Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-25

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der ut Ashmead's store on Avenue A,
New York, and was killed.
A MAN bought ticket on a Canada
railroad and Immediately tore it up.
He had stolen a ride several years
before, and this was his method of
clearing his conscience.
A Georgia boy was aiming a gun at
a robin. A little girl begged hir1
not to shoot the bird, and, when he
would not desist, scared it away. The
exasperated youns hunter thereupon
shot tbe girl.
Six trained horses on exhibition in
San Francisco are remarkable for
having been taught ty kindly means.
In proof of this the trainer Uses no
whip in making them do their tricks,
and they will readily obey stranger.
The general belief of trainers of
beasts is that they can only be CEN
trolled through fear.
At the depot in West Cornwall, n.
Y, recently, people were stupeied at
seeing young woman attempt the
difficult feat of entering the car
through the window She had never
before seen a railroad train, having
lived in the inland country, and said
she thought that was the regular
method of ingress. She is about 20
years of age.
A despatch from Oswego N. Y, e1-
plains itself as follows The army worm
has made its appearance in this section,
destroying all kinds of vegetation.
Several fields Of grain have been de-
stroyed and hundreds ofacres of pasture
lands have been stripped of every green
thing Reports from all parts Of St.
Lawrence county indicate that the raw
ages Of the worms extend over the whole
of Northern New York. Serious conse.
quences are feared and many of the far
mers are greatly agitated.
George H. Wheeler died on the 22nd
of November, 1879, as was alleged
from poison contained in pie purchas-
ed at the bakery of Charles Schinkle,
on Eighth avenue, New York, and bis
mother, Mrs. Betbuel C. Wheeler,
brought suit in the Supreme Court
against Schinkle for $4,000 damages
for the death of her son. On the l7th
inst. a jury gave her a verdict for
| $1,000.
On Monday night q week at the
Grand view Hotel, near Denver, COL,
j. D. Rhyners murdered his wife while
she was asleep. They had been conduct
ing an insane asylum on a new principle
which proved failure, and Rhyners
became discouraged. 1t was bis inteu-
tion to commit suicide after killing his
wife, but his courage failed him.
Not long ago Mrs Rachel Doderick,
wife of Frederick Doderick, q wagon
maker Of Cairo, Greene county, N. Y,
was passing through field of black
berry bushes when she heard . queer
noise. She stopped and listened, and,
as the noise ceased, she again went up
on her way. After proceeding a few
steps farther she heard the noise again,
which she now recognized as the whistle
of species Of black snake known as
the racer. She Immediately started to
run, but before she bad gone a dozen
steps the snake caught up With her and
began to entwine his coils about her
body. She had small tin pail in her
hand at the time and while screaming
for help began to fight the snake with
the pail, but it seemed that every
stroke she made at the snakes head
be would dodge aud draw his folds
about her body tighter. She continu.
ed to fight and scream this way for
nearly quarter of an hour before she
got any response, but finally heard her
husbands answering call. Just then
the snake got coil around her neck
and throat, and she tainted. Her hus-
band crushed the snakes head with bis
boot heel, and then released his wife
and carried her to the house, where she
revived. She carried blue mark about
her throat for some time where the
snake had choked her. The snake was
eleven feet in length aud as large
IS mans wrist