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New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
THE WAR AGAINST CHINA.

PARIS, Feb. 19.-Admiral Courbet teiesrapns
N the Government that the recent naval engagemeht
,,oo, the French feet and the Chinese men-of'war
occurrca on February l5 The attack was begun ~ =
o'clock in the morning by the French torpedo poa's ~
was dark at the time Admiral Courbet praises 'no
saantry and cooness displayed by tho French Objects
The question of mediation the part OF Germany or
England In the Franco Chinese dcuity s agsn spo. n
f Rcpors are current the eject that france M u
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
SHOOTING 4 MrRDERER'S FACE AWAY.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb 10 (Speciab.-A
report has Just reached this city of murder and lynch
ing which occurred near Princeton, in this State.
negro age eighteen named Johnson, concealed himself
by the roadside and neghbor as he was passing by
The next day the negro arrested and confessed the
crime At night some persons broke down the door OF
the jail and took johnson to tree TO whieh they ed
fired voey the prisoner killing him Instantly LIS
face was literally shot away.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
CREW AND VESSEL LOST.

MOBILE, Feb. 19.-The following news has
been received from Fort Morgan by the Mobile and
Gulf telegraph Company's lines The British schooner
f. " olive Captain Clark from Ruatan to Mobile with
a cargo of fruit was wrecked Dixie Island last night
in heavy norherly gale She was discovered at an
early hour this morning, and the pilot boat Ida Lowe
went TO the wreck. When the Olive reached, only
one OF the crew was found flo taken from the rig
ging unconscious and lived only short time after being
QUAD
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
WAS THERE A MUTINY ON THE POONAH7 7

OUEFNSTOWN, Fed. IJ.-UTUcTS WtTc TcCtIFcu
t the Naval Station here tonight send assistance to
thc Poouah the transport which the Canadian
boaten we're brought from Alexandria, and from when
they were about be transferred 10 the iiahoveria
fW their voyage home. A gubbOat carrying u su1nS
70 the aid OF the Po0na. All information AS 10 the
nature trouble refused by the officials aud there
is an evident desire the facts suppressed IL
alleged that the boatmen became aud showed
signs muny and that the officers OF the Poona haV-
ing only small number OF marines OF board, were COM
PEELED to call for assistance quell the outbreak.
LONDON, Feb. 20.-Ihe trouble owing to distur-
bance among the Canadian boatmen, during which three
soldiers who under arrest, made their escape In
hnAts
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
FLOOD FROZEN SOLID.

PrrrsBrRG, Feb. 10 (SpecidD The Youghi-
ogheny River is frozen without break from Mo
Keesport to Bradford a distance OF eight miles At
some points the three feet thick and at others tho
ice is gorged 10 the bottom OF river At Eldred four
horse wagons are crossing All along the valley there
from ten 10 twelve inches Of snow.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
prpt1RIyG THE DIRECT CABLE.

RYE BEACH, Mass, Feb. 10. The cable
steamer Mrna has arrived at st. Pierre, Miqueon after
successfully repairing the direct cable which was broken
33O miles from Torbsy, N. g. The steamer left Halifax
an SUNDAY February g. and completed the splice Feb
ary IL This repair Is remarkable for being the quick
est ever made on an Atlantic main cable In winter.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
EXPLOSION or Gas ~ 4 TELL.
ONE MAN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS INJURED
-cAUsTD M A MATCH
lIr TELEGRAPH TO THL TRIBUNE

AsItrAguLA. Ohio, Feb. 19.-An explosion
occurred this morning In we'll by which one mHn was
LuIcd and TWO othcr, were injured The well was being
sunk for some ycrymcn, aud at the depth OF iofyh'r
feet gas vein was tapped. The digging was continued
and the well l. about ninety feet deep Johh
rrtus was al the bottom to-day. another workman Wa
aiut half yay down and two more were near thr
ton Frotius struck amatch to get shi an1 an eNii'
n fu.ed Instantly ki ling hi H. severely inlrriug ne
man near thr middle the well ana oi those AT tt
ton All OF the men Portuguese.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
cIovIs-HUGUEs FAMILY IN TROUBLE,

