Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-28
GENERAL ITEMS,
More cries Of distress from lrel.

which was stolen from the Presidents
box at the theatre on the night of the
assassination, has been found by De-
tective Markham, of Troy, N. Y.
When Judge Day offered IN the Ken
lucky Legislature on Monday a bill
taxing pistols and other weapons, Rep
resen:ative Rudy caused sensation oy
suggesting that every member step up
to the Speakers desk and deposit there
on the shooting irons be happened to
have with him.
A married man named William +.
Skillman was several days ago, at Tren-
ton, mulcted IN damages of $4,000 by
jury in the Mercer county court for
the betrayal of daughter of Captain
John Wilson.
The receipts of coffee at the port of
New York, from South America, are
about 10000 bags per month.
Garcelon's own pastor preached
against him, taking the same view as
the Supreme Court.
A dispatch TO the Leavenworth Times
from Fort Reno says Major Brownhead, +,
Paymaster United States Army, was
robbed of $4,000, while on bis way
from Fort Leavsnworth to Fort Reno.
Thirty FIVE homeless children were
sent West from New York on Wednes-
day. Thirty five little bodies and souls
given q chance to grow up in health aud
expand into true, honest industrious,
and noble men and woman. Send them
along and in time they'll bless their
benefactors.
Miss Harrie. Lane, who in the days
of James Buchanan was mistress of the
White House and who is now the wife
of Robert johnson, wealthy banker
of Baltimore, has recently purchased
Wheatlands, the place where her uncle
was born, in Pennsy lvania, and will
there erect memorial.
The heaviest snow storm Of the sea-
son prevailed throughout Wisconsin
last Thursday and Friday. In the
northern portions of the State the snow
Is from twenty to forty inches deep,
and the lumbermen are jubilant over
the prospects.
After the ceremony bad been per-
formed at Fall River wedding, for
mer husband of the bride presented
himself. He had been away four years,
and she had supposed herself a widow.
He offered to leave her to the new hus-
band if she would give him her child,
and she closed the bargain ON that
basis.
A bridal party in a St. Louis Jus.
tice's office lacked the bridegroom. He
had quarreled with the bride, and, after
waiting an hour beyond the appointed
time, she told her friends that he prob
ably did not mean to come at all.
Thereupon an old adIoirer offered to
take the missing mans place. The
woman hesitated, but fifteen minutes of
vigorous eourtship won her consent,
and the ceremony Vas performed.
In the Savannah river, about two
miles above Bowman's Ferry, is a reg
ular floating bar room, anchored in the
middle of the river. 1t is kept By a
man from the Georgia side, and is
reached only by the owners batteau,
which comes to either bank in answer
to shout.
Senator elect Garfield, of Ohio, was
serenaded in Washington on the even
ing of the 22d, by the OHIO State As
sociation. The opening proceedings
we're interrupted by the breaking down
of platform which had been erected
in front o! General Garfeld's residence.
About thirty persons, including the
Genersl AID severai ladies, were upon
the platform at the time and we're pre-
cipitated to the ground. The casual
ties, however, were sonSDed to one
sprained ankle. When order was re-
stored General Garfield was introduced
and spoke for about twenty minutes.
A despatch from Pit,sfeld, Mass. .,
under date of the Zlss says. F. b
Webster, who is under arrest for a
number of crimes, among them being
the murderous assault upon and rob
berry OF Chester Goodale, at Egreuont
in September last, made a statement
yesterday to the effect that he and his
uncle, Norman Notewise planned the
robbery Of Goodale' Webster secret.
ed himself in Goodale's barn, and lived
there on provisions stolen from the eel
lar. Notewise joined him on Wednes.
day night. The plan was to throw a
blanket oser Goodale and rob him, but
Webster states that Notewise did not
use the blaLker, but struck GoOdale on
the head with a club, knocking bin
down, and afterward struck him twice
more. He the robbsd him of S22, 80
aud fed. Notewise, who is a bad char
acter, was arrested last evening
A great sensation has been created
in Bradford city By the arrest and hold
ing for trial of a daughter of promi-
nent oil operator on the charge of as
sault and battery with deadly weapon
committed ID an attempt at a most dar
ing robbery in jamestown, N. Y, on
Monday evening, the 18th inst. About
nine o'clock on that evening as Stephen
Potter, liquor dealer of that place,
was closing up his store a handsome
and we'll dressed young woman stepped
in, and, before Potter was aware of her
presence, placed revolver at his head
and demanded bis money, telling him
she would put bullet in his brain if
be did not. Much astonished, Potter
walked to his safe, closely followed by
the woman, who kept her pistol leveled
at his head. He took out ten-dollar
bill and gave 1t to her. She put it in
her pocket, and then ordered Potter to
put her up two jugs of his best whisky.
With the pistol still aimed at him she
compelled him to show her his liquor
barrels and selected a six dollars per
gallon article as the kind she wanted.
Potter filled the jugs and she then or