Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-23
STATE ITEMS.

There are no chsstnuts on the Ale
ghe6ie6.
At Erie tramps are put to work as
soon IS possible after arrest.
A Harrisburg woman sued neigh
Dor on . charge of "stealing water
from her hydrant.
Mrs. Ann Royal, of Easton. put up
eight hundred cans of tomatoes this
summer, to be sold and given away.
Grub worms are causing great havoc
to the fall grain in the eastern counties
Pittsburg contains the most expert
pickpockets in the State. John Her
man, of Washington, was there an
hour and q wallet was taken out of his
side coat pocket containing over S4GO.
Peter Spencer, tanner, attempted
TO drown himself in a vat in Cameron
county, but was prevented by his dog.
George Slocum, an Indian half breed
beat bis wife shamefully near New
Brighton last week, and was nearly
stoned to death by the women of the
neighborhood for his brutality.
The Catholics OF Altoona do not
send their children to public schools.
Robert Speer, a l4-yesr-old hunter
of Huntingdon, shot wild turkey.
Charles Hofmyer, travelling shoe
maker has three wives, one each in
Union, Snyder, and Centre counties,
all of whom know it, but neither of
them object.
George Hambright, a canal boatman.
got into fight at Muncy dam, and had
q large piece of his nose bitten of, but
had the satisfaction of forcing his an
tagonist to cry ssenough."
Names present crop Of apples Is the
largest she ever raised.
James Cunningham, track hand on
the Pittsburg division, Pennsylvania
railroad, has worked every rain or shine,
hot or cold, for nine years.
A German named Bowersock hung
himself in Aaronsburg Sunday evening.
The Chambersburg Repository says.
An owl flew into the Lutheran hurch,
this place, on Sunday morning and took
its perch on the gas reflector, where it
remained during the services, winking
at the congregation. After church was
dismissed Dan Mead succeeded in cap
turing it and presented it to the boys
in our composing room.
On Saturday Dig ght week large
dapple grey horse, fifteen hands high,
weighing about fifteen hundred pounds,
8 years old, was stolen from the stable
of Mr.. Patrick Keyes of Hollidaysburg.
Five huntsmen, among whom was
Edwin b. McCauley, a prominent citI-
zen of Reading, went West in Septem
Der last for elk and buffalo, and met a
terrible fate, near Rawlius, Wyoming
Territory. Among their stores was a
package Of arsenic for curing skins.
which the cook, mustaking for baking
powder, used in making bread. The
party all fell victims to the fatal error
and died before medical aid could reach
them.
Ellis P. Wood, a farmer in West
Bradford township, Chester county,
visited his barn a few days ago and
found one of bis horses almost buried
in oats. The grain had been stored in
granery Immediately over the stall in
which the horse stood, and the hungry
equine had deliberately eaten a hole
through the floor over his head. He
could not stop the flow of his favorite
feed after 1t had once hegun, and in a
short time found himself eDgulfed BY
about 500 bushels, and would no doubt
have paid the penalty of bis greed with
bis life had he not been discovered and
promptly relieved by his master.