Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-06

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Adjourned.
On Friday afternoon J. 81. Hos
teller, who lives on the farm of
Reuben Guss in Walker toynshIn.
came to town in driving cart, am
drew rein in front Of Captain Nc,
Clellan's business place for the pur
pose OF having some repairs done to
the bride. The Captain came out to
take the bride in and repair it. Hos
teller took the bride off and handed
1t to Mcclellan and Just then the
beast looked back and that one look
gave it fright. The next instant it
was running up Bridge street at
breakneck speed with Hostetler hold
ing on to a rope halter that was
around the beasts neck Il ran dag
onallY across the street and collided
with horse and cart of DR.. Su!ouff.
that was tied. to a post on the Bridge
street side OF the National Bank.
The collision was of such force that
the doctors horse and cart were
turned upside down into the guttes
Through all that collision Hostet-
| Ter held fast to the rope halter, ana
when his horse SHE'D off from the
overthrow and wreck of Sulouff's
beast and cart and darted up Bridge
street. Hostetler still clung TO the
rope around his horses neck. Al
most as quick as a flash, almost to
quick for the sight of the eye the
frightened animal was across the
street to the corner of the Court
/ House square, aud there in the effort
= to run up Main street came in con-
tact with one of the trees that line
the pavement There the cart and
HOstetler and his horse parted COM
: plny. The recoil was terrific. Hos
teller flew off at tangent into the
| middle of the street. The cart hung
fast on She stem of the tree and the
horse ran up Main street to be caught
not fur away by citizens.
-, The bark of the tree looked as if
Il bark peeler had exercised his spud
in it.
While Hostetler's horse was going
!. through its wrecking performance on
( Bridge street, Sulouf7s horse picked
:. Itself ont of the gutter, broke its
post hitchings and started on d
yell down Bridge street for the river
/ bridge. The yell of the beast was
k piercing and caused people to run in
. doors along the line of It's race 1t
d went onto the bridge like p rocket
4 man wGs crossing the bridge in Il
buggy and the lockers on expected
to witness a collision that would
:, throw one or perhaps both into the
river, but the runaway got by with Il
= slight scrGpe Of hubs. The doctor
h5rse was caught in Patterson. The
{ harness and cart is not much the
r worse of the accident, but the horse
- is hurt and some time will be requir
) sd by nature and attention to make
him &c we'll as he WAS before tht
lnishap took place. The beast i:
e badly hurt in right hind and righ.
5 front leg.
r John Bradford, barber from Lew
IS istowu, was lodged in jail on las
Wednesday evening charged with in
$ toxication and disordsrIy conduct.
], He and Two ether colored boon
q companions had come to town TO cs!
:. ebratc decoration day, and in theil
4 patriotic cbulIitioa, Bradford be
came loud and offensive with hi.
tongue about tie passenger station
y at the railroad
# Officer John Weller demonstrated
:; with the wild tongued man but all il
e vain. The more the officer remon
II slrated The more demonstratiyt
Bradford became, and when Weller
proposed IS a lsst resort to arrest
y him, he displayed a razor, aHd there
- is no knowing what he would bav.
+ done with il had not John Morarity
I run in and grabbed him in such {
way that he could not use it. Tn,
officer assisted by citizens vino b.
Z called to his aid took the belligeTau
= coIored man before Justice j. 3. NJ
II Todd On o charge Of quarrelsome
: noisy conduct and intoX,cation. In
n defauit Of bail for hearing the Jug.
g lice sent him t0 jail.
L Then came the tug Of way.
Bradford did not want to go +
: iaiI, ard would no5 move a foot il
o that direction Willing hands were
Il Wiling 10 assist the officer. 4 hal
g dozen and more of stout men laiG
3 hold Of the recalcitrant Bradford
h who set up a furious Yelling anc
d swearing.
Y Such a procession had never be
fore been seen in the town. 1t wa;
raining bard when the party started
3 for the jail half mile distant, bui
= as the procession moved along re
', gardless of the storm the crowd
:, grew larger. The men were carry
= ing the barber. As many men as
! could gea hold of his legs and arms
= with several others sandwitched
along his body, were bearing him
along, and he FL the while was Yell
ing and swearing at the top Of his
:. voice. It was poor music for his
:. captors to keep step to, but it was
> the kind of noise 30 attract attention
Everybody along the route OF the
# procession heard the prisoners
!, shouts and profanity. While many
4, were shocked, others fell in, and by
|, the time the jail was reached mul
f tidude was there TO see the kicking
h and yelling and swearing barber
y safely housed in the county prison.
The prisoner while On the route t.
! the jail had no chance to exercise hi
! tear down proclivity, but when h,
h was put into a cell he exercised hi
g freedom in demolishing things of
= breakable kind, and wound up by as
70 saulting the stove and knocking i