
age
. Il is now about settled that Professor
, Victor De Ham, the Pittsburg music
teacher, was killed accidentally by Pc
ter } Bauer, the professors hired nal
/ Thieves had troubled the grape arbor:
a great deal, aud so Professor De Han
: and B:uer agreed that the only way t,
sios the business was to shoot. Bauer
saws that be heard W. he supposed
we're thieves after be haI ret""e OF
| Monday night, and, slipping caut.o US
, ly into the yard, and fred in the direc
tion whence came the sounds. La tina
; direction the professors body was picl
ed up Professor De Ham, who was SCI
| enty- SIX years of age, doubtless haC
; gone out 10 frighten thieves, for hi
, revolver was in his hand.
| Miss Sarah Smith, aged fifty eigh
1 years, died at Claysville, Washington
r county, recently, after having lived fo
forty three days without food Sine,
5 last February she had been unable t.
e take nourlshment except IN the form o
t chicken soup, squirrel broth and sucI
. delicate dishes On July 10 her abiiit,
e to take food failed utterly. Her who'll
b body became very sensitive aud tn
e slightest pressure gave pain She weigh
d ed one hundred and thirty pounds wbeI
: IN health, but at the post-mortem be
? weight was only fifty five. With III,
n tip of her tongue she could taste foo,
I IS dellcately as ever, and could defec
n even little lack of seasoning but th,
| moment tire food passed to the back o
D the tongue its proper taste was lost an,
5 it turned bitter, as the apples of Sodon
With the love of life strong within he
she frequently siTcve TO swallow eve;
, the bitter tasting food, but her stom,ci
e rejected 1t. Gradually, a. the adipos,
fame of life, was consumed, she wastee
away and at last life left her emaciate,
frame as gently as the snufins of can
, die.