Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-10
STATS ITEMS.

Down.ngtown had mad dog on elect
ton day.
Three hundred and Fifty new build
are nearly completed at Milton.
A mink in Adams county killed
thirty chickens in one night.
A works to make flint walls and bot
ties has been started in Pittsburg
1t is estimated that the tobacco crop
covers 149, 900 acres in Pennsylvania.
Westmoreland is infested with horse
thieves.
The area. of rain extends from the
eastern to northern counties
Over six thousand gallons Of apple
brandy were made in Lehigh county in
September.
Harry Steele, colored boy from
Wiliamsport, was cut in two By shift
ing engine at Harrisburg on Friday.
The Court house in process of erect
ion at Scranton is to cost $250,000.
Governor Porter, Of Indiana, has
fair hair, very blue and merry eyes,
and excellent manners. He is wild
over, and has a handsome daughter
who presidcs over his household.
Noah Beistel, of Stahlstown West
moreland county committed suicide re-
Gently by means Of pistol shot.
The demand for hogs is very active
in the northern counties.
Farmers in the northern counties
who experimental with the amber su-
gar cane were very successful, and the
plant will be continued next year on a
larger scale.
A man named Crabbe had two fn-
gers of his right hand shot off few
days ago oy the accidental discharge of
gun he was loading at bis home near
Connellsville.
Charles Rentz aged seventy FIVE
years, committed suicide in Limerick
township Montgomery county, by
shooting himself through the head with
a pistol.
Mr. Stieger, of Nercersburg killed a
3-months old calf few days ago that
weighed 800 pounds.
Already q number Of factories in
Philadelphia and Montgomery county,
which had suspended, have announced
the purpose TO resume
The store of j. Kern and rbe Post
office, both at Muddy Creek, Lancaster
county, we're robbed on Sunday night
q week Of $500 worth of vsluables.
There are now 25,000,000 feet Of
lumber on the Allegheny river which
is en- route for Pit.sburg on the late
".ise." The bulk of it comes from Clar-
ion county.
Thomas Gray, of Huntingdon, a
brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad
was killed at Harrisburg on Saturday
morning BY falling from a car, which
passed over his body.
No clew has yet been found to the
persons who on last Sunday afternoon
murdered girl named Etna Bitten
bender, near Snydersville, Monroe
county. The county offers 5000 for
the detection of the murderers.
Albert Ireland a member of the
Chester police force has eloped with
Mrs Charles l.. Evans. of that city
They both leave families and Ireland
takes with him Sl6S belonging to tn:
county.
There are four mines on FIRE in Penn
sylvania. Keely Run near Shenan-
doah has been burning six months
the Coal Castle Mine has beer
burning since 1885, the Summit Hill
Nine near Mauch Chunk has beef
burning for twenty five years, and the
Butter Mine near Pittston has beer
burning three years.
On Saturday a week Simon Cameron
added more acres to his already ex
tensive landed estate in East Donegal
by purchasing from Jonas Mumma tht
Levenite farm, containing about ninety
acres, at $l75 per acre. He has nos
over FIVE hundred acres, all adjoining
and bis son, Senator j. D. Cameron
has tract close by of over three hun
dred acres.
James Paul resident Of Oxford fur.
mace, lost his power of speech suddenly
while working ip a field. Physician:
were in vain, and he bad prospect o.
being speeehiess for lie. Recently, ii
dream, be thought he recovered hi
speech and conversed with his wife
Upon awaking he found his dream lit,
orally fulfilled. He could talk as vel
as ever, and be has since retained ths
power speech.
A man named John n. Dugan, who
lives in Croton, a suburb of New Castle
the other day found an iron pot full! o.
gold coins. They are all "Louis d'ors'
of 1865 to 1886, being coined in the
reigns of Louis XIII. and Louis XIV
The coins seem to have been buried d
great many years. They are worth
$2,975. The queer part Of the story
is that they were dug up at mid-nigh1
by Dugan, who found the place where
they we're buried by means of q ''diviu.
ing rod" obtained from an old Indian
This is Dugan's story, and as the coins
are unquestionable genuine it is hart
to find out the real in which they were
found.
l. The Masters in Chancery for the
distribution OF the Milton relief fund
after being occupied thirty-on days
have completed their report. The whole
fund to be distributed is SS7, ,8l9. 10
of which sum $S4, 1874 has been dis
tributed among from 500 to 600 claim
ants, and the balance, after the pay
ment of necessary costs, charges and
expenses, is to be paid to the borough
of Milton for the use of the poor who
have been or may become chargeablt
in consequence of the fire. The claims
ranged in amount from $3.50 to S27,
900. The awards range from IS t.
$1,000.
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