Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-02

IL is real qieer 10 hear Democrats tall,
about the Republican party under the ru,s
OF boss, in the face OF the fact that ell
the Democratic members of the Legislature
voted tor Wallace all the way through
They did not dare to even give a commit
menfary Vote to other members of the party.
They should sweep their own door of boss
rule before they talk of other people.
The Altoona Tribune says: swm. Given.
late private of Company A, Ninety-scv-
enth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
applied for and has through the efforts of
Agent Nicewonger received an increase of
pension. His misfortune in battle was TO
stop two rebel bullets, one of which struck
| his neck" The soldier above mentioned is
son of Squire Wm. Given, deceased, of
this county.
Some thief stole horse, that $3.50 had
been refused for, from the stable Of Samuel
RickcDbach, about one mile east of Nc Ais
terville, last Wednesday night. The horse
had not eaten the hay that was put in the
rack, and from that fact it is inferred that
the horse Was taken in the early part of the
night. The animal had been fed by the
thief, as was evidenced by corn cobs in the
trough. A saddle, bride and blanket were
also taken. The night was a cold, blustry
one. No clue TO the stolen horse has vet
been reported.
Everybody about town knows tha. the
bridge had four spans, and that the ice
flood took away the two middle ones, leaving
span at either shore. On Monday after
noon Charles Groninger, youth of 20 years,
walked from the Patterson side to the end Of
the span, and while stepping about on the
pier the stones loosened and he fell dis
tance of about fifteen feet in the direction
of the river, landing on hi. back, on the
remnant of the ;ce-breaker. He was not
severely hurt. He could not get back into
thu bridge. and it became necessary TO send
a boat out for him.
There are two rope ferries on the lower
s'"c vi thc ii'cf tE!NSc- lDe henueuN X
DOty ferry, and the Keiser ferry About
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon a fiat on each
of the mentioned ferries left the Patterson
shore for this side of the river. When
about half way across some mishap over
took the keiser fiat. Some say that ring
that was fastened to the lead rope broke.
Others say thst the ropes of the Kennedy
& Doty fiat got under the Keiser Hat but
De reports as they may, the Keiser fiat was
sunk or upset, and the occupants thrown
into the river. There were in the Keiser
hat, passengers, William Sandoe, Samuel
Kinzer. and Griff Conner, and James Kei- /
ser. manager of the fat. There was long |
bench used on the fat TO seat passengers on.
that tloated down the river. The passen- |
gers clung to that and foated away with the |
current. James keiser swan to this shore. 4
William Keiser manned boat and followed .
the passengers that were clinging TO the 1
bench. They were overtaken and landed
nearly half mile below the bridge. In the /
pitiless cold their condition can be better
than described. Eager and will
ing men were on the shore when Keiser
landed Sandoe, Kinzer aud Conner. Stout
men took hold of them, buoyed them up
and kept them on a run on the tow-path TO
town, to keep them from being paralyzed by
the freezing cold.