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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
DISPATCHES.

CINCINNATI, O., Dec 25.-A special
from Ashland, KY, says that Mr.. and
Mrs. j. W. Gibbons, who reside near
there, went visiting on Friday night,
leaving their daughter, IA years old,
and son Robert, aged II years, and
Miss Emma Thomas, II years old,
in charge of the Gibbons homestead.
During the night the house was en-
tered by scoundrels who outraged
and murdered both the girls. Their
clothing was then saturated with oil
and the house set on fire. Young
Gibbons, it is supposed, attempted to
give an alarm, when he was also
killed. All three had their heads
split open with a hstchet. The home
stead was burned to ashes. There Is
no clue to the murderers-
READING, Dec. 27.-A Adam Front
heiser, boy twelve years Of age, has
been arrested and lodged in jail here
on the charge of having wrecked q
train on the Schuylkill and Lehigh
railroad, near Lenhartsviile, some
months ago, which resulted IN the
instant death of the fireman. Charles
Mathews, and the narrow escape OF
others. The arrest was made by Mar
shal Heisler, of the Reading railroad
coal and iron police, who had been
detailed to investigate the matter.
The prisoner and an older brother
live together in a small house some
three miles from the scene OF the ac-
cident. Young Frontheiser confess
ed having placed the distractions on
the track. Tbs spot chosen was one
where the engineer could not see a
distance of fifty yards ahead The
Instructions were large stones Sc
curely tasted with rails. He also con
fessed having watched the train until
it struck the stones and saw the en-
CINE roll over and crush Matthews to
death. What motive prompted the
boy to the terrible deed IS not known.
The only evidence against the boy
seems to be his own confession.
BRADFoRD, Pa, Dec. q. - While
John McCleary, an employe of the
Roberts Company, was torpedoing 9
well near Haymaker to-day, the wei
made . Cow of oil and threw the tor
pedo out, causing its explosion The
torpedo contained forty-eight pounds
of nitro-glycerine. hcCleary started
to run as soon as he discovered the
well was about to flow. His coat
tail was cut off as smoothly as though
done by tailor His back, thigh:
and arms were lscerated by flying
pieces of stone, wood and tin, and ht
was thrown about 100 feet, bu
jumped up and continued running
until he fell from fatigue and fright
His escape from death is considered
most remarkable. The derrick wal
reduced to splinters, and windows IL
houses half mile awsy were broker
by the force of the explosion
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

EARLY last Friday morning freight
car in a westward bound train broke an
axle at ChrlstIana, a place between
Philadelphia and Lancaster city on the
main line of the Z. g. r r, which
separated the train, leaving eight or
ten cars behind, which were Iun into
by another westward bound freight
train. The western train was on the
north track and piled the detached cars
IN large wreck on the south track.
An eastward bound freight, made up OF
oil tanks, lumber and coal cars, came
laundering along Immediately after the
wreck, aud as there is sharp curve on
the road below Christisns, the engineer
did not see the wreck until be was on
it, and there was no time to put signals
out to warn him. George w. Dieffen-
derfer, the engineer of the east bound
train, and his fireman, Samuel Craig,
had only sight of the wreck before
them when they dashed into 1t, produ
cing a collision which was tremendous
in all its effects The engine of the
east train was thrown of the track,
rolling considerable distance before it
stopped. aud coal oil and lumber cars
were piled up on each other, the oil be-
coming ignited, and instantly there was
fame along the track such as was
never seen in that locality before. The
Lancaster city FIRE department sent fire
engines to the scene OF the wreck TO
put out the FIRE. The bodies of Dleffen-
derfer and Craig we're got out of the
wreck, but the men we're SO badly hurt
that they both died before they got to
Harrisburg, where they both lived.
Craig was unmarried, but Defender.
fer leaves a wife and two children.
George Frownfelter, resident of Har-
risburg but native of Perry county.
a brakeman, who had been on the road
only about two weeks, was also killed
and his body consumed in the fire. The
fire rsged all night, consuming cars:
lumber, eoal and oil.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
GENERAL ITEMS.

