Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-09

This is . Philadelphis local from
the Philadelphia Times of May Is,
and explains itself. A funny story
of q womsn's pluck WAS told in Judge
Allison's Court of the Quarter SEES
sion yesterday in confusion with the
prosecution of John Smith who plead
ed guilty TO having entered the dwell
ling of George Francis in the nigh
time, with intent to steal. Smith wa
about Q feet tall, robust and of appare
ntly great muscular development
Testimony Was taken to enable th,
Court to determine what degree o
punishment should be imposed.
The chief witness was Francis wife
buxom middle aged Irish woman.
Francis is German. "ln the middle
OF the night" she said, "when l was
in dhrsme, | seemed to hear gres,
noise. But l didn't mind it, for
thought it was me husband movin' his
feet. A little while afther that one oil
my o little ch.lder started up In bed
and ay.akenen. sPhwats that' says
-. 'Nothin', mommie,' says she, but
she was trimblIn' loike . leaf and seem
ed afraid to talk. So l knew some.
thin was up and it wasn't pleasant,
assure you. l looked over at my hus-
band. He was sound asleep. His fee,
were perfectly still and l knew thai
they did not make the noise.
"My little gurril was still sitting up
and trimblin and starin' hard at some
thin'in the dark. followed the coorse
of her eyes and heaven bethune US an
evil what d. you think l saw"
"Whats" asked Assistant District
Attorney Kiusey, with evident inter-
est.
"That big man in the dock, just
creeping under my bed. Did l holler!
Oh no. l quietly took hold O the
blanket, never sayin' a word and my
husband still snorin', and l waited, |,
scarcely brathin', till the man got
near enough to me, when l whipped
the blanket over his head and held him
there as uoice as you place. All, ha!
my by, says l, l have you now in a
net. Wild that be set up sich squirm.
in ans Sarugglin' l thought be would
escape me. He's q good 6 feet, as
you can see, and broad accordin', an
be was lolke q whale in q herIin net.
But l held him 10 the blanket with bis
head to the fure till my husband, wax
ened by the noise and the schramin' Of
my cbilder jumped out of bed to help
me. l gave my husband the blanket
thin, and snatchin' up my youngert ba-
by, 8 months old, l ran to the windy
and cried for help. The man and my
husband had it together The man
managed to get his head out O. the
blanket and bolted for the dure and
my husband after him. The thief
slipped on the second or third step and
tumbled all the way to the bottom.
saw an officer on the street. I CALI
ed out to him and hs came in and Ar
rested the thief. A lot of buttons and
spools of thread and other things were
found in the mans pockets, and pair
O. my husbands pan.aloons found at
his feet. That's all, but I don't want
to do any more robber catchin', while
l live, l assure you"
Mrs. Francis story was corroberat-
ed by her husband and . police officer.
Smith, who had all the while main
tanned . stony stare, declared that he
could not speak English. AL
though be had entered a plea of guilty,
he said through an interpreter that
be was . marine" and bad got into Nr.
Francis house by mistake and bad laid
dowr to sleep. He bad entered, he
said; "lhrough q window" He had
pulled Mr.. Francis trousers down with
him from q nail in the vail, be declar-
ed, when be tumbled down stairs. He
could not account for the buttons and
other things in his pocket, except upon
the theory that they had got there by
ga mistake" When the Judge told
him that bis explanation was too lame
to be accepted be broke into English
that was perhaps better than the in
terprster's. He was sent to the Eas.
tern Penitentiary for 2 years.
The Pennsylvania railroad reports
that the quantity Of coal and coke car
ried over its lines for the week ending
April IL was 227 $40 tons, of which
15S, ,57S tons were coal and 60, 271
tons coke. Of this weekly tonnage
III, ,525 tons originated on the mair
line of the Pennsylvania railroad
while the remainder originated on its
branch line. The total tonnage fol
the year thus far has been 3,6S7 ,63:
tons, OF which 9, ,74l, ,270 tons we're Goa
and GAG, ,662 coke. These figures en-
brace al coal and coke carried ovel
the road, east and west.
An attractive, youthful appearance Sc
cured by using Parker's Hair Bslsam TO al
who are getting gray.