Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-01

are bedscked with myriads of dands
lion flowers, which prove that the
thoroughfares of the town are NO
overdsne with business.
A resolution was offered in th
Illinois Legislature, that the mem
bers OF the General Assembly Of ths
State OF Illinois, request the daush
tsrs Of Illinois not to marry any per
SON not citizen Of the United Stats
by right of birth or naturalization.
| Last Friday, q reservoir on ,
stream that empties ihto the rive
Aoselle, at . point about 100 miles
from Paris, broke aud flooded tn,
valley. worry much like the Johns
town, Pa. food. Towns were swept
away, hundreds of people were drown
ed, and $40, ,0O0. 900 property destroy
ed.
The Odd Fellows attended th,
church in Patterson last Sabbath t.
listen to q sermon by Rev. ]. D
Shortess. It was an anniversary ser
mon in honor of the 10th anniver
sary Of the organization Of Odd FOL
iowship in the United States O
America. Ehs theme of the dis
course was Truth from the text:
"Thy Word is Truth
The Carlisle Herald says:-Ths
Evangelical fight has reached New
port, Perry county, and the congrs
CATION there, which clings to the Dub
sites. is in danger Of losing its church
building. Lawyer Esher, a son oI
Bishop Esher, was there q few dayl
ago looking into the matter. The
movement hssbe going;on SO quiet
ly that the members Of fire church
did not hnow anything in Newport
about it until last Sunday.
Jerome N. Thompson of Mexico,
this county, died on Friday, April
26, after An illness Of three days from
the effects of a stroke of paralysis,
that overlook him on the 23rd Of
April while he WAS walking from his
house to the stable. He could not
lie in bed, but sat in a chair. con
scious, and could hear aud could talk,
but with great difficulty. He was
aged n years, and up to within a
year of his death, he was a man of
good health and vigor. he was born
in this county, and possessed a con-
siderable estate the most of which
he inherited from his father. He
was q member of the United Presby.
terian church. Interment at Mexico
on Monday, April 20. His wife sur.
wives him at about bis age.
Mrs. Mary A. Mcdonald, died at
the home of her SOD, ]. NJ. Mcdonald
in this town on the Oath day of April,
aged so years, after q protracted de.
cline of the infrmity of age. Mrs.
.AcDonald was born in Tuscarors
Valley, this county. Her maiden
name was Mary A. Enslaw. In her
demise the last of a family of ten
children passed away. Her husband
died in l84S, leaving her to provide
for young family, which she did
with the fidelity of Christian moth
er. Three sons survive her: J. NJ,
d. L. and j. B. Mcdonald. The
funeral services were conducted at
the home of her son ]. NJ. Mcdonald
on Saturday in this town by Rev.
Francis McBurney, assisted by Rev.
John r. Henderson, after which her
remains were taken to MsCoysville
for interment.
Last Friday night when George
Runkle was in old Port Royal bridge
on his way home from Tuscarora
Valley, his horse was stopped, and
Mr.. Runk!e was greatly frightened,
and expected to hear the command
hand ever your pocket-book, but he
heard nothing Of the kind and soon
got the bsast started and reached
home without any further trouble.
Then feeling for the travellers who
might be waylaid in the bridge, he
took lantern and went to the house
Of james Groningcr and aroused
him and they hastened to the bridge
to chase out or catch whoever might
be there, and learn the secrets Of the
foot prints left in the deep dust on
the floor. The bridge was empty,
and everything about it was quiet,
except the ripping water, but there
in the dust were the tell tale tracks
of the brigand. The tracks were the
dainty foot prints of women's holi
day shoes, and the footprints of two
accompanying gallants. Runkle
breathed easier when he realized that
he was not as nearly the victim of
robbers as lie thought when his
horse stopped to keep from running
over the gallants and their lassies.
A despatch from Lancaster. Pa,
last Friday says:-Great clouds OF
strange beetles, settled down upon
this city last night, and under every
oae Of the hundreds of electric street
lights this morning were found bush
els of the dead visitors. HALF the
domestics in town were out with
brooms soon after sunrise to sweep
the stark corpses in the street.
They were bugs q good deal big
ger than the biggest locust ever seer
IN this locality. They swoopsd down
upon Lancaster by the millions dur
ing the night, and immense flying
columns of them psrvaded the hum
id atmosphere. The electric street
lights. were the main paint of attack
and their glitter proved touchstonef
that brought death to the strange
nocturnal visitors. The bugs would
fly in great columns up against the
big arc lamps and down they would
fall dead.
The interior of the globes were il
many instances choked full Of deat
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