Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-04
GENERAL ITEMS.

A LADY named Mumms, aged ninety
four years. living in Shelby township,
Indiana, hanged herself
An order has been issued declaring
postal cards unavailable with anything
but the direction on the address side.
Lota Darling is clairvoyant at Law
renee. Mass, but her sight was not
strong enough to discern the approach
of her husband while another man was
kissing her, or fight might have been
prevented.
Peter Lemen, of Detroit, is strange
ly afflicted by lizard which be swsl-
lowed when it was very small two years
ago. He has dwindled from l6O to
IS pounds in weight.
In Stone county, Ark, fire in the
woods surrounded an immigrant named
Dement, aud family, and the mother
and two children were burned to death.
On Sunday week Mrs. Ren.zel, the
wife of a farmer living three miles
from Weatherford Texas, while in front
Of FIRE, tainted and fell face foremost
into the flames. There is little hope
of her recovery.
Forty robbers, mostly Mexicans,
have rsided 8 settlement near Farm
ington, N. NJ, plundering houses and
driving the people away. A hot fire
was kept up during the raid. -Four
settlers were killed and the robbers
carried of one hundred head of cattle.
A terrible case Of sickness is report
ed from Cresco, Mich. A destitute
family named Weaver, eight IN number
living on an island in the centre of a
large marsh, were found nearly all
down With q malignant form Of scarlet
fever. Three of the children died in
twenty-four hours.
Royal 8. Carr convicted of murder
ing w. W. Mtrcommock on the 1lth
of December 1873, was hanged on
the 29th ult at Wisdsor, VT, in the
State prison. Carr wished to marry
Murcommock's wife and induced the
former to 60 hunting with him when be
deliberately shot him from behind.
He had served ten years term for
killing Mary E. Loomis at Worcester
He was a brutal, ignorant fellow, and
has manifested no concern since his
sentence.
A man who had been committed to
the Jersey City Jail on the charge Of
robbing q saloon called at the hou sc of
the man be had robbed q few days be-
fots the time fixed for the trial, and
coolly informed him that he would not
be on hand for trial. When asked how
he had got out of Jail, the fellow re-
piled that be had walked out with q
party Of visitors without being noticed.
On inquiry at the Jail some days after,
it was discovered by the keeper that
one of his guests had really departed
without his knowledge, and his absence
had not been noticed.
During dispute on Saturday be-
tween John J. M'Lean, mayor of East
St. Louis and Marcel Mouehereon in
regard to the title Of piece Of land
upon which they we're standing, Mouch-
ereon became enraged and fred one bar
rel of shot gun in the mayors face,
putting out one Of his eyes. Policemen
Williams rushed to the mayors sssis-
tance and Mouchereon discharged the
other barrel at him, nearly tearing one
of his arms off A bystander then drew
pistol and sho: at the Freedman,
lodging bullet IN his neck, producing
dangerous wound. The mayor and
Mouchereon now clinched, whereupon
Mrs. Mouchereon. first driving the dis
abled policeman and citizen with pis-
tol from the field, took bold on the
mayor and gave him the completest
thrashipg apy man In St Louis ever got.