Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-30
Items.

A Hungarian, employed in Nor
ristown rolling mill, lives in hole
in the ground under small build
ing.
Jonathan Shick, an aged resident
of Shealfer's Valley, Tyrone town
ship, Perry county, while engaged in
chopping wood one day recently
dropped over dead.
A few days ago fawn rushed
down the hill above Ironville to the
railroad bridge. just east of Tyrone,
thence down the bank to the creek
where it fell, breaking its back.
Lake Champlain is now frozen go
solidlv that it can be traversed by
teams for It's entire length. 1t was
closed by ice on the 18th inst., an al
most unprecedented early date, the
average time of permanent closing OF
the lake being January 3Oth. The
temperature has been about zero for
the last fortnight IN that region.
When an undertaken was putting
the body of Cstharine Maloney, VINO
died in a spree on the 22nd inst, at
Kingston, Ont, in coffin he asked
a daughter of the deceased, Mrs.
GRAY, If she desired to have the
corpse redressed. Mrs Gray said:
No; chuck her in the way she is
When the lid was screwed on she
leaped on the coffin and dancod like
a maniac. and only ceased her antics
when compelled to do 80 by tho Con
stable. The whole family were IN
toxicated
1t is said that lady seventy-two
years of age, living near Snow Spring,
Dooly county, Georgis, is the best
farmer in that neighborhood- She.
has been a widow for thirty five years,
and has managed her own business
successfully, and few days ago she
had more oottoh bales around her
gin house than any farmer in that
region. She employs her own ls-
borers, and, if necessary, will put on
hor spectacles, go into the field, take
the plough handles and show an IN
experienced hand how to ''lay of
corn or cotton row.
The dead body Of two year old
child was cremated in Clesrield Co,
one day last week, under the follow
ing circumstances. The little one
having died, its parents, who are
Swedes in poor circumstances, laid
its dead body in its bed while they
went to Osceola, two miles distant,
TO procure material for dressing it
for the grave Before their return
the shanty in which they lived took
fire, and the corpse Of the child aE
well as everything else was entirely
consumed. Before their departure
for Osceola they had thoughtfullY
taken their other three children to
the house OF a neighbor thus no
doubt saving them from terrible
fate.
4 Lancaster paper states. that,
some unknown parties entered the
pig pen at Mr.. Henry MichaeTs
slaughter house, in Mannheim. Lsncas-
ter county, securing and departing
with one of his swine. the prize hap
pening to be SOW weighing about
225 pounds and heavy with pig. which
fact was doubtless unknown to the
thieves, and. presuming that they
killed her, did not make very palata
BILE pork Being very nice variety
OF stock, he is desirous of raising
litter of pigs before disposing cfher.
Mr. NJ says if the SOW is still alive.
he will give them ths choice of any
one of his other pigs, and likewise
pay them for whatever difference
there may be in the weight.
The wind swept across the prai-
ries with such velocity ON Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday the II, Is, 10
inst, that q hundred men were una
bic to extracated a stock train that
had been showed in about ten miles
south Of Chicago; and when it seem
ed probable that the train could not
be moved until the weather modera
ted, the cattle were turned loose in
the fields, where they were fed with
hay furnished by the farmers. The
animals suffered terribly, and eight
of them died. OF two car loads of
swine thirty-four perished. A train
load OF mules, shipped in San Anto-
Mo for Kansas City, was overtaken
by the blizzard The mules were
shipped without either food or water.
and before lis out OF the 143 died
they gnawed the cars in hunger.
A little black bearded man was
walking briskly up Broadway the
other day, when shivering tramp,
who had been lettering in front of
Trinity Church, stepped in front of
him and said something in low
tone. The little man made no reply.
but stepped to one side and contin-
ued his journey up town. The beg
gar slouched after him and said in a
louder tone than before: ..Please.
Cap. gi' me few cents for bowl of
soup. Even to this appeal the lit
tie man paid no attention, and would
doubtless have succeeded in escap-
ing from the importunate tramp had
he not been stopped by friend who
engaged him in conversation. The
beggar crowded up as closely as pos
sible to the two men and began a
pitiful tale of distress. He WAS heard
to say: And everything / possess
ed went in Wall street. Jay Gould
and those fellows got it." The little
black-bearded mans hand went quick.
ly down in his pocket and brought
out coin, which was placed on the
dirty palm of the mendicant, with
the words: ''There: now, go awav
please The fellow shufied away
evidently without knowing that the
little man who gave him the none,
was Jay Gould himself. The Other
gentleman was CYRUS w. Field