Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-21
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81 WIS. 0Ouu huwk was t3kcu ouU0euil
{ i'll at noon on Tuesday willie seated a
the dinner table.
81 Rev. H. K. Bender, of Birmingham, Pa
,is visiting friends in town, and will preaci
i'm the n. E. church next Sabbath morning
and evening, the 25th inst.
A baby about two months old was left a
the door of citizen Of Newport one nigh
last week. 1t was taken in charge by tn,
borough constable, and by him removed t.
the Poor House. Who its parents are ha.
not been found out.
The Newport Ledger of last week said
William Kines, aged about sixty-three years
was found dead in field on his farm, il
Wild Cat valley, on Tuesday morning. He
chad gone out to clean out fence corners
and, it is supposed, was overcome by heat,
and in the absence of assistance died in The
field all alone.
GAS there were only three thousand per.
Ssons who claimed to have discover the
scomet, DR.. Lewis Swift, who represents Mr.
Warner, the gentleman who offered the
7prizc of $500 to the person first discover.
ling it, has decided in order to settle the
trouble, to have essays written on Comets
their composition, purpose and effect upon
the earth.' Each of these is to be sent un-
ider nom de Pisme to Rochester, N. Y, be-
fore the first Of November next, and the
zperson sending the best is to receive the
Lamount named"
The Newport Ners of the 18th inst says |:
The other night Mrs. W. Fl. Rough got up
to give one of her children drink of water
Hearing a noise at her basement kitchen
door she went to the window with pitcher
of water in her hand for the purpose of
Sasking who were there, but it is easily i'm
: agined how frightened she was, alone with
her children, On beholding two men stand
ling on the ground below. The question as
TO what was their errand only ESCAPED
partly from her lips, and in the excitement
the wafer was spilled out OF the pitcher,
falling on the midnight marauders, who ran
away as fast as their legs could carry them.
The information that a wolf is roaming
about in the western part of this county has,
4 got abroad among the people outside Of the
= limits of Juniata. An exchange makes the!
Following remarks relative thereto: "a wolf
lis prowling about in the western end of Ju-
tpta rs. ftrs and Nnv..,,,-
ber there will be another Wolfe prowling!
about in every county in the State" An
Iother exchange says relative to it: "A wolf
has been seen roaming in the western end of;
Juniata county the past few days. 1t is;
supposed to be an Independent candidatcj
for State Treasurer hunting votes, but thel
old farmers have their shot-guns ready, ALI
Ithe same"
The Huntingdon Journal OF last week;
Says: Some unannoiDted thief, one night
liast week. stole bag of wheat from the]
barn of Jack McCahan. Every now andi
then some article is taken from Mr.. Me-
|Cahan's barn, and one Of these mornings a.
dead thief will be found lying about hIss
premises. Several weeks ago he improvised
"a kind Of masked battery out OF U S.
|riusket, which he loads heavily with slugs.
and balls, and so arranges it that it is dis
charged by any one who attempts TO openf
the door, but on the night in question he
failed to place it in its proper place, or else 4
Huntington county would be short ones
scoundrel.
Two horses in a spring wagon, all owned \
10y the Wilson Brothers of Oakland Mills, !
rsn away from the door OF Mr.. Doty's resi- !
dence in this place on Monday. The team
ran down Main street In turning into thea
alley at Haines' wagonmaker shop the wagonE
was upset, and the horses freed from the
vehicle. The horses ran to Doty's stableI
and there stopped The only thing in the J
wagon that was seriously damaged was AZ
barrel Of sugar, which was broken open byE
the upset. The wagon tongue was broken. {
Young Mr.. Wilson, who had come with the
team, had gone into Mr.. Doty's house, and !:
while be was indoor the animals concluded
to go around TO the stable, all of which re-
suited as above stated.
The meteor that was seen by citizens Ofs
this place made no noise when it exploded.
By people in Miffiin county it was heard to :
issue kissing sound when it broke intoS
pieces. The report of its explosion to peo-
pie in Lock Haven, Clinton county, was
violent, like the explosion of powder mil. |:
sit was distinctly seen and heard through {
out Clinton county," There is no informa- !
ton vet as to the place where the meteor
exploded. 1t is quite evident, however, that /
the meteor was nearer to Cliston county
than TO Juniata county, for here IN Juniata ?
the sound OF its explosion was not heard. -
Potter county Is the further county in this f.
State in the line of its explosion. If it was
seen beyond Potter, its explosion must have
been in New York State. By and by the
locality will be traced to point,