Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-08


REPUBLICAN, paper that contains
choice reading matter, full Of inform
tion that does the reader good, and
in addition to that all local news that
are worth publishing find places in
its columns. If.
A bolt of lightning during the
electric storm about o'clock on the |
morning of the 2nd inst, struck the !
roof of the house of Lantz Shivery in |
Fermanagh township. The fluid |
passed from the roof to the rain
spout and thence to the ground with
out doing much damage.
It was some time last Thursday
morning after daylight before it was
known what particular stroke ratified
the electric wires, but as the day
wore on it was learned that bolt of
lightning struck one of the poles of
the electric light plant. It was the
pole at the yNiffiiutown school house
that was struck.
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, John How.
ard Harris, President; College. with
four courses of study leading to de-
grees; Academy preparatory school;
Ladies' Institute, refined boarding
school; Music School, for both sexes;
and Art Studio. For catalogue, ad-
dress the Registrar. VIM. G. Gretz.
niger, Lswisburg, Pa. If.
Harry Luck and Guy Auker made
trip by horse and spring wagon
from this place into Snyder county
last week and placed tombstones on
several graves in graveyards there.
They encountered flock of wild
turkeys along the road On the noun
tain when returning. The turkeys
soon disappeared.
George Eby, who lived in Turbett
township and was employed as track
hand, was killed on the railroad at
the rock, at the lower end of the rail-
road yard at this place, by the loco
motive of Passenger Train No 20
Atlantic-about 9 o'clock on Monday
forenoon. Why he did not get off
the track with the other hands is not
known. His neck was broken, his
shoulders were broken, a leg was
broken, and one shoe was torn off
He was aged about 81 years A wife
and three children, mourn over their
sad bereavement Undertaker VIM.
F. SNYDER of this place prepared the
body for burial, and accompanied the
funeral to interment place at Buffalo
church cemetery, three miles west of
Ickesburg, Perry county on Wedues
day.
About the ssmo time the electric
storm awakened everyone ia this
town and com nunity ct 1 o'clock A.
n, last Thursday morning, the house
Of W Z. Taylor u mile west of Reeds
vile, Mitfiin county, was struck by
lightning. Mr.. Taylor's family arose
and put down the windows without
knowing what was going on over.
head, and after satisfying themselves
that no serious damage had been
done they retired. There was one
placs in the house that they had not
v:sited-.hat place was the garret
They We're not long in bed till a
humping noise on toe garret sgain
hurried them out of bed Hurryine
to the gerIes, they found it sll ablnze
with the rcof falling in, and it was
that which had csused the humping
noise. The furniture in the lower
story was gotten out. The loss of house
and contents That were burned
amounts 10 $4,000. The insurance
will amount to $l,SO).
;! Thirty policemen were sent in Il
keep order lii the Democratic Stat;
Con vention at Reading and failed
Members CT the Convention bumped
each other around as if they were s
lot of animals The trouble was ovel
the action of brother Herrity, VIII
last fall helped to defeat tie Bryan
ticket and now the Bryan element
want to put Harrity off the Natiopa
Committee. The effor! to put him
OF is what raised the disturbance il
the Convention The Convention By
large majority removed Harrity
Harrity and GiYep, the receiver Of
} the lancaster Traction Company
through which the larger bulk of one
hundred thousand dollars of JuDia.i
county peoples money YVES sucked ny
the financial fume to pad someone's
POCKET book, are endeavoring to effect
Al organization Of the Harrity mer
against the work of the Reading Con
vention, aud great dissatisfaction pre-
walls among the Democracy over the
work Of the Convention. OF course
thee is no c1ance for the election o.
the ticket that the Convention nom
mated.
Bspci Bang! thunder, crash and
J fash, WAS the order OF the weathe,
from II to i on last Thursday nom.
ing. A thick rain came with the
electric storm and between the swish
of toe water aud the crash and bang
Of lightning everyone became wide
awake The electric lights went out
and total darkness raigned supreme.
There were humber of startling
peais of thunder. Just when the
storm was at its highest pitch, Con,
stable Cox Of Greenwood township
appeared at the jail and between his
banging for admission and the rattle
cf the artillery of the clouds Sheriff
Calhoun was about rs vide awake
a man as this community then had.
| Cox had prisoner in the person Of
Edward Ramp, who h9d been arrest.
ed and daily committed on a charge
of rob5ing the house of J. L Swartz
in Greenwood township. While Cox
was vysi.inr, for the ie;l door IA opap