Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-10

a AC SCtu hhuudt lkaIVtSt QOme at
Pannebaker's Island on Saturday
was attended by number of people
from this town and community.
The day was fine; the attendance
was large. Rev John w. Speedy, of
Port Royal, Rev. James A. Memmin-
ger. of Lancaster, and Rev. Mr. Der.
stine, of Waterford, each made o
speech appropriate to tho interest.
ing occasion.
w. s. Arbogast, has again become
the landlord of the Jacobs House. His
many friends come in to greet him
heartily. The travelling public recog-
nize in him quiet, gentlemanly, firm
landlord, every ready to serve their
wants at moderate rates and the local
customers from all parts of the county
find his rooms and board satisfactory.
He has always been favoritc landlord
in Juniata county.
The six Spanish men of war that
Schley destroyed at Santiago was a loss
of twenty million dollars to Spain.
The cost of the loss of the Manila fleet
that Dewey destroyed is not known,
but with merchantmen captured from
Spain it is a fair estimate to say fifteen
million dollars will not pay the losses
mentioned. The total naval loss to
Spain as far as heard from is no less
than thirty five million dollars, ON ships
ond chinc orvpc
An inventor of guns declares that he
can make an electric gun, that if plant
ed at Key West in the United States,
can throw shells into Havana, Cuba, at
the rate of 5000 shells an hour. To
plant the gun ready for use he says
will cost million dollars. With such
a gun England could shell large part
of France and the French would not
know where the shells came from, be-
ing too far away to hear the noise of
the gun.
Henry Hambright died at his
home in Fermanagh township, Juni-
alta county, Pa, sbout four miles
north of M'f1iintown, on the 9th
inst, OF the ailments that come with
age. He was aged S3 years. He
was, b. rn in Lancaster county, but
came to Juniata many years ago.
Interment in the Mennonite cemetery
in Lost Greek Valley on Wednesday,
August 10, 1898. VIM. Snyder was
the funeral director.
The Philadelphia North American of
July 9th said. Robert w. Reid, of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders, was among
the first wounded i'll the engagement
| Oh June "a at La Guasimas, He is at
present i'll this city. He was struck
| with Mauser bullet i'm the back of the
right hip and the ball went all the way
through the hip to the front pocket OF
his canvas trousers, where it struck a
large knife he carried, glanced upward,
ripped open his abdomen, and then
grazed his chest His pants and shirt
were pierced eight times by the ball,
which strangely, went through four OF
his pockets.
People used to believe that to bs
struck by lightning it was necessary to
be under something that first received
the bolt, and then the person would be
struck, that the person struck would
have to be under tree or some Othel
object that should act as a conductor
of the lightning, but such is no Longer
the belief. On the 3rd Of August dur
ling the great rain in Philadelphia
from 10 O'Clock in the morning to
O'Clock in the afternoon, when inches
of rain fell, William Noble was caught
in the storm OH the street and both, M
and his horse were killed by lightning
There is trouble in the Sixth Massa
chusetts Regiment about salutes, TIT
white officers refused to salute fh'
colored troops. The example of DAME
Webster in Washington might be fol
lowed to the better feeling of all parties
Webster in passing along Pennsylvani;
Avenue, pleasantly tipped his hat to
colored man. The person who wa
with Webster took occasion to remark
Senator you seem to be unusually po
lite to niggers, that is not done where
came from. "Well," replied Webster
~ have made it rule of my life neve
to let an act of politeness extended f
me pass unrecognized."
AT Colorado Springs on the 18th o
July, during an electric storm, yOun,
Arthur Robinson was struck by light
ming i'm most remarkable manner
He was riding horseback and was com
ing down a hill when bolt of light
ming struck him in the centre of tn,
head, tearing his hat to pieces ant
passing down his body, making scar
ed mark, and thence entering the horse
which was instantly killed. Robinson
was picked up by a pedestrian ant
taken to a farm residence, where ;
physician, by working with him al
night, brought him to state Of con
sciOusness. He will recover, it is said
but his sense of hearing is lost.
Somerset Herald.-Notwithst
the fact that he is SO years of age, Johl
, Queer, the veteran trapper of Lincoll
S township, Somerset county, killed tn
r past season 81 muskrats, % cOOns, 2
: skunks, mink, IL weasels, foxes,
e chicken hawks, l owl, and caught tn
e fore paw of gray wolf. Mr.. Quee
Il would readily pass for man OF u
r His eyes are clear and bright, and b
e is still able to hit the bullseye at di
tance of 800 yards without calling MAJ
nifying glasses into requisition; h
step is springy and light, while h
- complexion is of the tint of rich pin
; rose. Last fall he threshed l13 bushe
s of rye with a fail. He attributes h
20 rena rk able yigor to his outdoor life.