Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-06
STATE ITEMS.

In some of the markets OF this state
colored butter is excluded.
Anthony Wayne, OF Chester county,
shot fifteen ground hogs in one day last
week.
In some of the towns along the North
Branch the boys are compelled to wear
bathing suits when in the water.
William Lathero, farmer residing
on the Brush mountain, stepped on a
sharp stone and cut the little toe clean
of of his lef. foot.
Henry Smith, of Allegheny, who has
business that requires him to be ao-
sent from home good deaf, returned
on Monday a week to find that his wife
had left the day before with man
named Caughey. Three small children
were left behind, from whose feet the
unfeeling mother had removed the
shoes to aid her in obtaining money TO
escape. The father found the children
CRYING piteously for food, and the wife
had taken about $50 in cash belonging
to her husband.
On the 29th of July, Miss Lavinia
Fry, aged twenty, met with a terrible
death near Ephrata, Berks county.
She was passing along a public road ,
when drove of cattle passed By aud
an infurlated bull attacked her. Catch
ing her on his horns, be tossed her
twenty feet across creek. The ami
NAL plunged after her, and on the op
posite bank he again caught her on his
horns, and threw her over FIVE rallied
fence One horn penetrated her ahdo-
men. Her right hip bone was broken,
and she was 50 badly wounded that she
died shortly af,erward.
\ few days siDce, while John keis-
ter was cutting oats on Joe Morrow's
farm, in Scott township, Allegheny
county, be was severely bitten in the
hand by a copperhead snake. The arm
was swollen to a great size, but the
man is now recovering The man who
was bitten on the MCGOWAN farm and
reported dead, is alive, and was cutting
oats on Saturday week.
A man Uamcd Richardson, who man
ages farm near Delta, York county,
was hauling wood few days ago, and
in throwing of load stick struck an
, old shed containing bees. They came
; out in almost countless mbers, and in
trying to relieve his team from the un-
pleasant visitors Richardson met with
! | L. f,to 81, nna nl
) the animals has since died, and thc
) teamster is now confined to his bed from
the effects of the stIngs.
The Chester county agricultural So
ciety has resolved that it Is not profit.
able to raise colts.
While William Caghey, an iron work
er at Lawrence, Allegheny county, wa:
lying asleep mischievous boy put a
live toad in his mouth. The reptile
slipped down his throat and Caghey
awoke suddenly and ran into the mil
like wild man, causing intense excite
ment. All efforts to remove the rep
tile were in vain, aud the man suffer:
intense agony OF mind.
. A young married woman in Lancas.
l ter county received, among other wed.
ding presents, a few years ago, piano
Her musical education having been ne
elected, and being Of too practical ;
disposition TO Jock the instrument up II
the parlcr, she determined to make use
of 1, the only way she could. So she
had it placed in the dairy, and Will,
the children are amusing themselves
pounding on the keys on one side, she
pounds the butter milk out Of her but
ter Oh the other, while the music ~ at
tracts the cows in from the field to b,
milked.