Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-12-02

''Mrs. Miller and her son of Cherry
Tree, Indiana county were visiting on
Sunday week at the home of John
Hollis in Grant township. While
the family were in the kitchen and
the little boys in the room at play,
the report of gun was heard. The
family on entering the room found
the little son of Mrs. Miller dead.
The ball had entered the skull above
the right eye, passing almost through
as it could be distinctly felt at the
base. According to the story of the
older boy, they saw rabbit in the
front yard, and in taking up the gun
which wac standing in the corner of
the room it was accidentally dis
charged"
An English tramp arrested and
brought before the Justice of Pet
worth police court for the crime of
damaging some cut clover by sleep
ing on it, was fined by the Justice
with the alternative of going to Jail
for eight days. In another case at
the Bromsgrove petty sessions, where
a woman was charged with stealing
some apples, it was alleged against
her that the stems of the fruit SIT
ted, the trees from which they were
said to have been stolen.
William ]. Haines If st. Louis is
a rare old man of 103 years, with an
experience as a soldier in two wars,
as an engineer on an African slave
trader and as a pioneer locomotive
engineer on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. Mr.. Haines is an extreme
ly well preserved centensrian, with
an erect figure and firm step that
belle his years. Until he was 100 he
earned his own living.
The consumption of ladies cigar
cites IN France rose from 10000
francs to 100000 francs last year.
European ladies are often invited
to visit the harems of the rich Moors
In Morocco, and some time ago one
of the inmates beautiful young
girl-fainted at the sight of one of
the lady visitors removing her gloves.
The young lady thought she was re-
moving thick skin from h0r hand,
and the sight frightened her so much
that it was some time beiore she
could regain consciousness.
About 10000 corn cob pipes are
daily manufactured in this country,
all being made in three factories one
Of which stands at st Louis, one at
Greenwood, Nebraska; and the third
in Kansas. The cobs are all procur-
ed in Missouri, and are supplied by
the Collier variety of corn. ON which
they grow usually, heavy, woody and
hard, while the stems are formed Of
the SO called Arkansas swamp cane
or rsed.-Garden and Forest.
The New York Presbytery passed
the following: Infants dying in in
fancy and ether persons who are in
capable of being called by the min
istry Of the Word are regenerated or
saved by Christ through the Spirit,
which worketh when and where aud
how, He pleaseth; also many other
persons who have not been called by
the ministry of the Word"
Napoleon at 25 commanded the
army of Italy. At 80 he was not on
ly one of the most illustrous gener-
ais of the time, but one of the great
law givers of the world. At 46 he
saw Waterloo.
Amos A. Parker of Fitzwilliam, n.
H., recently passed the century mark.
He is the Oldest living college gradu
ate in America and has been a sue
cessful editor, lawyer, auther and
poet. He was an intimate friend of
the Marquis de Lafayette.
John Bright was never at any
school a day after he was fifteen
years old,
The new italian rife is repeater;
and will penetrate planks 5 inches
thick at distance of 1000 feet. A
smokeless powder is used with it,
thus allowing the soldier to carry
greater weight of cartridges.
Five hundred bushels of winter
apples were shipped last week from
to South Bend, Indian.