Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
GENERAL ITEMS.

Samuel Nussbaum. an old citizen
OF Cape Girardeau county, Missouri,
cut his wife's throat, on the 9th inst.
and then cut his OWL. Domestic
trouble is said to have been the cause
OF the tragedy.
DR.. James L. Roberts, highly
respected citizen of Millvil!e, Kay
county, Mo, while sitting in the store
of G. d. Cravens, on Monday even
ing, the 7.h inst, WAS accos;ed by ID.
J. S. Keyes and charged with talking
about his (keyes) family. Roberts
denied the charge, whereupon keyes
called him liar and drawing a re-
volver shot him twice through the
body, killing him. Reyes then mount
ed his horse and escaped. Roberts
was over GO years old, while keyes
wss about 30. The latter was ad-
dicted to drink.
No one could undertake to vouch
for ali the snake stories that the up
country farmers tell without serious
IL compromising his reputation, but
the Hamilton GA Journal assumes
the responsibility of the latest one
with willingness that argues thor
ough confidence in the story-teller
Henry Scott, a farmer of Harris
county, Ga, was hoeing a field Of
corn, when he saw a large horned
snake crawling near him, with hi:
head and tail raised about foot from
the ground. He decided to kill the
snake, and accordingly hit it mum
ber of times with his hoe Aftel
worrying it while, the snake turned
back to meet its foe, and the farmer
, considering discretion the very bes
part of valor, turned and fled, hotly
pursued by the snake. After run
ming across ten acre field, Scott haC
got done playing with the reptile anC
so started for white oak tree witt
the intention of climbing it. Just a.
> he lodged behind the tree the snak'
, struck at him, and the horn, abou
two inches long. stuck in the tree
The reptile was unable to free him
: self, and the farmers turn havin,
: come round again, he picked up
S rock and killed the ugly thing. Th'
t Hamilton Journal again assures it
] readers that the farmer is thorough,
' reliable, and then adds that in les
: than twelve hours after the snake
], attack upon the tree, theleaves turne'
, from a fresh green to a withere'
e brown.
+ The Pittsbure Telegraph says tha
the depressing effect the appearance Q
t yellow fever in Memphis aud vicinity
8 having upon business of all kinds ha
1 slready been made manifest IN ths
t city b. falling of IN the glass an
] iron trades One firm Of glass manu-
i facturers stated that they woulo los
t 1000, If not more Several iron firm
n stated that, while sufferers to some ex
tent now, they were concerned for thei
business if in the future the epidemi
became more serious.
! At Albany, n. Y, on the 7th inst
e Thomas Mallon, about sixty years c
n age, deliberately shot his wife, An
e sIallon, killing her instantly. Th
n husband had just returned fror
e work, and, after having a few angr
words with his wife. he retired to
:. bedroom. She followed him, but O
s seeing a gun in his hands retreatet
! The next instant he raised the wes
Q pom and fired The charge passe
O through the woman's left arm and er
g tered her left breast Just above tn
: heart. The affair caused great excit.
q ment. The murderer was arrested
HE is said to have been very qrne
D and ipoffensive man and why he con
4 mitted the terrible deed is mystery
e The United States have 45o full
j fedged feminine dentists, while tier
- 1855 now Studying the profession