Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

LORD lennySOn IS writing lOOuS-
and-dcllar poem for an English maga-
zine, thus beating his famous charge
by four hundred.
-Lenawee county, Mich. IS at pres
ent paying out something like twelve
dollars day in bounties on dead spar
rows.
The first electric tramway in Italy
IS soon to be opened between Florence
and FIesole. Its total length Will be
1900 metres.
Maine lumbermen are entering the
woods early this year, in order 10 get
much of the cutting done before the
deep SHOWS come,
Works though log years old. The
Haverhil Mass Gazette remarks:
Captain Costello, the Oldest man in
this city, is reasonably busy this year
in cultivating his garden, and shows
considerable activity for a man lO6
years old. His growing vegetables
look ine.n
Three ladies of Mount Carmel got
aboard the cars for Philadelphia few
days ago, and after the train had
started a dog owned by Mr.. Swigelsky,
at whose store they dealt, claimed
acquaintance with them. They got
the conductor to eXpel him at Alaska
station, but he followed the train afOOt
to Philadelphia, where the ladies gave
him the slip by taking the train to
New York. Then the dog tUotted
back to Mount Carmel, arriving there
much debilitated. While in that state
| two other dogs attacked and killed
him.
A Philadelphia drummer got into
! a Lehigh Valley car at Shenandoah,
| took out his teeth and put them Oh the
seat beside him to take a nap. After
the nap he went off, forgetting them.
Agent Ferguson found them, and as a
! joke asked a Hungarian seated near
If they were his. The Hungarian
turned as pale as death, vigorously
! shook his head and dashed out of the
depot in thorough fright.
! Two men bought a watermelon
! from an Italian fruit dealer at Pittstuu
day before yesterday, paying for IL
| with a 50 note on an Oh City bank
| The note was refused on deposit, and
the men were then arrested for pass
| ing counterfeit money Then the
! Chief of Police took the note TO the
! First National Bank and was told that
il was good-the bank was out Of
business, but still Tedeeming its cur
rency. The prisoners were therefore
set free
An Indians skeleton, six feet
three inches high, was found At
Thamesville, Conn. Ii was in a sitting
posture facing east, and was in the
side of deep gully which had been
washed out by recent heavy rains. The
bones were as white as ivory, but when
the skeleton was exposed To View il
began crumbling speedily. The teeth
| a 4 a.
the right side OF the apex of the skull
as though the man had been ton.u-
| hawked. Between the skeleton s knee
in little receptacle were found numeT-
Gus Indian arrows and lance hea Is.
and a stone pestle such as was used by
the Indians in crushing grain foI
''yokeag."
Stories about the burial alive of
persons continue to come along, al
though, perhaps, ninety-une per cent.
Of them are totally without foundation.
Certain interest attaches to them. how
ever, hence their publication. Ilerc's
one from abroad; \ lady resid ug at
| Dorbisch, in Bohemia, where she
owned considerable property, Wa
buried last week, after a brief illness,
in the family vault at the local GENE
tery. -Four days afterward her grand
daughter was inferred in the same
place, but as the stone slab covering
the aperture was raised the bystaultTe
were Mortified 10 see that the ud of the
collin below had been raised, ami that
the arm Of the corpse was pTDtTulluE.
1t was ascertained eventually that the
unfortunate lady, who was supposed tC
have died Of heart disease, had been
| buried alive. She had evidently To-
g.,
and had found strength enough 10
burst open her coffin. The authur.tie-
are bent on taking measures Of the
utmost severity against those resp IL
sible.
"A curious discovery connected with
the recent disastrous fire at Spokane,
w. L, is reported by = local paper.
} a safe becoming cracked by the Iuteu-,
heat, the books inside were charred
| and baked to a blackened crisp, though
they remained intact Not HEgu
could be read. lone Of the book
| keepers, while turning over the leaves.
noticed that where his finger, which
, was wet, touched the page the figures
became legible. He procured paint
brush, dipped it in water and dampeued
! the whole page and was graJiiIrd To see
T all the figures dimly outlined. Two
bookkeepers then went 10 work, and
{ 10y wetting the pages and carefully
! turning the leaves succeeded IN "A few
days in transferring all the accounts o.
2 a new set of books"
"A woman created quite a sensation
on Seventh avenue, New York
recently. There was picture Ol an
actor on a wall, and Immediately on
seeing it she went out int the street
: and, procuring a handful Of mud, pro-
ceeded to paste IT over the actor 5
face. She was not satisfied until she
had completely Obliterated his features.
: The only reply that a curious iOoker-ou
l received, when lie asked the cause OF
the singular action, was vOl.ey OF
2 mud He withdrew without further
questions, and no one else dared 10
: inquire as to her motive. The woman
was not drunk, but very angry, and
at the sight Of a policeman two blocks
off she scurried away.
"A slaughter Of swallows has be ID
organized on a large scale along the
southern seaboard of France. The
! poor creatures alIght on wires provided
= for the purpose, tired out after long
Q flights to or from Italy and the East.
n and they are killed in thousands by
y means OF electric currents. "TEi-
= modern massacre of the innOceuts bias
y been ordained III the interests ui
( fashion, the slaughtered birds being
Q used for the decorat on Of b0uuer 8.
= Humane people viii probably make an
agitation on the subject, and there i-
< some talk of petitiOuing the prefec'-
of the Southern department 10 use
: their authority TO prevent the eEten-
sion and continuance Of this CruithUlD-
o gical Carnage"