Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-14

~ Siano looSe hnights of Py
18th. 0'''
Mr.: and Mrs. B. F. Byers, of Port
Royal, visited at the residence of
day.
William Pennell of Patterson. and
Charies Adams of Newport will at
tend the Worlds Fair at CHICAGO.
next week.
Uriah P. Hafey, of Selinsgrove
drank tin of water, while hoeing
potatoes, and short time after tax
imp the drink fell dead.
The black tiger that escaped from
mans circus at tie time of the
wreck was shot by farmer at Bald
Eagle Furnace, Center county. The
'igar was trying to catch sheep.
The coroners inquest held on the
men killed in the wreck of the Main
circus rendered verdict that the
men came to their death by the fest
running of the train down the noun
tam on the Tyrone division of the
Ciearheld branch of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad.
Hot ashes thrown on a pile of rnb-
blsh behind store at Fargo, South
Dakota, last Thursday, started a fire
which, before it was extinguished
burned 5000 people out of house and
home. A high wind prevailed at the
time. A section of the town 10 blocks
long and 4 blocks wide was burnt
clean to the ground Two grocerie
stores, hotel and bank are what's
lett OF the business parts of the town.
The loss is placed at $4,000. 900.
Most of the property was insured.
Huntingdon Journal On Monday
evening last n freight train pulled
into the middle track east of the sta
ton to leave Columbia express pass,
and cow which was winding her
way homeway, after grazing all day
on tho river bank, stopped between
the tracks to rest, and while she
stood there the Columbian express
came laundering along and the COW
stood motionless, between the flying
express and the freight train space
just about big enough to allow a COW
to stand in without getting struck.
A number Of people witnessed this
scene and when the fast train had
passed were surprised to see the COW
walk over the track and proceed
homeward.
The Huntingdon Globe Of June 8
says Gotlieb Wssner, at his farm
mile moth of McCann's crossing, shot
the silver tip panther which escaped
from Mains circus train wreck. He
heard the panther making a meal off |
his chickens about o'clock Satur-
day morning, and without fear of the |
big beast Mr.. Wesner shouldered his |
rifle and succeeded in putting an end |
to the animal
With the third part of Omega"
the work OF the French astronomer
Flammarion, which appears in The !
Cosmopolitan for July, the reader is
able to grasp something of the great
purpose OF the author. omega" is
declared by those who have read the
entire work to be one of the most re-
markable writings of the century. |
While pretending to be novel it is a
novel having a deeply philosophical |
purpose, as is more fully developed |
in later chapters. 1t is something |
that no fairly intelligent person can
afford not to read, and is surely des
tined to become a classic.
In recent number of Tie CoSao, |
PolHan, story was published, entitled |
The House of the Dragons, which |
received wide criticism because of the |
of the life problems in
volved. \ daughter of Bishop Potter,
who was for some time connected |
with important mission work among
the working girls of New York, has
undertaken to reply, and discusses au-
other side of the question in the July
number.
An interesting article on the Getty
of Brooklyn" by Murat Halstead; the
peculiar games of the New Mexican
Indians. by Chas f. Loomis; ''Sor
osis," by Margaret Mnnton Merrill;
the fight OF the Cumberland and Mer-
rimac, told by Captain Thomas Self
ridge, one of the survivors,; paper
on "The Deserted Homes of New
England;" an account of the Brussels
Monetary Conference, by one OF its
most distinguished members; cur
ious story of the southwest, by ODie
Read, and a contribution by Mr..
Howells, are among the many i'm
portant papers of the June issue.
From Bloomfield Perry county pa
pers:-While Jacob o. Kepner, of
Kistler, was hauling bark in Saville
township, he had stob run into the
breast of one of his horses. He pull
ed the stob out, it being about six
inches long, and the horse is getting
along nicely. On last Sat
urday about noon. Alex Hile, living
with Newton McMillen, while haul
ing stone WAS bitten on the wrist by
a spider The boy was in very short
time in great pain under his arm, IN
his back and legs. A physician was
sent for and the boys suffering were
soon eased.-The suffering was in
tense. The outer surface of his legs
is left deep green color.
Two COWS belonging to John Kuhn,
who resides near Roseburg, were kill
ed by lightning during the storm on
Thursday; also, a COW belonging to
John n. Kretzing of near Markelville,
was killed by the same storm. They
had taken shelter under trees, which
were struck by lightning.
The other dav a chain pump in the