MARsEILLEs, Feb. 19.-Mlle. Therese Neran
gier a cousin of NJ Cloysiiugues. whose wife recchy
shot NJ NORM, to-day attempted to murder her para
mour NJ souchon. with a revolver. bullet lodged ID
the mans lungs, and he is believed to be dying Mic
Therse 5ouchon To her. but ne refused W
do go Hhe G expre6ses regre. for the deed.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20

Representatives. to-day in response to resolution call
ing upon the President for the text OF the W
each Of delegates at the Congo Conference
The Secretary Informs the House that his former CON-
munication this same subject gave the 'niorn"io"
solicited.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
REVOLT OF ExILEs IN SIBERIA.

LONDON, Feb 19.-Advccs just received from
fbe Government of rkusk Eastern Siberia To the
effect that large number Of Russian exes there had re-
volted but were sdued after desperate contest with
The authorities Nine soldiers and thirty exnes were
fied aud Inany were wounded on both sides
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20

AMERICAS, Ga. Feb. 10 (SpecidD. - large
number Of exprIsoners OF Andersonvillc, from ohio
have Just concluded pilgrimage to the old stockade
They were principally from Columbus and Waynesooro'
On entering the grounds religious services were held
I'm which the Rev. j. H. Rust OF Waynesboro, onicated
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
ARRESTS IN THE HILLsHARON CASE.

SAN FRAscisoo, Feb. lo.-G. w. Tyler the leading
counsel of Mrs HiSharon In the Hill-Sharon divorce
case Max Gumpel, handwriting expert, 4. C. Cash
man aud j. r. Mclaughlin have been indicted by the
grand Jury OF State for obtaining $4,000 rom
scnator sharons counsel for spurious document known
As the Tyler Gumpcl contract Mclaughlin absconded
with the money the three others nave sufrchdceu "
have bcen released on Dhll
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
TELEGEAPHIC NOTES.
FATHER FOLEY FOR BISHOP.


Feb. 18.-It is stated that OF the acts
of the Penary Council was To present To the Pope Tue
name OF Rev. John s. Foley for bishopric. Father
ev was chancellor the Council and hc Is popular III
baltimore.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
NEWYORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1885,
FRAGMENTS OF CABLE NEWS.

oaaca,lv submitted propositions to these Two
i"ntina 70 new negotiations Of q medtorial nature.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
A SHERIFF SHOT AND KILLED

LITTLE ROCK, Ars. Feb l0-In Marion County, on
the upper White River, Sheriff Keeler was killed py
(unfa stations, steamboat man, On Tuesday otiii-
IONS to kali Keller II he cane ON his poat "
servo a writ, and shot him dead.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
sUFFOCATED BY BURNLN

sUFFOCATED BY BURNING BED-CLOTiEs;
PROVIDENCE, Feb. l9.David Carus, age tnlrtynxvc. v
entered his at m., with his lighted pipe w ns
mouth Two hours later his ifelcss body was Iounu On
the floor He had set his bed ON fire which sunocateo
hin He leaves wife aud two children. IN SCOTLAND
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
No Operation.

The plan of performing an opera
ton on General Grants throat has
been abandoned. 1t is not thought
Of The consulting physicians are
of the opinion that their patient
could not stand the operation and it
would kill him. Even if the opera
ton were performed, the disease
could not be eradicated All the talk
about an operation comes from Phil
adelphia, it is said Medical men of
that city have been trying to have
one or more of their number who
are regarded as specialists on cancers
called in to consult on Gen. Grants
case There has long been a sharp
if not bitter rivalry between the sur
geons of New York and Philadelphia,
and those of the latter city are de-
sirous of treating the patient now
that it is generally regarded that the
four New York physicians who have
charge of the case have pronounced
it fatal. 1t is understood that one
of the latter has declared within the
past few days that the General can
not possibly recover, and has intima-
ted that death may result from hem
orrhage.-N. Y. World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
Parched Corn and Sorghum for Food Z.

