Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-21
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
Four children, in Washington town
ship, York county, were poisoned With
yssou weed one day last week, and
Bertha Deardcrf, aged $ yesrss died
sitter several days of suffering.
Miss Ida Weldner died on Saturday
evening near GreshvilIe, Berks county,
Of typhoid fever, which she contracted
while nursing her betro:hed husband
The family of Mr.. William Boyle,
. uho resides at Ssmmitville, Cambria
county, has met with . terrible affiic-
tion within the last two weeks, eight
children having died within that time
of diphtheris. Nine children we're
attacked By the terrible scourge and oil
|succuwbed to its ravsges but the cid
est daughter, who is now on fair way
recovery.
In Jackson township, Northumber-
land county, last week, as an aged
woman named Tressler was about to
descend the stairs in the morning with
q three year old son Of her sons, she
| fell down stairs and injured herself
considerably and the child 80 much
that it died in three hours.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has recently built and placed on the
track several cars to be used for the
transportation of horses aud carriages
to be run with passenger trains.
Samuel Romney, accused of the mur-
der of John Smith, was taken from the
Jail at Dowingville, Kentucky and bang
led by masked lynchers.
Pennsylvania supplies nearly one
half the eggs which New York city eats.
William McCarty, whose wife was
burned to death a day or two since at
West .M,ddletown, while lighting q
miners lamp Was SO badly burned that
be cannot recover. lie is IS years of
Isge.
Peter Danfeld, a we'll known citizen
|of northern Chester county, fell down
stairs at hls residence. in West Vincent
township, near Birchrunville, on Tues
day morning. and received such iujur-
lies as to cause his death soon after.
He was about IS years old.
A family Lamed Fuller we're danger
iousIy poisoned by eating ham, at Un-
'iohtOwn.
An enraged belle at White Sulphur
Springs Bit the cheek of young man
|at the moment when be expected kiss
He had her arrested on q charge Of
assault, but failed to appear before the
Justice, and she was discharged.
Daniel Wagner, Of Palmer township,
Northampton county, hiss sold twenty
SIX acres of land, situated two miles
from Easton, to A. J. Brown. for
SO 600, or S254 an acre. This is the
highest price brought by land in tina.
vicinity for long time.
General Burnside's funeral took
place at Providence Il. l., on the 18th.
On Wednesday afternoon a freight
train was wrecked at "Bergers", on
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, by
IA wheel breaking. Eight cars we're
demolished and the track torn up for
|over 100 feet.
Mrs. Charles Conner, Of Ardmore.
Lower Merton township, gave birth to a
hoy and two girls the other day. All
are doing we'll.
A burglar entered the house Of
George Malsberger at Pot,stown on
Wednesday night and stole about IS.
He awakened George Rumbaugh, a
|boarder, who threw q chair and lamp
at him, but the intruder escaped.
The oil men of the western counties,
claim that iron covers to tanks are "a
sure protection against lightning and
these tops are being almost universally
employed. Very few tanks have been
struck BY Lightning this season.
A man in the worst stage of small
pox walked some distance through the
streets Of Allegheny on Wednesday, to
THE Health office, to obtain care. He
was sent to the Pittsburg pest house.
Benjamin S. Jones, aged % years,
a married colored man, was found
dead 10 his bed at Harrisburg on Thurs
day morning.
Mrs. Theresa Nodapp, aged 6S, a
widow, was killed by tram at Read
ing on Wednesday while picking W
coal on the railroad.
A 12-year old son of Benjamin Loud,
fell on handle of the tongs hs WAS
carrying pierced bis breast SO as fc
touch his hea:t. He is now GONZALES
cent.
Near Port Kennedy, Montgomery
county, on Sunday evening, a Polish
boy playing with pistol shot young
woman in the left breast, probably ia
tally. ''He didn't know it was loaded. u
At Sunbury court last week Po.
lander named Lawrence Lupplinsk, wa:
arraigned as '.common scold" Bu,
the court charged the jury that man
could not be convicted Of that offence,
as it applied only to women.
A son of Henry S. Clark, of Susque
hanna, died from eating beef from an
animal that had been killed after hav.
ling broken its leg several days before.
IClark's entire family Is sick from the
same cause.
Elias Champlin, while fighting forest
fires near Barryville, was struck with
apolexy, and was found dead and hi:
body roasting between two burning logs
Mrs. Stanley, daughter Of Philip Nc
Guire attempted to burn her fathers
house in Altoona on Saturday night 9
week. She is insane, and has been taker
into custody.
GENER AL ITEMS.
John b. RAYMOND. of Farpo- Dako.