Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-30

oau 'ne ne4t morning was found
drowned In the canal, which runs
through the central part of the town.
In gong to and from church she was
Obliged to pass over the canal bridge
on Church St, one abutment of which
was unguarded the time, and the
plaintiff charged that by reason of
the borough officers negiscting to
guard the abutment, his wife missed
her way, stepped over the abutment,
Iel INTO the canal and wss drowned.
The borough authorities set up the
defense that the plaintiffs wife com
mltted suicide. Over sixty witness
es were In attendance. This suit has
been before the court off and ON, for
the past four years, and came up for
hnai hearing with the above result.
Tuesday morning, May %, heavy
rain storm, accompanied by thunder
and lightning, passed over Marysville
during which the U. B. church was
badly damaged. The lightning first
struck the spire which it tore to at
oms-throwing a portion of it as far
as lOO yards away-passed down the
base of the cupola, tore out one side
OF the building, shattering the cell
ing, walls and floor, and passed to
to the wall where its destructive
power can also be seen. At the same
time MIR. Copp's horse was knocked
down, his milk wagon upset and the
lactal fluid mingled with the descend
ing rain. No person was seriously
injured, though five or six children
were stunned by the stroke, and
number of older persons were simil-
arly affected.
Senator Smiley of this district
has an important bill on its passage
through the legislature. 1t is Sen
ate bill No 155, entitled an act sup
Elementary to an act passed March
lib, entitled an act for the Iimita-
ton of actions. The Senator main
tains that the practice is very com
mon now for parties who are cut out
from the collecting of a debt by
Statutes of limitation to appear and
by word of mouths swear and prove
the case into such a shape that the
right of action to recover is not de-
stroyed by the Statutes of limitation.
The Senator proposes that the loose
way of the making of proof by word
of mouth shall be changed by his
bill to the more substantial one of
promise made in writing and prop
eryl acknowledged He maintains
that his bill when enacted into law
will remove the cause of much litiga-
ton, and takeaway temptation topper
jury.
The Hollidaysburg Register says,
Steward Campbell planted ~
acres in corn on the county farm
that failed to sprout. Yesterday he
received from Williamsport seed to
replant. The outlook for big
corn crop in the county is not good.
On Monday Mr. John Duffey dip
pea from MS carp pOnu, AT the re-
servior, a 2 year old carp that weigh
ed pounds and just as thick as II
was long, 2l inches.In June. 1881, !
Mr.. Dufey prepared his pond and
put in s inch carp. All have lived
and prospered like the one described
but very singular to say no young
carp have yet made their appearance.
The cause Mr. Duffey attributes to
the spawn being destroyed by pike,
sunfsh and catties, which have be- |
come quite numerous in the carp
pond Another mystery is how
these fish got there before >the carp
were put in, the water was all drawn |
out for 3 days, after which it was Sc
curely damned and the s carp put
in. Mr. Duffey thinks the spawn of
the pike, sunfsh and catfish were in
the mud and WAS Matched out. An
other theory is some fisherman com
ing along the railroad threw them
in. Recently four 10 inch pike and
many sinners have been taken out.