Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-06
GENERAL ITEMS.


Old Abe, the historic Wisconsin
eagle is dead.
The introduction OF the postal caro-
is sard to have caused an annual isii'
ing off in sales of writing paper to the
amount of Sl2,O00,0oO
Charles Young, a clerk at Chicago,
who mad been married but SIX weeks
on Sunday night week shot at bis wiie
three times Intellectually, and then lied.
jealousy was the cause.
A stone pitcher used by John Brown
during his imprisonment in Charles
Town, Va, was sold at auction IN bai'
timore for $5.
A large lumber of sporting men OF
New York spent Sunday afternoon
in witnessing ratkilling match be-
tween two celebrated dogs The match
was for $3.50 side, each dog TO kill
ff:y rats. One accomplished the task
in fifteen minutes and thirty seconds and
the other in eleven minutes aud thirty
five seconds.
A despatch from Cavker City Kansas
under date of March l9 says: Henry
Kutcbell, German living alone IN a
dugout FIVE miles from that place, has
been foully murdered. An explosive
Of some description having been thrown
down the stove pipe, demolishing the
interior of the house, kutchell rushed
out but was fred at, when be fell aud
was clubbed to death with gun. Two
parties have been arrested charged with
the crime
A party of cowboys who we're creat-
ing a disturbance at O'Neiil City, Holt
county, Nebraska, on Tuesday week,
were partially disarmed BY Sheriff Perm
ard Kesrns aud went away. They soon
returned, however, and one of the party,
named Barry Deans, shot the Sheriff
through the heart A deputy sheriff
also was wounded.
The entire Foster family were down
with the small pox, at Lexington, lii.
The house was burned in the night.
Rather than seek a refuge with any Of
their neighbors, and thus spread the
disease, they walked eight miles 10 the
cold to a pest house, and imperilled
their lives by the exertion and expos
ure.
Mary King, daughter of John King,
farmer living in the township OF kep
pei. Ont, died on Wednesday from the
effects of oil OF cedar taken to produce
an abortion. Her brother james, vino
bought the medicine for her, has been
arrested.
A dispatch from New Albaey, Ind. +,
gives an account of mad dog being
choked to death by girl twelve years
of age. The girl is daughter of Ja-
cob Hessians, farmer living some six
miles ives, of New Albany She was
engaged in play at her home, surround
ed by seme younger members of the
family when attacked 5y small dog in
way that caused her to believe him
mad. She boldly seized the animal by
the ,hroa, and choked it to death.
The Rev. Lloyd Morgan having been
convicted of the crime of seduction and
bastardy, Miss Eva G. ConnOr being
the prosecutrix, in Kittanning court,
and subsequently, failing in desperate
attempt to break Jail, finally through
his attorney sent her proposal of mar
riage, to which she returned the follow
ing answer: "No, never. Morgan was
sentenced to serve two years in the
Western Penitentiary. - Washington
Reporter.
Sitting Bull and bis camp of 100
lodges of hostile Sioux are still at " ood
mountain, in the Canadian northwestern
territory. He said he went to the Uni
ted States some time ago, because Ma
jor Crozier, of the Canadian police,
told him to do so, bu: he did not like
the idea of surrendering, and after
sending forty lodges to Poplar river to
surrender, returned with the remainder
OF his people to live in Canada. They
are very poor.
A terrible cyclone has occurred in
Randolph county, Ala, which destroy
ed the home and killed the entire fam-
lily of John En- bry, consisting OF him
self, wife aud two children while they
were asleep. Danville, Va, and viein
ity was visited by a tornado Tuesday
night week, blowing down a number
of houses, and many trees and fences.
Mrs. Albright, a widow with five
children, living a few miles from
Youngstown, Ohio, last Wednesday
hanged herself with skein of yarn
to beam in wood-shed- No cause
is known for the act. On receipt of
the news her uncle, John Elizear,
living two miles away, fell dead