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


Lightning killed colt and stun. |
ned two other horses, belonging to
George Myton in Huntingdon. The
animals were in q field near the barn.
A monument to the memory of
Harry Wright the father of base ball,
was unveiled on West Laurel Hill
cemetery in Philadelphia on the goth
of June.
Newport Ledger:-A man named
Stouffer has purchased land at Cove
from John s. Sible, and will remove
his duck farm from near Harrisburg
to that place.
Last Friday evening Mrs. Berry
by misstep lost her balance and
fell down the cellar stair way, severe
ly bruising her right side and right
limb and arm.
The Republican State Convention
will meet at Harrisburg on Thursday,
August 26, to nominate candidate
for State Treasurer and a candidate
for Auditor General.
The vibration of the river bridge
opened joint in the water pipe on
Monday at the other side of the river.
1t will always be so as long as the
pipe lies on the bridge.
Brief reports from India have been
received tbs past few days of great
earth quake that tumblod down many
houses and killed over six thousand
people in the State Assam.
Mac. Kepner of Patterson sur
prlsed people at the railroad station
on Monday, when he stepped off the
ears with l6 pound carp that had
been caught near Newport.
DR.. Atkinson is e1!arging his barn
at Mt. Pleasant and on Monday Il
com pany of Walker township neigh
bors took hand at raising the frame
in the good old fashioned way.
On Monday Presidant McKiule y
prese ented congratulations by des-
patch to Queen Victoria upon the
Goth anniversary of her acceptance
of the throne of Great Britain.
J. NJ Peoples of Greensburg,
Westmoreland county, bought the
Dotv farm that used to he known as
the Yoder farm. south east of Oak
land Mills at public sale on the 22nd
inst, for &3,500
Mrs. Wilberlorce Schwever pre-
sented her husband with II pound
boy baby at half past two o'clock on
the morning of the 18th of June,
1897. and Immediately named the
boy Benjamin Franklin.
Thousands of chickens were killed
By hail on Saturday afternoon at Ty.
rome, and it is said that those OF :he
fowl tribe that escaped were 50 scar,
ed that on Sunday they would not go
out of their coops.
Huntingdon Globe: - WDoa i.
comes TO successful frog-catchers,
Bob West of Ligonier IS entitled to
first rank. Last Friday night by The
aid OF torch and hook baitsd with
red flannel, Mr. West caught one
hundred and fifty frogs in a pond
Prevention is better than sure.
Keen your blood pure, your appetis>
good and yoar digestion perfect BY
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills act tremendously with
Hoods Sarsaparilla, gentle, efficient.
Cards ere cut for the weddjhg of
Miss Rebecca jane Banks Of This
town and Mr.. Ezra Doty Parker cl
Washington, d. G. at toe nome o;
the parents Of the aflianced n this
town on the Both day c. presen,
month.
The Nawpori News says:-'A priu
cipal of the Newport pubic schools
is wanted at salary of eighty dol
lars month. The principal that had
been elected resigned because the
School Board reduced the salary from
800 to $50 a month.
The painting of the Court House,
revealed lot of bullet holes in the
ball on the spire and rod. II time d
rain water passed through tbs holes
into the ball and thence OF down
through tie center of the dome to
the building below, but who shot the
holes in the ball.
From, .he Detroit Free Press
'sDid =, oil ever hear about that bool
agents hard luck?'
mo. What was itt''
"He struck q mesnerist. Sh,
hypno!lzed him into the back yard
and made him beat carpets for five
hours
The Democratic candidates thus
far announced for county nomination
ct the primary election are George 3
Cramer and John r. Jenkins for Reg
lister & Recorder; s. Clayton Stone,
and Lewis A. Dimm for Sheriff; Alb
ram Moss and Alexander Mcclure fol
Jury Commissioner: G. B. H. Keplel
and S. Biair Heterick for County
Chairman.
The installation of Rev. w. n
Fahs ~ill take place on Sunday
June 81, 1897, in the Lutheran
church Of Mifflintown, Pa. The
services viii be conducted by Rev
J. R. Dimm, d. D.. Pres't of the
Central Psnnsylvania Synod, and the
Rev. j. NJ. Reimensnyjer, D. D., pas
tor of the First Lutheran church OF
Milton, Pa.
John N. Winegardner, prominent