Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-01
GENERAL ITEMS.

GEN Ek8A Al H 6NAS.
I'd 1859 corn vas aofth 10 . 5ushel
and fhe price did not vary much until
1864, when it went up 10 Sf.l0, fol
lowed by remarkably high price Of
81 7I the next year tl8e5 a fall to
IS cents cams next year, and rise to
$l.l0, during the two succeeding
years (lS67-6s) Siuce thst time there
has been a gradual fall to 30 cents, the
price for last year. In 1875 there was
an exception in a rise Of 10 cents 1851
followed by fall of 25 cents (6O) for
the next year. 1t is to be seen that
during all the 20 years corn was never
so low as at the present time.
Gas came in Just now," said the
clergyman, al beheld horrible sight:
two large dogs engaged in q death
struggle" 1t embarrassed the preach
er to end himself the only man in
church with so many ladies, and he
thinks the dsacons nigh, have trusted
the Sunday school superintendent to
see that the animals were separated.
A deaf and dumb girl in Dofsey Co.,
Ark, has recently Degdn to talk in her
sleep. There had been family prayers
for .he restoration of her speech. At
midnight her mother heard her eoice.
Arousing the old gentleman, she enter
ed tie apartment where the child lay
The deaf and dumb girl remarked cas-
usilyj "Everything seems very Won
derfui" Then turning suddenly in
her bed, she added, "Yes the old-time
orchards are always in bloom" The
affectionate parents simultaneously en-
braced the maiden. She awoke with .
start. But could neither hear nor
speak.
a child three Years. old, whose par
en,s live in Illinois, has just made a
dafroW escape from . fate similar to
that which befel Charlie Ross. She
was stolen from home, and traced BY
her father to New York, where be
caught sight Of her for An instant but
missed her in the crowd. FROM there
the father traced bis child to Nova
Scotia, to find that she had been taken
to Liverpool England. He sailed for
that place, arrived there first, aud one
day was overjoyed to fud his daughter
among the passengers in ship frou
Nova Scotia. The child was stolen IN
February and found in August.
A shocking occurrence took place in
Toronto on Monday in which lady
lost one Of her fingers. 1t appears
that two boys guarreled on the sfresr
sud finally closed with each other An
elderly lady happened to approach at
the time aud seeing TIE bots fighting
stepped up 10 seperate them In bis
rage one of the bcys turned and catch
ing the second finger Of the isdy's
left hand between his teeth bit it of al
the second joint as clean as though sew
cred with knife. lnformation va:
conveyed 90 the police, and two Of
GERS are al presen, IN sesrcn Of The
young canibal.
Among the voters in Kittery, Me
at the late election Was a man 81 years
old who read his ballot at the poll:
without the aid of glasses 1t Is as
serted that he never missed voting a
election where he bad right to vote
since be gained the right, IS } ears ago
A Southern girl, who has seen bet
ter days as a member of one of the brs
families o: Virginia is nov earning heI
living by plying awl at the shoemaker:
bench in Petersburg. She served ar
apprenticeship Of four years, aud it ii
said can now turn out as good shoe
as any man in the business who has 20
had more experience.
On Friday morning FIRE broke out
IN Dea5wood Dak, Almost the entir,
business portion of the city was con
sumed. Thousands of people have
been rendered homeless and left in {
destitute condition. The loss is rough
ly estimated at from one million and /;
half to two millions on which there is
little or no insurance.
The investigation of charges affect
ing General Z y. Tyler, postmaster
of Baltimore was concluded on Thur'
day night at ten o'clock. A larg,
number Of witnesses have been exam.
ined for the prosecution and defence
from fifty to sixty in all. A numbe
OF witnesses for the prosecution wer'
discharged employees from the post Of
fee, aud with few exceptions, Gener
al Tylers's. The report of the specia
agents, with the evidence, will be hand
I'd in to the Postmaster General, AM
by him will be transmitted to the Pres
ident for his decision.
The Fort Wayne (Texas) Democra
reports that in Johnston county a lad,
was visited by two Of her lady friend
who spent the day with her. She toll
them Of lately baving cone into possess
ION of large sum of money, and tha
he. husbands absence, annoyed be
because she was afraid of being rob be-
That night stranger stopped at he
house and during the night being awak
ened by q noise in the lady's roos
looked through the window aud sa'
two negroes choking her in her bed
He fred at them and killed both, an
just then two persons fed from nea
the house. On investigation it wa
found that the negroes we're toe ladys
guests disguised and it is supposed tb
two who fled were their husbands.