Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-06-11

to the American genius for at least fifteen
Inventions and discoveries which have been
adopted all over the world. They are the
cotton gin, the plsning machine, the grass
mower and grain reaper, the rotary printing
press, navigation by steam, the hot air or
caloric engine, the sewing machine, the india
rubber industry, the machine manufacture
of horse shoes, the sand ballast for carving,
the guage lathe, the gram elevator, artificial
Ice manufacture on large scale, the cleo
tro-magnet and its practical application, and
the composing machine for printers.
Frank, = seveu-year-old son of John Fa-
sick, citizen OF Patterson, last Thursday,
while looking down into the river at tur-
tie, from the third pier OF the river bridge,
on the north side, lost his balance and fell
onto the ice-breakcr and thence into the
river. A number of hcys were with him;
/ they gave the alarm. Thomas Reese found
the child on the bottom of the river, in
about foer feet of water. Il Is wonGer
the child came TO life, for il was almost
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straight down over the forehead, over the
nose, and over the chin, caused by contact
with the edge of a railroad bar tn It is fast
ened TO the ice-breaker. Atlatest accounts
the boy was doing as well as could BE- ex-
pseted.
| A. G. Bonsall and John nollobaugh re-
I c,;vad 4 nna mountain from, o, Sa,urd,v
from the State Matching house, for distribu-
/ ton in such streams in this county as the
gentlemen TO whom they were sent might
select. Joseph Martin and A. G. Bonsall
put a number of the little fish in Big run,
and in SulOuf's or Horning's run. Frlnk
Books and John HollobIugh stocked Mace
donia run. The streams just mentioned all
head in Shade mountain, on the north
side of the county. Sheriff Walls took a
number TO the west end of the county to
stock streams that flow through Juniata
county to the Junia'a river. The law i'm
poses a penalty on all who fish for trout in
streams that have been stocked by the
State, within a period of three years after
the fish have been put into the streams.
For some time past Mr.. Samue. Ritzman,
a citizen of Sprr ,e Hill township, this coun-
ty, has not been in good health, because of
some ailment of his lungs. Last Thursday
lie was prostrated by hemmorrhage. Ills
brother, p. T. Ritznan, came to attend TO
The affairs of the farm, and look to tho feed
/ ing CT the stock, &c. About 6 O'Clock in
the evening a violent storm of wind rain,
and lightning passed over the valley, doing
considerable damage to the growing grain.
P. I. Ritzmin was in his brother Sdmuel's
barn when the storm came up, and contin-
ued the work that he was at. He went to
the hay NOV, and was in the act of pitch
I ing hay down for the stock when the barn
was struck by lightning. The lightning
struck his body about the middle and passed
of by the feet, tearing his clothing and
forcing one OF his boots off, and rendering
his lower limbs useless. At the same time
{ the hay around him took fire. Mrs. Sam
uel Ritzman ran TO the barn, and by the help
of a boy succeeded in getting her brother
| in-lav out of the burning building. The un-
fortunate man fingered in great pain till Fri
day evening, when he died.
The fire that WAS communicated 10 the
barn by the lightning spread rapidly, and
before the entire movable contents of the
structure could be removed il was con-
sumed. All the live stock IN the barn ex-
cepting one horse and twelve sheep were
gotten out Most of the farming utensils,
machinery and wagons Of the plantation
were in the barn, and of course were de-
stroyed. The insurance amounts to only
six hundred dollars. The deceased was
married about three months ago.