Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-02-10

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Port Royal Times of February A.
On Thursday of week before last Mrs.
Samuel Pannebaker. ST., of Tuscaro.
ra township, in stepping from the
corn crib into which she had gone
for corn to feed her chickens, was so
unfortunate as to fall, breaking one
OF her limbs in two places. We deep
iy sympathize with her, aud hope to
hear of her early recovery.
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, spsniels, collies, fox
and bull terriers; fancy poultry and
pigeons: Belgium and German hares;
prices low. j. Howard TAYLOR.
Ang27,1 West Chester, Pa.
There IS q 63 year old man living
near Mifflintown, who is the father of
% children, Is of whom are living,
but he is not to be compared with
DR.. A. Field of OIean, Center Co :,
for fathership. Field is the father of
"a children, twenty seven of whom
live at home with papa and mamma.
The father is but fify-seven years old
and his interesting brood consists of
three sets of qusdru plets, FIVE sets of
triplets, three sets of twins, while
one by some strange mis- chance
came into the world single. Thirty
one of these children are living, eight
being boys.
Rev. Mr.. Berry is selling lots for
Washington, D. G. real estate deal.
ers. It would be good thing to buy
lot at Mifflintown and make home.
The chances for employment here
are as good as at Washington in a
majority Of cases, and if one has to
go away for time for employment.
their people can live at Mifflintown
as well as at Washington. People
at Washington who have employ
ment cannot be looking at the Pub
lie Buildings all the time and stroll
ing through the Public Grounds ev
cry day, and even if they could do
so they would get as tired of that as
any other tired thing they ever did
If the moeey that has been kited else
where the past five or six years, had
been kept here it might be doing
some good. Mr.. Barry has sold a
number OF lots aud has more to sell.
J. H. Simons fell on the ice in
front of his business place on Friday
morning and broke the large bone in
his right wrist, which is a misfortune
that his friends wish he had escaped.
There is this however about the mis-
fortune that has over taken him. It is
no common affliction. Anyone can
get pneumonia, grip and lot of oth-
er mean ailments, but it is an un-
common thing for one to have q
broken wrist It is distinction
among the common Affections of life
to be sitting about with q wrist in q
sling, and as people are proud Of hav-
ing distinction thrust upon them,
Simons may be proud of being the
only man in the many thousands of
people in Juniata that is on a vaca.
ton on account of a broken wrist
Laying all jokes aside MIR. Simons'
many friends all regret the accident
that overlook him and wish his wrist
and his arm speedy restoration to
its old time vigor.
The barn of David S. Sieber about
two miles and half north of town
was destroyed by fire.about midnight
last Wednesday. One of Mr.. Sieber's
children first saw the light of the
fire, bat did not know where the
light came from and called his faith
or to know whether the moon could
make such a bright light as that
shining about the house That was
the first alarm. One look in the di-
rection of the barn was enough.
Everyone in the house. who could get
out ran to the building shoeless and
half clad to save what they could.
The fire then was all through build
ing that had been built in front of
the barn and at times was used for q
sheep pen. Latterly the under story
was the roosting place Of some fifty
chickens. When the family reached
the barn, the barn yard annex Just
mantioned was all abiaze and the
fire Was running up that part of barn
roof nearest the annex. Everyone
there ran into the stables to get out
the horses and cattle, all of which
were COTTON out safely excepting
couple of colts that were consider
ably singed before they were driven
from the burning barn. The prop
erty was insured in local fire COM
pany; the barn at $500 and the grain,
hay, straw and fodder at $64O Most
of the farm machinery was in the
barn and of course was destroyed.
There was wagon shed under the
barn, which was also the roosting
place for number of chickens. At
ter the fire the bodies Of the chick
ems were found in the ruins where
they had fallen from the roost
in the wagon shed. No chick.
ems, however, were found in the
ruins of the barn-yard annex where
the fire evidently was first started,
which has given rise to the copject.
ure that some party stole the chick
ems and when leaving either inten-
tionally or unintentionally set fire to
the nlsce