Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-10
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In Towanda the average death-rate of
children is three a day from diphtheria.
There were sixteen funerals there in rve
days.
Thomas Thomas. boy employed in the
guide mill at Columbia, was run through by
bar Of red hot iron on Saturday a week
and died soon afferward.
John Galloway, ticket agent at the depot
at Kittanning, departed on Saturi as week
with quite sum of money belonging to the
railroad company and a girl named Bell
He left wife and two small children behins
him.
There are reported cases of bogus mar
riages, by which young girls are imposed
upon by men who are villainous beyond all
Falliation. Bogus justices and parsons per
form these marriages. case IN West
moreland county of former employe Of
the Pennsylvania railroad is now causing
mnch excitement
Rev. DeLoHg, pastor of the German Re-
formed church, Bellefonte, isn't bit stuck
up. He goes to the railroad depot, with
his sleeves rolled up, assisting the work.
men unload stone for his new church.
Erie manufacturers have called meeting
20 express their thankfulness that the result
of the late election is so propiuous for their
future prosperity.
The turbine wheel at MarshaI's mill,
Northbrook, Chester county, came to a dead
lock one day last week On drawing off the
water it was found that the wheel was
stuffed full Of eels One report saws five
and another that seven peach baskets full of
eels were taken from it in a mangled and
iacerated condition.
The murdered body of the l7-yesr old
daughter of Samuel Bittenbender. of Ham
ilton township, nsar Stroudsbarg, Pa, was
found on Monday morning of last week on
the roadside. The girl left home on Sun
day afternoon to go 10 neighbor's, where
she was TO DO some homework. Several
tramps seen early on Monday morning in
the vicinity are suspected of the crime.
The Altoona Tribune of the 5th inst.
says: On Wednesday evening at about s
O'Clock wreck of an extensive character
occurred on the Tyrone and C,earfield rail-
road, resulting in the death Of one man. A
long train of freight cars was running along
the big III, near Summit station, when the
engine teft re rack and rolled down the
bank. II was f6rfowed by eighteen freight
cars which together with the engine We're
very badly broken. Fireman A. Halligan,
a resident of Tyrone, was instantly killed.
The body lay under the wreck all night, and
was not discovered until yesterday morning.
The injuries were very bad, the body being
ground up, large hole made through the
breast and the head mashed. It was re-
moved to Tyrore. The engineer, fank
Latham, and q brakeman named Siinger
were both badly injured. but they are doing (!
as well as could be expected, and it is be-
Iieved they will recover. The conductor
was also slightly injured. Our informant
stated that the cause of the accident was
unknown.
The SeIinsgrove Times of the 3rd inst,
saws: An old man ranied Finkboner, aged
so wears or more, and residing some dis !
tance in the country back of Georgetown. !
Northumberland county, was SO badly beat
en- by his own son. on the 18th of October, |
that he died three days thereafter. The son
is near about so years of age. The old
man owned a small farm which he decided |
TO the son, with the understanding that the |
son was to keep him the remainder OF his
DAYS. But soon after the conveyance oi
Che farm trouble ensued. The old man
made application TO court for admission TO |
the poor-house, but the court refused and
decided the son must keep him. Last
Thursday a week, whilst Mrs. Finkboner
was away from home, her husband get the
old man into the barn and there beat him
with a club and threw him from the barn
above. Pinkboner was taken to Sunbury |
;ail on Friday. 1t has been said that some
other party had heavy insurance on the
old man, but we do not know If this Is cor
rect.