Boston is the home of 203 women
worth a million dollars each.
Buffalo bones are industriously
collected in Texas now. They sell at
the railway stations at S12 ton
4. Harman shot and killed negro
few nights ago, at Memphis, Tenn,
whom he caught in the act of rob
bing his stable.
A young man named Cavasos, his
bride and her mother were murdered
on the Mexican frontier Of Texas on
the 21st Of December, 1881.
Harry Thompson was fatally in
iured on the 22nd ult., by the burst
ing of a grindstone at the American
Shear Works. in Woodbury., Mass.
Dr. j. c. Still:nan, of North Pow
nal, Vt, was killed a few days ago
by his horse running away while be-
ing driven from Bennington to his
home.
Mormonism finds few converts in
London. but the doctrine takes well
in the provinces, fifteen hundred con-
verts having been made In England
since August last.
A Williamsburg, New York, veter-
mary surgeon has discovered that the
cows in that locality are affected by a
strange disease, and the sale of the
milk is prohibited. There are seven
ty-fve cows affected and quarantined
at present.
Nicholas Longworth, of the Gin
cinnati bar, had for his first case the
defense of a horse-thief For his fee
he reluctantly accepted thirty-three
acres of land. The land is still
owned by Mr. Longworth, and, being
in the heart of Cincinnati, is worth
S2,O0O,OOO.
All the prisoners confined in the
jail at fernando, Miss, escaped some
nights ago. Among the number was
Ed. Nelms, cClored, under sentence
of death for the assassination of
Rufus Armistead in July, 1850.
Stewart, the notorious train rob
Der, incendiary and bank robber, has
been arrested at Houston, Texas. II
is said he robbed the Chicago and
Alton train of $4,000. Detectives
have been looking for Stewart seven
years. He will be taken t. Kansas
City, where ten indictments stand
against him.
Four students at Wacousta, Wis.
stole a farmers gate. The college
faculty condemned them to expulsion,
or the alternative of whatever pun
ishment the farmer might infict He
sentenced them to chop four cords of
his wood and deliver it to a poor
widow. They did it to the music of
band and the plaudits of crowd
that watched the operation.
The law will not permit the killing
of deer in South Jersey for four years
to come. There will probably be
very little difficulty in keeping the
law
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
AUDITORS NOTICE.

Assigned Estate Of Isaac HalfGeman.
TSHE undersigned, Auditor, appointed by
l. the Court of Common Pleas of Juniata
county, to make distribution Of the balance
in the hands of John II. Meyer. Assignee of
Isaac Haltdeman, on his account, confirmed
by the Court on the seventh day of Decem-
Der, A. ID. 1881, TO wit, the sum of S1S3 .56,
hereby gives notice that he will meet all
parties interested or having claims against
said fund for the purposes of his appoint
ment at his Office in the borough of Mifiiin-
town, on FRIDAY, the eth day of JAN
UARY, A. ID. 1882. between the hours of
10 O'Clock ". and O'Clock P. NJ, when
and where all persons having claims against
said fund must present them or be forever
barred.
JEREMIAH LYONS, Auditor.
Jam a. lSS5
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

The Southern statesmen OF the
school of the Lost Cause are now
indulging in a piece of prediction
relative to Yankeeland. They say
that retribution will in the course Of
two generstions overtake the New
Englanders' children. The sins of
the fathers will be visited on tho chill
dren. They blame the New England
er for the abolition of slavery. This
institution of slavery being abolish
ed, the cotton manufactures viii
gradually be moved to The southern
cotton field, and thereby the sboli-
ton of the Yankees manufactlU-
ing establishments in a great mea-
sure will be broken up. Norfolk,
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and
New Orleans, they say, ars to be the
commercial and financial csnters OF
the continent, and Yankeeland is to
be g barren waste.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

IT is natural to presume that there
will be more than the usual amount
of courting and flirting in admins
tration circles at Washington, con-
sidering the fact that President Ar
thur himself is a widower his Post
Master General, Howe, is widower
his Secretary of the Treasury, Folger,
is a widower, and the Associate JUS
tee if the United States, Gray, is a
bachelor. The administration under
such a state Of circumstances may
ind delight in reading Shakespeare S
Loves Labor Lost.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

In District township, Berks coun-
ty, q number of men that were rap
idly losing money by paying assess
ments on speculative life insurance
policies held a meeting to publicly
burn their policies. One of the par
ties held policies to the amount Of
S25, 200. A brass band had been en-
gagged for the occasion to furnish the
music. The policies were strung to-
gether and fastened to q pole that
had been set in the ground, and when
all things were ready little daugh
ter Of one of the chief, policy holders
set fire to the policies and they were
soon consumed to ashes. The mss
ter of ceremony shouted, '.Hands all
round. and hundred OF more of the
assembly joined hands and danced
around the pole. After the policies
were burned a grand supper was par
taken of, and dance participated in
till late at night
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
STATE ITEMS.