WHEELING, W. Va, March 26.-The
condition of affairs in the foodless
counties of the interior is growing
desperate. The frozen streams and
terrible roads make it absolutely i'm
possible to render aid with any speed
Still the people of the State are earn
estly at work and Will afford abund
ant relief as speedily as the people
can be reached. Mountain farmers
have no seed nor the money with
which to buy it, In many instances
the whole bill of fare consists of
parched corn and sorghum molasses
In Writ county it has bsen found
necessary to issue rations of corn
meal The Parkersburg Daily Jour
nal recites instances OF terrible suff
ering and sickness and says that a
traveller counted III one days brief
Journey thirty head of dead cattle,
mortality that is awful for the num-
Der owned The kanawah, Richie,
Pleasants, Writ, Nicholas and Brax-
ton County Courts have all met in
SPECIAL session to provide means Of
relief.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
Not a True Story.

Once in a small town there dwelt
maiden whose mother, being In
moderate circumstances, was put to
great straits to SO educate her daugh-
ter that she might occupy higher
walk in life, she worked hard and de-
prived herself Of every comfort. And
how was she rewarded Strange to
say, this young lady appreciated her
mother sacrifices, and did all she
could to Tighten her labors. Upon
returning from school she would de-
vote her time to the kitchen until the
hour for her music lesson arrived,
and then she would make the piano
howl. She arose early and assisted
with the washing and ironing, and
when her young man took her to the
ice cream parlor at night she always
slipped some choice cake into her
pocket for ma. Finally she and the
young man were married, and the
best room In their house was devoted
to the old lady, who never afterward
did a hex of work. Moral: This is
not true story.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
A Rink Note.

The Mount Holy, \. j., Roller
Skating Rink has at last been pro-
ductive of genuine sensation.
When the rink opened there, Knowl-
ton Sailer, a married man living in
that town, soon succumbed to the
infatuation, and WAS to be seen on
the floor nearly every night-some-
times alone, but oftener in company
with some of the young girls. He
did not approve of Mrs. Saller visit
ing the rink of evening, owing to the
indiscriminate character of the au-
diences, so she WAS in the habit OF
going in the dayti and soon be-
came very proficient in skating. On
Friday, Mrs. Sailer learned OF her
husbands attention to the young
girls at the rink, and upbraidsd him
for his neglect, whereupon he found
fault with her for learning to skate
at ali, and wound up by beating her
severely. His arrest followed, and
the cause came to a hearing before
a Justice of the Peace, but there both
husband and wife embraced aud
made up, and decided to have moth
ing to do with rinks in the future
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
Eels.

do not know how cells breed. L
have seen people who said they had
seen the spawn, and other parties
who said they had seen young eels
in the mature eels nearly ready to
hatch. Like yourself 1 have opened
them from day to day at all seasons
of the year, and never have seen any
young eels or spawn. My opinion is
they hatch in salt OF brackish water,
and go up the streams when they are
small. They can go up any dam or
fall when they are young. They
crawl up the dams and falls. clinging
to the rocks under the sheet of wat
or the same as an angle worm would
They would go up any fall, no mat
ter how high, if they got there before
they were FIVE inches long. There
are plenty of eels in Lake Ontario,
but none above, except they have
been transported or got up through
the canal They are SO large when
they get to Niagara Falls that they
cannot get over; they are SO heavy
they fall before they get to th, Top.
Seth Green in the American Aug
Ter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
ADDITIONAL LOC.ALS.
Married Too Often.

C. Z. Beegle, Bedford detective, arriV-
ed in Uniontown last week on the hu Int oi a
festive youth of Mormonistic tendencies
named William Casper Bowers, who was
wanted for bigamy and vile dese.tio1. adult
tery and jail ore IkiDg, snd various pt..ss
offenses. The bill of particulars dec.a es
that William Casper married Ms. Rising
in 1874. after q brief acquaintance and
brleier courtship. lie soon deserted her.
He was caught in Blair county, convict ed,
and sentenced TO one year in the Bedford
jail, whence he escaped, October 10, 1888.
He was traced to this county, but could not
be found. Detective Beegie succeeded in
locating him, however. He was LIVING at the
head Of Yanger Hollow, with q fresh you ng
vile, whom he recently married. He was
last Saturday and taken back to
Bedford county, after a fierce struggle
Connelisville Courier.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
Exposing a Spiritualist.

