Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-18
STATE ITEMS.

STATE lTEmSs
Crawford county shipped $50, 900
pounds of dressed turkeys to the
eastern markets the two weeks pre-
ceding Christmas.
While shooting off" the old year
some boys in Newport put balls into
their revolvers, and the result was
that VIM. Gardner, a boy aged 16
wears, was struck with ball from a
revolver, but not dangerously wound
ed. The ball struck one Of his ribs
and followed the rib around until it
lodged in his back
In the opinion of the Philadelphia
Ledger: IF robbing graves for the
purpose of extorting black-mail goes
on, there must inevitably be revival
in favor of cremation"
The NJ. f. Church at Gordon,
Schuylkill county, was dedicated ON
Sunday a week. Bishop Simpson
was in attendance and debt of 500
was discharged by . collection from
the congregation.
Jennie Will, of JohnstOwn, has
mysteriorsly disappeared, and it Is
believed that she has elop0l with a
man named Hoffman
A heavy snow-storm visited Pike
county on Tuesday night a week. Six
inches Of snow fell at Milford, and
over foot in Lackawaxen Valley.
George Fl. Hoover, the boy who
killed his sister, near Sunbury, last
summer, has been sentenced to an
imprisonment Of two years IN the
Northumberland county Jail
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany has adopted rule prohibiting
presentations OF any kind on the part
of the employees to the officers OF the
company.
Harry Aikens has been lodged in
the Harrisburg Jail on the charge OF
attempting to pass counterfeit money.
Three hundred and sixty nine sol
diers' orphans will attain the age OF
sixteen this year and be discharged
from their schools.
Thomas Moran, the Schuylkill
county miner who was killed by fall
of coal near Minersviile a few days
ago, leaves large family unprovided
for. Among them are an invalid wife,
a son who is cripple and a daugh
ter who is blind.
An Adamstown, Lancaster county,
man beat his wife because ''she would
not stuff the Christmas turkey with
old rye" He WAS taken to the Lam
caster county prison, and after being
there few days wrote letter to his
wife begging to be released, prom
ising to do better in the future. In
reply she wrote him that she would
withdraw the suit if he would alb
stain from liquor entirely. He gave
the desired promise, and on his re
lease from prison went directly to his
home.
Scarlet fever is depopulating Mon
louisville.
James Cross, brakeman, was killed
by cars in Harrisburg on Wednesday
night
William Eneke, a prominent cltizer
of alabsnoy City, committed suicide
last Thursday evening by shooting
Family trouble was the cause.
The residence of William ShedroE
at L,gonier. Wes,moreland county, wa:
robted of $500 on Tuesday night 4
week.
The cow-pox prevails to an alarm
ing extent in McKeesport, Allegheny
county.
Martin Cam. employed at Wadleigf
CoIliery. near Centralia, while WORKING
on a dirt bank on the evening of tb'
4th inst was smothered to death by th,
undermined bank cavipg in.
Cambria county has true heroine il
Miss Teresa Harshberger, of franklin
who went to a neighbor's house aDt
helped nurse his children who we're il
of small pox, and prepared for buria
the infant that died, remaining unit
the others recovered This noble cir
bad never had the disease herself ant
risked life aud personal appearance fol
the pure love Of humanity.
Edward Green, retired mine bos
at Ashley, Luzerne county, while feed
ing a vicIons COW the other day, wa
gored to death. He was the father o
the Green brothers, who were entombet
in the Sugar Notch mines two year
ego, and who lived on mule meat fo
five days.
On Sunday two weeks, four masked
men entered the residence of Henr,
Aldinger, in Londonderry township, b.
forcing IN door On gaining admit
tance, one of the burglars placed pis
tol at Mr.. AS head aud told the fam
lily to keep quiet if they valued thei
lives. The other three men searched
the house aud secured twenty dollars il
money, and other valuables, afte
which they left. II is high time tina
measures be adopted to detect and ar
rest this gang of bold burglars.-.Mid
dlebury { Pa J Journal.
GENERAL ITEMS.