Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-04

The Mount Pleasant Walker Twp,
farm that belonged to the Hugh
Hamilton estate, was sold ct public
sale on the 28th of August to Harri.
son Casner for 81, $50.
The second annual picnic in Lost
Creek Grove, will be held on Satur
day, September z, 1895. Grand
march at 1 o'clock p. NJ, and the
home waltz at 10 o'clock P. NJ, sharp.
"The bed Of the Susquehanna riv-
er from Pittston to Northumberland
is said to be lined with coal. ranging
from three to eight feet thick, under
an average depth Of water of about
eight feet. This coal ia made up
chiefly of the culm washed from the
breakers and contains all grades
known to the market
Letters remaining uncalled for in
the P. 0. at Patterson for the month
ending Aug. 81: Emma Monroe,
Harry Davis, Helen Bryan, Ed. j.
Brit, Mrs. Sh. Bich, Joe o. Ziefe,
Frank Young, a. J. NJ. Pattison,
Jno. Title. (0 D. H. Young, Jno.
Bell, a. Signor Carmine La Rocca,
VIM. Knaub, Aura Stephanak, Peter
Krohn. Mafija Hudioka- Postal
Cards-Stoll & Gundy, Paterson
Iron Co., Mary Ann Ficke, Clara
Flckinser, Harry B. G. D. E. Wood,
Smith & Bros.
jerome Gerhard, proprietor OF
the spoke works at Swamp creek,
Bucks county. on Thursday a week
caught five pound bass in an unus.
ual manner. He was rowing in his
dam and when near the tail race,
where the water is shallow, fright.
ened bass jumped out of the water
over the bow of the boat and landed
on the rocks. In its struggle to es
cape it got it's head in the crevice oi
the rocks and stuck fast. So firmly
wedged was the fish that the rocks
had to be pried apart to get it,
Executors Wilson and Adams of tie
estate of Jerome Thompson, deceas-
ed, sold at the Court House, the old
Port Royal farm of 50 acres to Ro
bert Mc.Meen for S1375. The wood
land of the same farn-42 acres tc
VIM. Groninger for $451. The un
divided half of tract of woodland
near Tuscarora mountain to Porter
Thompson for $50. The mansion
house and store room in Mexico tc
Enos Haldeman for S765. The
Black Rock farm to Uriah Shumar
for $4435. The sale took place or
Monday afternoon.
The peal of thunder that startled
the people of this town about noor
last Saturday, was bolt of lightning
that etruek corn stalk in Kurt
kauffman's corn field near this town
Joseph Adams and son Joseph were
coming to town in two horse wag
on loaded with wood, and were or
the long grade of Moist's hill when
the bolt descended. It came in from
the west and entered the field about
200 feet from the wagon. It wal
a startling binding flash and terror
iAinS Pcdl oA IuuuoeI. LILO noToeS aA
most became unmanageable. A
smoke rose from the ground where
the tolt struck, and Mr.. Adams was
so impressed with the whole light
ming performance that after he ar
rived home, he went to the field anG
found the lightning had struck only
one CORE stalk which it broke into 6
number pieces, and tore some of il
into shreds, but the corn was scarce
ly touched, and the general damage
to the corn stalk was not more com
plete than the damage sometimes
done 10 chestnut or walnut trees
MIR. Adams talks of digging WHERE
the lightning struck the ground t.
find the Thunder Bolt," if such ,
thing really does exist.