Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-20
STATE ITEMS.

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Three pints of milk coutain as much
nutriment as pound of beef.
A Lock Haven lady has an English
walnut tree, from which she recently
gathered peck of nuts This is said
to be the only tree of the kind in this
section of the country.
A boy was carrying two pounds of
powder and fuse in a cigar box at
Gibralter. The end of the fuse pro-
truded and practical Joker was at
hand to light it. The explosion killed
the boy
A black wolf that escaped from a
menagerie is said to be at large In
Montgomery county, destroying sheep
and chickens.
Mr. James Lewis, of Hollidaysburg,
was bitten on the foot by mosquito
some days ago and was compelled to
use crutches, the foot bitten becoming
SO sore.
Cows in Delawate county are troub-
led with milk fever, and seventeen
have died on the Marshall farm, at
Northbrook, Chester county, Of Texas
fever.
The largest hog in she country is q
Poland China, 4 years old this spring,
lately ON exhibition at junction city
Kansas. His length is 7 feet glrth Of
neck, 6A feet; girth of chest II feet;
glrth of centre, 8 feet: width across the
hips 80 inches and weight, 1883
pounds.
A couple Of young men up in Shaw
ano county Wisconsin were bunting
deer, when one Of them accidentally
shot bis companion. They agreed tn
haloo to one another when separated
in the woods. One of them called,
but the other one did not answer aud
started off through the underbrush TO-
wards bis partner, making considerable
noise. Hewa taken for a deer fired
upon xith fatal effect.
Alderman Woods, of Drie has been
called upon to settle an odd case. 1t
seems that some lads we're playing n
game called "duck on the rock" 1t
was agreed that anyone caught cheating
should Pay a penalty of 81 or, in de-
fault, receive ten kicks from each play.
er. 10 q misguided moment Nathaniel
Hoad listened to the tempter and cheat
ed. He was instantly detected and,
being unable to pay his penalty in cash
his judges proceeded to administer the
kicks. Two players got in their all
owance and the third was distributing
his veryimpartialy about the defaulters
extremities when Hoad bolted for home
unable to stand the balance. His
mother made information against the
boys for assault and Battery and they
we're arrested and taken before the
Alderman. As malice could not be
proven the boys were discharged.
Joe Magee, a hunter, lives at Stone
ham, in the oil region. The other day he
went to look for deer He had killed
one, and was strolling along slowly,
when all at once he was startled and
surprised at hearing something come
tearing through the bushes towards
him. He had no time to calculate on
what was coming, for, before he could
raise his gun, big buck jumped over
some bushes and landed net ten feet
away from him. The deer then saw
the man for the FIRST time, and endeav-
ored to turn his course. In doing so
he stumbled and partially fell. Mr..
Magee, who is a strong, active man,
being too close to the animal to shoot,
stabbed the barrel of his gun into his
side, just back of his fore legs, aud the
deer fell dead almost instantly. Magee
says be did not expect to kill the ami
NAL, and stabbed him with the gun
more in selfdefense than anything else.
The rife barrel being small, passed
through the deer skin and probably
penetrated his heart.