Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16
GENERAL ITEMS.

A man will not fail if be continues
upright.
Wooden pavements have turned out
a complete failure in Pittsburg streets.
The celebrated rotter, Goldsmith
Maid, has . 6ne bay horse colt. Mr..
Smith has refused an offer of $40, ,00G
for it.
A report comes by way Of Topeka,
Kansas, that the Cneyennes are on the
wsr-path, and moving in :he the direc-
tion of western Kansas.
The Supreme Court of Maine has de-
cided that members of the Legislature
can receive mileage only for travelling
one way.
At Mount Vernon, Tedas, on Sstur-
day evening a week, gang of mounted
men assassinated the man in charge Of
the Jail, and attempted to rescue the
prisoners confined there. The citizens
assembled and drove them off.
Nearly 1000, cattle, mostly young.
will be driven from Texas north before
the warm weather Of August begins.
The pumber of cattle in a drive" is
generally 5000, though it is sometimes
much larger
In the chicken fight at Norfolk, Va &,
on the 9th, Pennsylvania won four
fights, and Virginia three, closing the
contest Of nineteen fights. Pennsylva-
MIA won twelve and Virginia seven.
Mrs. John Ryan, of Gutenberg, N.
j., the wife of the proprietor of the
store at tha: place which was entered
by masked burglars two months ago,
and who was so badly frightened that
she went into decline, died Wednes-
day morning.
1t is stated that the British Govern.
meut had authorized agents in this
country to buy mules for the use of the
British forces in South Africa. A few
days since one of these agents purchas-
ed five hundred mules from Mr.. T. G.
Eastman, Of West Albany, N. Y, and
these animals are to be shipped during
the next two weeks to Eogiand, whence,
after brief rest, they will be trans
ported to the seat of war in Africa.
A special dispatch from Bolton, Tex
as, to the Galveston .News, says: "a
negro man and woman living near here,
witnesses against Canterbury and Rob
bins, indicted fer rape, we're murdered
last night by FIVE masked men. The
man was killed instantly, but the wo-
man lived until morning. She stated
that one of the assass,ns said no wit
nesses should live to appear against
Canterbury and Robbins"
A dispatch from Ohio, under date Of
the 10Th inst, says: John Barnum, a
farmer living near Sabina, Ohio, had a
difficulty with hired man named Wea
yer, during which the latter threatened
to shoot his employer. Barnum swore
out warrant for the arrest of Weaver
on charge Of assault. Constable }. l..
johnson attempted to arrest Weaver,
when the latter fired at him. The off,
Ger returned the fire, the ball penetra-
ting Weaver's abdomen, fatally wound
iDg him.
A party of seven Indians recently at
tackled Sergeant Kennedy, late signal
observer at Deadwood, d. T., and a
private soldier, named .Bader, of the
Second cavalry. The two men were
eating lunch at Mizpah, 40 miles from
Fort Keogh, when fired upon. Bader
was instantly killed and Kennedy bad
ly wounded. The latter crawled into
the brush and kept the Indians at bay
with a six shooter until assistance ar
rived. Bader was scalped. Kennedy
will probably recover.
A short time ago a young Chippe-
Wa hunter was shooting squirrels in
the woods that border Lake Huron,
hear Penetanguishine, when, by some
chancs. a large blighted pine fell upon
him, knocking him down and crush
ing his lsg, which was fractured in
two places. He could not rise-he
could not remove the tree which was
lying across his broken leg. He was
far from the probability of passing
aid, and to lie there and starye to
death i'll agony seemed all that was
left to him. In this dilemma, with
all the fortitude and promptitude of
romance he took out his knife, cut off
his own leg, bound it up with his
sash, dragged himself along the
ground to his canoe and padded
himself home to his wigwam on dis
tant island. There the cure of his
wound was completed, and tho man
is still alive. Strange as this may
seem, it is strictly true-idaho World.
Mrs Maria GiIlett, aged eighty years,
died at the Shakers on the evening of
the ,;;..h nst., after very short illness,
produced, /: Is thought, BY the bite of
a spider nearly ,nc weeks since. She
was very active, inte, cHsone woman'
and one who in early life sha.-ed with
her parents some remarkable experielce
among the Indians In the wild portions
of this country. She was the grand
niece of General Ethan Allen, her
grandfather being brother of the hero
of TIconGerago, ard served as a cap
tain under him. 1t is singular to re-
late, but she retained the /" Allen"
mark, having been born with SIX fingers,
the surplus member being removed in
her infancy and her children, of which
she reared two, also bore the uunis-
taxable family feature when irfanis.
She has been a staunch and faithful
member of the Shaker Community for
Fifty years, holding many places of
trust, and always with honor to herself
and from all concerned.
A Davenport, Iowa, love tragedy is
thus told by dispatch that was sent
last week: Harry C. Watt occupied
apartments over his cigar store on
Third street, the family consisting of
his wife, their little daughter Eda,
his wifes sisters, Misses Louisa and
Amelia Filter, and an errand boy
On Saturday night visitors left the
house at quarter past IL o'clock,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Watt soon retired