Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-09-10
Items.

Items.
The fact that a County Surveyor in
Schuykiil was to be elected this fall
was overlooked bv both the Democratic
and Republican Conventions.
General Bob Toombs, of Georgia,
says he would rather be Governor Of
the internal regions than of New York.
New Workers would also prefer it that
way.-New York Times.
Hannah Leib, an aged and infrm
woman, of Pottsville, has petitioned the
court to compel her five prosperous sons
to support her. An order on them was
granted and the case will have a hear
ing.
The Council of South Bethlehem is
unable 10 ascertain the names of the
owners of lots on East Fourth street,
in that borough, and they will be prob
ably sold for unpaid taxes unlessthe
owners come forward.
Matthew Mellern, an old and we'll
known farmer of West Franklin town
ship, Armstrong county, was caught in
the belt of a tbreshing machine on
Monday, September lsr, and had an
arm torn off and his body terribly man
gled. He died in few minutes.
BURLINGTON, Vermont, September
S.-The house stands, republicans l22.
pemocrats II, indepenents 2 sndgreen-
back 3. Hiram Atkins, chairman OF the
democratic state committee, says the re-
publican majority is 20, 900. The re-
publican representatives are greater In
number than in 1880.
WASHINGTON, September 3.-The
Womans National Equal Rights party
at its convention held recently in San
Francisco, nominated Mrs. Belva A.
Lockwood, of this city, for president of
the United States To-day Mrs Lock-
wood forwarded to the president of the
convention her letter of acceptance.
A dispatch from Hamburg, Berks
county, says that ffteen-acre field
containing an excellent crop of clover
on the farm of Abraham Winters was
recently visited by dense swarm of
grasshoppers. Within a few days the
crop was entirely eaten up, and the
field presents brown appearance with
scarcely trace of living vegitatlon re-
naming.
An old man named Joseph Kelly, g.
siding in an Allegheny county village,
drew out of bank recently $500. This
came to the knowledge of two tramps
who caught him as he was sitting in his
doorway, bound and gagged him and
searched the house, but found only
Sis, which they took, and left after
threatening to knife him if be made any
outcry.
On the 2Sth day of last August a
yourg peddler of Titusville was attack
ed a few miles from Pleassntville, Pa,
BY two masked men aud beaten and
robbed of $50, the only money be had
on bis person. He was found by the
driver of mail wagon. The woods
we're secured for the criminels who,
when caught, proved TO be the sons of
respectable farmers in the commu nifty
Tolarno's injuries are very serious.
WILLKEsBARRE, Sept. 4.-Henry
Zorgorowiski, the Hungarian, who stab
bed his daughter-in- law, near Hazleton
on Monday night, and then attempted
to kill himself, was found yesterday
morning hanging to tree, half mile
from his home, whittier be had been tax
en- by a party of masked Hungarians
and lynched. The excitement is intense,
this being the first lynching that has ev-
er taken place in this county.
A terrible story comes from Shrews-
bury, Province of Quebec, which will
long be remembered'in that village. A
short distance from Shrewsbury there
resides farmer named Leblanc, a
French Canadian. On leaving home a
few MORNINGS ago to work in the woods,
be told his wife to send their daughter,
who was twelve years old, with his din
ner at noon. Alter waiting until 3
o'clock in the afternoon, he concluded
to 90 home as no dinner had arrived.
He shouldered his gun and started, but
before he had gone far be noticed an
immense bear apparently eating some
thing. He watched it for a moment and
fred, missing his mark. While reload
ing be could see that it was a human
being the bear was devourins. He then
rushed up to within easy gunshot, dis
charging bis rife into the bear, which
rolled over to reveal the body of his lit
tie daughter, dis6gured almost beyond
recognition. The flesh had been torn of
her legs and face, while she still held in
her little hand the TIN can containing
her fathers dinner.