Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
STATE ITEMS.

& boy eleven years Old. living near
Catasaugua, hsi his jaw bone broken In'
four Places on Monday q week. He
fell Uf d wagon and was ruu over.
TIE Councils of WiIliamsport have
appointed a committee to investigate
ths chief of the Fire Department, who
60; drunk on the Fourth and under
took to get Up a riot.
Bedford county Is infested with
horse thieves. Their operations on the
4th inst, were very extensive, not less
than thirty hOrSes having been stolen
IN different parts CT the country IN the
Sra.e-
The beds OF some Of tee creeks in
E-ie county are 50 d. that In many
poruoIs of them grass aud weeds grow
II Frotu .on.
I've well-to do farmers of Butler
coTuty are now in jail for hsTi.g IN
lneir posS, ssiOa horses that were stolen
near PetroiIa.
The codnty bridge o-er the river
at LeEistowu took IRE three times from
the remains Of crackers that had been
exploded upon 1t wti,o the crowd was
Witnessing the races on the 4th.
A COW in East FIulcy township
Washington county, was killed on Mon
day week by lightning, while her
owner, Mrs. TcHne, was milking the
animal. Strange to say the lady was
uuinjured.
IL Beaver county on Tuesday even
ing s week Mr.. james Re,singer while
cutting grass with machine complete
ly amputated both feet of his four year
old boy who bad ulobser.ed seated
himself in the grass.
Judge Ward f Bradford, has been try
ing to free bis court of a mob OF dun
ken rowdie-, which never ia led tC
gather aud ;..erupt the proceedings
He left tie bench and arrested some
Of them with hIs own hand, aud send
ing them 20 Jail has generally reformed
thIrgs.
Two mea named McKenna and Gal
Iagher engaged in fight IN Pit;sturg
on Thursday morning, when Gallagher
seize ed McHenna's eyebrow in his teett
and tore out g strip of flesh severa
inches 10 length, which he splt on tn
pavement. When the. police came "a
be was trying to bite off Mckenna'
nose.
Progress is not made rapidly in tb'
prosecution of persons who saw tn
bull and bear fight at Custer City
about ninety are to be tired, and tn
magistrate averages ore case day
and that, too SO far without coavictIn.
the party.
A remarkable case occurred nea
Pit'e' urg on H.iday night week.
-..r .as thrown from the top OF Mt
Washington to bench or projection OF
the side of the mo-ntaIn, distance o
.senty-fve feet He then bounde'
from cliff to cliff un.il be bad fallen ID
feet from the top Of the r.oun'a'n, aud
strange to say, be rcceIveG no inJurle
which will n, .essariiy prove fatal. ii
refused r. give his name or say sny
thiue about the matter, but IT is sup
posed tnat in d --ken quarrel be wa
thrown over the bluff.
A Greensbarg, State Of Indiana pa
per, says: About week ago the vii
of Horace Jones. wealthy farmer
living twelve miles south of here, wen
out 10 place a par Of iced In the chick
en- coop AS she placed the pan In tn
cooP an immense rat seized one of be
fingers biting through it, and boldiD
on with a death grir. Before sh
ccuId release her baud she bad to chok
tie rat to death The wound healed
a feE a,ys, apparently, but yesterda
Mrs. Jones was seized with symptom
of hydrophobia, scing into CONFUSION
and suffering intense agony. 1hef
are but little hopes entertained OF be
recovery The case is creating som
excitement in medical circles and II
the second case of the lad within th
past month That has happened IN II
county.