Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-09-01
STATE ITEMS.

a majority OF the car works of the
State are closed for want Of business.
Steam cider mills are now In opera
tion in Bradford county.
At Parker, Pennsylvania, on Tues
day, three prisoners broke Jail, fourth
who could have gone as we'll, elected
to remain and prove his innocence by
trial. The men have not been recap
tured.
Slight frosts are noted frequently in
the north, particularly along the North
Branch of the Susquehanna.
The grape crop of chester county
will weigh FIVE hundred tons.
There Is a woman in Connellsville
who has just given birth to her twenty
fourth child.
Prosecutions for profane swearing
are frequent in Mercer, Lawrence and
Warren counties
All the wool clip of Washington and
Beaver counties has been carried out
of those regions BY eastern buyers.
A nine pound salmon was caught in
a hoop net near Milton the other day
The Pennsylvania railroad shops at
Altoona are now running on full time.
Joseph Graham, of Honey brook town.
ship, Chester county, has some tobacco
leaves A BY "a inches.
Oil is reported to have been struck
at Rockdale, Jefferson county, at a
depth of LOO feet.
Altoona is about to authorize the
right of way to steam heating com
papy in that city.
About dozen loafers assaulted re-
spectacle woman at Reading. They
were driven away by gentleman who
heard her cries.
Montgomery is the banner creamery
county of the eastern part of the State,
having twelve or fifteen of these dairy
ing establishments in operation and hall
a dozen or more in course of erection.
The creamery butter is capital article
and finds steady sale.
There are ninety FIVE inmates in the
Berks county prison. All prisoners who
prefer TO work are given employment.
The Lutherans of Miltoo want $4,000
with which to rebuild the church which
was destroyed in the late fire. They
have secured half the amount.
James Z Crowel, farmer of Con-
cord township, Erie county, near Cory
aged about seventy years, was killed on
Tuesday morning a week at a crossing
on the Atlantic road near his home.
james M'Culley, of Pike township,
Clearfeld county, was killed, while en-.
gagged in peellng bark for Geo. Lloyd
He was struck by a falling limb and
lived about Two hours after be received
the injury. He leaves wife and sew.
en- children.
Twenty-three skeletons we're recent
ly dug up in Erie, and the Dispatch o!
that place explains it BY showing tha
eighty five years ago the ground cover
ed by Erie was an Indian burial ground
Mrs. Mary Mcfarland, the wife o.
DR.. William D. Mcfarland, a promin
physician of Pottstosn, nearly succeed
ed in hanging herself on Friday.
Crawford county is determined I,
riditseif of profane swearers. Nearly
every magistrate in the county ha.
cases of persons charged with profanity
The barley crop of Erie county il
estimated at four hundred and fft,
thousand bushels this year, an excess
of fifty thousand bushels over the yielC
Of last year.
An eleven-year-old boy named CASEY
Pemmel, passed through Pittsburg BY
express, consigned by means of pspel
tag, to Isaac Buzby, Philadelphia.
Greene county makes her first expsr-
iment in tobacco raising this year.
Mrs Hannah Bent, of East Boston
was kept alive for forty-two days, dur
ing a recent illness by moistening hel
mouth with cider Her stomach coulC
not endure tea, coffee, milk or ever
water, and it is doubtful whether it re
ceived more than a spoonful of ever
the cider With which her mouth wa:
moistened.
A female tramp attacked Samue
Snyder, of Williamstown, Lancaster
county, on Saturday night, with a razOl
and injured him seriously, because b,
refused her admission to his house
She escaped.
On Tuesday last child of Mr.. A. j
kendig, of Altoona, fell from the arm,
of one of the older children, who wal
nursing it, and striking on its head the
skull of the little one was fractured
causing almost instant death.
An infant child of krankIin Kant
ner Of Berks county, was left IN charge
of little girl, who, after putting th,
baby to sleep, went out. On her re
turn it was discovered that large ra
had gnawed the child's face so that i
will be impossible for it to recover.
SOMERSET, Pa, August 2S.-D. G
Melville, NJ. q. Martin, James Porren
I. j. Baker, Wick Burton, Scott Fur
guson, VIM. Wilson. John Maynard
Philip Boyer, Frank Penmia and Jame
Harrington, attaches of Boyd q Peter
circus, were placed on trial yesterday
on a charge of having committed al
outrage on Miss Soloam Burkett a
Shanksville in July last On motion
of their counsel they were allowed sep
arate trials, and James Porren was Sc
lected as the first to be arranged. AZ
ter hearing the evidence in bis case the
court ordered the jury to be sworn II
the other cases. This was done, and
the jury then rendered a verdict &C
quitting the prisoners and they were
| ali discharged.