Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-12-07
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
Turkeys sell for six cents pound in
Allentown.
Hog cholera has made Its appear
ance in Allegheny county.
Charles Thompson, In Jail in Media,
for horse stealing, has made several at
tempts at suicide
Susan Anthony mot the orator. is in
Jail in Allegheny county for drunken
ness and being a common socld.
A mob 10 Odessa stoned Sarah Bern.
hardt because she is Jew, and stop.
ped her performances at the theater for
the same reason.
Henry Jackson, q colored citizen Of
Pike county, refuses TO vote because
be believes that the money it costs to
pay tax to get the privilege is more
than it is worth.
A hay stack on the farm of Mr.. Dar-
iel Stenger, near Loudon Franklin
county, was blown over a few nights
ago smothering three head of young
cattle.
George Doebler brickIayer of Phil
adeiphia, cut bis thumb of while dress
ing a brick to finish a cornice.
Solomon Myers, Of Mauch Chunk,
weighs $40 pounds and drinks fifteen
or twenty glasses Of beer every twenty
four hours.
Solomon Moist Of Centre county,
made narrow escape from Burning to
death By falling into lime kiln, and
was rescued with only slight injuries.
Elizabeth Cunningham gave birth 20
FIVE children IN less than three years,
at PottstowD, twins first and triplets
Her husband died month after the
trip!eis we're born.
A farmer named Goodrich, OF Brad
ford county, thought be saw deer
standing in tbrck-,, GO, rife, hur
riedly shot aud killed a young ccw Of
great value.
y. l.. Harper, Of M.advilic, has
been arrested for forging the name Of
of William May, of that place, to a
note for 5000.
A gold watch-case factory is to be
established at Milford Pike county.
Andrews, the colored msn in jii, at
Harrisburg awaiting trial for murder,
has secured color.d lawyer to defend
him.
Miss Bessie Norris, of WIlkesbarre,
whose lover, James, Weller, ran away
the day they we're to have been married
has become q rayIng maniac.
AT an Irish wake in Clearfeld coun-
~, "bit scrimmage" occurred, in
which the corpse was rolled to the
ground, and lay there until the fight
was over, when the combattants joined
in the prayers for the dead.
At Valentine Forge. Centre county,
few DAYS since, George Grub, while
tossing hay into a barn, ran the tine of
pitcbfork into The eye of Johnny
Flack, penetrating the brain and caus-
ing death. The boys we're each about
D yesrs old.
A young man living in Delaware
county while taking a gun from a wag
on few days ago, was so unfortunate
as to discharge 1t, the load passing
through one of his arms. Although the
injured member was amputated, lock-
Jaw set in, and soOn caused the death
of the sufferer.
Burglars broke into the Post cffice
at Sunbury on Monday night a week
and blew open the safe. Some persons
attracted by the noise fired inIo the
Office aud the robbers fed. They Sc
cured only four registered letters, drop
ping So5G worth of postage stamps in
their fight. They also left behind
them a set Of burglars tools and can
of powder.
The Chambersburg Public Opinion
of last week saws; The barn on the
farm of Mr.. John Sbeely, near Bridge
port, was entirely consumed by FIRE on
Monday afternoon, together with the
crop of wheat Of the tenant Daniel, his
SOM, between 400 and 500, bushels:
the entire crop Of oats, and clOverseed
They were engaged in thresbng the
cloversec6 at the time, and the fire orig
mated from a spark conveyed to the
barn from the steamer. We have not
learned the loss, but understand there
was no insurance.
4 colored man entered a house in
Pitts5urg on Tuesday evening a week
and after searching the rooms In the
lower part Of the house, sscended to
the second story, where the LADY Of the
house was alone with an iafant child
The burglar inquired if there was any
money in the house and where it was
kept, and seizing the child, raised 1t
above his head aud threatened to dash
its bruins out if the lady did not at
once give III oil the money in her
possession. She hand Sd bim her ?ocs
et5Ook, aud while be vas examining
the contents sbe seized her child aud
made her escape. She gave the alarm
at once. and crowd >"ob collected
but the thief had made his ESCAPE. and
AZ las, accounts had hot teen captured
lie ~onld 10 doubt have been roughly
handled had Re been found ou ,he even
ing of the occurrence. y the c,riZeus
I were intensely excited ever the outrage