Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-08

OF hne honey. During the trip they
succeeded in despatcbing a mann.
moth rattlesnake, from which they
took thirteen rattles. Vote the Re
publican ticket.
Measures taken, suits ordered. and
perfect fit guaranteed at
Hollobaugh & Sons. Patterson. Pa
The people have hardly done with
the mystery of the Annie Laconsy
murder till the same vicinity is start
led by the finding of the BODY of
Mrs Annie Miller in a small woods
not far from her home murdered.
There Is a path through the woods
and she was waylaid by some fiend.
her person outraged, and her life
taken to prevent the discovery of the
hendlsh, lustful act A negro nam
cd Lingo was seen in the woods
about the time Mrs Miller entered
the bushes. He is suspected by
many OF having murdered Annie La
coney.
1t Is reported that n syndicate
with capital of over two million
dollars are about to examine the
ground around Duncannon with a
view Of opening extensive coal minss
There Is not the least doubt that if
reasonable amount of capital is
properly invested that thousands of
tons of good coal could be mined
within one mile of the iron works
But why allow it to pass into the
hands OF foreign Spectators, when
the capital could be raised in our
own locality. If those immediately
interested would start stock com
pany, solicit subscription of saw $50
per share, employ experienced min
ers, IN . short time tons of black
diamonds will be taken from beneath
the mountains in Aliens Cove and
along Sherman's creek
Record.
w X Miller, resident of Dudley.
Huntingdon county, committed sui
eide Friday morning by hanging.
Ne cause for the commission of the
set has as vet been discovered. Mr.
Miller had complained of "a severe
headache, but che attended to his
work as usual and no uneasiness was
felt by his frieods that he would un-
dertake to do violence to himself.
Upon arising that morning Mrs. Nil
Ter found that her husband had pre-
ceded her down stairs, and she sup
posed that he had gone to work.
About half past S O'Clock she had oc-
casIon to go out 10 the barn and up
on opening the dor. she found the
llfeless body of her husband hanging
suspended by rope which was at
tached to a rafter The distance
from the barn floor to the roof Is not
more than II feet, and owing to the |
moose end of the rope approaching I
close to the floor, Mr.. Miller was /
to draw mp his feet until life |
WAS extinct. When found the body I
was in kneeling position. 1t is be-
lieved the unfortunate man was seiz- I
ed with temporary insanity He was /
a brother Of Jackson Miller, present /
on the Republican ticket /
for county commissioner, and = SON
In-law of Squire John Miller. candi-
da.e on the Democratic ticket for the .
same Office. He was aged 81 Years
and leaves n wife and one child!
Huntingdon Paper.
From the Chambersburg Repos-
tory: John Hess of Falling Springs !
lost horse about a month ago !
The animal died very suddenly and |
the cause of death was not known. |
The body WIS hauled out to a woods. !
A few days ago $. Fl Ross was pass
ing through tue woods where thu /
carcass lay and he noticed that the |
LuZzards had torn open the body of !
the horse. On looking into the cav
Ity he found what seemed to be two !
round balls of stone, which were very !
hard and when struck together |
sounded like stones. They were not |
the ordinary hair balls sometimes !
found Ill the stomachs of animals, |
but seemed to bs hardened and pet |
rited vegetable matter. They were |
the cause of the death I
Of the horse, but what caused their |!
formation is mystery. Frank
lin Taylor, guardian of John A. and |
James A. McLain minor children of |
Alexander &. McLain of Fannetts-
burg, has just received a pension
to s2765.s6 Mr. McLain
was member of company III. 126th |
The pension is at the
rate of 81 90 per mouth from May
21st 1868 to May 4th 1881, the date
Of Mr.. AIcLain's death. After this
the widows pension was S. per
month until March 18th 1856, and
then S12 a month until her death in
1887 The children each received
50 month until they were sixteen.
OF the amount stated above, John |
receives S1666. 26, and James S1105.-
so