Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-23

.Nss Sarah Hornberger of john
stown, Cambria county, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Joseph Watts on
Third street
Mrs. Robinson, wife of Oliver p. |,
Robson, died at her home on Water |
street, or>Tuesday afternoon, of con-
sumption, aged about 45 years.
The commencement exercises at
Buckrell University, Lewisburg, close
to day, Wednesday, June %. This
year the University graduated SO
from all departments. The total en-
rollment for the year was 433 stu
dents.
The Pennsylvania Cbautaugua will
open at Mt. Gretna Park, July 1st.
An attractive and excellent program
is announced for the season of thirty
days It will be treat to go there
and hear what is said, and listen to
the best of music, and form the &C
quaintance of agreeable and intellect
ual people. For particulars as to
rates, &c, address J. II. Redsickner,
Lebanon, Pa.
Buy your hunting dogs and have
them acquainted before the hunting
season opens I have the following
to offer, guaranteed thoroughly brok-
en- on their game and reliable. Fox
hounds, rabbit hounds, beagles, set
ters and pointers; also some fine
Newfoundlands, span;els, collies, fox
and bull terriers; fancy poultry and
pigeons; Belgium and German hares;
prices low. j. HOWARD TAYLOR.
Aug.27,Iy. West Chester, Pa.
On Monday two horses hitched to
q grass mower on the Rowe farm in
Walker township, frightened, and be-
fore Francis Rowe, who was driving
the animals realizsd il, he was pitch
ed off the machine and laid out on
The grass with a broken leg By the
time the run off wound up the mus
cles in the hicd legs of one of the
horses were cut off and the machine
wrecked. The horse was shot so as
to put it out of misery. Francis is
dong as well rs can be expected con
sidering all things in the case. 1t is
one of the ugly experiences tina.
como when least expected, and which
bring out expressions Of sympathy.
Last Saturday afternoon, June 10
terrific storm of wind, rain and
hail, swept over part of the upper
Jun;a'e Valley. At Tyrone hail,
stones as large as walnuts fell and
: nearly every window in the town fac
, ing the nor!h hm, st was shattered.
When the storm had passed the
hailstores a foot in depth covered
the streets and filed tie rooms o.
hundreds Of homes. Crops and gar.
deus in belt three miles wide and
twenty miles long are destroyed ant
score Of buildings have been wreck
ed in the path of the storm.
The Ward house in Tyrone ant
, several photograph galleries have
been damaged considerably. The
barn Of Henry SprankIe was strGcl
by lightning and destroyed together
with three horses and six cows,
Liz i"St iu'ii On TIE IeuuSy iValla
, ran into the teeth cf the storm al
Birmingham aud in an ipstant wa!
brought to q s'and-still " the ice
and debris on the track-S The win
dows on the north side of the train
irawH shattered. The loss inflicted
rosite edstorr ms IF reach many thou
a1rggtGs1 rggGs1 cuf dollars.
at 3 rmipe ha-s.i,a large county
bridge, spanaing the Juniata river
was totally demolished. Entire fields
OF growing grain, which in fort
night would have been ready TO har-
vest, were destroyed, and whole orch
ards We're stripped bare. In the
northern part of the county the farm
ers have sustained Laarp loSsns