Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03
GENERAL ITEMS.

very large IN extent anu huuoe''
Paris house owners frequently place
the most absurd restrictions upon their
tenants. Some will not allow q Cog TO
be kept; others will not permit any pet
whatsoever, and some even object to
children in the house.
Coal operators have concluded to re-
duce the price of coal 40 to GU per cent
s.Fifteen years ago yesterday the Ma
tloDal Democratic Convention asseDb-
led at Chicago, and adopted resolutions
declaring that the war was failure.
At that time the rebellion was In the
last DITCH
Mauford Reynolds, prisoner IN the
Jail at Scottsburg, Ind, being weary of
life, bribed small boy to buy for him
two ounces of laudsDum. The boy Sc
cretly told the jailer and the jailer, mix
ing some harmless colorlDg with water,
seut the dose 20 Reynolds. On Thurs
day Reynolds mustered his courage
drank the water aud bidding every body
good bye, fell down in prayer. lie
prayed ard prayed, and did not know
for long time the joke which he had
been made the victim.
Because the Rev. Father REVERT,
pastor Of the CATHOLIC Church at West
phalia, Mich., refused 10 permit the fu-
neral of Miss Auna Smith to take place
from the church, the Pensioners a few
nights ago, broke down The doors, de-
molished the furniture and drove the
priest from the town, 1t is charged by
the parishioners that Father Revert
has for maIy months acted with unfeel-
ing and altogether un-Chris,ian behav-
ior.
In Baltimore there are forty peach
packing establishments. Few, it any,
of these houses employed less num-
Der of hands than two hundred, whilst
several of them reach eight hundred or
one thousand, and these are exclusive
of those engaged in the manufacture OF
tiu cans and the packing cases. The
"hauds" are all paid BY the piece, so
their wages vary according to their dex-
terity and the number of hours which
they devote to labor. Last week, it is
estimated, there were as many peaches
"put up" IN that market as there were
during the entire season of 1878.
At Freeport, l.. L., a willow that now
measures fourteen feet in circumference
was thrust into the ground As years
ago, by Henry Smith then a mere boy,
after using it as a switch to drive cat
tie from the plains.
One day recently as John A. Tweed
was mowipg a meadow for & ayton Sim
norman, near Glassboro, n. j., hor-
net stung him on the lett jugular vein.
At first he paid but momentary atteu-
tion, but proceeding dozen yards
further his blood seemed on fire in
every vein to the reuotest parts and
in a few minutes hives came out all
over the skin. With assistance he
! reached the house abCut noon, when
| chill followed the burning fever, and
although undcr two quilts he says he
was "aImost froze". DR.. } ID. Herri-
tage arrived, gave medicine 10 counter
act the poison and in short time the
patient was out of danger. lie worked
no more tha. day, but since has felt No
inconvenience.
There is a. theatre in Winnipeg and
the citizens of that place are fond Oi
Of what they call the wet eyed drama
One night recently Miss Carrie Pun
kettle appeared in ''Lady Audl"y's Sc.
cret'' and, of course, fairly flooded the
pit with tears. In the midst of the pa
tbetic scenes, however, two Winnipeg
dogs bristled up to one another aud
were soon fighting in close proximity
to the stage. Miss Piunkette wa.
obliged to retire until the WInnipegisn:
had enjoyed FIVE minutes performance
with the dogs as chief characters.
Martha HickliDg is described by the
local reporters at Hillsboro, Texas a:
"a prairie rose" She was tall and faiI
and her blue eyes were nost bewitchine
Some months ago Alva Woods, tai
handsome, dark haired man Of thirty
woocd and won tie rose. He proved
william. Miss HickIipg's parents
matter of-fact people. brought suit IL
the Hillsboro Court. As the trial pro
gressed the counsel for Woods saw tba
they bad no. the ghost Of chance II
save their man from the penitentiary
be had done what is known In TexaI
law as a penitentiary crime, and 81
they proposed that a settlement be
made by the immediate marriage of th'
parties The judge was glad to per
form tie cermony at once and on Thurs
, day, in the presence of great crowd
Miss Hickling and Wood stood befor,
the bar. The response made by tn
groom was a sonorcus 81 will'' Whel
, the judge asked Miss AickIIng the im
portant question, she electrified al
present with "Nol No, Not to saw
my life or soul" The case was tbel
continued and Wood convicted.
Anna Mayer, of Louisville, was tolc
by her parents to practice steadily a
; the piano for two hours. They heart
E her pounding the keys for about hal
, of the prescribed time and then tn
sound ceased. Mr.. Mayer soon wen
r to the parlor and found her lying oil
the floor nconscious from chloro
. form, while two negro thieves wer'
ransacking in an adjoining room.
, Drifting Goose, with his band O
, 100 Indians, who We're permitted t,
? leave Crow Creek Agency to inspec
some land on James river 100 mile
| above Yankton, d. T., has refused t.
/ return, and the officer in charge ha
/ been ordered to bring them back b,
t force, calling On the military, i
, necessary.
There is a glut of watermelons il
the New York market at the presen