Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-04-26
GENERAL ITEMS

Lord Houghton, now recovering from
. shock of paralysis at Athens once
ssid. when asked why he had not visit
cd the United States; al aw afraid to
60, because l might never want to
come home again"
A dispatch from Little rock Ark
says "Early on the morning of the l7rb
inst, Fifty convicts tried to escape from
the camp at Fourche creek. Eight
succeeded IN passing the guards, one
was killed instantly, two we're badly
wounded and the remaining five are be-
ing hunted down by bloodhounds and
guards with shot guns"
Several days ago on top OF the moun-
tain west of Highland Faces, N. Y,
Napoleon Rose, aged thirty, and boy
were blown to pieces while making giant
powder. The cause of the explosion is
unknown. Fragments Of their bodies
were found scattered over considerable
area and in the trees.
The Savannah .Neus says. A gen.
! tleman, while out hunting wild turkeys
in the vicinity Of Hardeeville a few
days since shot at very fine gobbler
which he bad allured, by yelping, to
within reasonable disrancej. using his
breech- loading rifle. After the report
the gobbler stood still a second and
then spread his wings and slowly soar
ed away. Surprised at this, and con-
6dent that he had struck the turkey,
the sportsman hastened forward to the
spot aud, examining around, discovered
oa the ground q numter of feathers,
which he picked up and examined close
ly. Concealed in the feathers Was the
rife ball, fattened and with piece Of
flesh ciipging to it. Knowing from this
that the turkey had been badly hurt.
he followed quickly and found the bird
bad fallen dead to the ground several
hundred yards distant from where be
was shot. An examination Of the body
revealed the fact that the ball had pas
sed entirely through the breast barely
missing the heart, and Knocked the
feathers off the opposite side, falling
with them The shot was fred at con-
siderable distance and it is presumed
that the force was nearly spent when t
passed through the bird, and hence
dropped to the ground with the feathers
it tore away.
Several poisoned dogs we're thrown
into the Oconee river at Milledgeville,
Ca, the other day and the citizeDs are
now refusing to buy feb caught out Of
the river.
1t is said that bank checks and money
to the amount of nearly a million OF
dollars have been stolen from mails be-
tween Colorado and New York since
last December.
An alligator tEeuty inches loug ras,
found in the rock Being taken out OF TIE
new Weehawken tunnel 1t was found
at the depth of 165 feet.
O1e Chicago firm which cans and
cures meats, kills snd packs $1,000
cattle and 100000 hogs year.
While a uan was sitting in the crotch
Of tree to saw off limb at Saginaw,
Miob., the crotch split az the limb fell,
letting him down into the opening aud
then closing on bin. 1t took an hour
of choppipg and prying 10 get him out
of the trap, and several of his RIBS we're
broken by the squeezing.
There is a western story to the sffec,
that wealthy farmer living near La
Sale, ILL.,, has prepared for his death
By purchasing all the parapherualia re-
quiste for his interment The coffin in
which he is to be buried lies under bis
bed, and the shroud is carefully slowed
away.
Lewiston, Me-, with population of
1908, has 2l9 retail liquor shops of
different kinds A dr,m shop to every
eighty inhabitants
General Hancock is avery early ris
er, and it is said, gets up at 4 o'clock
to enjoy sunrise walk, the only time
in the whois twentyty- -four hours, as
he expresses it, "when folks will let
him alone and give him time to think :"
John Miller bought a planning mill
at Dunkirk. Ohio, a month ago. He
lost finger the first week, two fingers
the second, and the whole hand the
third The mill is now fer sale.
Last Friday AZ head of short horned
cattle we're sold At auction, at Chicago
for nearly S4S, 900; one COW sold for
S3,525.