Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
News MiSceiIaney.

The criminal laws of Maryland are
slightly defective, as will he seen by the
fact that judge in Baltimore in n re-
cent charge to jury stated that accor-
ding to the existing status a rutlianIy
assault comeS under the head of misde-
meanOr, while stealing loaf of bIead
by a half starved vagab0nd is charac-
teriZed rs a felony.
Billy Long, of Dubois, Jefferson
county, Is one Of the oldest trappers and
hunters IN the state. He has passed
his eighty sixth year, and has searched
the woods for game since boyhood. He
has killed thousands of deer, hundreds
of bears and wolves and scores of PAN
theirs in his day. He still wears moe
caslns and dresses in buckskin.
A Figure of Speech.
. lovers sat beneath the shade,
And un2 the other said:
"How II s that you BEG
Have smiled upon this suit Of mine
If d heart it palps for you-
Thy voice is mu6 melody
'Tis I 70 be thy loved /, .
Say, 0y nymph, wilt marry me ?"
Then lisped she soft why 13ly !"
a PittsDurg firm has made $50, 200
by the recent rise in iron, and Mr.. John
Scott. president of the Allegheny Val
ley railroad, has cleared $50 900 on tour
thousand shares of Pennsylvania rail-
road syock, which he bought previous
to the rise.
a sign Of the mild weather noticed
in Forest county is thousands of wild
pigeons flying northward. In Butler
county the frogs are hopping about and
chirplng and woods are full of birds.
Among the latest amusements adver.
tised in the oil regions is fight tc
take place on the 22nd of next month
at Harms City, between a bull dog aud
bear. 1t was not far from this point
that the bull and bear fight occur
red.
BANK DIRECTORs.-The LewiSburg
Bankers elected the following Direct.
ors, On Tuesday Union Nutiondl.-
VIM. G. Duncan, Levi Rookie, VIM. l..
Harris, p. Bilimeyer, Jonathan Wolfe,
William Jones, John c.. Smith, J. F.
VanVaZah, Martin Dreisbach, Joseph
G.. Nesbit, NJ. l.. Schoch. LeUiSburJ
Nutioaal.-F. G. Harrison, Eli Slifer,
Geo. F. Miller, j. B. Packer, Jonn
Walls, solomon Ritter, George Gross
NJ. Halfpenny, John Strohecker. -
Chronicle.
EXPENSIVE HoUSEs.-There are tC
be constructed in New York City by
Cornelius Vanderbilt one house which
will cost him S750,000; by William X
Vanderbilt one, the expense OF whicl
will be 100000; AID by William II
Vanderbilt two together, which viii
aggregate S700,000-in all, 81 ,650,000.
Them's just the kind of chaps wt
I would like, to see come to Millheim and
build. Couldn't our town council
throw out some inducement for then
to Gomez Try it, gentlemen.
SHOT BY HER DAUGuTER.-Mrs ii
Josephine Ward, residing in Boston
was fatally shot by her daughter, gir
of nineteen years, while asleep i'll bee
recently. 1t is reported that the glr
says she seized the pistol under the i'm
preston that there was burglar in tht
room, and that the weapon was acci-
dentally discharged in the excitemen
Of the moment.
POISONED by PAINTING HER FACE
In Easton there lives a young woman
about 10 years old, who has fine com
plexion, but to improve it she began t.
use white lead on her face instead O
powder. She used the lead on severa
occasions, and the result is her righ
side is entirely paralyzed and she i!
entirely helpless. poisonous Mate
rial has entered her body, and durin!
the past few days she has been contin
ually vomiting, and is now in painful
though not exactly in a dangerous con
/ dition.