Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-11
STATE ITEMS.

year-old daughter black and blue.
A prominent physician OF Pittston
was arrested and fined $50 for not
reporting to the authorities a case OF
smallpox which he was called to at
tend.
Pittsburg capitalists are drilling
for oil near Youngsville, Warren
county.
The Eagle Hotel at Steelton, Dau-
phin county. kept by Channey Wilder,
was robbed of S400 on Sunday night
q week.
Joel Weigel, of Pottstown, who
claims to cure disease by ''pow-wow-
ing" treated a patient last week who
subsequently, proved to have the
small l-pox. Weigel caught the dis
ease himself
Annie C. Hooker and William A
Lippincott, of Raubsville, Northamp-
ton county, ran away to Reading on
Sunday week to get married, but
were frustrated by the girls father.
Annie is only 13 years old.
ACentre county man named Baker,
while engaged in taking the powder
from a lot of musket cartridges and
making balls of different size from
the lead contained in them, accident
ally threw couple OF the cartridges
into q ladle containing hot lead.
There was an explosion and MIR. Ba
ker's left eye was so badly injured
that it was feared the sight had been
destroyed. He is now better.
Many of the people of Salisbury
township, Lehigh county, are pos
sessed OF the idea that very pretty
young girl in their midst is witch,
and they are mailing up borseshoes to
protect themselves from her wiIes.
Charles II. Van-Horn, defeated
Democratic candidate for Auditor Of
Dauphin county, residing near Har
risburg, committed suicide on Friday
morning by shooting himself through
the heart. He leaves a wife and five
children. The reason assigned for
the act is the death of two of his
children.
A Cambria county COW some time
ago fell into a deep pit, and was
drawn up to the level of her accus-
toned pasturage through the instru-
mentality of a rope deftly wound
round her horns. She bore on her
body no marks of injury.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
some days ago to rob the mail coach
on the mountains between Helfen-
stein and Doutyville, in Northumber-
land county The driver urged his
horses forward, when number of
shots were fired at him, one bullet
passing through his hat and one
through his coat.
An imbecile son of Matthew David
son, of North Beaver township. Law
renee county, fell in fit on Tuesday,
two weeks ago, jamIning his head
into a grate-fre and was roasted to
death.
A meeting of the Bechtel heirs,
who are said to have S30,000,0OO
awaiting them in Germany, was held
in Reading a few nights since. When
subscriptions of So from each per
son present was asked the meeting
broke UP in hurry.
At meeting of the Bartholomew
heirs in Lock Haven, recently, Allen
Bartholomew, OF Altoona, and Sam
uel Smith, of Erie, were appointed to
go to Germany and get the $40, ,OoO.-
900 supposed to be awaiting them
there.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is max
ing a detour from Cresson to Peters
burg, in Huntingdon county, thereby
avoiding the sharp curves and very
heavy grades of the old line.
A farmer in Tioga county has man
ufactured 400 barrels of cider this
year.
The Delaware Tal!ey .ddrdnes, pub
blished at Hulmeville, Bucks county,
says that farm land in that vicinity
Will soon touch 5000 per acre.
Three years ago E. E. Elendorf, OF
Jefferson county, married Miss Jen-
ME Ergood Six months ago they
separated temporarily, when she went
to live with friends in Clarion county.
Elemdorf, while she Was absent, mar
ried Miss Olive Haines, of Brook
vile, and soon afterward went to To
leio, Ohio. Wife No. 1 was poor,
but she determined to bring her re-
creans husband to justice, and has
peddled silver polish until she has
raised money enough to do SO.
DIR. Zimmerman, of Butler, at
tempted to slaughter pig. When
ready for action he shot it with re
volver, and then, putting the weapon
IN his pocket, struck at the animal
with an ak, missed it and hit the re-
volver in his pocket, which was dis
charged. The ball penetrated his
right groin across to the left thigh,
and was found near the knee. The
wound is not dangerous.
A York county farmer was recently
swindled in this way: A stranger OF
fered him the county right for a pat
ent wagon tongue for $3.50. In few
days patent-right man No. 2 comes
aloro. He has heard that the farmer
has The right Of the county for the
patent wagon tongue, and he wants
to buy the right OF the county, and
offers the farmer S400 and pays SIC
to bind the bargain. The farmer
writes to No. and sends his note for
$3.50. He never hears of either of
the men again, but his note comes up
for collection in neighboring town.
Adam Finkbinder, of Lycoming
county, seventy years of age, while
hauling in grain last summer, fell
from the load and dislocated his
shoulder. This had not yet healed,
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