Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13

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the direction that the boy pointed. They
gave chase and overlook the rattler Just
, about the time it reached shore. 1t was a
large snake, and when they killed it, seven
rattes were found on its tail.
The Bloomfield Advocate of last week
J says The damages for the taking OF the
MIllerstown bridge were fixed on Monday
of this week at Sl4,O 900. 1t has been known
for some time that negotiations were in
progress looking to an amicable settlement
OF the difficulty between the bridge com
pany and the county, but it was only last
week that the matter was fixed Though
the settlement was thus made it took the
verdict of jury to render the settlement
legal, as the County authorities have no
power TO raise the damages fixed by the
viewers, or lower them. The suit was tried
IN formal manner on Monday afternoon,
and the bridge contractors Messrs. Shreffier,
Sweger, Stouffer and Kem, fixed the value
at from Sl5,C0O to Sl7 200, but by agree
ment as previously announced, the verdict
was taken at sl4,O 900 as above stated. This
ends our bridge troubles in Perry, except
what shall come about by flood and ice.
Ameri cans are so recently out of the
woods that most of men recollect hearing
their fathers and grand fathers tell of how
when they needed recreation, they had no
fair, railroad excursion, seaside resort, or
great business centre to go to for few
days OF relief from the every day cares of
life, but that they had resort to the woods,
for chase, the chase of deer WIS favor
lie sport and means of relief. Such high
| sport as that Is all gone by. John Diehl.
however, has a COW that when she takes
caper makes chase as good as that of a
deer. Last Wednesday evening the animal
was in the liveliest mood and in going down
" alter streets, became enlivened by the rat
tie OF drum and started off on a duick
step across the Basin, out Cedar Spring
road, 10 Pannabaker's smith shop. there
! she leaped fence into lot of Calvin North.
, thence into lot OF +. S. Parker, thence in
base ball club OF boys. The boys instinct
iyely turned IN with Dehl IN the chase.
The COW seemed to enjoy The accession to
the crowd in pursuit. aud left tha street by
ledqing into SchweIer's corn field. A bite
OF corn now aud then as she sped eastward
| through the field added speed 10 her career
but there was not sufficient attraction in
the corn 10 stop heI, she passed across the
Schweier farm, and across the Jacobs farm
and was captured in the cross road leading
I from RenO's school house TO Cedar Spring
road. "he capture however was OF mo-
mentlry duration, IS soon as she recovered
her wind she broke from the hold of Mr.. |
Diehl and the boy assistants, and ran away
across road and field, and was soon out OF
sight of the exhausted pursuers. Mr.. Diehl |
WIS thrown down several times by the wild
COW and so severely injured that he is not
yet able to work. The COW was away a /
number OF DAYS, and Was returned from 1
Ruben Moist's place IN Walker township.
Wild, shrill. Alarming and discordIHt |
WhistliDg by number OF railroad locOmo-
ives, Caused hundreds vi people TO spring /
hastily out of bed about O'Clock on Sat-
urday morning Everybody knew that the
whiSiling was intended to call them out TO
/ fire: and almost everybody felt As il Judge
Lynch should have all OF the inccndiary
people dangling from the end OF rope
thrown across the limb Of tree, for they
all believed that they were again called to
witness another inccndiary confagration,
in that, they were however disappointed.
The lire WIS iu house owned by John
Robson, in Patterson, on the southeast
corner of Nam and Juniata streets. The
building was occupied by the families OF
Benjamin Slime, William Goats and William
\ Nanklvel. The fire originated in the kitch-
en- OF the Goats family. Mr.. aud Mrs Coats
were away on a visit TO Altoona, but a
daughter was in charge Of the house. The
daughter was SO hard to awaken that her
escape IRON the building by the stair way
was made with difiiculiy. Several persons
claim to have first discovered the fire. Rail-
road men on the coal warf claim first to
have seen ii coming cut of the roof of the
Coats kitchen. Boyd Murray. engaged in
teegraphing, heard some one cry fire, ran
out OF the office, and in the direction of the
light. He kicked vigorously at the first
front door that he came to in the building
that was on fire in the buck yard. 1t was
Nankiyel's place of residence. but he had
not then heard the alarm of fire, of course
he put his head out OF an upstairs win
dow and demanded to know what all the
house is on fire." shouted the youth, MUIR I
ray, that was enough for Nankiyel, the
next minute he was hurrying around inside ,
the building like a man who desires to save
as many of his household effects as he pos
siby can under such circumstances. He
had no ms urance on his goods, and panv
of his things were burned. Boyd Murray !
was about 10 bang the Coats front door !
when the daughter of Mr.. Coats appeared a
at the door with a child in her arms and
asked the youth to take it, he took it, but
what should be do with itl and ran across
Juniata street. to Todd's coraer and there
placed the little one down against the build
ing and other people came along and cared
for the child. meanwhile the mother was
trying to save some things from the build
ing. Not many things belonging to the
Coats family was taken out of the house.
They had no Insurance. Stine and family
heard The first alarm of fire, but the fumes
spread so rapidly and were SO near when
they first started, that they lost many OF
their household goods. He had no insur-
ance. There was no insurance on the build
ing, and everything that was burned was a
clear loss to the owners. The property
was worth twenty-five hundred dollars,
probably, perhaps, more. The Patterson
firemcn confined the fire to the building and
no other property was injured.