Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-07-26
GENERAL ITEMS.

A calf from the jersy COW Beauty
owned by John Patterson, of Ches
ter county, Was recently sold TO
S2500.
A crow alighted in swamp neal
Norristown a few days since, wher
swapping turtle seized upon his les
and held him until man captured
both of them.
A tramp who was allowed to sleeI
in the house of Henry Miller, in Hun
tingdon county, robbed the honse o
its yaluables during the night
A party of New York capitalists ha,
purchased four acres of ground neal
Lehightop, Carbon county, upon which
a factory will be erected to manufact
ure fuel from coal dust.
Three men belonging to show com
pany sat in box car near Ly kens
Dauphiu county, with their legs dang
ling out at the door. In passing sid
ing on which cars were standing th,
foot of one was caught aud all three
thrown out, one being killed and tht
ether two badly bruised.
A Western circus manager arranged
TO have a wax baby dropped from q
second story window IN every town
in which his show visited just in time
to be caught BY one of mis- athletes.
The performance was successful several
times, and crowds went to see the hero
of the rescue, until the newspapers ex-
posed the trick.
The Kansas City Tunes, says; Near
Mexico, No, q mammoth tree was fell.
ed on the farm Of Charles Cowsn. 1t
measured nine feet through nesr the
ground, was ITO feet high, the first
limb growing out at height thirty
feet from its base and is thought to be
at least 800 years old The wood wss
made up into 500 rails, 500 fence posts
besides ten dords of frewood. By its
fall twelve squirrels and one raccoon
were killed. Thi, is the largest tree
that ever grew IN that section.
A bitter and relentless war has been
declared on the part Of the farmers
against the invading army worm in New
jersey, near Helmdel . few days age
the owners of farm hastily dug q
trench across the track Of the pests,
which was soon filled With struggling
mas Kerosene was thel poured in
aud set on fire, but the advancing hosts
marched on until the last of the line
had been consumed, and the crop ot
corn, which would otherwise have been
entirely destroyed, was saved. Auoth-
er farmar in the saue vicinity scattered
straw 10 advance of the worms, which
was also saturated with kerosene and
set on fire, and succeeded in saving his
corn.
The following is related by the
South Carolina Calhoun Tunes, about
two weeks sgo Mr.. Mr. Smith, living a
few miles of Calhoun, Georgia, on the
Oostanauls river, lost heifer aud as
it WAS fine stock made diligeot search
but could not find it. A few days age
party of young men fishing on the
river were attracted by the smell of q
dead CARCASS, and upon examining the
cause, 10 and behold, they found g
monster catfish, which bad swallowed
the calf, aud the horus Of the calf be-
coming entsngIed in the 6sh's giIls bad
drowned the fish, The fish measured
exactly twenty three feet and seven in
cbes in length and was five feet eighl
and one quarter inches across the head
and from the length of its wbiskers sup
posed to be one hundred and seventeen
years old.
A Florida paper relates the follow.
ing; A strange sad accident lately be
fell a La Grange boy in Florida
Charles heard had shot water turkey
and not knowing the vicious character
of the fowl when wounded went for bi.
game. L. showed fight and plucked
out one of MIR Heard's eyes 10 the en-
counter. The other eye is now affected
aud MIR. Heard is in Atlanta for treat.
meut.
The Philadelphia Record of last Thursday
says. One of the largest and finest collec
tions Of Jersey cattle that has ever beer
offered at public sale in this country wen
under the hammer yesterday at Hcrkness
Bazeer. There was large attendance, ant
the bidding was spirited. There were in all
So head disposed of-60 cows and % calve'
The average for cows was s457 -5s; for calvel
Sis705. The highest price paid $3.50 for q
Coomassie heifer, . years old, and the pre-
MUM calf, two month old, brought 500.