Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17

ing OF tnem-
The rain last week causad flooS
at Ithaca, N Y. The fair groun
tnere was under six feet of wate
Most of the live stock on exbibitio
o was drowned AT Elmira railroa
travel was suspended.
"A scientist computes that wit
Z the aid of a machine constructed n,
the principle of the boring, driIIin,
and pumping apparatus OF the me
squlto a hole could be bored to tn
center of the earth in less than dav.
The North Branch of the Sus1ue
hanna was high on Saturday. Dam
age was done to bottom farms Ii
Mercer county the streams were higI
on FRIDAY aud Saturday. and dam
age was done to bridges and bottom
farms
The Lawisburg Chronicle. re
publican paper has refused 10 sup.
port the republican candidate for As
sembly on the ground of education
al Incompetency- The Chronicle al
so declines to support the candidate
Tor county Treasurer, because the
candidate Is a distiller of whisky.
Professor W. H Schseder has
been selected principal of the Coal
port public cchools. The Professor
Is an able teacher and as n disciplin
arlan he has few equals. IL he could
be secured IN a community during
the period of ten years, tho whole
some influence of his instruction. ard
discipline would be felt in after wears.
through the people who learned dis
cipline from him.
From the Newport News of last
week: On Thursday of last week
Clarence Foltz, aged II years, had
both arms broken near the wrist a
long cash cut through his lower lip.
and three of his lower teeth Knocked
out, besides sustaining other injuries.
lie was ON tee picking grapes from
a vine when the limb broke on which
he was standing, and he fell head
formost on stone pile
On the 9TH inst, James Moore of
Huntingdon, freight car breakman
fel! from his train at Mifiiin station
and died in few minutes. The ac-
cident took place at half past two
o clock In ths afternoon. The Esud
den starting of the train iostled the
unfortunate man from the top of the
car next to the cabOose, he fell To
the track The cabin car ran over
HIM breaking his neck. He leaves
VIE and number of small children.
There are a number of Democratic
leaders like the man who spun the
story of ghost in the gsrret of his
house He started the ghost story
aS IA story, but told it SO often that
ne came to believe 1t. That Is the
way with a number of Democratic
leaders who started the story of -
many republicans going to vote for
Pattlson- They stsrued the story as
n stor,, and told it so often after.
that some of taem believe their own
fabrication to be fact
On last "Wednesday morning Mo
ses Pannnbsker In walking along
Main street In the vicinity IF the ia
cobs house observed "A lIece of pa
per lying uD the rOad near the pave
inent. In picking it up t proved to
be bank cheek for SIS, and belong
ed to Charles Porter, who lost it
while on Eis route selling milk.
Panuahaker looked mp Porter. who
ha i not yes gone from town to his
home several miles distance and gave
him the note.
At Easton college last week, par
" ot S'phmores. broke in the door
Of Freshman for the purpose of
hsziu" the occupant of the room.
The Frs sumau met the rowjies In
the proper way. aud used 4 base ball
club 50 vigorously that the head OF
tie SopLm-re that first rushed into
the room was cracked and a fellow
rough was hurt about the shoulders. I
TIE SopLmaras retreated in CON
steruatjou taking their injured tough (
With them The injured Young man /
may die. .
The men who go about the couu-
try talking of the hard times, that
the men have, who work With their
hands, are public enemies There Is
a good living and comfortable home
for every man who works with his
hanis. But for the man who shas Il
Jealous disposition. captious heart,
AMI disconteutsi mind must of,nec-
essity make himself miserable, b. he
a hand-worker, head worker or bust
ness man. The man who is physi-
cal'y able TO do hard work has the
best of life if lie only knew it. He
can get everything excepting some
Of the lu1uries. which only the rich
can secure afier paving for them
The struggle to secure money to PuC-
chase the lGxuries of life is n we1r
and tear net TO be euvie1.
"Aheut & o'clock on last Wednes-
day evening, Dunc1nnon, Perry Co,
was the scene OF destructive fire,
entirely consuming three houses
owned by Joseph Mayall; almost to-
tally destroying one owned and oc-
cupod by w F. Gross badly dam
aging a double house owned by Mrs
Belle TRULY and occupied by Harry
Some.s and Isaiah Mui zabaugh,
and damaging more or less a
double house owned by VIM.
NAVAL and occupied by Mrs. .. A
Foose and John Branyan. The prin-
cipal damage was to the upper stories
of the buildings not entirely destroy
| ed, but they were considerably IN
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