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


earthquake or explosion. What caus-
ed the noise, is the question.
Some one, that claims to know, says that
the star of Bethlehem in its periodic revo-
luton of about BIS years will appear as a
bright star in 1887, and that the earth will
then undergo convulsions, physical and
: moral, with civil strife.
William Robinson, of Tuscaroa Valley,
died on the morning of the 2Uth inst, aged
about so years. He was a good citizen.
: He contracted disease in the army, which
he entered with Company A, First Pennsyl-
vania Cavalry. His remains were inferred
in the Presbyterian grave-y yard in this place
on Saturday afternoon.
81 don't believe in these secret societies."
sai., one lady 10 another. "That's very
singular, replied the other. Your hus-
band is a Forester, knight of Pythias
and Knight of Honor, and you will have
at least SIC, zoe when he dies - ssBut what
good does all that do me- was the fearful
response, '.when he never dies 20 And the
poor creature burst into tears
The Chicago Tribune of few days ago
says Jacob Floyd, of Concord township,
near Dubuque, set trap to capture wolves
on Monday evening, l7th inst. The next
morning be went out to examine, and found
in the trap a man instead of wolf. One
of his neighbors, tempted by curiosity, was
experimenting with the trap, and had both
hands caught in it. He was nearly frozen
TO death when found.
An exchange says: Mr.. A. G. Mccoy, of
! Hollidaysburg, to protect his fancy fowls
from the cold winter blast, stuffed the
cracks of his chicken house with excelsior,
a fine tough wood shaving used as cheap
filling for mattresses. The chickens think
ing Ii new kind OF food filed their crops
with the indigestible wood, which formed |
into solid ball about the size of base |
ball. The fowls sickened and died. \ /
post mortem made plain the mysterious !
cause of the fowls death.
An item relative to great smokers in |
America reads: s.General Grant is said To
smoke hundred cigars in two weeks. He .
gives away as many as he smokes. He has
used the same brand of imported cigars for
ten years. They cost $3.50 a hundred.
Colonel Bob lngersoll pays $50 for a box
and uses from five and ten cigars a day.
General Butler pays $40 and sometimes $40
for box. Senator Matt Carpenter, who
nearly killed himself by smoking, has been
reduced to three cigars day."
Tuscarora Valley man named Keller
assaulted neighbor last fall. For the Of
fence he was taken TO court in December;
he was found guilty. He was not able TO
pay the costs, and in default of payment of
costs was sentenced to term in the county
Jail. Last Thursday Deputy Sheriff Wilson
was greatly surprised TO hear Keller cry and
sob. When asked for the cause of the dis
tress he said that he had just received word
that his wife had died. Itwas perplrxing
moment for the Deputy Sheriff. He was
stunned into complete silence, in wonder
mcnt as TO which of the three wives of the
prisoner had died.
An evening or two ago, as 4 freight train |
from the east came into the Patterson yard
a brakeman thought he heard pounding in |
car. He went in TIE direction of the ,
sound. He saw a man come ont of car.
The brakeman arrested the man, who proved !
TO be tramp. An examination of the car
revealed the fact that box of shirts had
been broken open. Three new shirts were
found on the man that was arrested. He
was ,aken before Justice Caveny, who sent
him to jail, where he viii remain till court,
when he will be put upon trial for the
olenso stated above.
scientific gentleman introduces himself
by saying that ..the theory that plants in a
sleeping room are unw6olesome Is being ex-
ploded. Recent scientific experiments hay e
proved that the carbon supposed to have
been evolved from the plants was evolved
from the earth in the pois, and that the
plants themselves give out nothing but OK
ygen, and this in considerable quantities.
Along with the oxygen and nitrogen the air
contains very subtle poison, in the form of
carbonic acid, and by extracting this car
bonic acid from the air the plants produce
the extra quantity of oxygen required.
Some scientists say that were the carbonic
acid removed from the houses little medi-
cine would be required in comparison with
what is now used.''
Railroad officials in Patterson brought
charge against William Mccoy, William
Keiscr, William Rapp, William Hawk and
William Bender, before Squire Caveny for
attempted larceny Of coal belonging to the
railroad company. Ii is charged that they
climbed on coal cars, and threw off coal G
while the trains lay IN the yard. William |
Zeiders was also arraigned at the same time, I
before the same Justice, by the same author .
ity, for having received stolen coal from (
the parties named above. His defense was a
that the lads proposed that if he would 9
make coasting sleds for them, they would
furnish him with stone coal. They said '
that they could gather such coal as had
fallen off coal cars along the railroad track.
He was released. The boys were held under a
bail for trial at court to answer the charge. a
Blair county has hunting organization
called I" The Tussy Mountain Coon Club"
The President of the club, George W. Otto, !
was married to Sarah SeIders in the First
Presbyterian Church of Altoona, last Thurs Z
day evening at 40 O'Clock. Rev. Mr.. Cor
nelius performed the ceremony. The church
was crowded, and hundreds of people could
not enter the building. The bridal couple Z
entered the church preceded by members, c
and followed by members of the club, all
marching in perfect stately step 10 a grand
wedding march as performed on the church
organ. Several hundred people pressed for