Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-07-27


''Onc of my uncles,r she said, ..was
severely wounded nj the battle of Nal
vern Hill.-
Indeed" he replied. my father
fell at the first battle of Bull Run"
After she had east whitening look
at him, she retorted:
What do you mean? Your father
is still alive -
81 know he's alive. He fell because
he didn't have time to see where he
was going and tripped over root. |
know this is the truth, because I've
heard him tell il hundred times.
a burglar entered the house of Henry
Leister in Huntington, some nights
ago. \ son of MIR. Ieister. Lewis Leis-
ter, came home at o'clCc.. i'm the
morning, and Wien he entered the
house, the burglar presented pistol
and told him to hold up his hands.
The young man said. mot much and
grappled with the robber, a great fight
took place, the burglar fired three shots
from his revolver, two of which took
effect in the wall, one bullet entered
the abdomen of Leister and was eX-
tracted the next day. The thief broke
from the young man Leister, but did
not run back to the place of his en-
trance 10 the house but ran to the front
room and did not stop to hoist the
window, but jumped through the glass
and escaped. He left his shoes and hat
in the Leister house.
Lock Haven Express, July 10TH
Word reached this city to day of the
death of William Daugherty, at Ham,
mersley's Fort, Leidy township, this
county. on Wednesday. Mr.. Daugh-
erty's death was due to the bite of Il
rattlesnake, the circumstances as relat-
cd to the Express being rs follows: On
Tuesday night Daugherty, who lived
with his twin brother. Joseph, at Ham
nersley's Fort, went to the barn i'll
company with boy and slept on
pile of buckwheat straw. Toward
morning the boy awoke and heard Mr..
Daugherty groaning. He went to the
house and woke up Joseph who imne-
diately went to the barn and found his
brother unable TO speak. His face was
badly swollen and there were two slight
wounds on his forehead. The man
lived until O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing when he died. \ search of the
premises was made and rattlesnake
five feet long was found and killed.
The poisonous serpent had evidently
bitten the man while he slept. Daugh-
erty was aged about 65 years and was
veteran of the late war. He had only
recently been granted Il pension and re-
ceived $500 back pay.
The house on the farm of DIR. Atkin-
son and his sister, Srs. Greepleaf, wife
Of Or. Greenleaf, OF Delaware State,
was destroyed by fire about p. m, on
the Dist inst. The building stood on
the bank of the river in full view of the
railroad, and it was by passengers on
the 5.07 Fast Line westward bound
train that information of the fire was
first brought to town. The Doctor,
however, had been informed by des-
patch, ard started Immediately, in
hurry. His trotter didn't understand
why Il twO-forty rate of travel was kept
up for the distance of five miles. He
arrived at the scene of the confiagration
work, and learned that the family of
Mr. NetZler, tenant on the farm, We're
all at supper when the fire was dis
covered The fire is believed to have
come from the chimney into the garret.
The second story was so afiame when
first discovered that entrance to that
part of the building was not possible.
and all contents upstairs were consuIm-
ed. The fire came down stairs so rapid
ly that not all the contents OF the lower
part of the house were saved from the
fire. The farmer had his household
goods insured, and there was an insur-
ance OF the house. The stone walls of
the building are 80 warped that ii is
hardly probably they can he left stand
ing for new house.
Altoona Tribune, July 21.-Thcre is
no accounting for tastes. Now. what
in the world prompts man to raise II
car window in an ordinary passenger
coach, letting in all the dust, dirt, coal
cinderS. etc; while ut the same time
another man will pay for seat in
Pullman car for the purpose Of having
the windows kept down, that the dirt,
dust, etc, may he kept out ? Aud that
is what you will see every day on the
ears. Coming up from Philadelphia
yesterday there We're half 4 dozen men
| and women III the ordinary passenger
| coach who persisted in hoisting The
/, windows as high rs they could go. AS
consequence when they arrived in
| Harrisburg, every one of them was be-
| grimed with cinders and dust and they
all needed a bath. On the other hand
those people who had gone i'll the par
| lor ear in order to escape the open WIN
dows all looked cool, clean and conf
Portable. There is argument III this
against open windows. If air is need
ed there are plenty of ventilators in
every car and the train hands are al
ways obIiging and will open them wide
" if asked to do so.
The truth is that the clear-headed,
discerning and cieaniy-disposed among
| the travelling public should formulate a
petition TO the railway authorities beg
ging them to frame and adopt rule
forbidding the opening of windows save
under exceptional circumstances.
/, CHAUTAUQUA.