Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21
STATE ITEMS,

Superintendent Public Instruction.
STATE ITEMS.
Hay now sells in Philadelphia at $35
per ton.
TIL Pennsylvania State Dental Soci-
ETY. will meet in 3ellefonte July 9th.
Cattle are dying in Penns valley,
Centre county, with a disease resem-
bling cholera.
A man in Erie was fined by an alder
man fifteen dollars for negiecnng to
water a horse for several hours.
The tobacco crop of Lancaster, Leb-
anon and York counties is in fine
growing condition.
Heister Filbert, of Robesonia, BerSs
county, sold his large clock, which is
los years old, for $50.
DIR. l.. G. Batdorf, of Mt. Etna,
Berks county, took forty pounds of
honey from a hive of bees.
A sIlde of 10000 tons o. rock oc-
Cured few DAYS aCo at a new lime
stone quarry in Northampton county
1t is proposed to make tho new Mid
die PeDiten,iary at Huntingdon, Pa, a
re!ormatory rather than a prison. The
scheme is said to meet With much favor.
Mr. Joseph Stephey, residing near
Waynesboro, was thrown from a wagon
while hauling grain on Saturday week
and received injuries which resulted in
his death.
Patrick Flynn, miner in Leget;'s
Creek shaft, near Scranton, was burned
to death on Sunday week. His cloth
ing caught fire from his lamp, and be-
fore help could be rendered him he was
buried to a crisp.
The store of Mr.. Frank McMahon,
at Lock Haven, was entered by bur-
glars at an early hour on the 18th inst
The proprietor fired upon them and ac-
cidentally shot and dangerously wound
ed his son.
The Bradford Star reports iha. Har-
ry English, the Elk county outlaw, is
hiding in cave near Kinzus, about
twenty miles southwest of Bradford.
An infant child Of John Killian, liS-
ing at Altoona, was accidentally smoth
cred to death On Tuesday of last week
By an older sister tumbling pillow on
Its face in bed.
During thunderstorm on Thurs
day, Mrs. johnson, aged 35 years, the
wife Of q farmer residing at Falrmount,
Little Britain township, Lancaster
county, was struck by Lightning and in
stautly killed.
Henry Critch6eld, of Springfield,
Fayette county, was killed by light
ming on Thursday.
Two Indian tomahawks weIe recent
ly dug up by Henry Hurlburt near the
Old Fort, Centre county.
Thomas Young, a farmer, residing at
Nine Points, Colerain township, Ian
caster county, died on Tuesday from
the effects of sunstroke.
a man who vas a wealthy operator
in the palmy days of Pithole now works
a cross-cut saw for living near Brad
ford.
A COW belonging to Michael Penrose,
of Uwchian, Chester county, recently
gave birth to calf which weighed l30
pounds the day after its birth. This
animal takes the medal for avoirdupois.
A correspondent of the Harrisburg
Patriot, writing from Sunbury, says
Hon John b. Packer farms all day aud
works in his office nearly all night; also
that be has no notion of entering poll
tics again.
Two tramps, who were arrested at
Strasburg, Lancaster county, on Tues
day week, were near being lynched
upon accusation of a small boy of hav-
ing set fire to the barn of James Rob-
rer, when the aforesaid small boy, Mil
ton Goss BY name, confessed that be
did it IN revenge for whipping.
Mrs. Chapman, Of COudersport, gave
her husband and tue hired man dose
of morphine when they complained Of
illness The other day. The hired man
go, over it, but the husband died be-
fore the doctor could get to him. The
coroner's jury charged her with muir
der, and she is in the Coudersport Jail
On Sunday, June 9th, the wife of
Wolfgang Hoffman, of BrothersvaIley
township, Somerset county, was found
in the cellar of her home, hanging by
the neck. 1t was at first thought that
she had committed suicide, but upon
examining her body three fractures of
the skull we're found, one behind and
one on each temple, any one of which
would produce death. Instead of the
mark around the neck being black, as
is the case when death occurs from
strargulation, it was yellow. A bloody
hammer was found on the premises, the
end of which fit in the holes in the
womsn's skull. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman
had not lived together very peaceab.y,
and she had threatened to leave him.
A short time ago she received SUN of
money from her fathers estate, and it is
believed that he murdered her to get
possession Of this money. He was ar.
rested aud placed 10 Jail to await trial.