Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
STATE ITEMS.

Reading manufactures 100000
brooms annually.
A new boundary line between LIE
high and Northampton counties is to
be run.
Mrs. Williams, of Houtzdale lost
her life last week, by lighting a fire
with coal oil
The Pennsylvania Training School,
in Delaware county, boasts boy with
q memory long enough to hold an
entire sermon.
A young fur speculator OF Thorn
bury was making money right along
until he began paying fifty cents
apiece for mink, only TO find out when
it was too late that he had been buy
ing black cat skins that were worth
about two cents apiece.
A Miss Roy, of Reading, who is
said to be robust, hearty looking
lady, recently became suddenly sick
at the stomach and vomited up a
large lizard. The reptile has been
preserved in alcohol.
Henry and Thomas, sons of John
J. Zimmerman, aged respectively IL
and 8 years, broke through the ice on
the Monocacy creek, at Bethlehem on
the 29th nit, and were drowned. The
elder brother persisted the effort to
save the other. The body of the
former was recovered in half an hour
and the latter not for an hour.
A piece of flying stone struck AMI
killed Mrs. ker. of Allentown, the
other Gay.
TIE canal acqueduct over Jacks
creek, below Lewlstown, is to be re-
built or repaired the present winter.
An unusual number of elopements
are reported iu the eastern part Of the
State.
Frank Hackenburg aged III years,
swallowed percussion cap en- the
morning of the 18th ultimo. and died
with but little suffering about one
o'clock OF the same day. So says the
Carlisle Sentinel.
Fourteen million feet Of lumber will
be foated down from Renova in the
spring.
1t is said that an extra session Of the
Legislature, lasting thirty days, would
cost S500000.
The poultry exhibition at Wilkes
barre and Lancaster have been very sue
cesstul
There is matrimonial boom 10
Mercer couuty-twen,y-seve weddings
having taken place during the holiday
week.
Maria Feeter, aged twenty-siX, has
been arrested IN Litiz for infauticije,
AID it is charged that Jacob Hayor, of
Philadelphia was the father of the
child
Lancaster has just closed success
full poultry show. Among the curiosI
ties exhibited was a three legged fowl.
The bird ia full grown aud perfect in
every respect, with the exception of the
third leg and foot, which Is located be-
tween the other legs aud is not more
than half as long, aud, of course does
not reach to the ground which the bird
stands erect.
Colonel James YOUNG, of Middle
town, has received all the way from the
Andes mountains, in Peru, half pint
of corn, the grains of which measure
lxi inches.
Widow Michael Tice, living east Of
VI, estown, Lebanon county, who ia we'll
known for her benevolence. fed, during
the year 1879, two hundred tramps that
stopped at her house while passing
along the pike.
! wei, dressed man about thirty
six years of age WIS fonnd dead among
some bushes near Kraitz's Station on
the Perkiomen Railroad, a few days
ago. There are DO marks of violence
upon his person. The name of VIM.
Markin Is on the arm in India INK.
lie has been seen about the neigh
bOrhood since Friday.
\ dispatch from Pottsville, dated
Jan ith, says: edward Curley, a
Mollie Magure, of Columbia county,
who Is charged with the murder OF
john Cunning an old man IN Centralia
on July 26, 1876, since which time be
has been a fugitive from justice re
turned to bis family at Centralia to-
day and delivered himself up to the
authorities. After hearing was com
mi;,ed to Jail at Bloomsburg for trial.
At bis trial 1t is expected he will turn
states evidence and expose the pariici-
PANTS in a number of murders commit
ted in the vicinity of Centralia, which
was the scene of many bloody tragedies
during the reign of tn Mollie Maguires
During Curley's bearing Michael Bro
gan, who recently married daughter
Of Cummings, became very much ex-
cited, ard drawing a revolver attempt
ed to shoot him. The town is very
much excited"
While two men were sinking 4 we'll
near Millersburg, Dauphin county, last
Friday, rock was encountered, In
which blast was inserted and the fuse
ignited The explosion not following
speedily. one of the workmen, named
Hollenbach, approached the we'll open
ing to look down. just as he did so
the charge exploded, throwing up rock
in large quantities, breaking the wind
lass into atoms. Hollenbach was car
ried distance of about 20 feet with
the platform and violently thrown
against the timbers. He had several
holes in his head and was severely
bruised about his body, and received
internal injuries, which caused his
death on Monday morning. The IN
fortunate man leaves wife and two
children.
A despatch from Lancaster last Fri
day says; Last night about midnight
eight masked robbers entered the resi-
deuce of Jacob MIshley, an old miller
ared ahour 80 vears Iivipg hv b;n,saIf