Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-05-21

members of the county Sunday School
convention. 1t Is hoped that two 9TH
er delegates will be sent from every
school All cannot 60 as delegates,
but let all the teachers, and others, IN
terested in Sunday School work, in the
neighboring schools, make their arrang
ments to attend the convention. Any
person who has any questions on the
programme, or other topics of Sunday
School work, will please prepare them.
aud send them to me. and they will be
classified and taken up with the sub
ject to which they relate.
THOMAS A. ELDER,
Chairman Er Com.
A heavy rain accompanied by high
wind passed over this place on Monday
evening. In Patterson the wind blew
down many trees, fences, and back
houses. Mrs. Lutz fingered at work
in her garden, regardless of the threat
ening appearance of the clouds, till the
wind came along and lifted her up, and
suddenly dropped her on her head hurt
ing her severely. The barn of David
Suloff was blown down. Mrs. Suloff
and daughter we're in the barn at the
time, but we're not hurt. Some cattle
in the building were not hurt. A large
oak tree that stood on the river shore
short distance north of the river
bridge, was blown down. The roof of
John Thompson's carriage house was
blown off but his carriage was not bro
ken. The stable of Eli Dunn, in Fer.
managh township, was blown to pieces,
and a number of trees in that vicinity
were uprooted. A number of apple
trees on the Island we're blown out of
root.
.E1-S Senator Strang killed himselfas he
lay on his bed propped up by pillows,
willie his wife was rubbing his feet. The
wellsboro Agitator says: ">lrs Strang
thought the pistol was fred out of doors,
but it was so near at hand that she was
startled by it. The Senator's son Ben
jamin was in the next room, and wheh
he heard the report he ran into his fa-
theirs room and found the pistol in his
bed and blood flowing from the wound
made by the shot. 1t was evident that
the deceased had placed the revolver
at his right temple, and that the ball
had passed directly through his head,
coming out at the left temple. The
spent ball entered the plaster of the
ceiling little distance and then fell
back to the bed, where it was found. -
Death was instantaneous, and there was
not the slightest tremor or motion of
any part of the body to indicate what
had happened"
The Perry county Freeman of las:
week announces that the Newport
Bridge Company appealed from the a
ward of the viewers, and the venue was
changed to Franklin county and tried
before Judge Rowe on Tuesday and
Wednesday, and the jury returned their
verdict on Thursday morning Of last
week. The verdict for the Bridge Com
pauy is Sl3,5 is which an increase
of 81, ,129 over the amount fixed by the
viewers. A new trial. we understand,
. has been asked for. VIM. Fl. Sponsor
/ of Perry, and John Stewart of Frank
I! lin county, represented tho Bridge
| Company aud ex-Judge Junkin VIM.
n. Siebert aud }. g M'Alister of Per
ry, and Thad. VI. Mahou of Franklin,
represented the County of Perry. Per-
ry County will perhaps before lorg dis
cover that the maintenance of free
bridges over the Juniata River will not
be an economical investment.
Some time ago, there was published
in these columns, an account Of the
shooting of young Mr.. Macklln, of Mo.
Veytown, In the far west by a abighway-
man The robber murderer was pur-
sued and copy ofths Colorado Springs
"Gazetts" of recent date says,
through a letter written Mr.. George
Mackln of this city by Mr.. j. NJ Dick
ey of Santa Barbara, Mexico, we learn
that the Mexican bandit who shot Jack
Macklin a short time ago, was killed
while resisting arrest in Guadaloupe
cannon, 200 miles from where the tras
edy occurred From the contents of the
letter it would appear that in his auxi-
ETY. to escape arrest he shot at one OF
his pursuers without effect. The fire
was returned killing the murderer in
stantly. The other bandl; who was i'm
plicated in the robbery managed to
make his escape during the shooting,
but at the time of writing was being
closely pursued and will, IN all proba-
bility, be captured or meet with the
same fate that befel his partner in
crime. On the person of the dead ban
dit were found the watch, boots, and q
number of other small articles taken
from Jack MacklIn after he was shot,
also the watch stolen from the latter's
companion, Msckey. The authorities
have kept up diligent search for these
cold blooded murderers ever since the
tragedy occurred.
One OF the 6 boilers used to furnish
steam for the locomotive shops at Al
toous exploded last "Wednesday after
noon. The boilers had been tested but
few days before and pronounced first
rate. A dispatch relative to the explo-
sion says: Thomas O'Hara at the time
of the explosion was noticed to be front
of the exploded boiler cleaning out tue
fire. His body was extricated from the
debris, shockingly mangled. He leaves
a wife and children. The following
workmen we're injured Scott Gardner,
fireman scalded and bruised. Charles
Kerber, fractured skull. Richard Roe
lotf, fireman; scalded, and back aud
head bruised Martin D. Efinger, cut
and bruised. John Welsh, fireman /;
cut about the head Charles Clapper
badly cut and scalded.
The houses on Ninth avenue, 'front.'
ing on the scene of disaster, resemble
> houses bombsrded by cannon. Boards
); are torn off, windows smashed, doors
u broken in and the street covered Will