Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-11
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|, near Warrea on Tuesday week.
One Thomas Cunningham has beer
fined $40 and sixty days in jail, oy the
Courts of Franklin county, for furnish
ing liquor to an habitual drunkard.
when q borough or township has NO
indebtedness, neglect to publish iocur'
q fiue of $40; If . borough or town'
ship is in debt, the neglect incurs q
fine of $1,000.
Charles NJ. Gresham, OF kadnor
township, Delaware county, realized
1855 last year from sixty hens, three
turkeys and three ducks. He expend-
ed $6s,75 for their feed.
A farmers wife became 80 intoxicaf-
ed while in town yesterday, that her
husband was compelled to lift ber into
the wagon, . feat he performed as II
she we're SO much dressed beef.-Poffs-
vile Journal.
The penalty on the Lebigh Valley
Railroad for any euploye vho drinks
intoxicating liquor while on duty Is IN
slant dismissal.
The Carlisle Sentinel says; Captain
Pratt of the Indian school, addressed
the Presbytery at Newviiis, last week
and stated that be wanted to fod homes
for 100 Indian boys during the sum
mer months with farmers, timers, car
penters, &C., where they might learn
the domestic civilized lie.
Peter Adams, . we'll known farmer
residing about mile from st Angus
tine. Cambria county, was found dead
in his barn yard few mornings ago.
He was about 80 years Of age.
A man named John Connor, at Miii
Creek, Huntingdon county, got delir-
ium tremens Saturday week jumped
out of q window. ran naked through the
village and disappeared. % Sunday
he came back dressed IN miners clothes
vent home and died.
Charles Mooheen, OF Pittsburg, ar
rested at Wilkesbarre OF Sunday for
passing counterfeit trade dollars, was
committed on Monday in default OF
$4,000 bail. He is understood to be
the leader of q gang Of counterfei:ers
who lhave been operating in Wilkes
barre.
The dead body of an unknown man
was discovered in the river near Sun
bury on Tuesday a week. An inquest
was held, and the body was buried on
the river bank below the railroad
bridge.
All the jurors in the criminal Court
at Erie we're dismissed and all cases
postponed until September because the
jury box had been sealed with muci-
lage instead of wax according to law.
Investigation showed that the same in.
formality had occurred for the last ten
years.
James Mercur and his son William
met with irigatful accident at Hsrt's
Falls, Lackawanns county, one day last
week. They were engaged in roofing a
church when Mr.. Mercur lost his foot
hold and fell against his son, aud both
we're precipitated to the ground below.
where they were discovered some hours
later. The young man died in a short
time and the father cannot live.
A man named Shellmyer was badly
injured i'll Potfsvills on Saturday by
fall of earth and stone while engaged in
digging foundation. His left leg was
broken at the aukle and the tenions
and arteries were fearfuIly torn. His
ply sicisn has hopes of saving his leg,
but be will be confined to the house for
long time
A Ere from some unknown cause on
Monday destroyed the residence of
David Reese, about three miles from
New Providence. While Mr.. Reese
and his son we're eudeavoripg to save
some Of their effects, the burning build
irg collapsed and both we're burned to
death. Mrs. Reese was also seriously
injured.
John Elder, a farmer of Clarion
county, was arrested and locked up in
Pittsburg, on Friday, on the charge of
selling unstamped whisky He Is be-
lieved to have been interested in dis
posing of the stuff produced By the
moonshiner who was arrested q short
time ago.
Captaio Harvey Eastman, a veteran
of the Mexican fell into pond, near
Erie, q few days ago, and was drowned.
While a lady was in q store at Ha-
zletown she gave birth to four children
all dead but one, which lived but a
few minutes.
Two wood choppers near Bradford
had fight recently concerning a mu.
tual sweetheart. The vanquished lov-
er withdrew from the field.
At q number OF points along the
hanks of the Schuyikill, in Berks
county, there are camps of tramps
which are regarded as very dangerous
by farmers.
A new barn was beiccss raised on the
farm of William Decker, near Reading
the other day, when q storm of wind
arose and blew down almost the
entire structure Morris Yeakley, who
was on the second floor, had bis arms
and shoulders badly bruised by the fall
A number of others we're on the Sec
ond floor of the building who made mar
rev escapes with their lives.
Abner Mcconnell. alias "Red Fox"
a notorious counterfeiter, and his part
ner, Samuel Ringer, we're captured by
Constable William Muffley In Arm
strong county on Tuesday week and
lodged In Jail in Pittsburg. A box
containing moulds for manufacturing
standard silver dollars, quarters and
nickels was also found secreted under
the house occupied by the parties.
Mcdonnell was convicted in October,
1877, on charge of counterfelting, and
was sentenced to two years in the pen
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