Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-25

the way OF damaged foundations and
buildings.
From the Bloomfield Advocate OF
the IL inst.-Our Liverpool CORES.
pondent sends us the following: On
Friday while E. X. Biting, grocery.
man at Upper Liverpool lock, was
gathering drift wood along the river
bank, his attention was attracted by
number of crows around one par
tieular spot-Upon investigation he
found, partly buried, a male infant
child about month old with one
arm eaten off and the hair missing
from the head DR.. E. Walt. Sny.
der county coroner, was notified.
jury was empanelled, whose ver-
dict at this writing Saturday we
have not learned. A thorough in
yestigation will be made, and it is
hoped the guilty parties will be
brought to justice. The body was
inferred by undertaken Deckard.
Later.-The jury rendered a YER
dict: "That the male infant came to
his death by violent and unnatural
means at the hands of some person
or persons to the inquest unknown. -
Mr.. w. A PETER, the Alliance
candidate, of Kansas, who defeated
MIR. Ingalls, for the United states
Senate, is an uncle of Mr.. William
A. Peffer, of Watts township, this
county. When w. A. PETER, of
Kansas, is elected president of the
United States in 1892; Mr.. w. A.
Petfer OF Pennsylvania, may expect q
lucrative position.
From the McYeytown Journal of
last week:-The residence of Saml
McWiliiams was entered by burglars
on last Thursday morning about one
o'clock. They climbed in at win
dow in which Mrs. McWilliams had
her house plants and which was
without sash lock, The thief
stood on bench and carefully re-
moved the potted plants placing
them on the ground and then enter
cd the building and ransacked the
pockets Of what clothing was lying
about down stairs, the only spoils
found being full plug of chewing
tobacco belonging to Mr.. New.
The thief or thieves then went up
stairs into j. 7. McWilliams' room
aud secured his trousers containing
the keys of his store and safe The
click of trailing suspender buckle
on the stairs awakened Taylor, who
at once grasped the situation and
finding his trousers gone gave the
alarm, and subsequently, aroused the
neighbors, but the birds had flown
under cover Of the darkness. The
trousers were afterwards found in
the yard, nothing in the pockets
having been disturbed It il sup
poaed that the object WAS to secure
the keys of the store OF bank with .
view to mere profitable operation.
We next hear OF them an hour later
invading the donicle of Alex
CorreQ at Mattawana. Mr.. Correll's s
suspicious were first aroused by
footsteps on ths Outside and being
foreuarned was forearmed. Accor-
dinghy be and his son awaited fur
ther developments and next heard
the intr uders down stairs, then on
tho hall up stairs. bIr. c., however,
had no confidence III his revolver
which was only partially loaded and
not knowing il what force the enc,
my Was present hesitated about ad-
Yancing 10 tho dark, SO he opon-d
his bedroom door and said get out
of here, and Of course they hastily
retired without saying good night,
taking along n child's moner bank
containing about S12 The broken
bank was afterwards found at Atkin
son lumber ward.