Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13

tical as thsy might be, followed BY
Levi r. Fisher, j. q. Dimm, w. W. X.
Cargill, on the affirmative, and George
Glace, Peter Pontius, l.. A. Woodward,
on the negative The judges decided
IN favor of the affirmative. This society
has, this winter, discussed quite num-
Der of questions.
The Ice gorged in the river about
mile below Thompsontown, last Thurs
day morning, about 9 O'Clock A. NJ,
and the three spans of the bridge,
on the Thompsontown side were lifted
off Of the piers and carried short dis
taDce down the river till the ice came
to a stand. The bridge did not sink,
but stood erect. The Millerstown
bridge company having been informed
of the erect position of the destroyed
bridge. sent men to fire the structure
SO that all danger to their bridge might
be removed when the bridge would pass
down with the gorge. By night fall
the three spans bad been burned. About
4 o'clock P NJ, the same day, the
gorge moved several hundred yards,
ard that slip took the 4th and last span
the ore on the railroad side of the
river. The Ice was up to the top OF
the abutments and piers, and from the
appearance there, stranger would no.
have coDjectured that hours before
substantial bridge had spanned the riv-
at that place. The Miilerstown COM
pany did not receive notice Of the car
rying away of the last span till in the
dusk of evening. They sent despatch
to The railroad station, oppsite Thomp-
sontowa, offering $50 to the person that
would fire the remaining span, which
also stood erect on the Ice. But night
had come down upon the scene and in
the dark that Job could not be under
taken. About 9 o'clock at night the
gorge broke and the 4th span went with
it, and knocked out one span of the
Milerstown bridge, the one nearest the
railroad. The piers of the Newport
bridge were a good deal damaged by
the passage of tho gorge. The gorge
had backed water to Thompsontown,
stopped the mill, anu covered the pic
mic ground 20 the depth Of 6 feet. The
water was backed over a number OF
the fields along the river. Mr.. Swan
gers place, below Davis lock, was
covered With ice the water was up al
most 10 the ''oyer shoot of the barn,
and in the second story of the house.
: he water was in the stables OF the
! barn on the Thompson farm, recently
bought By Mr Eeashor. A good deal
OF properly was lost, such as wood.
fences, ties, and 60 forth. The loss of
the Thompsontown BRUCE vii! be con
siderable. a report is aHoat that an
effortwill be made to get the county to
rebuild the bridge.
4 Sewing Machine agen. named OF
TO, Il citizen Of Lewis;own, met with
quite an adventure IN the water on the
pike, in the naTows, between this place
and the town Just named, last Thurs
day evening lie left this town with
two horses hitched to . sleigh. loaded
with sewing machines. The pike, IN
several places, was covered with water
from the river, which In its swollen
state had spread itself across the canal
and covered all the low places on the
road. Not fer from tile guard lock he
came TO low place in the pike which
was covered with water, but as he had
successfulIv passed other watery places
in the road that looked equally dan
gerous he did not think much about it,
but proceeded TO driTe his team into
the water, tramp who was picking his
way along the mountain side, just above
the water line, hailed him and said -
stranger, if you 60 IN there you II
get lost" but 0'to drove on. 1t was
but moment after tha; the team en-
counte1ed log, and in the nluDging
that the contact with it oecasIoned, one
spring across it, and that put horse
OF each side os the stick. The sleigh
was unset, and Otto and con;euts were
thrown ;nto the water, and the horses
instead Of getting II shaliower water
went further INTO the stream
The tramp meanwhile quickly took OF
his clothes, helped the agent out and
then plunged in for the team, that had
By that tine gotten into 6 feet OF wa
ter. Otto swan 10 the horses, and
when they all again secured a footing
the team was u1hitched, and the horses
were led out. The sleigh and its con-
tents we're recovered the Eext day
The agent and The tramp, who Is an
! Irisbmsn. born in London, England,
but when at homo is a resident of Con-
necticut, mounted, each, horse and
road .his way to the nearest house, /
miles distant from the scene of mishap,
and called at the house OF john Shlve-
lly. Otto was SO henumbed with cold
that he could not get off bis horse, be
was taken in and cared for the tramp
brought the horses to the Jacobs House
and about an hour after Mr.. Shively
brought the agent down in sleigh.