KANSAS CRY, Mo., March 26.-J.
Harvey Mott, professional spirit
ualist, and who during the past years
made converts of number of prom
inent citizens, and who has been Wis.
tied 10y persons from all parts of the
country and from Europe, was ex
posed last night by J. B. Lawrence,
managing editor of the Journal. Mr..
Lawrence obtained an interview with
Mott, and when an alleged spirit ap-
peared he threw a small jet of an an
aline solution in its face, whereupon
the spiIit resolved itself into the
form of the medium himself. Mr..
Lawrence then had Mott arrested
for obtaining money under false pre-
tences, officers being held in waiting
for the purpose. Mott gave bond
for his appearance on Thursday.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
A Clock In a Bustie.

An amusing story come from Par
is. A lady having paid her hotel bill,
sent away her boxes on cab and
sailed forth on foot. No sooner had
she departed tnan the landlort, dis
covered that the clock had disappear
Ell from the mantiepiece OF the room
which ms late lodgcr had been oc
cupying, though he remembered to
have seen it there subsequent TO her
trunks being despatched. Convinced
she must be the thief he rushed out
In hot pursuit, and ovsrtaking her,
he charged her with robbery and
gave her into custody, the lady mean
while protesting loudly against the
indignity offered her, and vowing
vengeance against the traducer. She
was, however, taken before the Judge
d d'instrustion, to whom she resumed
her torrent of indignant denial with
the extraordinary volubilty peculiar
to the daughters of Gaul. Her in
dignation was at its height when 10
II o'clock rang forth in clear tones
from the region of madsme's dress
improver. The expression of con
sternation depicted upon the far pill
ferer's countenancs, together with
the appositeness of the quaint phe-
were too much for the
gravity of the officials, who burst in
to fit of uncomfortable laughter.
Five minutes lator female warder
returned the telltale tinepiece to its
Mall Gazette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
Perfection of Railroad Man.
agement.

Nothing 50 thoroughly exemplifes the
perfection of railroad management as the
m amer in which the immense amount OF
travel to the Inauguration was handled by
the roads composing the Great Pennsyiva-
nia System. Never before in the history of
this country has there been such q demand
made upon transportation facilities, as dur
ing the four days Immediately preceding
and succeeding the 4th Of March; yet, un-
der its SPLENDID organization, the vast trav-
Ell was accommodated without the SEM
blance of an accident, Or more than trivial
delay. Thousands came from the North,
East. West, and South, sggregsting q total
of from 10000 to 10000, over the lines of
this one company alone, yet they were all
accommodated without any apparent effort
on the part OF the Great Corporation, which
Justly is acknowledged the leading railroad
OF the world. This grand achievement is
not due alone TO the skill and experience of
Its officers ana employees, but to its splen-
did switch and block signal system, which
makes the handling of many additional
trains as simple and easy as the movement
Of its regular service. Superiority manage
ment and perfection of modern appliances
were never before so sptly shown, and the
result accomplished is but another illus;ra-
ton of the fac; that speed, comfort, and
perfect safety are always guaranteed when
we journey over the lines Of the Penns,lva-
mia Railroad aud its branches.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
Academia Pa. Ian ,S rSSs

