Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
Tie track Of the Schuylkill Valley
Agricultural Society, At Pottstown, with
all The buildings on the grounds, has
been sold at sberiti's sale for $50.
1t cost Lancaster county during the
year 1878 the sum of SllS,Q00 to take
care OF its poor, criminals, aud friend
less children.
a boy of seventeen has been united
il marriage ST Nj. Nebo, Lancaster
county, 10 buxom widow OF thiry.
A citizen Of I'amaqus has invented
steam carriage in which be proposes 10
travel TO the Pacific coast.
A woman named Jaue Bates, who
hss good features, an excellent form.
and upon whose head thirty one SUN
mers lightly rest, has just been dIscov-
cred toillng in the mires, near Scran-
ton, in mems attire. SIZE is from Mary
land, aud has travelled through num-
ber Of States, passing as Z young man.
4 nine-year-old boy, in Harrisburg,
who has committed ten robberies il a
very short space Of time, has been
caught and seut to the House of Ref
uge.
\ miner named Ramsey, living near
Irwin station, committed suicide re-
Gently rather than be burden to his
family. He had become very delicate,
and suffered from acute pains.
Whisky tobacco and cigars have
been cut of tue rations of the paupers
of the Montgomery county slmshOuse.
The grand jury did it,
James A. Gordon, eighty years OF
sge, and the oldest member of the
Lsckawanna oounty bar, frequently
walks twenty miles day.
| Solomon Dean, son of Joseph Desp,
residing in New Lancaster, SIiiflin
county, who was shot through the lungs
by George Dobson in Octob.r last, died
on the night of the 18th inst, from the
effects of his wound.
Joseph Hougb, young man Of Key-
ollsviiie, Jefferson county, was show
ing friend how to go through the man
usl of arms. His gun was loaded. aud
of course, went off, killing Hough al
mos. instantly.
For several years gang CT counter
feiters have bad their headquarters neal
the line of Cam bria, Indiana and Z ear
field counties For long time these
people made their bogus money in 9
cave ID Cambria county. near the line
of IndiaDa. but, owing to the vigilance
of the police detectives, they have been
compelled to move about from place te
place. They continue to distribute the
bogus money.
Ezekiel Campbell, of Mead town.
ship, Crawford county, WAS caught un'
der q tree which he was Telling, OF
" ednesday, and instantly killed.
Tie little d1ughrer of Michael Hoary
miner living at Locust Gap, North
umberland county, has suddenly disap
peared, and it j. feared she has beer
kidnapped.
Kittspning, Armstrong county, hal
an Enoch Arden case. The HUSBAND
was supposed TO have been killed dur
ing the war. The vile clings to hus
band No ..
Mrs. Alfred Snyder, of Pine Sum
nit, Columbia county, left her hous'
for q buckle. of water. A dog and
small child we're left in tie building
which, during the woman's absence
was burned down, and tho child ant
dog perished in the flames.
Tie other day q man living down tn
Peach Bottom railway, appeared at tn
depot in York, with bag of whea
bran, and was about taking it into tn
passenger car. when the baggage maste
) stopped him, and told bin that be coult
no, take it into that car. The man in
quired, .'UoE much baggage is NAL
allowed to carry free7" He was tolc
sixty POUNDS, and as he had eight,
pounds in his bag be said, +" Well,
guess have time to go back 20 SMALL
and will get them to take cut twenty
pounds" So, shoulderins his bag h
trudged back to the place of purchase
snd bad twenty pounds removed. ant
with the sixty pounds took passage OF
the traip.-York Dispatch.