Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-07
STATE ITEMS.

A Mexican county man owns sheep
that weighs $50 pou Ids.
Evan Jones, of Reading, with q sin
gle assistant, put on $50 horse-shoes
on Saturday.
1t IS said that one bushel of beets
aided to nine bushels Of apples makes
cider richer and Of Superior favor to
that made frow apples alone.
Two Altoona butchers made o
profitable thing of it on Christmas
by killing steer and preparing it
for market in 8 minutes and 4 sec
onds, and winning 500 from two
Lock Haven butchers, who were not
SO quick.
Harvey Troup, well-knewn far
mer, who resided e short distance
from Newport, Perry county, hung
himself on Monday evening a week.
Troup was about 35 years of age,
married, and leaves a wife and six
children. He had been deranged for
some time and had made repeated
threats that he would hang himself
He accomplished his purpose with a
rope used for hosting hay, and when
discovered was hanging in the barn
with every spark of life fled. Reli-
gious excitement is said to have led
to his arrangement.
The suicide of Andrew Lamro, of
Fairfield township, near Meadville,
Crawford county, has brought to light
singular romance. He had for some
mouths been intimate with a widow
living in the vicinity, and finally his
wife became cognizaut of the intrigue.
She followed him to the bouse Of the
widow on one occasion, and soon after
came upon them IN the woods, the
widow being ~ male attire. The hu,-
band fed but the widow remained, and
a hsnd-to-Lsnd fight ensued, in which
she was victorious. Not long after
Lampo boosted of his conquest, and
the widow had him arrested for slauder.
The trial came off at Meadviiie. and
the evidence was concluded on Thurs
day rigat week. Lampo went home,
and soon after be had stabbed his team,
made an excuse to his wife. who was In
bed, and wen. to the stable. An hour
or two later, becoming uneasy, she sent
one of the boys to the barn, who found
that be had fastened rope to oIe c.
the beams, slid of the hay NOW aud
banged himself. lie left letter, tell
ios how the widow had seduced him,
and putting the blame for his wrong
doing entirely upon her. The deceased
had always been held in high esteem
lie was a mau of honesty and integrity,
and a member of the German Reformed
Church in good standing. He left four
children besides his wife.
A Carlisle paper says: M.s. Catha.
rine ZelI, convicted of the murder Of
Mrs Mary kiehl at Carlisle, Pa, in
November, was, on the 18th o! Decem-
Der, sentenced by Judge Herman to be
hahged. Forty sersn reasons had been
flied for a new trial, nohe of which we're
deemed sufficient by the Court to war
rant the re-opening Of the case Before
the sentence OF death was pronounced
Mrs. Zell earnestly protested her limo,
cence. The sentence appeared to affect
j udge Herman much more than it did
the prisoner. The crime fo- which Mrs.
Zell is to suffer death on the gallow,
was the poisoning of 8 woman 81 years
old, who resided IN the suburbs of Car
Iisle. The condemned lived in the
neighborhood aud frequently visited the
house of the deceased. Ii was shown
by the testimony that she had been
there during the Illness Of Mrs.
Kiehl, which terminated fatally IN
three days, after great suffering. The
fact that Mr.. Wyucoop, a Justice of
the Peace, appeared as the sole legatee |
of the deceased, aroused the suspicion |
Of foul play, and an investigation was
which resulted y the dis
covery of arsenic in two coffee pots in !
Mrs. Kiehl's house aud in her -tomach.
her body having been exhumed about |
two week. after her death. Mrs. Zeil |
Il believed to have administered the
poison at the instance of Wyncoop. who
is in Jail and will be tried in July.
wit of error will probably be taken
put in the case of Mrs. Zell and the
matter argued before the Supreme Court
in Philadelphia, in January.
A Pi,tsburg paper, under date of
Tuesday, December %, 1879, says
The people OF Pl.tsburg we're Id fever
,f excitement yesterday, owing to
isticuf fight which took place in the
First Reformed Presbyterian Church on
sunday night, the 2lst. Some weeks
,go the congregation voted for pastor,
he Rev. Nevin Wocdside receiving l67
,otes, against ll6 for other Candidates.
majority of the trustees were bitterly
opposed TO MIR. Woodside, aud charged
Tat his selection was the result Of lille
yal votes The majority of the con-
we're determined that Wooa-
side should be their pastor, especially
Is the call was sustained bv the Pres
oytery. An appeal was taken to the
synod, and siuce then there have been
bitter 4uarrels among the members Of
he church. The Woodside faction tri-
lmphed over their enemies, and on one
occasion, notwithstanding the existence
If az injunction restraining Woodside
rom preaching until the appeal was de
,ided, gained admission to the church
BY strategy, held the place all day, and
listened to a sermon by the pastor in
the evening. That night the quarrel
in free fight. The trou-
Die began early. Wocdside wanted to
preach, but his opponents had another
clergyman whom they wished to preach.
Both parties wsxed hot, and the exoited
spectators gave vent to their feelings in
remarks designed to encourage their
,avorite. The trustees and Sunday
school teachers took sides and shouted
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