Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-12-03
STATE ITEMS.


China clay has been found nes,
Reading.
Test oil wells are being sunk around
Meadville.
Joseph McCallster of Freeport who
went Ou'hunting last week has since
been missing.
Berks county wants S34S Of Schuyl.
kill county for the board of the Huntz
ingers while in jail
Work on the Middle Peniteutiary
has been suspended until spring.
Mrs Ehrich. the wife of a stone oar.
ry man, living in Allentown, made four
attempts 10 commit suicide On Tuesday
week hile temporarily insane.
Martin Hockenberg, of Houtsdale,
Clear6eld county, va, struck on a
tramroad by log last week and in
stautly killed.
Miss Alders was declared By the
School Directors of East Deer town
ship Allegheny county, as not having
been legally elected teacher. She
cuCu ouN SCS
A man b. the name of Bear was to
have been married 10 young lady iu
Wsynesboro, Franklin county, last
week. In the morning a lady, who
claimed to be his wife, and little child
arrived from Virgiuis. She had Mr.
Bear arrested for dessrtiou, but be
denies that she is his wife, which the
courts must now determine.
A well-to-do farmer in Perry county
was splendidly taken in by brace Of
sharpers few weeks ago. He bought
a wind mill from the rogues, and then
signed paper which be thought was a
contract to act as an agent for the sale
of wind mills in that county. The pa
per he signed turned out TO be uegotia-
bic note for $500, which the men sold
to a third party. The wind mills we're
forwarded and are now for sale below
cost price.
John Johnson farmer living near
West Fairfield, Westmoreland county
was shot and killed by bis hired mau,
Jerry Telford, on Wednesday morning
The object was robbery and TelfOrd es-
capped.
On Friday morning James II. Rid
die, President, and his son James
cashier of the Franklin Savings Bank,
of Allegheny. charged With the embes
element of Sl1S,000, were sentenced
The father received one month and the
son four months in Jail. The Court
spologized for the light sentence on the
ground that the evidence did not show
that the defendants really intended to
defraud the other stockholders, having
been mi.informed as to the financial
condition of the firms of which they
were members. The sentenc is receIv-
by the public with dissatisfaction.
"From all quarters," says a Lancas-
paper, "repor,s continue to reach US of
heavy sales of tobacco at excellent
prices The truth is, the prices rcaliI
ed By our Lancaster county growers
throw everything in :he shade VIC hear
Of, either in Connecticut, New York,
Ohio, Wisconsin, or even York county
Our fIrmers are reaping a rich harvest
from their tobacco which is turning out
to be a most excellent article The
prices are decidedly higher than was
anticipated by the best informed deal
ers, and so remarkable are they, in
fact, that no one seems able to under
stand the boom that has set in"
The Lebanon Courier of last week
saws that search has failed to discover
any trace of the vaiuables stated to
be hidden IN Indiantown Gap in the
letter purporting to have been writ
ten by Charles Drews, before his
death, 80 Israel Brandt. 1t is now
believed that Drews had nothing to
do with the letter, and that it was
concocted by Brandt himself and
written by Huinmel. What the mo-
tive could have been it is difficult to
say, unless Brandt desired to play a
practical joke on the officers.
The Harrisburg Telegraph of last
Fridays: In the neighborhood OF
Rely and new Fourth streets yester-
DAY afternoon SIX women, all drunk,
engaged in a desperate battle. Hair
pulling, beating, scratching were
what was done, but what was said by
these foul mouthed viragos was sim
ply shocking. One of the women,
finding she was getting whipped, ran
into a house, but another ran after
and dragged her out on the street by
the hair. 1t was a high old time for
a while, and a crowd stood around
powerless to separate the fighters
The congregation in the Lutheran
church at Wayuesboro, on Tuesday q
week became panic stricken at the
breaking of bench, aud rush Was
made for the doors. A number were
injured, and among them were the fol-
lowing; Mrs Wesgly, arm broken and
otherwise injured /; Rev. Mr. Richard
SOD. of Smithsburg, Md, trampIed up
en- and injured Mr.. Shank, oi Smiths
burg, arm broken: Miles Consr,
shoulder bone and several ribs broken;
Mrs. Mers and two sons, severely in
jured Rev. S. ". Owen, Of Haeers
town, badly bruised; Henry u. Fink,
seriously hurt, lady unknown, was
taken to the hotel, where she now lies
in a critical condition. The sad affair
has created intense excitement in the
village. The damage to the church IS
estimated at $500.
At Mountainville Church, Salisbury
township Lebigh county the minister,
Rev. Mr.. Bleam, was called q liar, at
Hast Sunday mornings srvice by Ger
man named Charles Ne:ser, who said
he knew the Scriptures better than the
minister. Neiser was drunk and had
TO be elected, when a friend of bis,
named Joseph Geiger, who was also
DRINK. became noisy and was elected