Academia, Pa, ian. IS. 1855.
BaHsS s. Sons,--After using your Sag
Phosphate for several years l can most
heartily recommend 1t to the farming COM
munity. On some land recently purchased.
where the average crop was six bushels to
the acre, have been raising for the last two
years twenty bushels 10 the acre; and as
calculations are often made on small plots
Of ground | will say that on 60 acres had
724 bushels OF Lancaster wheat, and in two
fields, containing from so to 90 acres, that
were considered almost too poor for cultivs-
ton, the crop this last year was 1888 bushels
J. NEvIS PoMERoY
Pleasant View, Juniata Co., Pa. ian. 10, 'SS.
BsHgE g. .S0g5,-I have used two tons
of your s25 Phosphate with very satisfactory
results DAVID TONEs.
White Horse, Chester Co., Pa, Jan. II, 1855.
have used Baugh's szS Phosphate for
four years to my entire satisfaction. think
il the best in the market for the money. and
quite equal to many high priced fertilizer.
GEORGE W. Miller.
Long Run. Armstrong Co, Pa, Jan. -, 'Ss.
BaaSA s. Son5,-I used your s25 Phos-
phate alongside of other fms OF higher
priced, and it was equal If not superior
GEORGE TOWNSEND.
The standard of Baugh's sz5 Phosphate
viii be strictly maintained. Fer sale by
J. NEVIN POMEROY,
Academia, Pa.
Railroad Station, PORT ROYAL. PA.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
A Lebanon Lawyers Crime.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF CON
FIpINa CLIENTS MONEY CARRIED OFF.

TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF CON
FIDNa CLIENTS MONEY CARRIED OFF.
LEBANON, Pa, March 24.-John
Benson, aged thirty-fvs years, a
prominent lawyer of this city, disap-
peared last night, and his where
abouts il unknown up to IL O'Clock
tonight. In his flight it has been
learned that he took with him S25.-
600 belonging to persons of this place
which he had received for the pur
pose of safe investment. The money
was given to Benson mostly by la
dies, in sums ranging from $500 to
$1,000. The defaulter was we'll known
throughout the county, and was q
church member. He leaves a wife
and four children. Benson had prop
erty to the value of several thousand
dollars, but on examining the records
at the Court House this evening it
was discovered that it was mort
gagged to its full value, leaving
nothing for his family or credi.
tors The disappearance has Gre
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01

he is from, Lincoln hirelings, Hess
ians, and SO forth. Lincoln, be de-
clared to be y twentieth-rate back
county lawyer, with wooden head
He declared the war on the part of
the North was Ito turn the niggers
loose, and whitewash the niggers In
the blood of millions.
William Hayes, of AIuneie, Indi-
ana, determined to play a practical
joke on his friend Bishop Scott, by
going to the latter's hen roost and
making the chickens cackle. Scott
thinking that thief had got into
his hen coop, rushed out with shot
gun and banged load of heavy shot
into the body of Hayes. The Joker
died from the effect Of the wound
received. 1t does not pay to play
practical jokes
TEE Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin remarks: Now that President
Cleveland has given the best of the
foreign appointments to citizen OF
Vermont, which gave him 1881
votes, there is curiosity among the
292, 7S5 Pennsylvanians who voted
for him to know what their State is
to get in the way of fat Offices. Mr..
Cleveland's political arithmetic does
not suit the men that elected him.
JACOB THOMPSON died at Memphis,
on the oath OF March He was an
unrepentant rebel He was Secre-
tary OF the Interior during the ad
ministration of James Buchanan, and
used the Indian trust fund to furnish
money to run the Democratic cam
paign in 1860 and to advance his
own ends. He was one of the rebel
secret service men that from Canada
sent smallpox clothing to Washing
ton. and other northern cities. He
was one of the rebel secret service
agents that was in close communion
with the assassin, Booth and COM
panY.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01

atsd the greatest excitement and
is the sole topic of conversation here
TO night. Bensons friends endeav-
ored at first to keep the matter quiet
but as the sums appropriated by him
were SO large, and the aggregate in
creasing every minute, they were at
last compelled to acknowledge that
he was defaulter to many Thousand
dollars.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-01
Duel Between Farmers.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 90 A
dual tragedy occurred in Stewards
Vile yesterday afternoon. Two far
mers named Fleichman and Scharn-
dial, between whom a fued existed,
met in the road and Fleichman crack
ed Scharndial's skull with a plough
point. Scharndial, though wounded
to death, made an onslaught with a
pairing knife and literally cut Fleicb-
man to pieces. Both men were pros
porous farmers. Schardial leave q
wife and one child.