Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-05-16
Huntington County,
PER arsTNoDos COUNTY PAFERs

Four portable steams saw mills
are in operation in Trough Creek
Valley.
There are already Is candidates
in the field. for the nomination OF
sheriff.
The Catholics N Huntingdon
observed Ascension Day with ap-
propriate services.
Clay township, hasa young lady
who, it is said. works, in the field,
helps in a sew mill. snd can do as
much work rs man
Howard Copenhaysr was killed in
mine at Lucy Furnace by slate
from the roof falling on him He
was about q years of age.
Luther Anspach's stable, in Stone
Valley, YVES burned recently. A lit
tie daughter caused the FIRE by light
ing a match. i hog.was roasted to.
death.
Christian. Steinmetz, of Juniata
twp. who. was sentenced to jail at
last court for selling: liquor to min
ors, has been released. the 25 days
expired He viii be required to
answer the charge Of violating the
internal revenue laws, before the
Z. S. court in Pitssburg.
The Journal says. we understand
that oar venerable fellow townsman,
AIR Levi Westbrook, one day last
week received voucher from the
pension bureau tor the sung sum of
over nineteen hundred dollars
The application was made for the
death of his son Alfred who died at
his home in this place, in 1S-. OF
disease contracted when in the
army.
A Railroad breakman was killed
Mt Upton few days ago. He WAS
climbing to the top of a car and
missed his hold and fell on the track.
He died in Is minutes after the cars
passed over him. When Henry Note
the assistant conductor came to him,
he exclaimed. MY God, look at
me. Give my love to my poor
mother
A German slater aged about 25
years. employed at the new court
house, fell from the roof of that bull
ding On Tuesday morning to the
floor of the second story, n distance
of about 40 feet. While falling he
caught hold of dangling rope, but
losing his hold of this. he was pre-
cipitated to the hard floor. The
Young man sustained only slight in
iuries.
John Butler. a farmer who lives
on Jacks mountain, made a narrow
escape one day last week. While
driving his team down the mountain
the saddle horse blundered and fell
upon one of Mr.. Buffers legs and
fastened him to the ground. For
tunately a neighbor came to his re
lief and after much labor extricated
him.
The Globe says. we learn from
those who have their information di-
rect. that a certain miller of the
..lower end" is in the habit of ad-
ulterating his -four with white corn,
which of course he gets for less than
half the cost of wheat. This to a
cheap swindle, but very mean one,
and a miller who will allow his av-
arice to overcome his honesty in this
way ought to lose the patronage Of
every ope of his customers And all
honest millers will make common
cause in exposing such a miserable
cheat aud swindler.
Clinton Park, aged II years, son
of Rachel Park, Springfield town
ship, was accidently shot through
the calf of the leg, Oh Monday morn
ing in a very singular manner. The
gun was standing against the bureau
in one of the lower rooms of the
horse and his sister, Miss Jane
Park, in pulling out one of the bu-
reau drawers accidently struck the
hammer of the gun which discharged
it and sent the ball crashing up
through the cealing of the room,
through the bed-clothes of the bed
on which Clinton was sleeping and
through the unfortunate boys calf,
inficting a painful wound