Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-06-27

trees on the farm of Elias Horning
and David Seiber in fermanagh
township.
The Fulton Republican says far
mers, be very careful in handling
phosphates, if you have any cuts or
bruises upon your hands or face. 1t
produces virulent blood-poisoning.
The bridge company have put down
a substantial road of stone one foot
thick, between the canal and the riv-
er bridges, a century of travel over
the stones Will fail to wear them out.
On the 18th storm ragged in part
of Bucks county. Trees were blown
down and carriages along the road
were upset and their occupants
thrown out. No lives are reported
lost.
They are telling q sound fish story
up at Mapleton, about new kind of
a fish 2 feet long. shaped round and
pointed like cigar with a black
back and sides, and white spotted
belly.
Col. A. X. Mcclure delivered the
commencement address before the
literary societies of Muhlenberg col,
lege IN the Allentown academy of
music, ON Tuesday evening, the 26th
instant.
The boss snake story Is that of the
black snake crawling into Captain
McClellan's cook stove out of the
cold and being roasted sup nicely,
but the best OF it all, is, that it is a
true story.
Heavy rains in Kansas caused the
rivers TO over iow Some of the
streams are a dozen miles wide.
Large fields of wheat and all other
kind Of growing grain have been
destroyed.
Crops were greatly damaged by
storm in Berbs, Montour, and Ly-
coming counties last week. A mum
Der of buildings were unroofed, a
barn or two were struck and destroy
ed by lightning.
Mr.. Lauver of Evendale bought
a grain thresher with a steam engine
power. The engine is so conducted
that it can travel ON the rords. The
thresher was drawn to Evendale on
Saturday by the engine.
AIifiin county soldiers will hold q
reunion on the 4th of July. The
men that got UP the reunion must
be town soldiers for no soldiers from
the country would get up a reunion
fer the 4th OF July, it being Just har-
vest time.
Evidently the iron business is not
working satisfactorily for in the
Fermanagh township iron ore dis
trict some 20 odd men have been
discharged within the past week.
Some OF the miners have already left
the district.
LAWYER Be:dler had a live case to
dispose of. His bees swarmed and
in helping the busy little insects to
hive, number OF them quietly work
ed themselves up under mis- mask and
stung him. His retreat was made
in Il mastery manner.
How correct the Pittsburg Post is
in its observation when it says ::
There is no more reason for abolish
ing the trial by jury. because of fail
ure IN a few instances to render Just
verdicts, than there is to abolish
marriage because it has failed fre-
quently to accomplish happy results. ="
The Chambersburg Repository
mentions, that, DR.. John Montgom-
CIV. of this place, has lost II horses
by death in the past Z years. Sew
eral OF them died from lock jaw,
one Of distemper, 2 or 3 from wind
collie. and two colts hung themselves
in the stable. The doctor has GER
tainly been very unfortunate,
\ large dog in the neighborhood
of Hawns mill in Milford twp,
sprang up and siezed the flank of
the horse of Jacob Viii as he was
passing by ON the road The teeth
Of the dog Scared the skin OF the
flank of the horse considerably
Dangerous dog. On the same trip,
Mr. VIII lost a pocket book contain
ing S15,00.
DO NOT FORGET.
Do not forget that at Hesss Pho
tograph Gallery you can get any
small picture enlarged for IS cents.
Also anything that is made in Pho
Biography, you can get here done up,
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