Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-06-08
GENERAL ITEMS.


Trouble is expected in Canada be-
tween Sitting Bulls tribe and the Cree
Indians.
nothing can constitute good breed
ing that has not good nature for its
foundation.
A fellow who had been to the circus
spoke of bis girls cheek as splendid
side show.
fn the Salt Lake City fats appears
this sign "Ribg the top bell for the
oldest wife"
There are some men 90 talkative
that nothing but the toothache can
make one of them hold bis jaw.
When q Cinnamon was saved from
drowning by being pulled out by his
pigtail, he feebly murmered IL thank
queue.
William Britain, well-to-do farmer
living at Greenville, N. Y, has myster-
'iously disappeared, and it is feared be
has been foully dealt with.
The bass-drum player makes more
noise, than anybody else. but he doesn't
lead the bsnd. There is Q moral to
this.
A marble tablet is to be placed on
the new building about to be erected
on the spot where Mrs. O'Leary's COW
kicked over the lamp which started
the Chicago FIRE.
A few days since four men, under
the leadership of Charles Allison, a
former Deputy Sheriff of Conejas coun-
ty, robbed the west-bound stage on the
Barlow and Sanderson line, four miles
west of PuucLas Spring, Col. They
secured $500, a $4,000 draft, and
some watches and jewelry from the pas
sengers. Subsequently they entered
the store at Punchas Springs, and COM
PEELED the proprietor to give up the
contents of the safe-about $3.50.
A Minersville rough was surprised q
few days ago. He had picked quarrel
with a .aloon-keeper, and was in the
act of drawing a pistol from bis pocket
with the intention of shooting him,
when it exploded p.ematurely, and the
would be assassin received the contents
in his hand. He was satisfied with the
result, and was allowed to depart for
the purpose of having the wound at
tended to.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt once bit
a piece out of New Testament, still
preserved in a New York court, which
had been handed to him to kiss IN a
New York court, which had been hand
ed to him to kiss in case when he was
in a towering passion at having been
summoned as witness.
An Iowa man, who has been to Wis
consiL in pursuit of specimen eggs Of
birds for the collection in Syracuse
University, was arrested in Janesvllle
for destroying the eggs Of ofinsectivorous
birds. He pleaded that be had bought
only few old shells of boys gathered
las. year, with the contents blown out
long before he saw them, and that he
bad not hired boys to rob nests. He
was discharged.
A picnic party near Talledeje, Ala,
had among the participants child of Z
years, adorned with gold ornaments
and diamond pin. On being missed,
search was made, aod she was discover
ed dead in the arms of . negro thief,
who was about to throw her body over
the falls. 1t took but a moment to
hang the scoundrel to a tree, where his
corpse was left to dangle in the wind.
One day last week John T. Firzpat-
rick, formerly messenger of the South
cru Express Company, and A. King,
formerly baggage man on the Iron
Mountain Railroad, were intoxicated
in Texarcana, and exhibited valuable
gold badges bearing inscriptions show
ing that they bad been presented to
General Grant. The badges we're tax
en- from them, but they we're not arrest
ed. Both men we're arrested and ia
ken to st. Louis last Wednesday when
more of General Grants property was
found on them. 1t is supposed that
they robbed his baggage when he went
to Mexico. King says be bough. the
badge Of colored porter for $50, and
Fitzpatrick denies all knowledge of the
robbery.
Ella Dean, seventeen years Of age,
made miraculous escape from a hor-
rlble death on Saturday afternoon a
week. On that day, she, in company
with q number of friends, visited Eagle
Rock in Orange mountains N. j., She
had taken seat on the edge of the
rock, and 10 attempting to regain her
feet, lost her balance and was thrown
over the brink of the precipice. She
fell head foremost for a distance of
about twenty five feet where she first
struck, and from there to the base Of
the cliff, distance of about eighty
feet from the top. Upon reaching the
bottom she sprsng to her feet and start
ed to JOIN her friends, but soon fell in
in swoon. An examination showed a
scalp wonnd several inches long, and q
number of bruises in different parts of
the body, but none Of the injuries are
of q serious character.
An exciting time in store in Nor
toEvllls, town in Kansas about II
miles southeast of Atch,nson took place
on Monday the 3Oth day of May last,
BY three masked men entering the
store of Messrs. Mccarthy and Hagson,
IN which at the time were Mr.. Mccarthy
a clerk, two ladies and two little girls.
The robbers Immediately upon entering
drew their revolvers and commanded
the inmates to keep quiet. One of the
thieves then proceeded to the safe, one
took up bis position at the door. and q
third kept guard over the occupants.
While the robbers were thus occu-
pied, two clerks who had been to the
n