Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-26
STATE ITEMS.

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the small pox.
Small pox has made its appearance
in tie Lehigh county jail.
Miss Lizzie Cope, of Norristown, was
poisoned by eating canned peaches that
we're tainted oy solder.
Petitions are in circulation in the
southern border counties, preparatory
to asking the Legislature to reimburse
people for losses sustained during the
rebel invasion of the State.
ID. n. Crelfz, of Lynn, Lehigh coun-
ty has distilled 1000 gallons of apple
Jack this season, and has $500 gallons
yet to run out. He has used 5000
bushels o. apples.
Mr. Christian Hurst, of Salisbury,
Chester county, found the following
articles ia the stomachs of hog: 10
nails, l6 small stones 2 hog rings aud
a key
K. L. Hopkins, breakman on the
Wallis accommodation train running
into Pittsburg, found piece OF paper
10 one of the cars OF his tram, and not
kuo wing what 1t was, tore it up. He
produced some of the pieces few days
af,erwsrd to an old drover, who said
be had lost a check for $4,000. These
we're pasted together and proved to be
a part of the check, which was honored,
and the brakeman got S75 as his re-
ward.
: Duncannon woman Is reported to
have whipped her father the other day
The Mennonite societies Of Lancast-
er and York counties have enforced
their rules against slerghbells with un-
usual visor this winter.
There is more diphtberia in Doyles-
town now than ever before. The dis
ease fingers in all parts of Bucks cOun-
ty.
An old can of nitro glycerine explod-
ed at Coleville, Mexican county, on
Saturday a week and killed young
man named Currie His brother, VINO
was helping him, was terribly injured.
Three Bradford boys gathered some
empty glyceriDe cans and built fire
around them. Enough of the deadly
CON pound adhered to the sides to make
a first class scatter. The total of in
juries we're four heads o: hair destroy
e6, four feet partially skinned, three
ears impaired in beauty and any oum-
Der Of finger nails taken of.
A widow in E:ie lost bed quilt
from her line, where she bad hung IT to
air. A policeman found it in neigh
boris house, where the people said they
took it because they thought it needed
washing The widow, kind soul, desir-
ing to CRAFTY neightor, left the quilt
to be washed.
De Monday a week as Mrs. Fisher
was on her way from ShamokiD TO her
home a: Big Mountain, she was assault
ed by John Haugbney, who knocked.
her down with a club and attempted
to rob her. A man happening to see
the act rsn to the woman's assistance,
frightening Haughney, who made his
escape. The woman, who was fatally
injured. was carried to her home.
Haughney is young nan, but has
served one term in the Sunbury Jall
for larceny. Saturday was pay day at
about all the collieries and no doubt he
thought she had considerable money
about her person,
A large white oak tree was uprooted
6y giant powder blast on the Oposs-
um Run road, near Pittsburg, the 9th
er day, and fell among gang of men,
killing Cyrus d. Robson and Daniel
McCady and mortally wouudiug Thom-
as Ault The blast was expected to
dislodge a quantity of earth, but it did
more, biting out the thickest roots of
the tree.
Harrisburg's colored Baptists are
full of indignation at the misconduct OF
a crowd of a thousand on the banks of
the Susquebanna during an immersion
ceremony on Sunday afternoon. Four
persons, three women and one man,
we're baptized. The ice had to be brok-
en-, and when the converts we're led into
the stream the crowd gave loud, pro-
longed and irreverent '-Oucb !"
Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, a widow, of
Shannonville, Montgomery county, owns
considerable property. or late she
has developed number of eccenuici-
ties. She seems to think that her
chickens are more valuable than any
thing else owned by her, and though
the flock contains only nine she insists
that there are fifty or sixty. S.e spends
her time running to and fro between
her house and barn and often puts the
chickens to roost at two o'clock in the
afternoon. In the midst OF this solicit
tude for one part of property she exhib-
its extraordinary reeklessness in regard
to her valuable possessions, paying
hucksters any exhorbitant price they
ask for an article. Her children have
demanded of the Montgomery Court
a commission in lunacy and the Com
nissioners are now looking into the re-
markable case.