Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-12-05

ton and bal at Washington on the |
4tn of March. OF this amount S37.
900 has been subscribed. The mouey
So subscribed will he refunded aftei
March from the sale of tickets to
the ball, but those who desire MAJ
let their subscriptions pay for ther
ball tickets
Eight year-old George Ferrymar
was attacked by a wildcat in tn.
woods of Schuylkill county day OF
two since. and would no doubt hav.
been killed had not shepherd dog
which Was with him attacked the wild.
cat, which then ran away.
Joseph Gresentein who came to
this country a few years ago and
settled at McKeesport, where hs has
been living with a woman not hh
wife, has jnst sent her away and re-
snmed marital arrangement with D
wife whom he deserted in Hungary,
and who followed him across the SEE
The regular army of the United
States numbers rather less than 25-
600 electives. There were nbout
$500 desertions in the year covered
nv the recently published report Of
Adj. General Drum. The Unitei
States Marine Corps aggregates
about 1900 enlisted men. There
were 419 desertions from the corps
in the year ending Oct. l.
Alvin johnson, n chain maker at
the West End rolling mill, Lebanon,
WAS shot IN mysterious manner
yesterday while at work. He was
noticed by fellow workman to place
his hand suddenly on his side, and
being asked what was the matter,
replied that something had passed
| through him Upon e1ami nation il
WAS discovered that bullet had
penetrated bis body. The wound If
dangerous, but II is believed he will
recover.
Atlanta, Ga, has q paper house
No wood. brick, iron or other ma erisl
Is used about .he building. 1t IL 9
neat little store. painted sky blue,
and ~as erected by a Frenchmar
who is agent for the paper of which
1t is constructed. The rafters, the
weatberboarding the roof and the
| flooring are all made of thick com
pressed paper boards, impervious tc
! water and as durab. "a wood. The
house cannot catch on FIRE as easily
as n wooden building, because the
surface of the paper is smooth ant
hard
A white young man while stte nd
lug service In Waterbury Conn.
colored church was guilty of the
improperly of expectorating on the
floor. His offeuse was soon noticed
by deacon, who approached and
said in the most solemn tones :
Young man, you must not spit to-
bacco Juice here A few minutes
after the contribution box WAS pass
ed by that official, and the tobacco
chewer parall zed it by dropping in
a quarter. The deacon looked at the
quarter and III the contributor a mo-
ment. Then, putting his hand to
bis mouth, he whispered TO the con
tributor il stage aside: Spit IN
the corneri
Mrs. Sterrett Cummins, OF Jack
son township, Huntingdon county,
was found IN the meadow, near her
residence, IN an unconscious condI
ton, Saturday last, having been
stricken with apo plexy- The entire
family had gone out to husk corn.
leaving her IN apparent good healt',-
Returning at noon aud aot indinE
her about the house, they were at
tr4cted by means 10 her side. II is
supposed that she had driven the
COWS from the barn into the meadow.
whsresshe was stricken and had lain
for eight hours. She died Suuda7
afternoon, aged 55 years. She was
The mother OF Mrs Alice Barr, wifi.
of Rev. W. ! Barr, Of New Brighton
Altoona Tribune
T. Q CI icago an hists are not eI
pl"tiIug any more bombs, out 1t Ii
sail they are trying to train several
iundred children to a belief IN the
doctrines they iark the uerve to pGi
into practice. SIX schools with
about eIgnt hundred pupils, are said
to be in operation IN that city, 10
which the doctrines uf auarchy are
Taught. and the children Impressed
With the idea that the hanged bomb
throwers we're martyrs to a srighteous
cause 1t l. probable that these
children are chiefly the street waif-
who will recruit tie criminal ciasses
IN some way, as it is past belief thal
eight hundred cnliren. with parents
that are not already thieves or VIZ
latorE of law IN some form, conld b.
collected in schools Of this sort evei.
in Chicago. Perhtps the iraaginA
tion of the Wild West has confribu;
ed something to the ststemsnt-
/ Times.