Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENEh Al ITEMS.
Nesrlv $4,000 patents we're granted
by the United States during the last
fiscal year.
Mrs Riemenschneider, the woman
with fourteen husbands, upon being ar
rested at Brooklyn, previous to being
taken to Newark for trial for bigsmy
and larceny, took dose of oxalic acid,
and Is very i'll in the Newark Jail.
John Crawford, who died at Cincin-
natl couple of weeks ago leaving sn
estate valued al fiom $50, 600 to $780,
900, is found to have left the whole of
his property for the building OF a home
for aged colored men.
John b. Cough is not often embsr-
rassed when speaking in public. He
says he never felt so but once, when he
was in Providence addressing an audi
ence of children on the subject of good
habits, and taking off his bat to lead in
three cheers for cold water, scattered
a number of segars which had been
given him among the little ones. The
bad was made worse BY little boy
creeping up on the platform, and hand
ing him one of the segars which he
had picked up.
A New Hampshire man got S35 for
voting on election day, and put it away
in a drawer. When he went there ear
iy last week to get it in order to make
some Thanksgiving purchases he found
the mice had cbewed it all up. This
was Judgement, but we are left IN
the dark as to what for. Did he vote
just once for that $35, or did he sell
his privilege too cheap and vote seven
times at S. tine, At any rate, his
disposition to give thanks fell of about
as rapidly as his means of practical
thanksgiving had done.
At colored school in DanvIlle, Va,
the colored teacher, Lorenzo Joy, was
stabbed several times by two of his pu-
pills, brothers, aged respectfully fifteen
and eighteen years. He had punished
the younger pupil for misconduct. His
wounds are probably mortal.
The detection of a smuggling opera
tion IN bay oil opens up a motion of
very profitable business, even if legit-
imateiy conducted. One ounce of bay
oil, worth fifty cents, is said to be suf
ficient to produce barrel'of bay rum.
There is evidently broad margin Of
profit in the manufacture of bay rum.
Thomas Coleman, 40 years old, Of
Fall River, Mass, blew out the gas in
his room a. the Putnam House, New
York, on Thursday night, aid died
yesterday shortly after being discovered.
A man il Washington city who made
a bet that Hancock would not receive
l50 electoral votes claims that he has
won the bet, in consequence of the fail
ure of the Electoral College of Georgia
to meet on tie day fixed BY the revis-
ed statutes for the meeting.
Daniel Smith, colored, who attempt
ed to outrage a young white girl In
Giles county, Tenn, some time ago,
has been sentenced to twenty one years
in the penitentiary for assault with IN
tent to commit murder As soon as
this verdict was found a mob marched
into the court room, overpowered the
sheriff and posse, dragged Smith
through the streets and hanged him TO
q bridge
A dispatch to the Galveston News
from Pilot Point says; "John Hayes,
while riding through the storm six
miles from town. was, together with
his horse, instantly killed by lightning,
and his clothing consumed and the sad
die torn to shreds"
At Mount Clemens, Mich, a sneak
thief stole one of the nail bags just
about to be put IN the tram for Detroit
The bag was subsequently, found about
a mile from the depot, cut open and
riAed ofits contents, which consisted
of an unusual large number ofregister
ed letters. The thief escaped
A few evenings ago a young man
named Chapman, at Fort Lawrence,
Cumberland County, n. j., was passing
a grave yard, when two or three young
men on mischief be2: ran out, covered
with white sheets Chspman has since
been in a state of delirium, and 1t Is
feared that his reason has fed.
For four days a storm of wind and
rain prevailed throughout California,
except in the moG?ta;ns, where a heavy
fall of snow occurred, Sreasipg down
the wires, aud for time block ksding the
railroads, although passage was soon
effected. Enough rain has fallen to
start plowipg everywhere.
A Washington lady who had been
married objected to the certificate she
received because 1t was in writing and
not printed. She wrote letter TO the
clergyman who had performed the GER
emony, declaring that she would net
consider herself married and would re-
main at home with her parents until
printed certificate, really handsome
one, was subsequently, given her, saris
flying her scrupies; aud she is now en-
juying the honeymoon
William Beach returned to bis home
in Plumas, Californis after years
work ip the mines. to find that his wife
had fallen in love with another man
during his absence. She confessed her
fault, and he procured divorce, which
however, was kept secret, and she iiv-
ed in the house so as not to be separat-
ed from her children. She was graft
fed for the concession, but sorrow
drove her crazy, aud she had TO be re
moved TO an insane asylum.
On Monday two weeks ago four men
left Georgetown. Col, for Tyner, In the
North Park They travelled over the
snow without Dishsp until Wednesday
morning, which found them chm bing up
a very steep aud rugged mountain few
miles irom Tyner. The snow covering
on the top of the mountain was about
SIX feet thick. As the men were toll