Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-01-21

December, 1884. His coat wa, e.pebt h,
arapidly revolving shaft and he wa. throxn
to the ho0r, bis head striking the floor first.
and with such force that his neck was brok
en-. wife and three children mourn hi.
loss.
A vigilance committee for several town,
in West Va, has been organized, for the
purpose OF getting rid of thieves. The
thieves had better reform or seek other
quarters. The vigilants do not propose to
sue, they propose to hang. 1t is bad state
OF affairs when society must turn from chan
nels of the law to protect itself from the
work of bad men.
lew days ago tramp supplied himself
with suit of underclothing from the wash
line in the yard of W. J. Marks in Patter-
son, but before he had time to pu, them on
his back the theft was discovered and the
thiei was required to hand over the stolen
goods. The thief promised to never steal
again and on that promise was left go with
out prosecution.
1t tur"s out that the Democratic national
COMMITTEES is between one and two hun
dred thousand dollars in debt. 1t will not
be hard to raise that amount of money if
they assess every Democrat that wants an
office They had better assess them before
Cleveland gets into office, for the fellows
that will be left out will not paw after
they are certain that the door has been
shut against them. There is no charge for
this suggestion TO the unterrified.
The Altoona Tribune says. down in Hun
tingdon county, because her husband re-
fused to get up snd build fire in the stove
on the morning of the 3rd inst, Mrs. c..
OF Newburg, Todd township, became SO
snraged that she thrsshed her sire and then
esllsd on a neighbor until the fire was kind
led and time for breakfast had passed away.
The parties have been before the county
court several times on account of domestic
troubles and | suppose that will be the re-
suit Of the recent enc ounter.
The county commissioners have given
the county printing to two Democratic pa
pers in this county. IL would have been
justice to the Republican tax. payer. of Ju-
niata had they ordered cfticial advertising
TO be printed in the columns of a widely |
resd newspaper such as the SENTINEL AND |
REPUBLICAN, however, the Republican tax
PAYERS of Junists shall not suffer, for all |
matters that pertain TO public cost shall be
published in these columns from time to
time as they occur.
The Huntingdon Globe, of the 9Th inst,
says: Last Friday morning at about o. /
clock Simon Garlic met his death at the /
hands Of John Gordon. night watchman in |
the store of Lewis Lashley, in Cheyneys-
vile, Bedford county, Garlic had CLIMBED
ints the stors-room through a window and |
taken what money was in the drawer, some !
s. or IS. when Gordon levelsd a shotgun |
at him, telling him at the same time to sur
render. Instead of doing this Garlic seized |
the point of ths gun and attempted 10 take t
il from Gordon. In the struggle the gun |
was discharged the contents entering Gar
lies left side and killing him almost in
stlntly. The deceased vas a son of Adam /
Garlic, Of ChcyDeysvile. Gordon went to |
Bedford and gave himself over to the au-
thorities.
The Bloomfield Times oflast week saws: |
On Friday last, Mrs. Garlin, wife of Mr.. |
Wa. aTliri, of Centre township, fell snd |
broke her arm. Henry Finnicle, of |
Rye twp, Is the owner of a calf that weigh /
ed lsl pounds when one day old. '''
The hog disease is making bad work in |
Fishing Greek Valley. John Kell has lost
ten head, while others have lost from one
to half dozen hogs each. 4 good /
horse belonging to Etter & YOhn, OF New |
port, dropped down and shortly died as
city salesman was driving him from Msrkle-
willie TO Newport few days ago. One
morning lately, Charles Taylor who teachOs !
the Cove school, walked into his school /
house and found the coal-stove heated to /
sach degrees that it was about ready to
melt. On further exa mination OF the room |
he found tramp, quietly repOsing in one
correr. .sWhst time is it, - asked the tramp |
..Time for you to skip" said Taylor. He |
skipped.
Kennedy J. Nytsn, of Petersburg, HEut--
ingdon county, relates the following mIrk- /
able vet true story: About tho first of DC |
toJer last his flock Of hogs, 81 in number.
took the hog cholera, and on the 2ith day |
Of November they were all dead but one |
nice fat hog that would weigh about $50
pounds. This hog he determined 10 shoot as
it showed symptoms OF getting the disease,
and wouid not eat anything. On Monday, the |
oath of November, be became so susily en- !
gagged in threshing wheat that he did not |
kill the hog. II laid down where the straw |
was being thrown ont and during the five
dsys of threshiss ;he straw was piled upon |
the hog the men not knowing it was there
Nothing was again seen of the hog until
Tuesday, the 39ih day of December, when |
il came out from under the suaw pile as
lively as a cricket, but slim as a rail and
with scarcely any hair on lt i, now sound
and well, and oats grsedily. The hog had
been thirty-tivc days without food or water, |
and so a.tonished was Mr.. Mytoa when he
saw 1t he thought 1t was a hog ghost
News
Jusfata County Agriculture
society.
PoRr ROYAL, January 9, 1851