Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-28

against the Harrisburg Sunday Tele.
gram This time it comes from York
and is brought by Mrs. Harriet Giest
against W. E. Smysea, the Telegram
correspondent there, and j. NJ. Place,
of Harrisburg.
A tramp named William Dunkin
was fatally shot while in the woods
near the Halle Greek Bridge. Easton,
on Tuesday evening. Night Watch
man Derr, hearing noise in the
woods, and thinking it was caused
by one of the numerous panthers,
fired, with the result stated.
Mexico is the only country in which
the mule can compete with the rail
road. Along the track for miles you
may see hundreds of these. little bron-
chos with great loads of hay, stone
and other goods strapped on their
backs, without bride or harness,
driven by the Indians, and going the
same way as the trains They carry
frei yht for hundreds of miles in this
way.
A telegram from Port Townsend,
Washington territory, says that Sat
urday night several tugs coming up
to Cape Flattery were struck by a It'd
al wave f very dangerous charac-
ter. The sea ran SO high that the
tugs were buried at times. The
commotion lasted about half an hour.
After the waves had subsided it was
found that the sea was covered with
dead Goldfish, halibut and salmon
A submarine eruption is suspected.
A load of hay was being driven in
to the barn of Schuyler Parish, of
Naples, n. Y, the other day, when an
iron bolt of the rack pressed so hard
on wheel that the tire struck fire
and the hay was ignited. The driver
had tine presence of mind to back the
load out of the barn and jump down.
Then the frightened team ran though
the village with the blazing load, set
ting fire to bridge on the way. When
they were stopped all of the wagon
had been burned but the front wheels.
The swindlers have Just done a
rich man of CRANKY out of $1,000.
They engaged in a game of cards in
his presence, and one who had pre-
viously been talking business with
him lost. He asked for revenge, and
swindler number two said he would
not play unless the other put up S5,-
600. Number one did not have it
and offered the CRANKY man 800
for the use of $4,000 for day. The
victim bit and produced the money
and then the sharpers grabbed the
500 interes. money and fed with
the Doodle.
Sunday morning July 4 Henry
Neck, who was confined in Jail at
AIiddleburg, for forgery, made his
escape by digging through the upper
end of the Jail yard wall On Mon
day morning something was discover
ed sticking in the hole made by Meek,
which upon examination proved to
be dummy filled with straw, with
a card attaching stating that he had
come back to give himself up. who
the parties were that fixed the straw
man up we know not, but it had the
effect of taking some parties to the
Jail to see the dead prisoner.
A special dispatcd from Pittsburgh
says: THE fact that DIR. Hostetter
and Mr.. Ralph Bageley are unusually
active il coke operations whhieeLE de
pend almost entirely upon the COM
pletion of the South Penn railroad,
leads outsiders to believe that such a
consummation is expected. An
eastern railroad magnate said he be-
lieved that at the next term of the
Supreme Court there will be decis-
ion adverse to the sale of the South
Penn franchises by the Vanderbilts.
There was to have been an annual
meeting of the South Penn company
in June, but it was not held, and the
old organization was continued. 1t
is believed that DR.. Hostetter will be
elected president.