Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-17
STATE ITEMS.

scDoldIc III
John Rooms, of fremont, was acci,
dentally killed on Tuesday while hunt
ing.
Milton has been rebuilt, and sll ira
ces of the recent fire have disappeared.
There are fears in some of the north
ern counties that new disease among
cows will entirely destroy macy dairies.
West Chester has the largest free
library of any borough in the State.
Four cows got into an orchard in Le
high county the other day and died
there before they could be discovered
to be driven out, having eaten too much.
Pike county continues to be excited
by prospecting parties boring for oil.
A gentleman named George Hu,nes
living in Wayne county was robbed in
Pittsburg on election day of $500.
Mr. George Garrett, tenant farmer
in Lancaster county, raised 2 200 bush
els of shelled corn ON twenty acres of
ground.
1t costs Berks county six thousand
dollars annually to imprIsOn and feed
the men arrested in that county for
''illegal car riding"
The Easton Free Press says that the
pastor of St. Peters Church in that
city gave out him hymn No. 329, and
a number of Democrats Indignantly left
the building.
The store of ". P Hilbush, at Nc
KEGS Half Falls, Snyder county, was
eutered By burglars on Sunday night
and robbed of $500 in money and lot
of dry goods.
While Mrs. Daniel Conrad, of Sies-
boltzville, Berks county, was building
a fire in her bake oven dynamite cart
ridge, which had been placed IN the oven
or in the wood, without her knowledge,
exploded and seriously injured her. A
piece of the cartridge destroyed one of
hor eyes, her face was severely burned
and she was otherwise hurt.
John Miilhouse, of Salisbury town
ship Lancaster county, lost three chill
dren in as many days with dphtheria,
and they were ali buried in the ame
grave.
Edward Helm, boy who ran away
from bis home near Plttsburg, jumped
from a train at Cambria siding lear
Johnstown, on Monday, and was killed.
a bear weighing four hundred pounds
was killed on Salem mountain, near
Carbondale, few days since
Alton Baehr, an old German, arrived
at Grubbtown, Cambria county, two
weeks ago to visit his daughter, Mrs
Herman Nissner, whom be had not seen
since she left Germany many years
ago. During the night he attempted
to 90 down stairs, fell and was killed.
Large quantities of machinery is be-
ing shipped from Reading to Lynch
burg, Va, for the use Of a railroad ma
chine shop at that point.
In Lancaster county the bulk of the
tobacco crop has been taken down, and
stripping his begun in earnest
Joseph Dorsey, of Lancaster county,
went coon hunting, aud gave instruc-
ton to those below TO club the coon
when he shook him out of the tree.
Mr. Dorsey was the first object to fall.
aud received clubbing which may re-
suit seriously.
John Ryan, while distributing litho-
graphs OF the forged Garfield Chinese
letter from a hand car, near Elizabeth,
Allegheny county, on Thursday before
the election was run down and killed.
: movement is now beng pushed
with determination by number of cit
liens toward securing the closing Of sa-
looms and the suppression OF liquor ss,es
in Philadelphia generally on Sunday.
The society for the suppression of the
Sunday liquor traffic, composed Of be
between seventy Eve and eighty gentle
men of the city. are at the back of it.
The value OF one vote IL made mani
fest in several instances IN the late
election. In Montgomery county the
majority for Garfield is /, and the Dem
ocratic candidate for Treasurer Is elect
ed by l. In New Jersey, a Democrat
ic member of the Legislature is elected
by l. There are doubtless other eases
In the country of the Importance Of one
vote.
The elephant used in the spectacular
| piece of "Around the World IN Eighty
Days" arrived at Harrisburg on Satur-
day, westwardly bound, in a baggage
car. He had on the way. IN fit of
curiosity, thrust his trunk into the hot
stove, and getting it burned was so en-
ragged that he mashed everything with
in reach. As d last act be emptied a
bucket Of water over the baggage mas
| ter.
AT Safe Han Dor about u miles from
Lancaster during Republican jolifca-
ton on the evening of the 10 tn inst a
three pound wrought-iron Griffin gun
exploded with disastrous effect. Jo-
seph Taylor was wounded so badly
that he died in few minutes, and JObu
Aument died before morning. Mrs.
Thomas Crow lad one leg broken, Mrs.
Ellmier was seriously hurt, and Elias
Funk had bis right leg torn off Funk
was firing the cannon, and as the charge
failed to explode be reloaded the piece,
which resulted in the explosion.
The Altoona Tribune of the 10th
inst, relates the following terrible ac-
cideEt. A boy IA years OF age, named
Edward Helm-a resident of Taylor
township, ambris county-ran away
from home about week since with Paul
Findley. They went to Fayette eoun-
ty, but did not like q tramp lite and
concluded to go home again The boys
boarded freight train and reached
Cambria borough at about dark oE Mon
day evening. The cars were running
at pretty rapid rate of speed, but
young Findley succeeded 10 Jumping off
without accident. His companion then
essayed to DO the same, but his failure
was a most lamentsble one, inasmuch
| as one of his feet eauOht in the s.stir-