Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-07-18

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Wednesday evening. Two miles up
Tuscarora it was common fall of
ram, Out at Jericho the fall of the
ram was not SO heavy, but from this
place in the direction of Van Vert it
fell in torrents.
AT this time in the year, 81 wears
ago, cholera came to this place, from
whence no one knows, and carried
into the future world 21 citizens. If
1t plays a proportionate havoc in
London this season, the trade of the
world must need be greatly disturb
ed, and thousands upon thousands
of people will be called hence.
On Monday a man nam ed Long
well living on farm about three
quarters of mile from NIilroy
Miffiin county, and a man named
Read Alexander who lived in Mil
roy, had a dispute over some berries
that Alexander picked on the Long
well place. The information at
hand does not give the particulars !;
it simply states results, namely, that
Alexander was killed by blow on
the head with piece of fence rail
in the hands of Longwell.
Miss Laura McAlister, daughter of
Washington McAlister of Fayette.
and lady friend came to town last
Wednesday morning to do some
shopping. When driving up Main
street to go home hind wheel lock-
ed itself and so arrested the prog
ress of the vehicle that they deemed
1t best to get out and send the buck
board wagon to shop to loosen the
wheel, all of which was done.
The editors of the Democrat and
Register must have some time in their
lives been scared by ghost, for they
are raging at the editor OF the Senti-
mel and Republican for trying to en-
Tighten them on the manifestations
at Muddy Run school house. Of
course if they prefer to believe that
the noises at SAID school house were
made by a ghost instead of by
boysan peewe they have the right
to so believe, we shall not fall out
with them for their belief but would
suggest that they call in witch doc
tor and have him pow-wow them, SO
that the witch spirit that rides them
be exercised.
The Hagerstown Globe says: The
public test of Messrs. Watts & Seths
Jersey COW, Value Second, 6S44, pur-
chased of Mr.. Thomas Taggart, this
city, which has been in progress for
the last week, under the supervision
of Col N. c. Weld, of New York, as
committee for the American Jer
sey cattle Club, and Messfs. Alex. N.
Fulford, of Hartford county, and W.
H. West, of Baltimore county. a com
mittee for the Maryland Breeders
Association, closed yesterday. Dur
ing the week the COW gave 1927
pounds of milk, from which was
churned 25 lbs. 2 11-12 ounces of
well-worked unsalted butter. Many
Jersey breeders visited Mr.. Seth's
place, in Baltimore county, during
the test and witnessed the formalities
and precautions adopted to prevent
tampering with the milk CT cream,
and to insure exact Justice to the COW
and her owners. The COW was milk
ed three times each day and the milk
strained into a cabinet creamer, doub-
le locked, and fastened with tape run
ming entirely around the creamer,
and sealed with wax
The great rain last Wednesday
evening put an end to all out door
work on the farm for the period of
almost day, and as a consequence
on Thursday forenoon more people
were in town than at any time pre-
vious within a period Of 10 days.
Lightning demolished a large
walnut tree near the farm buildings
OF David Sieber in Fermanagh twp,
last Wednesday evening, and the
flood on that occa sion carried of 2
dozen shocks of wheat for Christ
Reno, ard a lot of fence for the edi-
tor OF the Sentinel and Republican and
a food gate and fence for E. S. Par
ker and j. Lyons potato patch north
of town looked as if riSer had been
run over it. Oats was SO beaten TO
the ground aud corn stalks SO Sian
ted out of row that the agricultural
portion of the community could not
smile over the scene OF Thursday
morning.
On last Friday afternoon while a
thunder storm was passing over this
place, the lightning struck Daniel
Aukers barn, in Walker township,
about a mile and half east of TINS
town. The building instantly took
fire and III short time was burned
TO the ground. MIR. Auker succeed
ed in getting all his live stock out.
He had burned ali this years hay,
some farming implements, some old
grain and lot OF meat, that he bad
stored III the barn. He had $500 in
surance on the barn and $500 on the
contents, which will not cover his
entire loss. Mr.. Auker will rebuild
as soon as possible. Shortly after
the barn had been struck, and while
II was yet burning, the lightning
struck a shock of wheatin John Mus
sers field, near by, and burned it to
the ground. The burning shock was
al hrst mistaken for fire III Yelling
ton Smiths barn and with that be-
hef IA number of citizens that had
gathered at the Auker barn, that by
,i4is time was ali down, started on a
run tor the Smith building but the
exact location OF the fire was soon
discovered and the excitement abat-
ed,