Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-03
GENERAL ITEMS.

The tendency Of fashion IS to increase
the size of the bonnet
Germany is becoming alarmed at
Russia's frontier fortlfications.
One of the most violent of the speak
ers who harsngue the hoodlums at the
San Francisco sand lots is woman,
Mrs. Smith, whose speech is said to
have reminded some of those who heard
her of the raving of the female mob OF
Paris during the Reign of Terror.
Mrs. Smith wants to take a hand IN
hanging the Chinese to the nearest lamp
post
Angus Mcdonald. of Acton, Canada,
IS l04 years old. He stood by the
Duke of Wellington a; Waterloo when
be said. "Oh, that Blucher or night
would come ="
There has been fight between the
students of Cornell University and the
town boys of Ithaca None were SER
iously injured, the students held
meeting and passed resolutions of re-
gret at the occurrence, and all is serene
between the antagonistic parties-tiil
they meet again. :
"The thieves of Cincinnati are play
ing a trick which is either a new one or
a very old one resurrected from obllv-
Ion. a woman the other day asked a
grocer for pound of the best coffee.
just as he was about to put it in pa
per bag, she held a jar toward him so
that the top was open, but he could not
see the bottom, and told him to put 1t
in that. He poured the coffee in the
mouth of the jar, and then the woman
with a well-feigned expression OF an
noyance cried: Il do declare, | have
left my purse at home Ill just set the
jar of coffee down on the counter here
while | run home and get the money"
She placed the jar on the counter and
went out, but she didn't come back,
and when the grocer picked up the jar
he found that it did not contain any
coffee, and that the bottom bad been
knocked out. Then be concluded that
when be poured the coffee in the jar it
ran through into bag concealed by
the woman"
Last week forty eight hundred men
employed in Il nickel plate factory at
Cohoes, Y. Y, made a strike for
higher wages. Proprietors of the
works, Hoyt and Wynkoop, while
trying to rescue a man named John
Wynkoop, from a number of the
strikers, We're attacked A desper-
ate encounter took place. Hoyt was
wounded III the head and his left arm
was broken by kicks and blows.
Wynkoop was attacked by the mob,
but entered a house and remained till
the fuss was over. John Wynkoop,
when be saw that his friends could
not rescue him, drew a revolver and
fired seven shots Dunn was shot in
the head, left shoulder and hand. and
Peter Curry was hit in the left side
by a bullet John Cahill was shot in
the right arm and lansing Smith in
the hand Eight OF the assailants
upon Wynkoop, including Dunn,
were arrested Dunn was seriously
wounded. The wounds of the others
are not considered serious.
ga farmer from the suburbs was 10
! Boston the other day dressed up in his
Sunday clothes, and having read about
romantic ways of becoming acquainted
with ladies on the street thought he
would try his luck. Hewas shoe heel
on the pavement, evidently just knocked
off from the shoe pertaining to some pref
ty little foot. Now was his chance,
thought he. He could soon tell who
lost it by watching for a lady walking
lame be would offer it to her, she
would thank him sweetlv, ask hun to
help her fasten it on be could escort
her home, further acquaintance, propos
al, marriage, etc. Here came pref
ty young la6J iimping, but ber dress
was long and he couldn't see ber shoe
She must be the one. He said: s'Miss
If ound your heel back there, and Pm
happy to be able to present it to you.
noticed while walking behind you that
You 'limped'-that Is, you walked
quite lame-and | was real sorry for
you" The young lady thanked him
pleasantly, but told him it wasn't hers,
but that she was lau,e as the result of
an accident. He apologised, and some-
what disconnected, waited for another
limping lady who was even prettier
than the first. He spoke to her, but
she didn't tsse any notice Of it, He
again said: pardon ire lady, but
have found your heel, and it gives me
great pleasure to return it 20 you. "
"How dare you, slrl"-and she gave
poor Hezekiah look that nearly made
his hair stand on end-s'how dare you
address a lady in this manner on the
street, Leave or | will call an officeri''
He was disgusted, and was about to
throw away the old shoe heel and 20
home, when a shiny colored woman
shouted at him "Where'd yer git datl
just gid dat here; dat b'longs to me.
Fse bin lookin' fur dat dis hour, an
here's you, an obergrown man, bin
carryin. iady's boot-'ees roun' in yer
ham. Use shocked to tink desc white
folks don't know mOre'n dat" He
dropped the heel on the pavement and
skipped off, swearing he would never
pick up another heel"