Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-15
GENERAL ITEMS.


q ,d,uer. died recently trpm the effects
of arseuical poison introduced ints MS
system through hollow tooth, the oh
;act of the Introduction of the po,son
heinc the destruction of the nerves o:
the tooth. As the tooth vas treated by
Two different dentists, one living IN
Boston aud the other in Brooklyn, with
in G. few days. it Is not known which OF
the two placed the arsenic IN 1t, but the
physicians are positive that hr. Gard
iuer died from the effects of poison IN
troduced in the manner described.
The Gaping NAV have fallen from
the filing of arseuic, and the latter
coming in contact with the saliva. be
came d,ffused through the system with
fatal result.
A most heart rending accident oc-
cured at the residence of Samuel NJ.
Davis. living near Black Oak. In Gaid :
we'll county, Mo, resulting in the death
of his only child aged three years. Mr..
Davis, had turned large drove OF hogs
into his yard preparatory to driving
them to Breckenridge to ship to market
and his little child was out IN the yard
PLAYING with his deg, when the dog sud
denly crazed pig, and the child run
ming up was caught by the crazed SOW
and ,lisemboweled and lacerated 10
frichtful manner. The frantic mother
hearing the screams of ber child rau to
its assistance, aud driving the SOW off,
carried the mangled body OF the llt;le
sufferer iato the house Death soon re
lieved the sufferer from his agonIzIng
pain.
A coon has the best of a dog when the
fight is in deep water, as citizen o.
Portland, Oregon, has learned to h's
sorrow. A valuable dog belonging Il
him went out last week into field and
found the track of coon, which he fol
lowed to the animals hiding place
There he began to dig and bark, max
ing the dirt fy In the air until the cool
cuuningly escaped and ran into littl'
pond near by, the dog following him
A hard fight then began. The cool
seized the dog By his nose and pulled
him under tho water. Again and again
the dog rose TO the surface aud agar
and again he was pulled below it, unit
at last he had had too much of the bus
mess, and sauk for the last time from
view. The coon went quietly ashor
and disappeared in his hole unharued
An exchange from Ohio says; "Re
Gently, at Logau, Ohio, an incident oc
CURED which proves that the Buckley
boys vote as they fought. A move
ment was irauguyated to hold a soldiers
reunion in Cincinnati III conldncrlo
with a Democratic rally, at wh'c
voorhees,, OF lndianna was to be tn
high priest. A number of battle hig
o. regiments raised in ths vicinit
of Logan were obtained from til
State Department to lend eclat t
the demonstration. Upon hearing thi
the old soldiers of that section Iailie
in sufh cient force to control the meet
ing called TO make arrangements whic
they adjourned to December, thus eff
ecfually blocking the little game Of ID
Buckeye eoPIerheads AMI that king {
the reptiles, Voorhees,. Not sati. fie
with this they sent numerously sign
ed paper 70 the Adju'aut General pr
testing against the iesecraii0n of fh
flags. and against the violation Of th
law, which provides that the flags sha
not be taken cut of the State Hous
for political demonstrations All hou
or TO the Buckeye veterans"
4 despatch relating TO the missin
balloouist Wise and Barr, came fror
Chicago on :he 7ih irst., aud read
thus Another clue TO tue rnisslni
bailOonists Wise aud Burr, came t
light IN Chicago to day. Ga the nigh
of Sunday September 18th, balloo
was seen by several persons 10 pas
over Miller's Station, about 50 mile
out on the Like Shore aud Michiga
Southern railroad. Two of the partie
who say they saw the balloon are Lou
Faber. au engineer on the above name
road, and John Bulla, his fireman
When questioned about the matte
to- day, the engineer said "Sunda
night, one week ago, was running il
to the city. We reached Miller
Station about Il 80 O'Clock, aud s,opl
ped | was standing on the platform tall
ing to Henry Wilson, the telegrsr
operator at the depot, when he sudden
ly exclaimed. There gees balloon
| looked up, and there, sure enoug
was one just going over the tank hous,
i. lt was very bright night, with
{ good moon, and we could see the ba
loon plainly. IL was less than mi
away, | should judge, and driving alou
very fast in an uor iheasterly direction
right toward the lake, which is onI
about half a mile from the station. W
= : watched it for five minutes before
i passed ou, Of sight. My fireman al.
: saw it. The fireman, John BulIa, W
found, and verified the statement OF L
gineer Faber. Mr.. W. +. Trowe, an OF
orator at the Forty-third street station
was informed of what the men had see
the same night. That they saw Il
Pathinde. there eau be little doubt, 1
, it bears out the statements Of other
and the place was in the line the bs
loon was supposed to have been follow
ing. This would carly it directly ovt
the lake.
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