Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-06-04
GENERAL ITEMS,

A skipping-rope was placed among
the flowers Of Ki,tie Boyian's coffin, in
Clyde, Ohio. She had died from
jumping l20 times without stopping.
Probably not less than sixty thou
sand idola:ers in southern Iujia cas-,
away their idols and embraced Christ
ianity in the year 1873.
In the Mississippi penitentiary there
are over two hundred convicts who are
Imprisoned for life.
Major Little aud his wife qusrrelled
while out riding a, Easton, Me-. and in
the excitement Mrs. Little let her baby
roll of her lap to be killed under the
wheels Of the wagon.
Eight years ago a man residing near
Cstasauqua, named Henry .Huthard
was married and for some time appear
ed TO live happily. Suddenly be dis
appeared and remained away for some
weeks. When be returned his wife
was gone and be failed to obtain any
intelligence of her. He subsequently
married again. Last week after an
absence OF seven years, wife No. l re
appeared and had her husband arrested
and bound over to appear at court for
desertion
Elias Hampton was so particular III
buying . sevolver in a Buffalo store
that the cieik inquired for what pur-
pose be wac ,ed it. Il am going to
shoot my father in-law and brother in
.aw." The clerk thought be was jok-
Jog, but be wasn't, for before night be
had lodged bulletin each Of those
relatives.
A funeral procession in Massacbu-
settss town was balted on its way to
the cemetery while the body was taken
into photographers gallery and pho
togrspbed.
A recent dispatch from the town Of
Newark Vermont, relative to terrible
case of poisoning in that town says:
The latest reports state that nine Of the
children are dead. The supposed cause
of the poisoning is the throwing oi
dead animals, horse aud number of
sheep, With potatoe tops poisoned by
Paris green, ihio brook which runs
by the school house where the children
attended school aud drank of the water
They died within a few hours after
drinking the water, and decomposition
set in at once, making immediate bur-
ial necessary. Twenty-seven cases of
poisoning are reported, and it is not be-
lIeved that any of the afflicted children
v.n recover. There is talk of arrest
ing the MAJ on whose premises the car
rion was throwr into the stream, who
lives near the school house
A dispatch from San Francisco, Cal
ifornia. May 28th, says: About quar-
ter after II o'clock this morning some
one called at the door of the Court
House, at Bakersfield, Cal, and was
answered BY Jsiler Reed, who was re-
quested to open the door. Mr.. Reed
refused, when the door was forcibly
broken IN and about seventy hive men
entered. The jailer was ordered to
throw up his hands, which he did. The
keys were demanded but refused.
Search was then made and the keys
found. The mob then entered the cells
Thomas and William Yoa
KUN, and lynched them by hanging
them in their cells William was
chained to the floor Of his cell. As
the chain could uot be loosened, be was
hung with the chair op his feet. He
was shot several times after having been
hanged. TIE Yoakums were IN Jail
for the killing Of Johnston and Tucker,
st Long Tom, more than year ago.
Yoakum had his trial and was
convicted of murder in the first degree,
but the Supreme Court ruled last week
tba. he should have q change Of venue,
and bis case was moved to F2renno
county. The mob we're sll masked.