Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-03-10
GENERAL ITEMS,

Western merchants complain of a
lull in trade.
Boston is alarmed at the defense
lessness of her harbor
Germany seems to have good rea-
son for increasing her army.
While they were working a sawmill
near Suffolk, Va, the other day, on a
big log. all of a sudden there was a
crash, striking of fire, and demol-
ished saw. An examination showed
that piece of shell fired during
the war had been imbedded in the
tree; the bark had grown over the
shell and buried it in the wood.
Perhaps the Boston Post is draw
ing on its imagination and perhaps
not: we haven't investigated, but it
says the Ledger recently announced
that certain couple were married
suddenly, February Is" the inteli-
gent compositor having mistaken the
word Sunday"
Last Saturday week, a one armed
negro assaulted a white lady at
Georges Station, Colleton county.
S. c., and on Monday he WAS taken
from the jail at Waterloo by a body
of masked men, white and colored, to
whom he said that his name was
Louis Kinder He confessed his
his crime, and said he had assaulted
and robbed several women; had
killed one white girl, and had com
mitted eight burglaries. He was
taken to the woods in the afternoon
and hanged.
Counterfeit half dollars are be
coming plenty, chiefly with the dates
1857, 1875 and 1877. The dies are
generally good, but the weight is no
ticeably lighter than the genuine coin.
Many of those of the date of 1875
show slight flaw under the talons
of the eagle, and the letter 'F' in
the word ''half'' Immediately under
it, is also imperfect.
In West Gloucester, r. l., on Sat
urday afternoon a week, the young
wife of Atwell Sanders, a respecta-
bic farmer, shot herself in the head
and will probably die. She was mar
ried when seventeen years old to
Henry Thaxter, who soon afterward
was sent to the State prison for two
years for horse stealing. She then
procured divorce and married
Saunders. On Saturday a week,
Thaxter, whose term had expired,
drove up in front of Saunders house
Mrs. Saunders saw him from the win
dow and went to her room. Thax-
ter asked to see her, and when those
seeking her went to her room, it was
found that she had fired the shot
which it is thought viii prove fatal.
A dispatch to the Milwaukee Senti-
mel, from " inneconne, Wisconsin, ssyn
the entire winter wheat crop in that
section will be failure owing to fire
quent freezing and thawing. Most of
the farmers will plow it up.
1t is now understood that France
will refuse to surrender Hartmann for
trial in Russia, on the charge of hav-
ing been concerned in the Moscow
dynamite plot.
Nearly three hundred Chinese from
San Francisco have arrived in New
York within the last two months, and
probably i've hundred more are on the
way eastward. The Chinese have been
leasing houses in the Mott street
quarter. In several cases they paid
large prices for the tenants in occupan-
cy to leave, so that they should have
immediate possession. They choose
the best class of houses in that section,
and take lease on the entire building.
The tenant houses in the same neigh
borhood are also filling up with them.
They are very secret in their move
movements, and refuse to be inter
view as to their future intentions.