A white pheasant was shot near
Greensburg.
The Agricultural Society of Ches-
ter county has debt of S12,600.
A panther was recently seen In Clay
township. Huntingdon county.
Prisoners In the Cambria county
jail claim that they see q ghost every
night
Sixty-one trout streams in this State
have been stocked by the Fish Com
nissioners.
A child of Benjamin Bleacher, lir-
ing in Providence township, Lancas-
ter county, few days since while
asleep swallowed half grown mouse
A pretended Presbyterian minister,
giving the name of j. L. Listner, and
hailing from Ohio, has been sent to
the workhouse in Pittsburg for six
months as fraud.
The skull of man has been found
in the ruins of the barn ON the farm
of Arthur A. Warren, in Chester
county, which was burned few days
ago. 1t is believed that George Sou
ley, an old man, who had charge of
the farm, was in the building at the
time it was destroyed.
Thomas Shay, of Nanticoke, Lu-
zerne county, has been made crazy by
Improbable investments in specula-
tive insurance policies.
James Murray has been arrested in
Harrisburg for attempting an out
rage upon a twelve-year-old girl.
W. L. Crooks, of Oil City, shot
and killed i50 pound buck on Cher
ry Run on Friday a week with gun
loaded with bird shot.
Mrs. Ann Feeney, of WilkesbaTe,
was found on fire in her house on
Saturday night a week. She died
soon afterward. The cause of the
fire is mystery.
The Mayor of Reading few days
since sentenced James Welsh, alias
John Smith, to Jail for drunkenness.
1t has since transpired that Welsh is
the executor of $4,000 estate in
Beilefonte, and is badly wanted there
to sign important papers.
Everette, Bradford county, is moved
by an immense religious revival,
which has brought nearly the whole
population to profess conversion.
John Higgins shot Susan Harper's
COW because the animal ate his tur
nips in a field near Mauch Chunk,
! and Susan has shot at John several
times as retaliation.
Irving H. Keyser, a printer, ran
away with Mrs. Jennings, of Brad
ford, and when they got as far as FL
mira he became SO drunk and unruly
that she had him arrested and put to
jail.
A telegram from Pittsburg says i:
James W. Miller, the prisoner who
escaped from the penitentiary on
Thursday by secreting himself in a
shoe box, is still at liberty. Two ex-
convicts, named Charles A. Street,
alias Aims, and W. H. Robinson, have
been arrested for aiding and abetting
him in his escape. On their persons
were found papers and diagrams of
various places throughout western
Pennsylvania, which they intended to
rob. 1t is thought that these parties
are members of the gang which has
been operating so successfully in
western Pennsylvania and eastern
Ohio for the past few months
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

BENJAMIN Z. SHELDON, a church dea-
con, a Sabbath-school man, In the
town of Bristol. Vermont, fell in love
with a girl of II years of age, one of
his pupils in his Sabbath school class.
The girl was in love with the deacon.
and on Christmas day the lovers
eloped, the deacon leaving wife and
two daughters behind. Sheldon had
sold the most of his property during
the early part Of the winter, and con
verted it into available paper. 1t is
now believed that he sold his proper
ty with the object of running away
with his Sabbath-school pupil.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
AUDITORS NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court Of JsBiata County.
In the Estate of George Botteiger, decd.
VNHE undersigned, appointed Auditor by
1 the Orphans CoHrt of Junista county
to audit, settle, AZ jnst snd report distribu-
ton OF the fund ia the hands of Jonathan
Botteiger. Executor of said estate, hereby
gives notice that he will attend to the duties
Of his appointment at his office in the bor-
ough of Miffiintown, on
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1882,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. N. and
O'Clock P. NJ. of said day, when and where
all persons interested will present their
claims or be forever debarred from coming
in on said fund.
A. J. PATTERSON, Auditor.
Dec. 20, 1881.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

