Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-28
STATE ITEMS.

Prison labor pays Northampton
county.
Berks county expects TO be the pio-
neer in the beet raising industry.
The active capital in the iron trade
is three times larger now than ever in
this State.
The cost of running the York county
poor house during the past year was
S30,4SS.14.
John Ritz, Of Franklin county, bad,
a few days since, eight sons down at
once with scarlet fever. Only one was
lost.
One wool buyer in Washington ooun.
ty, Pa, has already gathered in three
quarters Of million pounds at an av
erage of forty cents.
1t is darkly binted in Carbon county
that Mollie Mcguire is not yet fully
satisfied that the law is too powerful to
be resisted
D j. Norrell, of Youngstown, ad-
dressed circular letter to the physic-
ians of Blair county requesting their
opinion on the subject of dipbtheria.
Fifteen of them agree that the surroud-
ing of filth is the principal cause of the
disease.
At Williansport on Saturday, Judge
Cummin sentenced Eliza Boyd, a col
ored woman, ffty-nine years of age,
convicted Of arson, to the penitentiary
for five years and half.
The Presby terian ministers are max
ing things warm for their Pensioners
1t wss only week ago that one in
Marietta forbid dancing, and now one
in Mauch Chunk has denounced atten-
dance at beer saloons.
Mrs ID. j. Levi, of Green Ridge,
near Scranton, attempted to murder
her servant girl, Mary O'DOyle, by
shooting nncr on Friday night. She
was arrested and pus; under bail.
Elizabeth McKin, aged siA.y-two,
died from the effects of burning, ber
clothing having caught fire while at
tending cook stove at Scranton on
Saturday night.
General Harry White is string up
the people along the Kiskiminetas to
ask for further aid from Congress in
improving that famous trout stream.
William Turner, of Foxburg, aged
sixty three, is cutting his third set of
teeth.
Lewis Rockwell, aged one hundred
and one years, lives in little cottage
about five miles from Lockawarpu, Pike
county, Pa. His wife died about a
year ago, at the advanced age of nine.
ty-six, and the old man is now left en-
tirely alone. He has children, all of
whom are we'll to do, but these chill
dren have SO far failed to contribute
towards his support, and the centena.
ran has applied to the court for rule
to show cause why his offspring should
not support him in his o.d age. Mr..
Rockwell! was for a number of years
Sheriff and also Treasurer of Pike
county. He is probably the oldes,
man IN northeastern Pennsylvania.
Andrew Lent, "a years old, residing
at CASTLE, Wyoming county, Pennsyl-
vania, met bis death in a terrible man
ner few days ago. He was working
for Aaron Post, and had been upon the
haymow IN the barn throwing down hay
to the horses. He then threw the fork
which had broken handle, to the floor
beneath, the implement falling in an
upright position, with the tines firmly
imbedded in the floor. He then jump
ed from the NOW, striking on the handle
of the fork, which penetrated his body
to the depth of twenty-five inches.
The unfortunate man seized the fork
and drew it from the wourd with his
own hands, after which he became un-
conscious, in which condition he was
found soon afterward by members of
Mr.. Lent's family. Although medical
aid was Immediately summoned, the
young man died in great agony in few