Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-08-05

The rains Of last week ruined the
crops on the low lands of the Mon
gahsla valley, from Pittsburg to the
headwaters Of the stSaan. Such .
washout has not taken place since
tho white men settled in the valley.
The fences and crops are all washed
away, and many houses aud barns
shared the fate of the fences, oats
and corn. The loss in horses and |
cattle is large. The farmers in this
valley this year have nothing for
their work, and on many farms not
a thing is left but the naked soil, and
in many places that is ruined.
From the Philadelphia American. !
Mr.. Arthur Sewall says he has no in
tention of resigning. Mr. Tom Wat.
son says ditto. Mr.. Billy Bryan says
nothing. They are st each others
throats already. 1t is not surprising
for they sre disputatious set The
tide is already turning, and real men
are beginning to think and reason
for thems elves. Mr.. Eloc1tionist
Bryan will find that his tongue will
yet play him false. Every indication
points to the hopeless exhaustion Of
the Repudiation takers, and the tri.
umphant election of Mckinley and
Hobart.
The Philadelphia Times vouchss
for the truthfulnsss of the following
bear story from Clearisld county:
A number of Philadelphia sports
men we're hunting, recently, in Clear
field county. Early one morning
! the huntsmen were called by their
guide, who had discovered Two bucks
o fews miles away. Hastily starting,
the men did not carry a large sup
ply of ammunition, and what they
had was all used or wasted in bag.
ging the deer. Starting back to
camp. they encountered bear, and
as they could not shoot they all ran,
each going in a different direction.
The bear chased tho guide, and he
took the direct course towards the
camp log house, where his wife was
preparing a meal. With a yell be
dashed into the house and up into
the loft. His wife run out OF the
back door, closed it, and as the bear
had gone inside, she hurried around,
closed the front door and made the
bear prisoner. The intrepid
woman then tied dog to pole,
thrust the bowling canine through
the door aud thus coaxed the bear
out. As bruin appeared she struck
him With an o1e and killed him at
the first blow. One Of the hunters
commented on her manner of fishing
for $50 bear with dog worth $3.50,
but the woman retorted: "We gen.
orally shoots 'em, but VIC never runs
from en-"
Between one and two hundred
Ipeople, mostly Presbyteriaps, paid an
evening visit to George Wilson and
family at his summer home about
thres miles west of this place, last
Thursday evening. NJ. Wilson is a
prominent Pittsburg lawyer, and
lives in the Smoky City all the year
round, excepting during the time be-
tween the middle Of June and the
middle Of September, which he spends
mostly at his county home on his
farms. He has two first rate farms,
the one is ancestral. the other he
purchased. The company were
most Hospitality recsived by Mr.. aud
Mrs. Wilson, and their family, in
their summer home, which in addi.
ton to its spacious rooms has wide
porches on three sides. The porches
were lit with Chinese lanterns, and
the effect was pleasant, and the place
q delightful place on the warm sum.
mer evening. Mr. Wilson has ample
grounds around his residence. He
has tapped stream that nesnde1s
through the valley and formed lake
let, where bost ride may be enjoy
ed, and where bass fishing may be
INDUCED in. Some OF the younger
members OF the company INDUCED
in a moonlight boat ride. The re.
ception was go cordial and all sur
roundings 50 agreeable that wher
the hour of midnight came round al
were loath to think OF returning, bnt
as all things must have an end SC
must this most agreeable reception
and by the time the wee sma' hours
were turning into longer hours the
company had hidden Mr.. and Mrs
Wilson good night and we're jour
neying down the valley under The
light of the moon, one and all de
lighted with their visit and recer
ton.
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