Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-10-16
GEYER.4L VIEWS ITEMS.


hunting among tho Seven Mountains
near Troxelvills with a double-bar-
relied gun encountered two young
bears, and knew by experience as
hunter tina: cubs Of that size are always
accompanied bv their mother Pres
emily the old bear, magnificent
specimen sf the American black bear.
made her appearance. He raised his
rife and irsd ball into hsr breast
The two cubs surrounded th.ir moth
or who set up terrific growL This
gave the hunter time to relsad his
rife barrel. the other being loaded
with bird shot. The bear started
down the mountain, aud Booney IN
trying TO hssd her OF ran against her.
He fred the second shot into her
ramp, and then ran for Z big rock
IN sight he reached It just IN time
and fired the bird shot into her breast.
His gun wss empty, and the
snraged brute began 10 climb the
rock Fortunately q tree Top Law
conveniently against another tree,
and the hunter, gun IN hand, was
not slow IN climbing up its braches.
The bear was growing weaker, and
made no effort to climb after BoOney
but tore at the stem Of the tree and
----,1-I---I E-.-s~tv- ne reloaded. mt
ball into her brain and settled hsr-
PrTrssUzG. Oct. William j.
Armstrong, Formerly = wealthy coal
merchant of this CITY, Wh about p
month ago escaped frarn n private
asylum for the insane =t Merchant
vile, y. J., TO-DAY returned from Cana
da IN company with his brother
Frank, who found him working on a
public building at Montreal Ar-
Armstrong VS.. victim Of nslan-
cholia, and Was placed II confinement
. eighteen months ago. 4 few days
after his escape, 4 grave III Oakwood
{ Cemetery. Richmond, Va. The des-
cripton tailed with Armstrong, and
not until one Of his relatives had Wis
tied ths southern CITY were they salts.
fed /, was not the missing man HIS
Whereabouts wers announced bv ca-
bic from ireland. Nr Armstrong hav-
ing telegrsphed there from Montreal
to g brother ssking for money. His
reason IS believed to be restored.
Joseph Corard = retired farmer
OF WhiTpain collected about ST00 on
Saturday, took it home and placed
it IN = wallet IL a bureau drawer
/ Sunday afternoon hs found the wal
let on the road near ms house, whsr,
1t had evidently bsen dropped by the
thief, who entered the house Sstur
day night and stole It But wher
the thief called the money was els,
whore, Mr.. Conard having taken i
from this wallet and secrstsd II IN 8
secure place in another room.
\ dispatch from Pierro, South Da
kota, saws that the selection OF tks
place as the capital Of South DakOti
bids fair to create a boom which shal
oat rival Oklahoma last spring
/, Strangers are hocking into the city b.
thousands, every train being LOADED
down with prCspectors and specu
lators. Over $4,000 worth Of prop
ertv changed hands on Saturday
. Lots which could hsve been bough
a wsek ego for 800 sold on SaturdE,
for 1000.
L IL understood that the Swis
, government has made an apology t
United States Minister n Nashburn 70
= the iadignity offered to Mr. Charlie
, Coates, of Baltimore, who while tra1
, cling In Switzerland lsst sUmme
wa. arrested snd confined in a fifth,
cell without any charge having beel
made against him
Two large black bears leisurel,
! marched through the village o
3 WOolrieh, Clinton county, Saturday
I and then hied themselves to the
woods, followed by crowd of MIN
rods Old hunters predict bears vii
5 be unusually plenty this fall.
1 3 persons have been killed within
] year by a vicious bull in Chester coun
ty. Many valuable cows at Drumore
|, Lancaster county, have been diseIn
bovl-d by r vicious boar.
Miss Susan Cofroth, young snC
handsome, Of Beastown, Lancaste
! county, Is hopelessly mad, the resul
4 81 an unfortunate love affsir
4 Over ninety foreigners, Hungarian
, and Italians, were naturalizsd IN the
Westmoreland county ,ourt las
Saturday = week
The death Of John Roberts. o
Washington borough, Lancaster coun
5 -, was caused by boil on bis lip.
81, The North American tells how I