Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-03-01
GENERAL ITEMS.

A New York bride devoted the last few
minutes before starting on her bridal trip to
revising the proof of the newspaper account
of her wedding.
At Dallas, Texas, on Thursday colored
boy placed a can of kerosene in the stove in
mistake tor can of coffee. An explosion
followed, killing the boy and blowing the
house down.
Three foolish young fellows undertook to
dance at the grave of former young COM
panion few days ago at Lawrenceville, Ill.
The friends in attendance drove them from
the cemetery, and arrangements were sub-
sequently made to lynch them. Becoming
alarmed, the young men attempted to make
their escape in leaky boat, and after hav-
ing travelled down the river several miles
the boat sank, and they were compelled to
swim ashore. The night was cold, and
their dead bodies were found next day at
point near where they had landed.
Mrs. Sarah H Dorriss, of st. Louis,
who was murdered recently by her
vagabond grandson, was the only
woman in this country who ever made
slave trading Il business. She made
a large fortune before the war buy
ing and selling slaves, and was esti-
mated % be worth half million of
dollars.
A maiden lady of Charlotte, Mich
igan. who amassed a fortune as a mil
liner, built row of business houses
in that city which she has named
'.Old Maids Block"
Lieutenant Hayes, who lost his
life with General Custer at the time
of that fearful Indian massacre, left
two orphan sisters, who are now in
Washington in destitute circumstan-
ces. They have been making under
clothes for ten cents apiece in order
to buy bread.
While party of young men were
firing a salute at Lancaster in honor
of the Democratic victory in that city
on Tuesday week, the cannon ex
ploded, instantly killing Frank A.
Herzog and dangerously injuring
Peer Roehrich. The latter's right
leg was torn off, and he is not ex-
pected to live Both men were mar
ried.
hi-s. Elizabeth Treadwell Weston,
of ,'eenfield, n. H., celebrated her
one hundred and fourth birthday a
few days ago. She was married at
eighteen and had twelve children, of
whom four are now living. Her old
est son and his wife celebrated their
golden wedding a few years ago.
A mass of earth, weighing at least /
fifty tons, fell upon Joseph Shaffer
in the ODonnell quarry at Tredyff-
rim, Chester county, few days ago.
His whole body was covered, with |
the exception of small space over
his mouth, through which he breath
ed After thus being confined in
great agony for nearly one hour he
was released.
Marylanders are sometimes preco-
cious. A lad of seventeen and girl
of fourteen were married recently. |
The youthful bride had not long be-
fore obtained divorce from her step
father, who is sixty-fve years old.
The discovery is reported of '.rich |
gold bearing belt in Chilcot county,
British Columbia, above the sixtieth |
parallel of latitude, just back of the
Alaska line
John Wyatt was shot while resist
ing two officers in Louisville. He
of the surgeon who was
him: doctor, l will live
10 drink the milk that comes from the
COW that nips the grass off the graves
Of them fellows" But he was mis-
.ale,, for no diad within q four hours