Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-06-01

The late flood in Iowa made one
thousand families homeless at least
five thousand people are in destitute
circumstances. Almost one thousand
houses were deserted, and between
one and two hundred dwelling places
were carried away with the rushing
water
A. l.. Meyers, Superintendent Of
common schools of Miffiin county,
was in town last week and took &C.
casion to visit Mr.. Auman's Normal
School which is in fourishing state
of progress. Teacher Swigert of
Miffiin county was visitor at The
school the same day.
About s clock last Friday morn
ing, Alain street in Patterson pre-
sented q lively appearance, like in
Jerusalem in the days OF the pro-
phets, all the people were out sweep
ing and cleaning before their doors.
The street was thoroughly scraped
down to its cobble stone base.
About half past 1 O'Clock last
Thursday morning a bolt of tighten
ing struck and fired the barn of
John Weaver in Walker township.
Despite the heavy rain that came
down at that time the flames pro-
crossed so rapidly that a good many
movable articles in the building
could not be gotten out, among
which were two calves and a colt
There hay, straw, wheat corn and
oats to last through the season all of
which of course went up in smoke
with the building. The loss is
heavy one. There was no insurance.
Last Thursday morning about 6
O'Clock a cloud burst broke dam on
Pymatenning River in Ohio, two
miles from the little town of Kings
man. The water of the broken dam
swept the town away. 1t was
Johnstown disaster on small scale
The loss of property is great and
worst of all number of people we're
drowned Patterson people, here on
the Juniata river may find it to their
interest in view of the dreadful expert
ence OF other people, in other places
with broken dams in time of flood, to
ask the canal company, or the railroad
company to tear out the Lewistown
dam. Should the Lewistown dam
break which it in all probability will
sometime do, when the river is bank
full the houses on the fiat land in
Patterson will be swept away
The same fate is in store for the
people on ths fiat land in New Port
on the day or night when the Millers-
town dam breaks, when the river is
bank full.
Harriet E. Hall of Waynetown,
Ind, says: Il owe my life to the
great South American Nervine 1
had been i'll bed for Eve months from
the eifecta OF TN exhausted Stomach,
Indigestion, Nervous prostration and
a general shattered condition eff my
whole system. Had given up all
hopes of getting well. Had tried
three doctors with no relief The
first bottle of the Nervine Tonic i'm
proved me SO much that l was able
TO walk about and few bottles cur
ed me entirely. I believe it IS the
best medicine in the world. l can
not recommend it to highly" Trial
bottles, 154. Sold by L. Banks &
Co. May 14-1y.
Lewistown Gazette Some days
since the canal company sent some
men along the canal and tore down
the fences of the parties that had
built them across the canal for past
uring. X One day last week two
young coons were found by J. Y.
in q tree that had been cut
down by persons peeling bark on
Jacks mountain. Andrew IrvIn took
the little fellows home, fed them we'll
and kept them till the next day,
when he took them back to the place
where found, they bsing too noisy
for him to keep Tor pets. Since re-
turning them the old mother rae
coon has taken them to another hid
ing place. -** The large wild gobbler
belonging 10 the Vallsy View Poultry
farm died last week from the effects
of the fight he had with a wild COB
bier two weeks ago. The proprietor
had ssld him to George Enty. of
Tcmpleton, Pa, for so to be shipped
the first of June The gobbler that
did tho deed has taken up his
abode on the farm with the turkey
hens, staying through the day and
going to the mountain at night. He
is grand bird in size and plumage
and struts around among the turkeys
and chickens as if he had always
been used TO civilized life.