Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-30
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
The Woman's Temperance Christian
Union of Erie have vigilance com
mittee to watch landlords.
Pittsburg wants a cremation furnace
1t had large one several year ago.
A Lancaster county sportsman has
made the discovery ;hatpartridges will
eat each other.
James Allison was convicted at In
diana of murder in the first degree for
shooting his father near that place.
Andrew McGorman was struck on
the head by pulley at Tram Hollow,
Mexican county, on Monday week and
instantly killed
Mrs. Myers, of Wallaceton, Clear
field county, never had a tooth. Her
gums are hard, and che chews without
Inconvenience.
A number of miners are looking for
silver in the mountains at IDdiantown
Gap.
An infant child of Samuel Winestock
living in Bradford, swallowed eight
qulnine pills and died in two hours
Shumau aillsr will put up hotel in
Millerstown this summer on the site OF
DR.. Lineweaver's building destroyed by
fire some years ago.
In some parts of Lancaster county
more than enc half the land of farm
will be planted with tobacco this year
Lewis Dutt, of MilltOwn, Chester
county, for the last SIX nj ghts set a
trap for minks and every night caught
cat.
Mrs. X. l.. Green of Clay township,
Huntingdon county, while superiptend
ing her household duties recently sat
down TO rest and expired almost imme-
diately.
The police in many of the eastern
towns are already engaged IN breaking
up tramp roosts. At Easton, on Tues
day, the police found one of their roosts
where forty men and women assembled.
Michael Musser died at The York
County Almshouse on Thursday of last
week He was insured for $l5,0 900 the
day before.
A child named Koons, living in Cen
tire township, Snyder county was so
badly frozen in January that both of
its legs and arms had to be amputated.
Mrs Besls, an old lady living near
Ebensburg, was found alone in her
house few days ago and nearly starv-
to death. She had had nothing to eat
but hard corn for a week.
Jacob Schaefer, Daniel Ziegler and
Mrs. William Liudermuth, all of them
aged persons and residing in Meyers
town, Lebanon county, have died with
in two weeks. They were heavily in
sured in the interests of outside parties
The Easton .3rgus says that an investi-
cation is spoken Of
A great excitement was created in
Reading on Saturday week by the
escape of two year old bear frou his
pit in private menagerie. A large
number of men joined In pursuit of the
animal and succeeded in capturing and
Killing him before be did any harm.
Three men, who were sleeping over a
storeroom at Hockerville, Lycomiug, on
Sunday night a week, heard a noise be-
low. They armed themselves with re-
volvers and went down, one, Lands
Zimmerman carrying a light. The
burglars fired severa! shots, one of
which hit Zimmerman in the shoulder,
iuficting slight injury, and then they
escaped.
An army overcoat was sold at Mr..
W. Doane's in East Goshen, Chester
county, Oh Tuesday, for $75. 1t was
worn by Mr. Doane's father in the war
of 1872, by himself in the Mexican war,
and by his nephew in the late war.
Coplay, Northampton, has case of
interest. A somnambulist jumped from
third STORY window and landed on the
hard ground below. AT first be appear
ed to be uRhurt, but now he is in St.
Luke's Hospital and it is feared that be
sustained internal injuries.
Charles F Garrett, clerk to the
Commissioners of Schuylkill county,
and harles K. Taylor, an attorney,
were arrested at Pottsville on the 23rd
inst for conspiring to defraud the coun
tv by collecting interest on coupons OF
county bonds which had previously
been paid and turned over to Garrett
for cancellation. Taylor is also charg-
ed with forgery.
Two wagons made by the BOYS of the
Indian school at Carlisle went west re-
Gently on the Pennsylvania railroad
intended for the Cheyenne and Arapa
hoe Tribes in the Indian Territory.
On their arrival, every man woman and
child of the Indians visited tine agency
to see them, and they have since sen,
word to the Supt of the school Capt
Pratt, that when more children are
he should let them know.
The farmers throughout Chester and |
Delaware counties have suffered tine
oss OF nearly all their bees during the
past winter. In some Instances swarms
,ave been destroyed which we're locat
ID in such way that the snow could
lot reach them, and it is generally
'onceded that they have been DESTROY
n h-r tta nnlI -actb.,