Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-03

On the Goth of July, Jno. e. Coulter.
OF Wayne township, Niffiin county.
nad valuable COW and heifer two
years old both struck and killed bv
lightning. They were Standing within
ten feet Of each other when killed. On
Tuesday Of the same week Mrs. Nancy
Hanawalt's barn was struck by light
ming, shattering several rafters and
tearing hole in the roof.
Charles J. Kinch, Of McAlisterville.
fell off freight train of cars ON which
he was brakeman, OH the Union Pa
cific Railroad, at Rockspringe, Wyom-
ing station, on the 2lst Of July. He
fell in such way that both his legs
We're run over and cut off by the train.
de was taken to the hospital at Rock
springs, where he died. His remains
were received at this station by Under
taker Snyder, on the 9th Of July, and
taken to McAlistervire Tt.ore the
funeral took place OF the 2Sth of July
Interment in the McAlisterville ceme-
/ terry, by funeral director Snyder.
The average school teacher allows his
pupils to grow into the belief, that.
when they acquire an intellectual train
ing they are fitting themselves fer a
position in life where work is not re-
quired of them Such training is mis-
leading. To secure an education re-
quires hard work, and every occupation
after education requires work. There
are only three ways for a young man or
woman to secure position that is free
! from work. First, work hard and save
all money made while young, to live a
life''of ease when old Second, by inher-
iting fortune. Third, by marrying a
fortune.
About midnight on the 22nd inst,
three masked robbers broke into the
house of Peter Kantz, aged a, living a
mile north of Selinsgrove, and demand
ed money. Mr. Kantz refused to give
his money. They bound him to the
bed with ropes made of the sheets of
the bed. Afterward they went up
stairs and bound his sister-in-law, a
lady who is about go years old and an
invalid. They also bound his grand
son, boy 10 years old. Then they
ransacked the bureau drawers and
other receptacles finally finding a
pocket book containing about SICO.
This they took and some clothes, and
left the house, leaving no trace of their
identity.
Tact is great quality and to a GER
tain degree may be cultivated. With
some people it is natural, and they can
employ it to their satisfaction, and
good of others, as in the case of a wO-
man in neighboring town. Her hus-
band had contracted the habit of stay
ing out late at night. Without cause
he was jealous of his wife. She was Il
advantage of his jealousy TO cure him
Of his staying out so late. The first
night after she had hit upon that plan
of curing, when he knocked at the
door, she whispered through the key
hole, ''Is that you, Wiilie?' Her hus-
bands name is John, and he stays at
home every night now and sleeps with
one eye open and revolver under his
pillow.
Bloomfield Times July 29.-The re-
ports that reach us from various parts
of the county indicate that the peach
crop will not be one quarter of what it
was last year, while the apple crop is
generally nearly an entire failure.
An important decision and of general
interest, has been rendered by Judge
Lyons of this district, who was on the
bench in the Columbia court, at
Bloomsbury, when the now celebrated
case of John II. Eisenhower, the de-
posed principal of the Centralia public
schools, was tried. Eisenhower was
elected principal for term of three
wears, and when he had served one
year he was ousted without any charges
being brought against him. The court
awarded him nine months salary.
S195, with interest and costs, and under
the decision he can recover pay for the
full term of three years.