Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-06-15
GENERAL ITEMS.

4EfN Al 6uASs
def Davis has bought lot of ground
in Washington city.
John G. SAKE, the poet. has just lost
his third daughter BY consumption,
which disease also carried of her sisters
and mother.
A woman fell down stairs at the
Cleveland depot and tore her ear of,
and the same night attended ball.
Robert Paragoe, while bsthingin the
river at New Orleans on Saturday,, was
drowned, and his brother lowell, in at
tempting to rescue him, was also drown
ed.
A severe Cyclone occurred on Friday
in the Soloman Valley, Kansas. Hous-
es and barns for distance of twenty
miles we're demolished and several peo-
pie were killed. The storm lasted
about ar hour, with heavy hail. The
crops suffered considerable damage.
The wife of an old colored man in
the eastern part of Georgia recently
presented bin with the sixth pair Of
twins, the family having been previous
ly endowed with two pairs Of triplets
ALL Aoufishing.
A family Of immigrants from Holl-
and arrived in Patterson N. j., few
days ago, and having no means, two
of the children died Of starvation be-
fore their condition became known.
As gang Of men were at work on
Saturday at Lafayette, Ind, tearing
down the old Court House preparatory
to the erection of new building, the
roof fell in, burryipg four men. Three
of these-William Husy, Samuel
Buckner and Peter Cook-received fa-
tai injuries, while the fourth escaped
with only slight bruises.
General Grant, Mrs. Grant Miss
Sharp and Colonel Fred. Grant left
Sc. L5uis oE Saturday night for Chica-
60, where they will probably spend
several days and then go to Gslena.
Mrs. Grant Is still quite feeble.
Dipbsheria in its malignant form has
broken out in Ludington Michigan, up
to last Thursday one hundred and
twenty children had died. The popu-
lation of the town is 4, 900. The schools
are closed and special policeman have
been stationed at the houses where the
sickness exists, to prevent ingress and
egress.
In mining town in Colorado on the
night Of the 7th inst. "Two despera-
does named Knowles and Connars at
tackled Voorhees, store with the inten-
tiou of robbirg it, and shot the proprie-
tor twice probably fatally. The latter
returned the fire and the rufhans fed.
A lynching party was Immediately or
ganized and started in pursuit. Knowles
was shot dead, and Connars was cap
tured and returned and lynched on the
night of the 9Th inst.
A contemplated Jail delivery in Jer-
sey City was frustrated few days ago
by the fortunate discovery Of q written
communication from one of the prison.
ers, which was picked in the vicinity.
A man serving q sentence for selling
lottery tickets was at once suspected
by the janitor, and when his wife called
on q visit q short time after the discov
cry was made, she was searched and
the desired articles, consisting of ales,
putty, black paint, etc., were found In
her possession.
A duel was fought lsst Saturday q
week near the mouth of Hewit:'s creek,
Boon county, W. Va, between John
z. jeffrey and James Elkins. The
woman in the case was one of bad
character, named Rebecca Chambers.
Both men fired the same instant, and
both fell. jeffrey died instantly, pier
ced to the heart, and Elkins lived until
next day.
There was happy meeting in Bridge
ton N. j., few days ago between two
sisters who bad been separated for over
fifty years. Their father mysteriously
disappeared fiifty-fve years ago, and
the girls, then infants, were given to
two different families in the neighbor-
hood by their mother. Each grew up
10 ignorance of the existence of a sister
and for number of years they had
lived near each other without any
knowledge of the relationship existing
between them. The discovery of their
common parentage was purely acciden-
tai, but none the less gratifying or
that account.
The Madison tWis.j Journal says:
ain the town of Warren, Wausbara
county, lives q man named Hyke, who
advertised for q wife. A woman in
Michigan wrote him that she would
come to Wisconsin and marry him if
he would send her the expenses of the
trip. He forwarded SIS. The wom-
an arrived in Berlin and proceeded
thence on foot for the home Of her soon
to-be husband. She happened to make
inquiry in Hyke's neighborhood of
man whom he was ploughing for. The
woman was taken into the house and
Hyke sent for, and he took her to the
nearest Justice Of the Peace, who tied
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