Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-09

IL s saiu mat aiffiin county youth in
vested $t.5c in a New York firm to lliscov-
er How to appear we'll in society,"" The
receipt which he received BY return mail
was short, simple, and easily understood
"Aiways keep your nose clean, and don,
suck more than one finger at a time"
The earthquake here last winter was a
rumble, tTemor, that Is all; but the one
that they Lad in one OF the islands of the
Mediterranean sea, a few sisys ago, was q
shocking calamity. A dispatch from Italy
says that three hundred houses were shaken
to pieces, and one hundred and two people
were killed.
! The following Junista people from this
place and vicinity attended the inaugura-
tion of President Garfield Samuel Stray er,
George W. Wilson, William Guss, John
Guss, North Sterrett. Mr.. and Mrs. Z d.
Parker, Mr.. aud Mrs E. S. Parker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas U. Parker. Miss Blanche
Wright, Philo d. Hamlin, Joseph 5 Martin,
Mrs. II. Littlefield, Noah Littletieid, Robert
Patterson, John T. Nourse, Ephrsim Shore.
On Tuesday of last week Samuel Bruba-
ker, citizen of Fermanagh township. was
found dead in the wagon-shed attached to
his barn. He had been in poor health for
some tE,e previous TO the day OF bis death, !,
bot was not entirely disqualified for work.
The last time he was seen alive was when
he walked from work on the road 10 the
He was aged about A years, and leaves u
wife and two children.
The Altoona Tribune says A new game
has been invented 10y sharpers for the pur-
pose OF swindling the people Ii is called
the knife trick. One of these sharpcrs, on
his travels. approached farmer in a neigh
boring town, exhibited his knife, opened all
the blades, furnished tn m before the old
mans eyes. shut them and then offered TO
bet him a dollar he couldn't open blade The
farner wisely walked of, knowing he could
moi beat a thiei at his own game. The
knife has secret spring inside the handle,
which clamps down the blades.
tirs. McSpilIklns' cold: A ,ery fashiona-
ble Galveston lady, Mrs. McSpiilkins, is af-
fiicicd with partial deafness, and also with a
very bad cold, which, BY the way, is very
fashionable just now. In thi. connection it
may be said she has sn infant about SIX
months old. There was quite little social
gathering at the lady 5 house a few nights
ago, and the high-toned Colonel NTH, one
of the company. asked ho1 .ae baby Was
coming on. The partially deaf lady must
have Lad the cold running in her head, in
stead of the baby, for she replied: It's
the wors; one have had this winter. Il
worries mt nearly to death. l have done
everything I could TO get rid OF it, put it's
of no use. can tell by your looks, Colo
mel Smith, that you are going to have one,
tno. just like it, pretty soOe." Colonel
Smith don't visit the family ANY more
GdiresfoR Nelry-
A collision occurred between Washington
and Baltimore, about IL miles from the lat
ter city, at O'Clock on Saturday afternoon,
between a fa>t train from Washington city
and Il train of empty cars drawn by two
engines from Baltimore. The fast train
contained a number of special cars, filled
with friends OF the men who chartered
them. Among them WAS u car chartered by
J. Y. Young, Of Shimokin, Pa. Mr.. Young
was killed. Ex-President Hayes and fami-
ly and escort were Ia another car. None of
the Hayes people We're injured. John Oil
yer, baggage master, and Mr.. Young, above
mentioned, were killed sixteen other per-
sons were wounded. "Oiiicers OF the Bal
Iimore and Potomac Road state that the
empty train, drawn by two engines, was
started for Washington with express in
structions to lie over at Severn lation un
I'll the second section OF the fast train from
Washington had passed. That order WAS
disobeyed aud The collision occurred"