Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-02-24

The Lewistown Free Press saws: A real
energetic fellow put in an appearance at
Squire Settles Office not many moons ago.
de had killed a red-fox, and knowing that
handsome reward was paid for the ears of
The same resorted to fine stratagem. He
m anaged TO cut just sixteen pairs OF ears
from the hide of the animal, but when they
were laid out for the inspection and de-
struction by the Justice, he discovered the
deception. 1t is unnecessary 10 say that
the manipulation promptly beat a hasty re-
treat from the shop where justice is dis
pensed. This chap ought to have the cake
The ice at Port Deposit on the Susque-
hanna was raised by the water higher than
known at any other time, the houses on the
sreet parallel with the river were nearly
all washed away. The ice is piled to an
enormous height and fills the streets for
eight blocks. Houses were crushed almost
to fragments by the ice, and for some dis
tance can be seen huge piles of lumber
first came. Outbuildings OF all descrip-
tions are strewn about the town. The street
was SO jammed up with ice and debris that
1t will take some time to cut a road throug b
it.
published the following: Great damage
was sustained by owners of dams across
the Big Buffalo creek, by the moving of the
ice last Thursday. The mill dam at Markle-
vile was torn out and the ice piled up 8 to
10 feet high. The saw mill dam of John
Toomey, some distance below met the same
fate. This great mass OF ice and lumber
next struck the dam of J. Z. Toomey, at
Milford and tore it completely out, dam
aging the abutment of the bridge just below.
This dam was noted for its being well
stocked with pike, and some large ones
were found in the ice which covered the
low lands below the dam. The Ice on
Sherman's Creek passed off without doing
any damage.
About half past six O'Clock on the morn
ing of Washington's birthday, a fire was
discovered breaking out OF Emil Schott's
wash house in the rear of his dwelling house
and stores on Bridge street. Harry Earnest
was the first to see the fire from Water
street. He shouted an alarm. Railroad
engines uttered alarm whistles. The Pat
terson firemen ran their engine house bell
The Court House bell was rung and a gen.
eral alarm was spread throuy yhout the COM
munity. The Patterson Hook and Ladd eI
Company was soon at the scene of the con-
| tiagration. Citizens with buckets were there
in force. Drs. Banks and Sandoe and Pen
nell attached two hundred feet OF hose 10
the force pump in the large cistern in the
rear OF the drug store and a stream of wa.
ter from thence was directed upon the fame:
with such effect that the fire was soon ex.
tinguished. The Hook and Ladder Com
pany tore the building to pieces and gave
fair chance TO play the water on large rank
of cut wood that was stored in a wood house
adjoining the wash house. Schott and HI:
family had not come down stairs from the
nights lest, but maid employed in the
household, says, that about six o'clock il
the morning she started fire IN the cook
stove in the wash house for the purpose o
| washing clothes, after which she went bach
. into the house, she remained in the house
house it was all ablaze through the inside
She believes that the fire from the stov,
reached pile of paper, larger than bar
rel, that lay near the front of the cool
stove, and this fired the building.