Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-30
STATE ITEMS.

Inteli. @ence from Lancaster county
on the 23i says: The vicinity Of
Springville. ABOUT twelve miles from
lancaster. was thrown into great ex
citement yesterday by an attempted
outrage by tramp on Miss Mnnie
Wills, aged II years, a dtughSer OF
Mr. /. y. :. Wills, clerk to the COMFY
commissioners Of Lancaster. She left
home early IN the morning to visit II
lady friend At the residence of Mr..
Jacob IL. Nissley, about one and a
half miles across the country. The
visit concluded, she was returning
homo between the hours of Ii and
y o'clock in the forenoon, and had
reached lonely point about midway
between Mr.. Nissiey's and her home,
when she was suddenly confronted
by a villainous-l looking tramp, who
commanded her to halt. There was
no dwelling within sight and no
friendly hand to save, but, remem-
bering that AIr. Jonas Hostetter, a
farmer, lived only short distance
away, across the fields. she leaped 2
fence and commenced to run, the
tramp closely pursuing her. She
gave no outcry. bat reserved all her
strength for running, and, when the
scoundrel had gained on her until
the distance between them was not
more than thirty yards. she reached
an eminence that brought her within
view of the farmers house. Only an
orchard lay between her and her
friends, and the tramp, fearing de
lection, retreated. Miss Wills man
aged to reach the house, but in such
an excited and exhausted condition
that she could not tell her story for
a few minutes Meanwhile the tramp
effected his escape, but a volunteer
vigilance committee did some ener-
getic searching for him last night.
and had he been found he would have
been called upon likely to name an
early day for funeral, and the Cigi
iants would, doubtless, attended to
having the corpse ready. Miss Wills
suffers greatly from nervous prostra-
ton.
On Thursday evening week, a lot
of roughs took possession Of the town
of Shlckshlnny, on the Susquehanua,
below Wlkesbarre. They proceeded
10 make it uncomfortable fer a picnic
party. The entire body of police and
other officers Of the burrough including
lie Burgess and Justices, made a raj.
ly to drive off the rioters, but were
themselves roughly handled and put to
! fight at the muzzles of revolvers aud
By tue use of clubs. For a season the
rioters maintained their ground AMI
successfully defed all resistance. FL
naliy the citizens and law-abiding
members of the picnic party rallied en
masse and made final and successful
onslaught, expelling the marauders.
1t is said that there were eight hun
dred excited men in the streets. Two
of the leaders we're safely lodged in tie
county jail and detectives are searching
for the remaining fugitives.
One day recently Granville Mowrer,
Toy of about eleven years, son of
Isaac Mowrer, of West Vincent town
ship, chester county, was sent 10 a neigh
bor's house on an errsnd. In getting
! over fence the lad was bitten in the
leg BY snake, supposed to have been
a copperbead. The venom from the
bite took immediate effent, and the boy
became almost blind, suffered intense
y AID was unable 10 get home He
was fouId 10 a field shortly afterwards
his limbs and body considerably swol-
len, both hands being black from the
/ fingers above the wrists He was dos
ed with whisky, and Is now thought to
/ be recovering.
The wife of Taylor Tome, who farms
the Cochran place in Mill Creek. Erie
county, has this year reaped with a
span of horses about forty acres OF
wheat and barley, without the sight
est assistance from any person of the
male gender. The work was done as
neatly as it could have been done by
the most experienced farmer IN the
county. Mrs. Tome is about twenty
eight years of age and the mother Of
four children.