Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-03-18
ITEMS.

George Fehr, of Reading, aged
twelve years, has been relieved of a
tape-worm fifty feet in length.
Pennsylvania can boast of having
produced four maidens who eloped
with roller-skating professors.
The skins of three hundred and
fifty skunks killed in Chester county
were recently shipped to New York.
WOMEN to the front in Texas. The
Legislature of that state has passed
law "which requires all heads of
departments to give at least one half
of their clerical positions to women.
The Pennsylvania state agricultural
society has fixed the dates of its next
annual exhibition in Philadelphia
The show will commence on Sep
tember 23rd, and close on October
7th.
Samuel Sterk, passenger on the
stage between Terre Hill, Lancaster
county and Reading, a few nights
since was SO badly frozen that both
of his limbs may have to be amputa-
ted.
Counterfeiters have flooded Jeffer
son, Elk and Clearfeld counties with
bogus money. Considerable of the
spurious coin is in circulation. 1t is
believed that it is manufactured
somewhere in Jefferson county.
Over thirteen hundred wolves
were destroyed throughout France
in 1888, and the rewards amounted
to 103, ,720 francs. In nine cases the
wolves attacked persons. and of the
whole number destroyed four hun
dred and ninety-ive were cubs.
A factional fight in Ebenezsr
Methodist Episcopal Church, War
wick township, Chester county, will
be brought before the next session of
Court in that county. Several mem
bers have been held to answer for un-
seemly conduct in class meeting.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has
gravely decided that - hoe, in legal
Specification, is deadly weapon, as
much so as loaded pistol OF an Ak,
it having been shown that man was
killed with an article OF that kind.
Upon a bitter cold day recently
Henry Givler, farmer of Rapho
township, Lancaster county, fell on
the ice in an isolated point and broke
his leg. One of two dogs with him
ran home and gave tie alarm while
the other stood watch over him.
VAN ALsTYNE, Tex, March 11.-At
s o'clock tonight cyclone struck
North-bound freight on the Texas
Central Railroad six miles south of
Van Alstyne. Five cars were blown
completely off the track, including
the caboose. No one is reported in
jured-
A curious discovery was made re-
Gently when q lightning rod which had
been in place fifteen years imbedded
in soft slay was removed. There was
found attached to it a solid lump of
iron ore weighing ninety-six pounds,
supposed to have been produced by
the conversion of the clay by the ac-
ton of electricity
The Philadelphia Times remarks:
a Venango county mother has been
trying to make her fourteen-year-o
daughter marry rich man of seven
ty-six. When the girl refused the
mother threatened to drown herself
and actually went to the creek to do
so. When she saw the ice, however,
she changed her mind.
On Sunday night week a NOR
ehant named Wilkinson, residing in
Richboro, Bucks county, entered his
store, carrying coal oil lamp. He
slipped and fell, flinging his lamp to
the floor. The burning oil set fire
to some paper which carried the
flames to can of gun powder. The
powder exploded with a tremendous
report. The entire front of the store
was blown out, the side bulged in,
and the adjoining residence shatter-
ed. The explosion extinguished the
fire. Mr.. Wilkinson escaped injury.