THREE jury fxers have been fixed
10 Philadelphia. One goes to the pen
itentiary for six years, another goes to
prison one year, and third one pays a
fine of one hundred dollars 1t is but
justice to the Philadelphia Times to say
that it was the journal shat directed
the white light of public scrutiny to fall
into the jury box in the city of Broth
erly Love, and hence the detection OF
the greatest Of crimes in the admins
tration of justice among men. 1t is
possible that the jury fxer is not con-
6ned in his operations to criminal cases.
and may be found at work outside Of
Philadelphia courts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

as well hang me up OUTSIDE ana teu
the mob to shoot at me. I tell you
Craising his voice almost to shrek
God Almighty would curse you. sir,
if 1 was put in that dock and shot
You miserable wretch, you
Mr.. Porter Qay;ng his hand dra-
matically on Mr.. Corkhills shoulder
and speaking slowly)-That imputa
ton against this gentleman, Just as
vile as the obscene charges of the
prisoner. calls for vindication. From
the beginning of this trial the Dis
trict Attorney has observed spirit OF
fairness, of honor, of clemency, of
forhearanee toward the prisoner, un-
exampled in any State trial reported
in history He has shown fidelity
to his public duties, the fruits OF
which will come when your Honor
shall deliver your charge and the
American people, as represented by
that jury, shall have an opportunity
10 rsnl.r = verdict.
The prisoner-You and the Amer
lean people don't agree on that Por-
| ter.
MIR. Porter-The prisoner, with an
audacity and effrontery which spares
neither man nor God has chosen to
put himself in the position OF CON
trolling bis own trial; defying that
authority to which he will soon learn
ss submit. In regard to the position
taken BY Mr.. Corkhill, l entirely con-
cur with him, whatever the sonse-
queues to the prisoner. II be had in
his hand that bulldog pistol from
which he sent the bullet which asssssi-
mated the President when your Honor
prouounces your decision bis practice
ct the river would enable him to aim at
your heart and you would be in the
agonies Of death. Once publicly, when
one Of US was bowed down BY an AZ
Fiction such ss come. to rs rarely In
life, the other members OF this jury
we're menaeed BY this man. One OF
these jurors Was threatened with new
.sinspiration" by which he should die
before this case comes TO On end. The
time has now come when the law must
make its appearance in this Court room,
and when . man who pretends to be q
maniac shall no longer sit at the conn
sci table and exercise privilege, which
YOU would accord to TO member Of the
American Bar.
The assassin Was then placed in the
dock.
A plaster cast of Guiteau's head was
brought into Court and handed to . wit
ness. He said on the subject of the
shape of the heads Of the insane, that
he had in his insane asy lum insane per
sons with very symmetrical heads, and
kne. plenty Of sane people with very
Ill shaped heads. Witness did not bs
lieve Gulteau bad been feigpiug ipsan-
ity 10 .he Court House, but thought he
had exaggerated his natural character
istics of egotlsm, vauity, insolence and
audacity.
EFFECT OF AN OFFICE
DR.. Gray said that be had examined
the prisoner in Jail. I" asked the
prisoner the question, Suppose the
President had offered You the Pari:
consulship during the time you were
rejecting upon the subject Of removir &
him q aud he replied, 'Well, ths'
would have settled the matter, l should
have taken the position and ieft.'"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

THIS is a queer world, or rather
the people in it are queer. Some
men run away with other men wives,
and some women run away with other
wives men; but the other day the
queerest occurrence took place in
Philadelphia, A wife left her hus-
band, and forthwith the husband
went and hanged himself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

An American named Cosbin has
ship scheme On foot that proposes to
cross the Atlantic ocean in SIX days,
starting at the lower end of Long
Island, and landing at Milford Haven,
New South Wales. To make the dis
tance named the steamers will have
to travel 463 miles a day.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

