Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21

Sin maintains his reputation.
Culiin Haynes, his wife and two
children residing at Topton, Berks
county, were poisoned by eating bo-
logna sausage purchased in the village.
They all became very sick and ono
child died in great agony. The others
are now thought to be out of danger.
One of the peculiarities OF the ju-
biee of the Richmond Democrats
was the appearance in the line Of pa
rade of club Of colored Democrats
ninety strong. The procession il
said to have been stoned by colored
men who were disgusted at this spec
tacle.
Mr.. Hallet Kilbourn, of the Wash
Ington Real Estate Pool, claimed
$3.50, 900 as damages for false i'm.
prisonment by the order of the
House Of Representatives, extending
through forty-five days; and
Washington jury gave q verdict of
$50, 900 in his favor.
Carlisle will be elected. I am a
Presbyterian: believe in foreordi-
nation, predestination. the preserva-
ton of the saints, and that whatever
is to be will be, whether it ever hap
pens or not 1: and 1 tell you Carlisle
will be elected. He ought to be e.
lected, you see. and 1 think he will
be.-Joe Blackburn.
On Thursday, the 9Th inst, q
wing of the State House at Madison,
Wis, collapsed, owing to defective
masonry. Nearly thirty workman
were busy upon the wing, when it
gave way, of whom four we're killed,
the others being, almost without ex-
cetion. more or less seriously injured.
The catastrophe caused the great
est excitement
The fire in Savannah DESTROYED 312
houses. The city has not been Wis
tied with confagation SO disastrous
since 1920, when 463 houses were
burned, entsiling a loss Of $4,000
900. In 1855 229 houses we're burned,
larger proportion, having in view
the total number of houses, than
were destroyed by any other fire that
ever devastated the town.
All of thirteen New Yorkers who
sat down to dim or on November 13,
1882, to defy superstition, again din
ed together on Tuesday evening,
November Ii. On the left of each
guests plate WAS a gravestone bear
ing the wine list, upon its right a
coffin with the dinner list on it,
while the ghsstly spectacle was illu-
minated by thirteen black candles.
A fellow at nigh let all the pigs
out of the pen Of Farmer Pyle, Of
Chelsea Delaware county, and
drove them up and down the road
until they lay down from exhaustion.
Then he called Farmer Pyle out,
and, having a wagon, kindly offered
to haul the pigs to the pen. The
farmer helped the generous stranger
to put the pigs into the wagon.
Then the fellow drove of, leaving
Mr. Pyle to mourn the loss Of his
porkers.
Another terrible accident occurred
in the yard of the New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio Railway at Mead
vile, by which Martin 7. Cooney, a
brakeman, was instantly killed. Coon
ey was in the act of coupling two fiat
cars loaded with timber, the ends of
which extended over the ends of the
cars, and as the cars came together
his head was caught between the pro
jections and crushed out of shape
He was twenty-three years old and
unmarried.
INDIANA. Pa. November 12.-At
west Lebanon, twelve miles south
west from here, on SATURDAY. evening
Joseph Sarber shot his father twice,
first in the arm and again through
the head killing him instantly. He
then entered the house and told
Mary Kelly, the housekeep, that he
had killed his father and would kill
her. He then shot her in the arm
and face, inficting probably fatal
wounds. Sarber fed but was cap
tured and lodged in Jail yesterday.
He denies the crime, but the evil
dence against him is overwhelming.
Shenandoah, q town of 10000
inhabitants in Schuylkill county, this
State, was devastated by fire on the
18th inst. Eight squares of houses
were burned. The fire broke out at
noon, in the United States hotel, a
large three-story frame structure,
corner of Main and Centre streets.
The wind was blowing a hurricane at
the time, which continued during the
afternoon. The building was soon
enveloped in flames which conmuni-
Gated to the adjoining building north
of Centre street. The flames then
communicated with q block on the
opposite side of the street, and at 8
O'Clock sixteen street fronts were de
stroyed, including the United States
hotel, Odd Fellows hall, Academy Of
Music, the Herald Office row and
opera house, Mining Herald and Sat
urday Evening News Office Assis-
tance was telegraphed for, which wss
responded to from Pottsville, Ash
land, Girardville, Tamaqua, Mahon-
noy CITY and other places. Over two
hundred and fifty families are home
less, having lost everything. The
loss is variously estimated at from
$750,0O0 to S1,000,000.