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

The house carpenters, Of Lancaster
are on strike for higher wages.
The transforms of the week have
fattened thousands of acres of wheat in
the eastern counties.
William Jones, of Danville, recently
had the side of his face blown off by
the accidental discharge of gun.
Alexander Flowers, of White Haven,
Luzerne county, was badly injured by
stroke of lightning last week.
The whole of the School Board Of
Penn township, LycomiDg county, were
arrested at the instance of one Peter
Snyder for failing to attend to their
duties. They paid the costs and prom
ised better behavior hereafter.
The barn of Mrs. NJ. A. Scars, in
Muucy Greek township, Lycomrng coun-
ty, was struck by lighting last week
and burned down.
The Greenback party of Pennsylvania
will meet in convention at Pottsville
on June 18th.
Johnstown has q lady resident who
visits slaughter house every morning
and drinks pint of warm blood.
Chester county sends fifteen hundred
gallons of milk to Philadelphia daily.
Farmers in Washington county are
planting trees along the highways
which run through their lands.
Alpheus Saul, of Westmoreland
county, after mixing strong dose Of
stryehnine and corn to poison rats, put
some plan.ain leaves over the dose,
and after shaking the medicine to diss.
olive it threw the leaves into the stove
where there was fire, and while watch
ing them burn inhaled some of the poi
son and became very sick. 1t required
physician to restore him.
A frame house in Allegheny was set
on fire by the explosion of a coal oil
lamp on Wednesday evening the 1st
inst, while the occupants were absent.
The building and nearly all the contents
were consumed. A frame house in the
vicinity was considerably damaged.
The loss is estimated at about $2500,
which is partially covered by insurance.
From the Newport Ne,rs we learn
that at 2 O'Clock on Thursday afternoon,
while assisting to put a foot-log in
position at Morrow's crossing, on Sher-
mans creek, in Tyrone township, John
Woruley was literally crushed into q
shspeless mass by the log slipping and
falling on him, bearing him down into
the water, which Vas about four feet
deep. His body was hidden from his
fellow workmen's view, but the blood
flowing from his body bubbled to the
surface and thus indicated the terrible
condition in which he then existed. As
soon as possible the body was recover
ed, from which life had evidently fed
with the crash into the stream.
The Huntingdon Ne,cs says: Mr..
Butler, farmer, while walking in q
piece of woods about half mile from
his residence on Jacks Mountain, was
suddenly attacked by an eagle. 1t
came at him SO savagely and appeared
SO large that at first Mr.. Butler attempt
ed to run away, but it pursued him and
compelled him to fight for his life.
The encounter was fierce for . few
minutes. Finally Mr.. Butler threw
himself bodily upon the eagle, and held
it down. Mr. Butler discovering that
its wing had been injured, made up bis
mind to take the bird alive, and secur.
ing it took it to his home. 1t was
found to measure six ard q half feet
from Zip to tip. 1t is fine specimen
Of the American eagle, and it is cup
posed to be one Of & family domiciled
near the Brown estate.