SfoUAT, a Philadelphian, who alter
ed a tally sheet in the February cleo
ton of 1889 was brought into court
and pleaded guilty, and was sentenced
to undergo an Imprisonment OF two
years in the county jail and pay costs
of prosecution and fine of $1,000
hIouat, in the presence of the cleo
ton board. counted the tickets for q
certain Office and then changed the
figures an the tally and return papers
to a less number than had been fixed
by the board There are men in Milf
fintown that say they can lay their
hands on men in Juuiata that have
changed primary election returns.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

THERE are unobtrusive guards about
the White House all the time to
guard President Arthur Hang Gui-
teau, and the shadow of a strong
Government that has hovered over
the Republic since the 2nd of last
July will quickly vanish. Thousands
of lives were sacrificed to save the
Republic from the embrace OF rebel
lion. It is the weakest of sentimen.
tality to stop at the life of such a
human dog as Guiteau. When the
shadow of destruction to the Repub-
lie is cast by such human wretch 1t
is an humiliation to hear lawyers ex
press a desire to have him spared
nom the fate Of the murderer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

TIE North .4merrcan says: THE
popular Indignation at the outrageous
judicial farce daily enacted at the
Guiteau tria! in Washington seems
NATURALLY enough to extend to Eng
land, where the greatest surprise is
expressed at the spectacle of an as
sassin on trial for the murder of q
President OF the Republic being al
lowed to usurp the entire control Of
the court, to insult witnesses to con-
vert everything into mere jest, and
to conduct the trial to suit himself" 8"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
How to Stir Them Up.

To stir up bull, faunt a red rag
in front of him. TO stir up an in
dependent, say Don Cameron To
stir up Guiteau, say murder, or he
was not insane. To stir up the Tr'
buue, say boss, common schools, or
jury wheel To stir up the Herald,
say Schweier- Schweyer. To stir up
the half-breeds, say Grant. To stir
up the traders, say mule To stir up
the Greenbackers, say hard money.
To stir up the Democracy, say high
tariff and JEFF Davis.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04
EASTWARD Fasr Trans.
TYRONE DIVISION.

Trains leave Tyrone for Bellefonte and
Lock Haven at 8 80 a m, : 80 pm. Lssvs
Tyrone fer Curwensville and Clearield ar
905 an, 7 50 pm.
Trains leave Tyrone for Warriors Marx,
Penn.ylvsnia Furnace and Scotia at : 40 q
m and ! % IN.
Trains arrive at Tyrone from Bellefonts
and Lock Maven at So m, and 25 N.
Trains arrive at Tyrone from Curwens-
vile and Clearfield at As am, and 5spm.
Trains arrive at Tyrone from Sco,is, War
riors Mark and Pennsylvania Furnace at II
S. m, at 5 4S . M.
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Adn,inistrator,s Notice.

Estate Of Jacob F. Smith, deceased.
I ETTERS of Administration on the es-
IL tate of Jacob +. Smith, late of Walker
township, Juniata county, Pa, deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment, and those
having claims or demands, will make known
the same without delay.
JOHN P. SMITH,
Dec. 81, 1881. Administrator.
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Administrator,s Notice.

Estate Of Wesley -4ndrsiOs, deceased.
NHEREAS Letters of Administration d.
w b. n, having been granted to the un-
dersigned on the estate OF Wesley Andrews,
deceased, late of Fayette township. Juniata
county, all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims Will please present
them without delay to
LEWIS DEGEN,
Nov. %, 1881. Administrator.
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Administrator,s Notice.

Estate Of John Hickman, deceased.
I ETTERS Of Administration having been
IL granted to the undersigned on the es-
tate of John Hickman, deceased, late of
Fayette township, Juniata cOrnty, all per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment, and those hav-
ing claims against the same will present
them without delay to
JACOB HICKMAN,
Dec. q, 1881. Administrator
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

In our family of ten. for over two
years Parker's Ginger Tonic has cured
headache, malaria, and in fact all other
complaints so satisfactorily that We
are in excellent health and no ex-
pense for doctors or other medicines.
Chronicle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-01-04

The Panama canal, that European
governments seem to take such q
lively interest in, is question that is
thrust upon the Arthur administra-
ton. Tie President and his admin
istration will doubtless be equal to
the occasion.