Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-12

Gu Mrs McNltts Millinery establish
fnent IN Patterson and is prepared to
serve her friends and ladies generally
on short notice with becoming STYLES
10 suit the taste Of customers. and
20 furnish the latest fashionable STYLES
and novelties IN dress. 81
q. w. Smith found a photograph h
OF soldier in pile of drift on the is
land Doubtless 1t was highly priced
Tor on the bottom is fastened the
picture Of rose or two IN the hand
OF a woman, and across the roses are
the words, forget me not"
: The Lutheran Synod of the United
/ States, viii meet In Allegheny Citv.
Pa, III several days. Rev. Philip
traIf, Of the Lutheran church of this
place Is delegate, and for this rea-
son there viii be no services in the
Lutheran church for ? weeks. The
next service viii be on June Both.
The house Of William Wharton in
Spruce Hill township was de
stroyed by fire last Thursday.
The family were busily engaged pa
perlng a room in which mysterious
ire took place some weeks ago. and
did not know Of the fire until it had
made such progress that it was be-
yond control.
Johnstown, the coming wear viii
be visited by thousands of people
from all parts Of the world. The
site Of that fatal dam viii be one of
the spots for inspection. People de
sire to see the valley that was desc
lated by the waters Of a dam Just IS
they desire to see the place where
an earthquake swallowed thousands
of people.
English SPAWN LinIment removes
all Hard, Soft, or Caloused Lumps
and Blemishes, from horses, Blood
SPAWN, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney,
Ring-bone, Stiles, Sprains, all Swol-
len Throats, Coughs, &c. Save $50
by the use Of one bottle. Warrant
ed Sold 10y l. Banks * Co, Drug
gists, Alftiintown, Pa. Oct 81 SIS, "
just As we 60 to press inforna-
ton II received Of a serious and
probably fatal injury TO Clayton Sto-
uer, of this place. He was engaged
at work on the railroad west Of Lew
istown, and was in an accident caused
by two freight trains colliding. Tel
egraph reports stated he was taken
10 the hospital AT Altoona. Reg SiSfer
To attempt TO give the loss by
food IN Juniata county Is task that
cannot be accomplished without
canvass by townships. Every land
owner Is "a sufferer by loss of fences,
loss of certain percentage Of crop,
and loss IN wash Of fields The loss
in wash of fields Is immense, for it
viii be felt III crops to come 1t Is
like withdrawing SO much capital
from business.
For the period of several days dar
my skiff boatmen earned ''big money
bv rowing people across the river for
80 cents round trip Ex-pOstmas-
ter Books broke the price by opening
ferry and charging ''2O cents round
trip On Thursday the railroad com
pauysOpened ferry and that drop
ped the round tIip price to 10 cents,
at which it now stands. Books has
a Hat at his ferry for horses and wag
ons.
There were eleven county bridges
swept away by the flood ON the first
of June within the limits Of Juniata
county. The Pike bridge at AIif-
hintown. Pike bridge at Cuba
Mills. Cuba dam bridge, Horuing's
Run bridge. Delaware Run bridge
mt Thompsontown, Jericho bridge,
Browns bridge was not swept away,
but was badly damaged These
are on the east side of the river.
On the west side Of the river: The
Old Port ROYAL bridge was swept
away, 1t was originally subscription
+ bridge, ard was built in 1917. The
Grouinger bridge, Rohm's mill bridge
the bridge at Waterloo, the Concord
. Narruvs, number l and , both gone,
I the NcCulluch mill bridge IN Milford
township was moved faur feet from
its foundation, the Ebutments of the
Warns bridge, the McCoysville bridge
and Waterford bridge are all damaS
ell. the embaukmcnts and wing walls
Of the bridge at HertZler's mill were
swept away, but the arch stood the
flood. George +. Goodman has been
contracted with by the commission
ers to repair this bridge and put the
/ AIcCulloch Mills bridge back on Its
foundation. Wilbur +. McCahan
and Reuben Reynolds have ben con.
tracted with to rebuild the Cuba dam
bridge. They viii take the Pike
bridge at this place which now lies
south Of the creamery ut this place,
and put it at Cuba dam The com.
missiuucrs and borough authority
have placed bridge across the IA
vine at the south end Of Water street
An IRON bridge Is feet wide viii be
placed across where the Pike bridge
stood at the south end of Main street
To complete the repairs 10 bridges II
, this county VIII require an increase
b of the county debt
READY FOR BUSINESS,