Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-15
GENERAL ITEMS.

giving gold medal and S2UO to Kate Shei-
ley, the girl whose bravery and courage
saved an express train from destruction
some months ago.
John Small, in attempting to board q
freight train at Glendale, Minn., on Tues
day a week, fell under the cars. His body
threw the train of the track, and six cars
were plunged into ditch. He Gid not die
OF his injuries until Wednesday morning.
A horse which was being shipped from
Boston to Chicopee, Mass, slipped its hal
ter, managed to open the car door, and
jumped oil the train. The buyer has learn
ed that the animal returned TO Boston and
its old master.
As the twig is bent so the tree is
inclined. At Lowell, Mass, two
factory girls had been sentenced to
four months Imprisonment for drunk
enness. They were young, and their
case excited sympathy in Court. As
they were being taken out the officers
saw their mother slip a bottle of
whisky into the pocket of each. This
shows conclusiveiy that it is mighty
handy to have a mother.
A farmer in the Neustead neigh
borhood, near Hopkinsviile, Ky, left
some gambreled swine hanging on a
pole out of doors. During the night a
colored man stole shote and walked
off with the pork on his shoulders.
In attempting to pitch the animal
over a fence half mile away, the
gambrel stick caught the thiefs neck
and the force of the fall was so great
that the neck was broken. On the
following day a person riding by saw
a strange sight-on one side of the
fence a dead thief and suspended on
the other dead porker.
On Monday week the town of
Prince Frederick, the county seat of
Calvert county, Maryland, was de-
stroyed by fire A dispatch says of
it: The confagration originated from
a lighted match which a young son of
Rev. j. p Wilson threw under the
Methodist Episcopal church, of which
his father was pastor. The flames
spread from the church to the old
church property, and among others
the following buildings caught fire: {:
st. Paul's Episcopal church, the pub
lie school building, Grangers' build
ing, two newspaper Offices, ]. A. Viii
sons residence and law Office, the
dry goods store of Shemwell Broth
ers, Shemwells ten-pin alley, Judge
j. j. Magruder's residence and law
office; the county hotel, which was
owned by Judge Magruder and val
ued at $4,000; Silas Kings house,
the Court House and all the records
except the land records, Register of
Wills Office and every private dwell
ing in the town except one, which,
together with the ruins of an old
frame church, affords the only pres
ent means of shelter for the thousand
inhabitants. The progress OF the
flames was unchecked from the start,
there being no means of fighting
them. The inhabitants had to take
to the woods to escape the fire, some
of them not saving enough clothes to
wear
A few nights ago Henry Waters, a
youth, whose home is near Youngs-
town, Ohio, was aroused from his
sleep by something in the room He
sat bolt upright in bed The moon
shone through a window, and as
young Waters looked towards the
light he saw tall figure in ghostly
attire slowly approaching. He spoke,
but the ghost made no reply. Then
he grasped his revolver, and thus
armed and thus emboldened said:
If you're a man l kill you; if you're
a ghost this won't hurt you He
pulled the trigger and the report
came, but as with quick motion the
ghost lifted an arm Waters heard the
bullet rebound against the head
board of the bed. This sent a cold
chill through the youth, but he dis
charged his revolver again and again,
and then, wild with fear, hurled it at
the intruder. At that moment the
ghost threw off his disguise, several
other parties to the joke came laugh
ing in and lights were struck. The
merry makers had drawn the bullets
from the pistol, leaving enough pow
der to make report, and at each dis
charge the play ghost had thrown a
bullet against the head-board. All
this the practical jokers expected
Waters to enjoy, as he was jovial
fellow, but they found him first dazed,
then incoherent, then raving-as his
parents fear. maniac.