Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-23
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


: the United States. His distinguish.
ed grandfather was IS years old at
: the time of taking the oath of office
: forty-seven years ago. Three other
, Presidents were 55 years old at the
} beginning of their administration.
They were Martin Van Buren, Zach.
airy Taylor and Rutherford B. Hayes.
Lincoln became President at 50.
John Tyler and Chester A. Arthur
We're 81. Millard Fillmore was so.
Franklin Pierce and James A. Gar
field were 40. Grover Cleveland was
As. Grant was AZ. All the other
Presidents were older than General
Harrison
Persons waiting for a train at an
Omaha depot the other day were
startled at hearing the wall of an in
FAINT coming from trunk near the
baggage room. They got around
the trunk, put their heads down and
listened, Tnd were sure they heard
not only the cry, but the movement
of fhe child Nothing was at hand
to break open the trunk, so they all
pulled out their keys, and one was
found that unlocked it. The lid was
raised in n jiffy and within they saw
an old Maltese cat and five very
young kittens.
''ln 1886 and 1910 MARYLAND gave
her 10 electoral votes to William Hen
~ Harrison Last week she cast her
eight votes against his grandson
Maryland by the way, has this year
the same number of electoral votes
that she had one hundred years ago.
In 1889 she had S, from 1892 to
$500 she had 10, from 1904 to 1928
she had IL, from 1892 to 1910 she |
had 10. from 1874 to 1850 she had s, /
from 1864 to 1865 she had Z, and /
since then she has had s."
BLTDIoKE, Jan. 1T-Catherine Nil |
ler was before the United State |
Commissioner here to-day charged /
with defrauding the United States
Government IN obtaining a pension |
Of Sl1OO by representing herself as
Laura Weaver, who died a year ago
and who had applied for the pension
before her death. August Weaver, a
son of Laura Is also charged with
with the woman Miller.
The case was continued
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. IA story has
been going the rounds of the press
TO give an account Of Mrs.
darrlson's being snubbed by Mrs.
Blaine ON a social occasion at the
White House during General Gar
ield's administration 1t Is reliably
earned to-day that there is no truth :
Il this story. :
While driving along a lonely road {
bout three miles from Reading 3
farmer Enseman, of Alsaac township, 7
ound the right arm of a human be :
ng, denuded of the flesh, IN a fence =
orner. He took it to Reading and v
landed 1t over to the police, who S
Re conducting an investigation. v
KUTzTowS, Pa, Jan. Thames s
Wentz, "a years old, went to Read !
nS yesterday, and procured license 7 |
marry Miss Lille T. Bower, Il v
ears old, but upon returning here v
ound his intended girl bride in bed t
j from pneumonia and her death I
xpected at any moment. c
The council of Reading, Pa. have II
assed a resolution making it unlaw- $
ll for city contractors to employ c
ny but citizens of the United States. Is
he measure was supported bv all u
ne labor organizations of the CITY, n
nd tIs blow aimed at the importa- Il
on of contract labor. W
-
Daniel Michigan, a farmer aged GO u
ears, mysteriously disappeared two "
ears ago from his home near Mar u"
nsburg, Blair county, and no trace a,
him was ever found until his skele :,
N was on Sunday discovered hang u
g to tree in lonely spot three o'
lies from his home "
Thomas VI. Jones, of the Harris
Irg Telegraph, was last week elect
President of the State Editorial
and was authorized to
point delegates to the Information as
Editorial Association which will ha
eet next fall at Detroit, Mich. a an
''President-eleet Harrison has been AZ AZ
serlbed in the Digaro of Paris. ~
'ance as an accomplished hand on on
aker, descendant of Pocahontas 80 -,
q the husband of woman who Is IL
nd of afternoon teas. AZ
The State Agricultural Society. in ed
sion at Harrisburg, last week of
cted John Mcdowell, President
III. OBrien, First Vice President or
W. Seller, Secretary; John J. CT
sslev, Treasurer. sni
More extraordinary egg eating is tina
'orted this time from Crawfords- bun
e, Ind, where Case Arnold devour- not
sIxty-two raw eggs and then ad- sur
rned to a restaurant and ate a ron
.rty meal. is L
lr; Peter hghtner of Tyrone town. Vln'
p, has applied for a patent ON a eou
' farm fence, which he can put mn law
25cts a rod. He intends taking the
ers from farmers for putting up says
) fence. Sup
''cid
IN Italian named Antonio Boggie. a vi
~ keeper of peanut stand at vet
sterdam, y. Y, has fallen heir to cont
eighth of a fortune of $500 600 ficie
by relative in Italy. mea
,pout seven tons of coal are burn alth
ially at the Huntingdon reforma- ton
: The week the fires were start itou
me hundred tons were burned. ton
hIllp Woodring ofHanover Twp, gar gar
hampton county, died a few n:a me-,
ago from lockjaw, the result of ~ ~
ms ii1'ii'- knor
Is said that 200 Cumberland Co der
. uuDhcans propose to March from rect
isie 70 washington to join in the uor
. Suiation parade itous
he people of Toneka Kos IN cam
be riding over tbe lonnos. char
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