Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-04-12
GENERAL ITEMS.


all established since 1917.
James Edgar and wife, of Guernsey conn
ty, Ohio, died few days ago within few
hours Of each other, he being eiehty-eisht
and she eighty-fo years Of age. They
were married in 1918, and had sften ex-
pressed the wish to die tegsther. The day
before their death the sssd husband said he
would 20 first, and she assured him that she
would soon follow. They were buried in
the same grave.
Mr.. James Olm.tead and wife, of Wheeler,
Steuben county, Ohio, celebrated the six
tieth anniversary of their marriage . few
days ago, upon the farm where they have
spent sill their married life. Their five chill
dren-one son and foar rdaughters-were all
present, and children's children to the
fourth generation.
William Warren, aged a years, q mould
er employed at Neriden, Conn.,, laid down
on the railroad track On Saturday night,
while drunk, and was killed BY the wash
ington night express train near Berlin.
Philip C. Hubbell, 30 years old, commit
ted suicide at New York on Saturday by
swallowing . dose Of laudanum.
Senator Logan, of IIlinsis. Is laid up at
81. Louis with rheumatism. He had rsach-
ed that city ea route for the Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
The ay-wheel Of . saving machine broke
at Smiths Falls, Ont, ea Saturday, and
John Murphy was killed BY . piece Of the
wheel striking him.
From st. Paul, Minn., comes scsuraging
news about the grain crops this season,
while the prospects in Georgia and South
Carolina were never better than ct present.
An idle rumor in circulation on Saturday
| to the effect that Governor Cfittenden, Of
Missouri, bad been assassinated by members
of the James gang, in revenge for Jesse
James murder, created momentsry nutter
Of excitement, but WAS suthoritAtively con-
| fradicted.
The; person arrested few days since at
st. Louis on suspicion of being old man
Bender, proves to be s reputable citizen Of
Fort Scott, and he has been released.
A north-bounG train on the Gulf, Color
aio and Santa Fe Railroad was boarded by
masked robbers near Cleburne on Friday
night, and the passengers were all robbed.
The thieves then jumped from the train
and escaped.
The Rev. Lorenzo Barber, of Troy, New
York. while hunting on Saturday accident
ally shot himself while getting over fence,
and died soon atterward.
From the Memphis Appeal.
A certain boat coming up the Missis.
sippi the other day lost her way aud
bumped up against frame house. She
hadn't more than touched 1t before al
old darkey rammed his head up through
. hole 10 the roof where the chimney
once came out and yelled at the captain
on the roo:: "Whar is yer gwine wild
Cat boatt Can't you see muffin, Fust
thing yer knows yer gwine to turn dis
house ober spill de old woman an de
chil'en ont in de food an drown 'em.
Wat yer Goin' out here In de country
wid yer boat, anyhow. Go on back ysn.
der froo de CON fields an git back into
de ribber whsr yer b'longs. Amt got
no business sewn miles out in de coun
try foolin' roun' peoples houses,
nohow" and she backed out.
The only baggage of Mr.. Jones,
when be arrived At hotel in Bismarck
Dakota, was a worn, cheap looking lit
tie trunk Being called away on bis
imperative business, he left it six weeks
in the store-room. No one thought it
worth while to steal or open it. On
bis return he took out of it $4,000
worth of gold dust and nuggets. His
plan of escaping the attention of thieves
bad proved successful
The Rev George H. Austen, who
forged 4 note at Madison, Ind, and es-
capped with the money, says that be re-
solved never to preach again, as be
deemed his crime . sufficient reason
for quitting the pulpit. He went to
Texas. and engaged ir school teaching,
under an assumed name. After sever
al 10 onths, however, he was offered q
job at lecturing, and from that be went
INTO preaching again, which led to bis
Identification.
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