Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-15

ana tney stepped 10 the soutn Track 10
get out Of the way. Just at that In
slant the JoLnstown Accommodation
east, came along, and as the curve is
very short the engineer did n5t observe
them until too late. The pilot Of the
engine struck them, and both were
thrown against the cmbankment at the
side of the road, from whence they
rolled down into the ditch. The train
was Immediately stopped, brt when
somc of the horri6ed passengers reached
the spot they found the old couple with
out treath Of life, and lying within
short distance of each other. Their
death must have been instantaneous, as
it did not require moro than minute
or two to back down to the spot where
the tragedy occurred, and their hearts
had then ceased to beat. The bodies
we're at once paced on the rear car
and taken down to Derry, when most
narrowing scene occurred. A son Of
the dead couple, who is sged about Is
years, happened to catch sight Of his
mother. and upon finding that the lamp
Of her life had gone out forever he gave
way to the most bitter lamentatiou.
When be had calmed down somewhat
he asked fur his father, and when the
terrible dual fate was unfoldea to him
he stood paralyzed with grief. Even
the spectators we're melted to tears at
the saddening sight, and few could re-
main to witness his agony. The VIC
tins OF this awful accident we're named
SerriLa, and they had been up the road
last evening for the purpose of prOcu-
ring some corn and hops, small sack
containing these articles being in the
possession of the husband when he was
killed. In the twInkling of an eye
without one moment to think of i'm
pending death - they were snatched
from earth, and together :heir souls
went forth from the clayey tenement
containing them. They leave nine
children to mourn their fate, and 1t may
we'll be believed they are inconsolable.
1t was indeed terrible.
A son of Hon. Z. b. Brockway, Of
Bloomsbury, died from lockjaw some
} days ago. He had stepped upon the
tooth of a garden rake.
A New York druggist resisted the
execution Of writ of ejectment, and
drove the officers out of the building
} by throwing vitriol on them, which DIS
figured their faces and burned their
clothes.
A disease among horned cattle in
York State is quite destructive. The
cattle are effected good deal like the
horses were when they had the epi-
zootIc.
Erie, Pa, complains that railroads
arc discriminating in favor of other
places in matters of freight.
i Owing to its small muster roll the
9th Regiment of New York Volunteers,
being the Oldest organization of the
kind in the State, was disbanded on the
7th inst, by the Governor The regl-
ment was organized IN 1914.
AT North Platte, Nebraska, on the
night of the 9Th inst, Government
stables, containing hay and fourteen
mules, was destroyed by fire.
Corr speculation sent Baltimore
house up, as the saying goes, to the
amount of $50, 900 liabilities.
A preacher in Watervillc, Maine,
has beer arrested for showing altered
national bank bills.
Champaign county, Illinois, has 2l50
acres devoted to broom CORN, and the
cultivators who make this a speciality
are among the most prosperous in the
county.
In Baltimore there are from 1900 to
1000 vacant dwelling houses.
A monster copper kettle, weighing
seven hundred pounds and holding sixty
FIVE barrels, was manufactured in Zanes-
vile, Ohio, recently for use in Q brew
cry.
The strainer of the reservoir at Pert
Jervis, New York, got broken somehow
last week, and the pipes all around
! were soon choked up with catfish, so
that they bad to shut down work in the
. Ene Railroad shops because no water
could be got for the boilers.
The New York State Republican Con-
; Vcntl0n placed the following ticket 10
the field last Wednesday: Frederick
, w. Seward, of New York city, for
Secretary of State; Gen. Francis K.
Spinner, of Herkimer, for Controller ,
|. General 4. A. Merritt, of St. Law
renee, for State Treasurer George L.
Danforth, of Monroe, for Attorney
General Oliver N. z. Cornell, oI
Tompkins, for State Engineer and Sur
veyor; William T. Tinsley, of Wayne,
for Canal Commissioner Rev. Benoni
l. Ives, for State Prison Inspector.
Citizens Of Moorstown and vicinity,
New Jersey, have organized vigilance
committee for the purpose Of bringing