Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-30

intsrriug whale in the same length
of time.
The French government has sent
an agent into the horse raising dis
tricts of the United States to buy
horses. 1t is time to again take to
raising horses. About the time colts
are ready to be broken in three
years hence horses will bring better
price than now.
William II. Truman of Blair coun.
ty, during the great storm that de-
vastated Tyrone, took shelter under q
freight car, which was like jumping
out of the pan into the fire, for while
he was under the car an engine start
ed the train, and in getting out he
had q leg crushed.
Philip Strouse, a prominent citi.
zen living near Mexico this county,
was brought before Squire ]. Frank
Patterson on Friday, on the inferma-
tion Of G. N. Knisely, for selling in.
toxicsting liquor without license.
Mr.. Strouse gave bail in the sum of
five hundred dollars to answer in
Court. The report is that it was ci
der OF vinegar that Strouse sold.
The fence around the Court Houss
yard has been painted black, and a
number of yellow bands have been
painted across the side gates in the
latest approved artistic style. The
purpose of the yellow bands is under
stood to be ornamental, but some un-
washed, unrepentant man declared
that the bands were painted on the
gate to give persons heavily loaded
with boose fair chance to see the
way in when on the road to the Court
House to transact business.
According to a telegram from
Burlington, New Jersey. there is woe
among the Presbyterians of that
town, because the management of
the church say there shall be no
more kissing plays engaged in at
Sunday School picnics. Kissing was
one of the luxuries that was indulgsd
in at Sunday School picnics at Bur
lington, and to stop that kind Of fun
all of sudden has created a pro-
found sensation. The officers of the
Sunday School say they have determ-
ined to stop the kissing, because
dangerous microbes are in that way
passed around among the people.
The movement against kissing seems
more on account of health than for
other reasons. There are, however
others, who desire to prohibit kissin g
at Sunday School picnics on account
of the immoral aspect of the case.
Snake stories, fish stories and light
ming stories, are all big this year, but
as rule they do not carry cempenss. :.
ton with them. But as there are ex-
ceptions to all things 80 there must
nee's be compensation in the light
ning's bolt sometimes, just for the
exceptions sake, a,d such case is re-
ported from South Bend, Indiana,
where bolt of lightning struck the
residence of George Moon, tearing off
all of the siding, scattering the wall
plaster in strips over the floor and
knocking the legs off a bedstead. 1t
narrowly missed three women who
were sitting in one of the rooms, and
then played around several milk cans,
turning the contents to butter Wien
the Lightning left the house it tore a
large hole in the ground nearby, un-
earthing a large iron box full of gold
and silver coins aud other articles.
Many of the coins are of Spanish
make, over two hundred years old,
and are valuable.
A bloody tragedy was enacted in
the Methodist Episcopal church in
Pleasant Valley, Texas, on June 27,
in which two men were instantly kill
ed, and third so seriously wounded
that he cannot live. Augustus Gar.
rison and Frank Jones and brother
Thos. Jones, lived peighbors, and were
we'll to do people and church mem.
bers. Garrison was man of family,
the Jones men were unmarried.
Frank Jones Hnder the promise of
marriage was too familiar with Gar.
rison's daughter. Last Sunday just
as tie preacher had taken his text,
Garrison arose and walked to the
door. The next instant the congle
cation we're startled by the rapid fir.
ing of pistols. and when the congre
cation fastened out of the building,
it was to find Garrison and Frank
Jones dead, each shot through the
heart and Thomas Jones, dying. He
was able to say that che and his
brother were about to enter the
church when Garrison met them and
drew pistol They drew pistols and
the awful tragedy was enacted almost
as quickly as commenced.
The North American of Monday,
June %, says:-Mrs. Clara Hartman
last night was relieved of a snake
that had been in her stomach thl ee
years. She dates the time it took up
its habitation in her when she took q
glass of water one night at q pump
three years ago. At that time she felt
something slippery go down he1
throat.
Soon she developed an abnormal
appetite, but outside of this she suf.
fered no ill-effects from the reptile
She tried all manner of remedies to
relieve herself of the unwelcome visi
tor, but to no avail.
She noticed that when she ate can
dy or had anything sweet in her
mouth, the snake came up in he1
throat.
Last night she put some brown su.
gar into her mouth, and the snake
came up far enough for her to shut