Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-08-04

umn, iO cents per line for each insertion.
Deductions viii be made to those DESIRING
TO advertise by the year, half or ouartcT
year.
some time last May train of cars was
wrecked on the mountain not far from Cres-
son. One of the cars contained live alIi-
gator, that was on its way to the Zoolopical
Garden in Philadelphia. The car that con.
tanned the water animal was tunbied into a
branch OF Conemaush creek, and it was be-
lieved that the alligator had been killed un-
der the wreck. But the fact that a few days
ago, as boy named Pennel Sharp was bath
ing in deep place in the Stream aforesaid
was set upon by some ferocious thing in the
water, ii has been conjectured that it must
be the alligator that was in the car that was
wrecked 'act spring. The Altoona Tribune
of last Friday tells Of it as follows:
eYoung Sharp and several companions.
who had been out shooting woodcock, had
gone in the creek TO battle. As Sharp was
swimming by himself some distance from
nc1r0
him give an agoniz:ns scream and disap-
pear in the water. They saw that he had
been caught by some black animal which
had one Of his legs in its mouth where il
was held firmly by row of cruel white
teeth. The animal carried the young man
un0er the water, but re-appeared in 1 few
seconds with Sharp in his jlws He cried
10 his companions to sheet, but before a
gun could be discharged he was pulled uh-
der the water again. / few moments after
he rose with the big black beast still cling
ing TO his leg, and struck out for the oppo-
site shore. Again he called upon his COM
paniOns to shoot, but being afraid of hit
ting Sharp no one discharged his cur. At
last he reached the bank and began climb
ing up its slippery side, when, guided by a
sudden impulse, the animal gave q Jerk
which tore great piece from the calf of
Sharp's leg and slid with its mouthful of
human flesh into the deep water, TO reap
pear no more The wounded man was car
ried home by his companions more dead
than alive. His leg WAS terribly lacerated.
and the loss of blood was very severe. 1t
was thought for a while that TIE limb could
be Savet but modification set in and it was
found necessary to amPutate it jnst below
the knee The young man is now getting
along very well aud viii probably recover.
People in the vicinity are in s. great state of
excitement and will not let their children go
near the stream, as they are afraid they will
be eaten- Almost a constant watch has
since beer kept on the place By men armed
with shOt-guns, who are determined to de-
stroy The beast, but as yet it has failed TO
show itself.''
DURING the past two weeks the EDITOR OF
the Selinsgrove Times has been expressing
his unlappinesS over the fact that colored
man in LewistOwn was rotten-eggei out of
town for insulting 4 white woman on the
street. Weirlck has fallen into the mistake
Of men Of bis class Of mind in not distin-
gushing the differences between offences.
He puts the rotten-eggiug of the man in
Lewistown upon The same level with the Of
fence of driving a cslored man out of a
community in the South. The fact is, there
is no similarity in the cases. The man in
LewisiOwn had 10 right TO insult lady on
the street. To do so was an offence TO
every decent man in the community. There
is no natural or legal right under which a
man may insult another, or whole commu-
nifty, and the man who presuunes to deiib-
erately insult community, cannot be
classed with man who in the pursuit of
his natural rights, and legal rights, is set
upon by set of rufiians and driven from a
community. The class of newspapers TO
which the Selinsgrove Times belongs, fail
TO have the discrimination TO see that the
coaorcd people in the South are not driven
out for insult offered 10 women, but they
are driven out because of opinions sake;
for holding opinions that are as wholesome
on the questions Of morals, religion and
politics as are the opinions of the men who
drive them out. The Times fails to see The
difference in the cases it fails to see that
the man IN LewiSt0Wn VINO WAS egseu out
of town, was a man dangerous 10 society
generally. That his opinions were OF the
most pernicious quality, and that his con-
duct was his opinions put into Practice.
The truth is, that the fellow thatwas driven
ont of LewistOwn and the bull dozer of the
South are alike, for both by their practice
would prevent people from the exercise OF
natural and legal rights. The man IN
Lewistown would prevent lady from walk
ing peaceably on the public streets, and the
bull dozer in the 6 outh would prevent their
opponents from the peaceable exercise of
their natural and legal rights on the high
way. and in their own houses.
msbae of the she-sheplifters OF New orK
are Heep ones. One of them selected
diamond necklace at one of the big Jewelry
stores and asked to show it to her husband
before purchasing. The firm consented
sending one of the partners along with her
in the carriage. She drove to lunatic
asylum, telling her companion that her nus
hand was in charge of the institution ana