Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-03-31

1t Is remarkable what big fish
stories are adoat on the shelf ss not
to be compared to the larger carp
stories.
Five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for the Capitol Building at
Harrisburg is . popular feather for
Governor Hastings' hat.
The Mennonite congregation that
worship in the church near East Sa-
lem, this county, have added about
4O new members to their congrepa-
ton.
Now watch the Easter weather
sign. Perhaps it will do no better
than tho ground-hog weather sign.
The prevailing belief is that the
westher canEot settle for good spring
work till after Easter.
Mrs. Johu Robson died at her
home in Patterson on the night of
the 3Oth of March, aged about 72
years. Her death was from the Of
fects OF an attack of pneumonia in
the winter.
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The excitement in Bedford and
Huntingdon counties over the report
ed finding of gold in Tussey noun
tain, has again broken out. It is
something that takes place every
spring. It is hoped that by this time
gold has been found.
Contractor Kaufman is getting
things in shape to move the county
office building that stands on the
public grounds north Of the Jail wall.
The building was built there for
county Offices when the Court House
was erected in 1874. Kaufman will
move the building on rollers to Wash
ington street for ex-sheriff Loudon.
There are we'll to-do men who of.
ten ride on freight cars to save pay :
ing railroad car fare. 1t is a dan
gerous practice at best. The past
year a new danger has been added to
the ever present danger that accom-
panies getting off snd on freight
trains. The new danger is the rob.
Der tramps that one may meet at any
time on freight cars. The robber
t:amp knows by sight the profession
al tramp from the man who steals .
car ride occasionally. The profes-
sional tramp knows that the oeca-
sional freight car jumper tramp gen.
orally hss more or less money and
that il the reason there are so many
freight Car travellers robbed. A case
in point IS reported from Williams
port under date of March 26. as fo,-
lows.
James Trutt, bridge builder of
Williamsport had terrible exper-
ience with two tramps on the 25th.
He finished job on the new railroad
bridge at Columbia and was paid of,
after which ne boarded a freight
train for Williamsport. Two men,
who saw him receive the money, also
jumped into the car.
Nothing unusual occurred until the
train had passed Herndon, when one
of the men advanced toward Truitt
with a revolver in each hand and COM
manded him to throw up his hands.
Trutt was taken completely by sur
prise, but tried to parley with the
man, asking him what he meant. He
VAS answered by shot from revol-
yer and a bullet entered his left arm,
while the other desperate struck him
on the back of the head with club,
knocking him down. As he fell the
first man discharged the second re-
volver, hut Trutt in falling, grasped
his hand, andithe bullet went through
the roof of the car.
When Trutt fell to the floor of the
car he lost consciousness and when
he came to he was in a do ctors Of
fee at Rerndon, having his wounds
bandaged. He learned that he had
been found lying on the railroad
track near that place by a track walk
er, who pulled him off the rails just
in time to prevent him from being
cut to pieces by an east bound pas
senger train. All his monoy had
been stolen and it was evident that
after going through his pockets, the
desperadoes had thrown their uncon-
scious and helpless victim out of the
car, and on the railroad tracks, ex-
pecting a passing train to complete
the work which they had begun.
Trutt was brought here to day and is
in a most critical condition. He has
bullet bole through his arm, his
skull is fractured and his right side
is paralyzed.