Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-28

WI AAAAeOu &OAu 10voS
has abated.
The Republicans had lively time
at the State Convention.
A number of young people Of MI.
ford township. held q picnic at the
View on Saturday.
Miss Partner who was bitten by Q
snake at the Indian Mound Harvest
Home has recovered.
The light rain ON Tuesday morn.
ing is worth mentioning because it
was the first rain that has fallen in
many days.
Now see that your blood is pure.
Good health follows the use of Hoods
Sarsaparilla which is the one great
blood purifier.
In a suit against the directors of
the poor OF Blair county, the direc-
tors are required to refund nineteen
hundred dollars to the county.
Mif1in band will hold festival at
the Court House on Friday and Sat-
urday evenings. September 9Th and
7th. 4 cordial invitation is extended.
A chimney sweep on Monday made
some money by sweeping chimneys.
and also won glory and applause from
boys who listened to his songs from
chimney tops.
! An echo of tho democratic county
convention, on Monday, was heard in
Patterson, when a fist Of one of the
brethren sprang into the eye of an
other of the brethren.
The harvest home at McAlister'
vile on Saturday, was attended by
many people. Rev. Mr.. Davis deliv
cred an address. Next year there
will be harvest home at the same
place.
The letters uncalled for in the Mif,
fintown post Office for the week end
ing August "a, were for w. NJ. Reit-
myer, D. D. Farmhouse. M T. Grow.
ley, Mrs. Annie Refer. Mrs. Mary NJ
Kaufman, Mrs. Ellen N. McColl.
One of the Kansas papers contain
ed the following society" item the
other day: Maud Hastings was
pretty busy while here last week
She broke John Sayre's colt to ride
raked alfalfa, pitched wheat and kill
ed q snake. Come again. Maudie."
About IL o'clock last Wednesday
night, the Newport News says:-Ths
watchman at Bechtel's tannery saw
a fire stalt in the bark mill room
It was spontaneous. arising from tn,
accumulation of bark dust. Ths
fire department e1tinguished the fire
Loss about $1,000, which is covered
by insurance.
Last Thursday night the steam
saw mill, planning mill. shingle ant
lath mill of Bert Caldron. on the farm
of Commissioner Harry Moore, il
Walker township, about mile from
Van Vert was destroyed by fire will
a considerable amount of sawed lum
Der, some of which belonged to peo
pie who had logs hauled to the mil
where it was sawed into boards ant
piled. The origen OF the FIRE is NO
known. Tue mill had been worke'
on Thursday but the fire was all care
fully looked to at the close of tn
days work. No insurance.
Last Saturday afternoon Williar
, Leach, who lives along the railroad
! half mile south of Patterson, dis
charged the contents of double bal
relied shot gun into the posterior par
, of a young man named Kepler, wh
, had gone to Leach's house, and ther
raised a quarrel over some remark
that Leach should have said abou
Kepler's debts. From words th
8 men went to violent gesticulatiol
They each reached for a chair an
: threatened each other. Then SUD
} denly Leach put down his chair an
> took up double barrelled shot gul
at the sight of which Kepler fle
> fled from the house and ran. Leac
, followed and discharged both barre
at the retreating man. The she
: took affect from the hips down to th
heels of the retreating Kepler. Th
shot man fell to the ground and tha
frightened Leach. He thought tha
he had killed the man, and withou
, stopping to look or speak to Ksplel
he hastened to Patterson and Sui
rendered himself to Justice Wilson
He was so badly confused that b
was not able to give an intelliger
account of what did happen. How
ever as the minutes ran by, it We
learned that Kepler was not killed
and that Leach's information againi
himself was mistake, which was
relief to Leach. Kepler was take
to Port Royal and placed in th
{ hands of DIR. Shelly, who picked fift
squirrel shot out of the hind side G
his legs.
The best is what you want whe
f you are in need of a medicine. Ths
is why you should insist upon Hood
Q Sarsaparilla.
: Camp-mseting.
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