Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-17
ITEMS.

The Schultz well in the Warren oil
region, of which great thugs we're ex-
pected, is reported to be a failure.
In consequence of the depression in
the silk trade at Meco,eshald, England,
a number of emigrants have proceeded
to Paterson, New Jersey.
Twenty-Five members OF the Sharp
less family have subscribed S2500 to-
ward history of the family, which is
to be written BY Gilbert Cope, of West
Chester.
1t seems that the oldest mason is
dead. Seth Dewing was his name be
died at Welleslee, n. Y; he was %
years old and had been a master mason
for 72 years
Lynchburg, Va, January S.-Small
pox is raging, at Salem, Roanoke Co,
80 cases have already been reported
Roanoke and Wytheville towns have
been quarantined against Salem other
towns are considering the question of
quarantining also. Roanoke college
has been suspended, and the students
have gone home. The public schools
have also closed and business is at a
stspdstill
Two OHIO farmers sold their seasons
crop of hogs in Dubuque, and were
spending some of the money in a ss-
loon, where drinking match was
made. The contest lasted an hour,
aud ended in draw. On their way
home one of them fell out of the wagon
dead.
Fourteen persons have died in New
York city hotels since July from blow
ing out the ga. instead of turning 1t of
A woman at Kingston, New Mexico,
gets praise for erecting E log cabin
without help. She cut the logs, haul
cd them, made the shingles for the Roof
and put the structure together She
has husband, who takes care of the
children
One Of the characteristics Of insane
persons is the love Of finery for,persop-
al sdornment, Conversely. you may
have noticed that editors always dress
with extreme simplicity-Lowell Cit
zen.
The national board Of health is ad-
vised that during the last two months
5000 people at Capetown, South Afri-
ca, have been attacked By the small
pox, and 2,400 hav. died. All efforts
to check the disease have proved una
vsiliug, owing to the opposition of the
negroes to Vaccination.
LEwIsBURG, Pc, January l.-Mr.
William BuckneIl to-day handed to the
Board Of Trustees of the university
here bis check for Sl00, 900, ,ncludlne
his own subscription of $50, 900, uhioh
YES made on condition that $4,000
more was secured, thus making the sum
first named. This sum is to be invest
ed for the endowment fund Of the uni
versity, which will then consist oI
$500, 900, besides property valued al
over 500, 900. clear of all incumbrance
which, including the scholarships Of
the Education Society, will produc,
an annual income of over $4,000.
Mr.. Wimper, of Cbsttooga, Ga, i,
the father of thirty children.
James Sinclair, aged fifteen wears, i.
six feet three inches high and weighs
one hundred and ninety-tvo pounds
He lives in Breckenridge county, Ken
tucky.
! On Monday afternoon a week al
eleven.yesr old daughter of Perry Coor
Of Mercer county, met with singula
and fatal accident. She was eaterip;
the house by a window, when the sas'
fell upon her neck and hung her.
Tcn-pound turnips arc seen frequep.
, ly around SuTsterville, Florida.
Joel Texten, a wealthy farmer O
Lebanon county, believe in white horse
, and cows and black sheep. He hs
thirty-hve white horses, fifty white COW
and over 100 black sheep.
Serious consequences resulting from
rapturous kiss have recently come Il
light in Vienna. A pretty young cir
presented herself at clinic of one @
the hospitals for examination, explain
ing that size had suddenly and unac
countably become deaf in one ear
!, One of the faculty began to question
! her as to the circumstances immedi
J ately attending the appearance of be
:. deafness. After much hesitation, an
u With many bushes, :he girl at last cor
fessed that whep her lover returne
after long absence he took her arm
and pressing his mouth to her ear, con
ferred upon that organ most intens
3 and vigorous kiss At that instant sh
e felt sharp pain, and has beeen des
b ever since. The professor made q
& examination and found that the drur
of the ear had actually been ruptureG
rs and there is no reason to doubt tha
., the kiss did it.
= Geo. Linder, Mt. Carmel, Pa, saw
~ any wife has used Browns Iron Bitters f.
nervous headache and has been greatly r,
lieved."