Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-04-07

umbia to Philadelphia by the old
State railroad!
Uncle-s'And how are you getting
on with geography"
Willie-"O, I've given up geog.
raphyl'
Uncle = ''Given up geography!
What for?"
Willie-"Well, you see, uncle, it
occurred to me that l was only vast
ing time in 81 udying the stupid old
geography. when all the papers say
that the trouble in Crete will change
the whole map of Europe before
long"
List of letters remaining in the
Post Office at Patterson, Pc, uncall-
eh for at the close of business, on
Wednesday evening, March 31st,
1887: David Kent, Wellington Kent,
G G. Rsiney, Thomas Finan, La Roe
CO Carmine, Fred Eceretoa. Persona
asking for any =: :ao above list will
please say they are advertised.
Last Wednesday, March 31st,
Thomas Benner, who lives a short
distance east of Beers foundery, 10
Faystts township, came home in the
evening in melancholy frame of
mind. HIS wife tried TO arouse him
from his gloomy feelings, but failed.
rs seemed to be on the alert as if in
dread of soyna men coming for him.
When night came he would not re-
tire, but lay on the bed with his
clothes on. Mrs. Benner was anxious
for him and could not sleep, but
tired nature gave way and at 3
o. clock on Thursday morning she fell
into sleep from which she did not
waken until 5 o'clock in the morning
She had slepttwo hours. Her hus
band had disappeared while she
slept The family serched the prem
ises all over and not finding him they
enlarged their circle Of search till it
comprekended few neighbors and
they in turn got others into the hunt
for the missing man, and by after
noon of Thursday between fifty and
one hundred persons were rearching
for Thomas Banner. The search wss
kept up on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, and through oil that dill
gent hunt no tidings OF the missing
mea was heard and on this Monday
morning, April 5tb, his disappearance
and whereabouts is as much mys
tesy as mystery itself.
Squire c. b. Horning, was startled
the other day when at his farm near
Denho!m station, man was standing
in line of fishermen along this side
of the river at the broad water. He
was shouting for boat ard every
once in a while swinging an arm as if
to hurry the coming of a boat. and
occasionally between his calls other
fishers walked close to the waters s
edge and looked out into the river
with anxie.y. L vas Peter Clemins
who who was calling for the boat.
He was more interested than any one
else on the shore. Squire Horning
was an interested spectator from his
side of tae shore bat Just what the
matter was he could not tell He
could see no object in the river.
Certainly no one was drowning but
he became anxious as tie calls be
came more frequent aud urgsaut.
The boat was sent In hurry, and
when ii Yves yet many feet from this
shore the boat man could restrain
himself no longer, but shouted "what
is the matter" Hurry. hurry, ox-
claimed Clemins; "a mighty fish has
ran away with my line and rod The
boat touched The shore. Clemins
sprang in and then began the chase,
The rod w.s out in the stream and
going down the river. Alter chase
of over a Gu ,rter Of mile the rod
was again grasped by its owner
Clemins pu.ied and it was a good
strong pull he had to make, and
when he landed the game it was 10
pound Germsn carp.
Long before day light, last Friday
morning, Jderchant Elmer Graybill,
of Richfield, and his brother, were on
thair way il a buggy to Sudbury, to
take train to Williamsport, to make
arrangement for the transportation OF
produce to that town. Suddenly
sprung up a great flash of light as II
tie sun had been shot up from be-
yond the horizon asecond or two and
then dropped whence it came leaving
a light lemon color above the horizen
a few minutes and then all again was
dark. During all that drive to Sun
bury they wondered what il could
have been that caused the bright
sunlike flash. When they arrived at
Sunbury all was explained to them.
It was the explosion of one OF the
mills of Shamokjn Powder Company,
whereby the dwellings of David Ham
Emanuel Klinger and Daniel Osman,
together with the barns and other
outbuildings and their contents,
were totally wrecked, and the in
mates had narrow escapes, as huge
bou,dsrs we're hurled through the
houses like bombshells and several Of
the victims we're imprisoned in their
houses by masses Of debris and raft
ers. Mrs. Ham sustained severe
cuts about the head and body and is
prostrated as the result OF the shock.
The explosion occurred shortly be-
fore midnight and its cause is nys
terry as all OF the mill bulldogs We're
deserted at the time. The entire
sides of Dir. Hams, Mr. Ringers
and Mr Osman's houssf were blown
in md .he formers barn was burned
down. The barn of the powder mill