Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-11
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL ITEMS.
Colonel George S. Marsh was found
guilty, at Annapolis. Nd, Of setting
Gre to and burning bis own house III
Anne Arundie county.
A man named j. H. Meredith, who
claimed TO be q Methodist minister
with q charge at Trenton, N. j. and
also q temperance lecturer has been
convicted of fstealing bnoks from Leary's
book store in Pbilsdeiphis.
A bill has beer fsvorsbly reported
in the Massachusetts, Legislature pre-
.cribing Imprisonment for life as pun
ishment for murder whenever the con-
victing jury so recommends unanimous
ly.
Contracts have been made to carry
sixty thousand emigrsnts from Norway
and Sweden to Hull, England, whence
they will proceed to Liverpool and
thence to America.
All the hotel licenses but one in
Montgomery, N. Y, have expired. aud
the new excise commissioners refuse to
renew them. The landlords, with the
one exception are very indignant, and
being debarred the privilege Of selling
liquor have closed up entirely, even
chaining their water pumps, deternin-
ed to Inconvenience the public as much
as possible.
Five generations of one family live
in Madison, Wis. They are Mrs. Wsllsce
aged seventy FIVE; Mrs. Lewis, grand
daughter, aged rbirty-eight; Mrs.
Thompson, eat-granddaughter, aged
eighteen, and an infant great-great
grand daughter, aged one week.
James Olderbac on Monday a week
at Desmoines, Iowa, shot and killed q
pretty Bohemian girl named Mary
Brooks. Olderbach was under the in
fluepce of liquor and had just had some
conversation with the girl. He asserts
that he pointed the pistol playfully
without any intent to fire it. He is ID
Jail.
The old home Of Lincoln was recent
ly torn down at Springfield. A boy
bought all the shingles for a dollar,
aud with a scroll saw is turning them
into ornamental mementoes, which he
easily sells at from fifty cents to one
dollar each. Give that boy half a
chance and he will die q m,llionsire.
Out in Nebraska they have a day
appointed BY the Governor called Ar
Dor day, which is devoted to the plant
ing of trees vineyards, flowers and
shrubbery. A besutiful custom.
Several desperate characters in the
Jail at Chicago made an attempt at es-
cape recently. They bad obtained re-
volvers and quantity of powder with
which to blow down the wall After
severe struggle they we're captured
and heavily ironed-
Colored men are represented as bav.
ing handsome farns aud valuable herd.
Of cattle in Texas. Senator Burton, o
Fort Bend county, is colored, and l,
estimated to be worth $4,000. He
is also an educated man. While a slavs
in Virginia be was taught reading auG
writing By bis mistress. She was made
very poor by the war, and be ther
showed bis appreciation Of her instruc'
ton in former days by supporting bel
10 her adversely until her death % hel
daughters wedding day he sent pres
ent cfa thousand-dollar check. Tbs
whole of bis property has been acquir.
ed in Texas.
Vermont is the only State that bal
not single Chinsman, North Csro..in'
and Delaware have each one, and Ala.
bsms has four. The largest number il
any Southern State is 4S3, ami Louis.
lana is the State. Sugar growing ha.
brought them there. The other State.
and Territories in which they are mos,
numerous are: Pennsylvania. ITO II.
linois, 2l4; Utah, SIS; Arizona, 632
New York, 942 Montana, /, ,764; Ida
no. 3,37S; Nevada, 5.423; Oregon, g..
sis, and California, IS, ,l22.
A young married woman Is mouth.
ago was placed in the asylum in Mid.
die;own N. Y. She had become mel.
sncholy, and during the l8 months she
has positively refused to speak q void
or partske Of any food. She was kep
alive by injecting food into her stomach
During this time she lost nearly lOC
pounds. The other day she sudsenl,
exclaimed. "Give me somthing to eai
at once; | am hungry" Food va.
Immediately brought, and since ther
she has eaten regularly. She is nov
pronounced sane and will be dischare.
ed.
Miss Maria Stimson Diman, daugh
ter of the late Professor j. Levi.
Diman, of Brown University, wa:
killed at Providence, R. L, last Fri
day. She was riding on horseback
attended by student in the Univer
sity, when her horse became mman,
ageable in going down Angel street
and dashed against a tree in the rea,
of the First Baptist Church. The
young lady died from conclusion ol
the brain. Her attendant had lust
caught the rein of her horse, but toe
late to turn, and he and his horse
went through fence and over the
bank wall of ten or twelve feet into
the churchyard, receiving little inju.
~. Miss Diman was 20 years old
Her father died three months ago