Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-06-29
GENERAL ITEMS.


A lady at MsyvilIe. Canada, recently
bad q strong ornamental iron fence
buiIt aropnd . tree on which . youth
full lover hxd carved her name years ago.
A cottage in Newport has been rent
ed By q California millionaire, who q
dozen years ago was q street-car con-
ductcr in San francisco. lie pays q
rent of $4500 for the season.
4 rattlesnske, measuring seven feet
in length and nine inches in diameter,
was killed by John Brueggemay, or
the Salado, at San Antonio, Texas. He
had twenty-five rattles, and bad two
full-grown jack rabbits inside Of him.
He bad to be shot.
On Tuesday night q week Estes
Hares.one, a negro, and Lindsay, ne
gro boy, we're taken from the Jail of
Stokes county, N. G., and hanged BY
Iynchers. They were awaiting trial for
assault upon two white girls. One OF
the girls, aged eight years, died last
week from the effects of the injuries
received, which was the exciting cause
of the lynchins.
4 remarkable escape is related BY
despatch from Port Jervis N. 7. under
date of j June 81 as follows.-A prisoner
going west on train 8, Sunday night,
effected q marvellous escape. He was
handcuffed to his keeper and his feet
were sb.ckled. The keeper fell asleep,
and the prisoner, whose name could not
be learned, got his bands loose and
stealing cautiously out of the car,
jumped of as the train was going at q
high rate of speed three miles west OF
Hancock. The keeper missed his man
at Deposit, and news Of bis escape was
sent along the line. Examination
showed that the prisoner bad slid about
thirty fee; on the track when be jump
from the car. Coming to stands'ili,
be sat down and broke the shackles
from bis feet with a stone, and lef: ,he
iron lying on the track. He is said &c
be prisoner from Nebraska, on his way
to Auburn.
The Hamilton (Cansda) TINES says;
An unfortunate misbap occurred few
days ago at the ranges of the Vicroria
Rife Club, between here and the Half
way House, Dundas road. Members OF
the club we're engaged in practice at
the 1000 yard range and George Mar
getts was firing at the target, when
unhappily the marker, George Jenkins.
stepped in front and received the bullet
which passed through his body and,
strange as it may appear struck the
bulPs-eye which was bespattered with
blood. jenkins passed the night very
favorably, and DR.. Griffin has grea.
hopes that be will recover The bullet
was one of Remington's $50 grains and
entered at the back below the shoulder
blade, passing out about an inch below
the left nipple. After looking where
the ball had struck the target and seeing
that it was a bull's-eye, jenkins say.
be felt singing pain az if 8 needle had
gone through him. He then yelled t.
the parties at the range for the purpose
of letting them know that he had beer
struck, and then ran down the range
240 or $50 yards, and as several of tht
marksmen approached him he fell over
Tie bled but little from the wound, anc
there has not been much internal hem.
orrhage.
The First National Bank Of Detroit
Mich, was robbed at noon last Thurs
day in a peculiar manner as follows
A small boy was sent into the cashier
private office, where the cashier aud th,
president we're engaged in signing nev
currency, with request that the cash
ier step to the sidewalk, as gentleman
there wished to see him. The cashie
stepped outside the bank, leaving thu
president busily engaged in signing tn
new currency sheets. The gentleman
on the sidewalk proved TO be stranger
who stated that be desired loan, suc
detained the cashier long time il
conversation upon the subject. Mean
time two of the strangers, confederstes
went into the private Office, one of whom
inquired of the president for the cashier
calling the latter BY his name. He wa
informed that the cashier would be in
in moment The other man gathere,
up a pile of signed bills, slipped then
under bis coat, and quietly ssunteret
out, followed in a moment BY his CON