Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-02-06

PursBURG. Jan 29lh-Secret ser
vice detectives have discovered that
there Is considerable bogus coin
showing being done in Pittsburg. L
IS difficult 70 trace the counterfeit
ers. They find great share Of the
crooked work Is done by amatuers
who are bad money makers. Pitts
burg and vicinity Is p regular nest
for coiners Of that kind
The people who mako il are ms
chanics ont Of work, moulders .nh
other wcrkmen accustomed 20 handl
tools, and who are 70 lazy to earn q
honest living. 4 joint sneh IS tie
people run for The purpose ofmaking
coin can be stocked with al the nee
ossary material Tor $3.50.
The '-queer" produced Is of verF
inferior Kind, but it Is good enough
to pass inspection when first made,
and that Is I'll the fellows want. lhe
mechanics start up their plant anc
run ii perhaps FOR a week. In that
time they make enough bad mone,-
10 keep them for year. The shop
IS then closed down, tie tools put
.wsv .nd I'll evidence of crooked
work destroyed. That IS what makes
it exceedingly difficult for the Gov
ornment officers to catch the offend
ers-
United States Detective McSwaen-
ey SAWS ''I'he whole western end of
PENNSYLVANIA Is filed with both am
ateur and professional bogus coin
moulders. The 'gTeenies' do rot
make very dangerous money, hui the
other fellows do. The professionals
are all ex-convicts Thirty OF them
viii be placed on trial at the next
term Of court IN Scranton. Two
well dressed women have been quite
active Of late in circulating the queer.
in Pittsburg. They chose for then
base Of operations street cars where
the fare vas dropped IN the Slawson
box, the theatres aud Allegheny mark.
ct houses"
ABERDEfS. OAK, January 20
News has reached here that two
school children named French perish.
ed IN the storm Friday night, and
that third IS not eIpecied 10 survive
the exposure The party consisted
Of tgo little boys and an older sister,
aged IS The French family lives
about twelve miles cast OF .Aitchcock.
/ When taken to school by an older
brother IN the morning the childran
promised to wait until he came for
them ct night
Children belonging to other
families were taken home, but they
refused profered assistance, saving
that they would stay in the school
house al night if their brother did
not come. It appears he did start
but could not make his team face the
storm and gave 1t up. After wait
/ ing till dusk, the children started
home, but lost the road and wander
ed in the deep snow until exhausted
When found in the morning, the two
little BOYS were dead. The girl was
! severely frozen and is unconscious
II she survives she VIII lose the use
OF the lower portion of her limbs and
/ lOozAbAf c-AS VI DoiA al 1tlo-
! BLoo,mGroN, IL, Jan. 29.-Tht
reign of the White Caps in Bloom
ington was of brief duration. Theil
threatening letters We're sent to 6
number of disreputable houses Oh
the oath, promising sound whippings
If the inmates did not leave the city
in five days, and Friday night q
number Of houses were bombarded
with eggs. Last night the police
arrested Patsy O'Connell and three
others, who are now in jail O'Con
nell was seen and recognized as he
delivered one of the threatening mis-
sives, and on being arrested confes
sed, duplicating the rest of the gang
Two of the prisoners are old offend
: ers, each having a suspended peniten-
tiary sentence hanging over his head.