Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-06
GENHaAL ITEMS.

The number of horses shipped troIa
Montreal to the United States, through
me United States Consulate GsneIs''
for the year ending June ~, was o'oo|
valued at 1891, ,235.
The old woman who few days ago
threw a stone at the King OF oPaio,
when he was on his way to church, al
Madrid. III bis carriage, Is certified 10
be insane, and has been sent 10 an
asy lnm. ,.,,.
TIE Rev. SIR. Ross, Of East Williams,
Ont. has forbidden Freemasons to ap-
proach the communion table IN bis
church, OIL the ground that at Masonic
funerals the pame of Christ is not used
IN suoplica,;ons TO the Deity.
Matthew Rsnkins, of Lewiston,
Maine, Al years old, has been connueo
to one chair for % years. When
school boy, 29 years agos companion
tripped him up, and m falling his spine
was hurt. For two years after the ac-
e,dent he was able to walk around some,
then he los, the use of his legs, and
finally his whole body became rigid.
His fingers and toes are all dIsJointed'
the only material joint in his body be
ing in one thumb. He can use his
hands and ankles little and hrs eyes
aud tongue fully. When he sleeps hls
low rocking chair is simply tipped baeS
and he is covered with blanket. lie
has iavented ingenious contrivances oy
which he reads and writes great deal,
and he seems as happy and eonten'ed
as if he was not afflicted, though he
suffers great pain necessarily.
Tie following thrilling dispatch came
from jamestown, New York, on the
24th ultimo: At ten o'clock last night
a farmer. named james crosby, return
ed to his home, near Conewango Sta
ton, fifteen miles from jamestown. tic
missed the light bis wife usually lett
burning for him aud heard shril
whistle from the trees near by, but paiC
no attention to it. He entered th'
house by the unfastened kitchen door
took off his coat and boots, called hl'
wife, aud then he received heavy bloV
on the head. He tough and held Il
his assailant until he was dragged q
the roadway, where he received anothe
blow AID was shot through the band
The assailan,s then fed. A cry of mur
der brought neighbors, who entered To
house and found Mrs. Crosby lying y
bed. She had probably been dead bal
an hour. The pillows were staine
with blood, and prints of fingers on he
reck showed that she ha6 been choket
to death to prevent alarming others II
the house. A little child in a trundle
5 bed near its mother was not awakened
Private papers were overhauled, and
! revolver and small amount of none
we're carried of. Two Ten were ar
rested on suspicion, but have been re
leased.
i 1t is estimated that over 200 geo co
ored people have been added to th
u Methodist Church since the war. The
u have caused more than a thOusan
{ churches to be built, and more tha
( 5000 colored young men are IN the
aid schools in the South.
Miss Charlotte Bruce, eomel
Scotch lassle, living near Lexington
{ Ind, in jefferson county, cut 100 acr'
of wheat with reaper, keeping hi
binders, and part Of the time si'
.s humping themselves" as she exp'es
= ed it. She had six horses ready ba
!, messed, and shea op pair got tired 81
Il took ano,heY. Fourteen hundred bus
els Of wheat from rs acyes is the yie
. on Charlotte's farm.