Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-12-18
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
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p Last Wednesday three tramp:
proposed to relieve engineer Samue
Gushard of his watch while he wa:
in the act of oiling his engine in tbs
railroad shop at this station. Gush
ard does not believe in the commun
istie doctrine of distributing his
property for nothing, and he rrfus
ed to give the..watch to the scoandrels
Strengthening himself he delivered Il
blow at the nearest one. His fight
ing attitude frightened the thieves
and they ran away
From the Newport News :On Tues.
! day Andrew Pines, IA man of family
residing at Reward, fell off the Mill
erstown bridge into the river. H.
was sitting on lever, prying, and il
| slipped, pitching him into the water.
In his descent he struck one of tho
braces, breaking bone in his right
wrist aud cutting his face He lay
on his back, stunned momentarily,
bat rs If dead, only his head being
visible when he revived aud his left
hand kept on top, having iOated down
eAS Ai'oA my ~Ai'tS Va i-ioAS cOioi Z
rescued.
"a mare mule which has been in
use as work animal at the ranch
of Hon. T. Over, Cheyenne, wv,
dropped a colt recently and has taken
such care of her progeny that the
remarkable creature though under
sized, Is healthy and Will probably
live The body of the colt like thai
of horse, while the ears are very
long and the head mulsh- The sire
Is Norman stallion There Is bI5
one other authenticated instance re
corded of mule foaling. A mare
mule at the Paris biological Gardens
and her colts are driven to a cart.
From the Lewistown Gazette :
John w Shaw, esq. was stricken
with paralsIs while lying in bed early
Saturday morning and died Sunday
afternoon abb 1t two o'clock
l. Give the administration a little
time and you will see what is being
done for the laboring man The
puddlers wages were raised twenty
five cents ton last Monday =
Oliver Shook lost a fine tw
year-old colt few days ago Th ;
cows were in the barn yard and the
colt was left out of the stable to g.
water, when one of the cows horned
her in the side, leaving its intestlues
out on the ground and causing death
in a short time. Quite II
number of the relative and friends
met on Christ. p Yoder's wood pix
Thursday and assisted him in chop
ping his stove wood for the winter
in return for which they received
a spledId dinner, and those who fail
ed to make full hand on the wood
pile made up the deficiency at the
dinner table. Hon Joseph
w. Parker died in Cearfsld Wed
,nesday evening from heart trouble
after only two days sickness Has
remains were brought to this place
and inferred from the home of his
mother Saturday afternoon.
Several fine pigs were killed a
Belleville last week that were har,
to beat, according to their average
Weight from $50 to 800 pounds.
While taking load from
r a gun barrel Thomas W. Lauver o
Zeiglerville shot himself throsgl
, the leg above the knee. There seem
. ingly were two balls in the barre
G and Mr.. Lauver took the gun to tn
, smith shop and wished to melt tn
| lead by heating the barrel Stand
ing in front of the barrel the powde
n between the balls exploded, sendin,
- both balls out at opposite directions
: with the above result.
, Mrs. Butler who was in the Chin
\ Presbyterian mission field for a nun
= Der of years, addressed a large an
: appreciative audience in the PresbN
. terian church in Kelly, Sabbath ev,
ing week A good de.
! of blowing has been done this winter
]. p Bradford was seriousl
= injured FRIDAY last He was assis
ing ID. E Notestine's on the barn fiool
= and whilst raising the beef with
7 hay rope and horse. Mr. Bradfor
j" stood leaning over the pulley, viii
u was holding the barn door open (
p keep it out of the way of the roij
u When the beef was partly hoisted til
e chain which held the pulley to IL
l. floor suddenly broke, which left til
IS rope fly up like the craker of a whil
b, The rope caught Mr. Bradford unit
r arm and pitched him about twel,
Ii feet in the air, and he fell on the ban
rs floor on his head and shoulder
to Medical aid Was summed at once an
in upon examination it was foud thel
ID were no bones broken. but he W,