Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-08-04

fretful humor about Republican candle dates.
when a soldier is nominated they are dis
satisfied and declare that there is too mucb
soldier in politics, when the Republicans
nominate civilian they are dissatisfied and
declare that the soldier element is being
slighted.
Miffiin county Democracy have endorsed
Andrew Il. Reed, for Congress, L. D. Bro
sius, for Assembly, 7. J. Frow, for Asso
ciate Judge, Mr.. shuman, for Register and
Recorder, David Allen, for Prothonotary,
M. NJ. Mclaughlin, for District Attorney, T.
M. Uttley, for member of State Committee,
and j. S. Rakard, for chairman of County
Committee.
Register and Recorder Berry is forging
ahead as potato raiser, and IL the veter-
ans In the business do not bestir themselves
in keeping down the weeds he'll soon lead
them all. The other day he unearthed q
hill of the early rose variety. One of the
potatoes weighed sixteen ounces, three of
them aggregated in weight two pounds
ana lourte en- ounces.
A number of Saville township, Perry
county farmers discovered a bee in the cor.
nice of a school house. One night they
built scaffold up to the cornice and pro-
ceeded to take the bee out. They pulled
one board off and then met with such a cor
dial greeting from colony of yellow jack
cts tina: they almost fell over each other
getting to the ground.
The schooner yacht, Sarah Craig, with a
number of Philadelphia people on board
was capsized OFF Sandy Hook, last Friday.
Five ladies and one oc the gentlemen were
in the cabin when the storm struck the
boat. The door of the cabin could not be
opened and all inside were drowned. Those
that were outside on the schooner were Ia
ken off by tug boat.
The Freeburg Courier says: Mrs. Will
liam Straub, OF Monroe township, on Sun
day evening the 18th, was engaged in get
ting supper, during a thunder storm, the
house was struck and the plate in her hand
was broken. The fluid passed down the
wall into the stove, breaking it, and passed
off through the cellar. She was unconscious
for some time, but is all right again.
Gideon Gutshall, poor helpless veteran
soldier, who resides at the foot of the noun
tain, some distance from New Germantown,
in Toboyne township, has been granted
pension. He will draw $1,000 on first pay
ment, and $50 per month hereafter. He has
not been able to walk outside of his house
in ten years on account of chrome rheuma-
tism.-Bloomfield Advocate.
A market train on the Lebanon Valley
railroad ran into a wash out at Derry sta
tion, about Is miles from Harrisburg, on
Saturday morning. The train rolled down
an embankment twenty-five feet deep. The
engine lay wheels up, with tender and cars
piled around it. James Stanton, the engin-
eer, was crushed to apulp under the engine.
Frank koons, of Port Royai, this county,
was seriously injured, his life is despair ed
Of.
The large barn of Mr.. Tressler, who
lives near Bloomfield, was struck and de-
stroyed with all its contents, by lightning
last Friday evening about O'Clock. The
light was seen shining above the top of Tus-
carora mountain by people in this place.
Late report states that Mr.. Tressler fell
from the roof of the barn where he had
gone to try to outen the fire. He is serious
ly hurt.
stranger fell asleep in the Senate gal
cry when the gallery was cleared for a se-
cret session last week. He was suddenly
aroused from his slumbers when the bear
dance began and was alarmed and arose to
standing position. The eagle eye of
Senator espied him and began to gesticu-
late and shout, ''put him OUT" all the Sem
ate shouted, ''put him out" He ran out and
to his hotel paid his bill, grabbed his grip
sack and left on the first train.
The North American Review for August
will contain an article on "Bismarck Man
UN JOuH Mas
son; theological essay in reply to the
question, "Why am Catholic ~ by the
Rev. S. N. Brandt, President of the Jesuit
College at Woodstock; posthumous ar
ticle on "Life Insurance" by Elizur Wright
the last essay be wrote /; ''Radicalism IN
France" crisp and vigorous article by
Henri Rochefort; "Labor in Pennsylvania
by Henry George; "My Negotiations with
| Gen. S hermann" by Gen. Joseph f. John
s,on, the Confederate General, in which he
tells the story of the end of the Conieiera-
cy; and shorter articles by DR.. Dexter, Gen.
VIM. Farrar Smith, Gideon j. Tucker, VIM.
Farrar Smith, Gideon J. Tucker, VIM.
Holmes, Francis L. Ferguson, aud ex-Min-
lister Scruggs. Henry Georges article is
devoted to u description of life in the coal
regions, and is startling revelation of the
condition of labor there. Mr. George visit
ed the anthracite region as special commits
| sioner of the North American Review.