Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-04-19

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Elmer Kreidler, . slate picker at
the Hartford mines, in Ashley, was
caught up by pulley and his head
was severed from his body.
Four new cases of smallpox are re-
ported in South Bethlehem.
George l.. Benn, one of the pioneers
of Clarion county, is dead.
The property of ex-Treasurer Duo
dore, of Reading, has been seized by
the Sheriff to satisfy the claims of his
bondsmen The personal property be.
longing to the ex Treasurer will be
sold on April 25.
Sheriff Grail of Lebanon county has
been arrested and placed under $1,000
bail on the charge of having, through
gross negligence, permitted Richard
Book and Frapklin Rouch to escape
from the Lebanon Jail on April 9.
A despatch from Pottsville, Pa,
under date of the llth inst, says; A
malignant form Of scarlet fever has
broken out at Cresona Within few
days one family los. all its children,
consisting of four boys, and two Of an
other family, who we're in good health
Yesterday, died this morning. The
citizens called meeting and to- day
all the schools we're closed. A liberal
use of disin!ectants has been ordered,
and great uneasIness is felt. Physic-
ians seem unable to cope with the dis
ease, since 1t terminates fatally within
twenty-four hours of the appearance Of
the first symptoms.
Ex Governor Hartranft has a goose
on his NorristOwn farm that recently
laid an egg eight inches in circumfer-
ence.
j. Fl. Brown wen, TO sleep in Johns
town on Sunday night week with his
head near a pipe from which gas was
escaping. During the night he was
suffocated.
A woman named Mrs. George Mes
senger, of Johnstown. had the neural
gia; took dose of morphine; took too
much: fell into deadly stupor: slept
more hours than it Is thought the law
allows, and the neighbors wisely imag-
ined she had attempted to commit sui
eide. She fooled them all, however,
BY waking up all right after awhile,
and the doctor said the morphine had
been taken under his own prescription.
Over two hundred and sixty Somer-
set county farmers have signed notice
diing hunters, fishers, and nut
gatberers from trespassing on their
ands.
In Cass township, Huntington coun-
ty, the other day a tree was blown
down on the premises of a Mr. Hornton,
leaving large hole where the roots
had been taken from. Mr.. Hornton
set a man to work to remove the tree.
The man placed his dinner bucket in
the hole and proceeded 10 cut off the
tree from the roots. This done, the
stump. with ground and stones attached
bounded back into the hole, completely
bury ing the bucket with all Its pork
and beans. Two years ago Centre
county man buried two Of his children
in similar manner.
The supply of railroad ties from
Pennsylvania is mainly furnished by
the counties Of Huntingdon, Miffiin,
Juniata and Perry.
Christian Born, truck dealer, aged
about fifty years, committed suicide at
Lancaster, while drunk, by hanging
himself.
Judge Newell, of Bradford has been
swindled out of five hundred dollars by
pretended miner who sold him a gild
ed brick.
Henry Hummel. counterfeiter, was
sentenced to eighteen months in the
penitentiary BY the Lebanon County
Court. Billy Root, one of the Lebanon
Valley burglars, got six years.
Three small boys named Cherry, re-
siding at Granville, Mifflin county,
were badly poisoned recently by eating
laurel which they mistook for mountain
tea
Two Tamaqua women have been
lodged in Jail at PottsviIlle for shop
lifting
The Ciear6eld RaffSman's Journal
says: "WilIiam Harrington, aged about
go years, was brought from Dubois
and lodged in Jail on Monday evening,
charged with the murder of Isaac Over
aud of about the same age. Both were
Englishmen and both miners. They
had been living together in a sbanty
and had some difficulty, the nature Of
which we have not inquired into, but
/, is said that Overland went off and
got drunk and then returned with
club, beat down the door aud was about
to try the same game on Harrington,
when the latter picked up a priming
needle IA long sharp instrument used
for priming a oiast and ran it through
Overand's breast killing him instantly.
Both have been described as peaceful
men and have lived together for many
years"
Ellen " bite, who was mysteriously
shot in the street at Harrisburg, IN
Feby., died on Thursday from her in
juries. tits suspected she was acc,-
dentaily shot by young man named
Walters in shooting mark.
Thomas Smart, of Sugar Notch, Lu-
zerne county. was shot on Thursday
afternoon and fatally wounded by his
brother in law, Alfred Evans. They
we're cunning in the woods when Evans
slot at bird the contents of the gun
striking Smart in the face and chest.
The blast furnace at Duncannon is
now in successful operation. Every
thing is working finely. 1t will turn
out abou. 80 tons per day..