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

"A stable occupied by stock owned hv
u. d. McWflliams, in Port Royal was
Struck by lightning last THURSDAY
h'gnt about 9 o'clock, and consumed.
1t is said that excessive coffee dr;nt.
ing Is more injurious to the human sys-
tenn than whiskey drinking. 1t causes
heart trouble, of a most serious nature
FEsTNAL--Tho good folk. Of
Arca hock will hold festival Satur.
day evening, August 6, on the lawn
ADJOINING the school house. Every-
todV invited.
The uncalled for letters in the Patter-
son post office for the week ending
July S1st, 1898, were for Mrs. L. F
Smith, Miss Gertrude Hackett. Mr.
Peter Syeptuk.
Curtis Warfel and Mr.. Kline os
Huntingdon, spent Thursday afternoon
and evening in this place, and attended
a party held al the home of Joseph PEN
nell in the evening.
Fresh beef sold at IS cents a pound.
in the city of Santiago De Cuba. on the
9th day Of July. A New Orleans man
landed % head of cattle that he sold
for S5 dollars piece.
The famous Pannebaker Island Har-
vest Home will he held on the 9th of
August. 1t will he the 25 Annual
Harvest Home held at that place. Peo-
pie go there by the thousands.
Lieutenant n. A. Martin, of the reg
uiar army, who was stricken with
pleurisy while in army before Santiago,
Is now almost well, and is visiting his
aunt, Miss Blanche Wright, in this
town.
n fierce storm of rain and wind came
unexpectedly on Saturday evening and
caught good many people on the road.
That rain and the one on Thursday
evening broke the drought in this COM
munity.
Misses Esther aud Fl ,repce Pauna
baker, OF Lewistown, spent few
days OF this week with Daniel Punpe.
bakers family, en- route to Water
ford, whore they expect to spend
few weeks.
uncalled for letters lying dead in the
Miffiintown post office at the close OF
business Saturday evening, July 30,
1898, We're for Mr.. ID. II. Kannagy,
Mrs. Thomas Dunn, Samuel Gapp,
Simon Burris.
"a SPECIAL train will be run to Port
Royal on Thursday evening for the
benefit of those desiring to attend
the dance in the FAR buildings at
that place. The public are generally
invited to attend.
VIM. Hawk was laid Off work sever
al days last week by an injury to one of
his legs, which was hurt by a Mace
donia water pipe rolling on it from a
wagon in the mountain where the pipe
was being unloaded.
Harry II. Jones, aged 10 months,
son of H. H., and Matilda Jones, died
of inflammation of the bowels, at the
home of his parents, at Happy Hollow
school house. Fermanagh township, on
the 2Sth of July. Interment at East
Salem on Saturday.
Kuislow-We had very warlike
time up at our house the other morning.
Homesby-How was that?
Kuislow-the baby cried for two
hours, and while my wife tried to quiet
him, l shelled the peas.
The American Admiral McNair has
the Spanish captive, Admiral Cervera
a prisoner, and had the bad taste to
give dinner in honor of the prisoner
Cervera, which has aroused intense
criticism through the country.
The mid summer social event in Pat
tersOn, last week, was the party that
Kiss Bess Pennell gave last Thursday
evening. 1t was an enjoyable occasion,
and the guests returned to their homes
about midnight highly delighted.
Mrs G. a. Manbeck, of Cocolamus,
Juniata county, has almost cured her
husband, who is in the hospital at San
tiago. by sending him word that he is
the father of three new 10y babies, and
that she has named them Dewey,
Schley and Sampson.
Where else in the world, than in the
United States of America, are the SOL
diers that can and will fight, 90 hours
without sleep or rest, as did the Amer
lean troops fight before Santiago. After
that it was no wonder the Spanish sol
diers were ready to surrender.
Papa" said little 4-.year-old Margie,
al think you are just the incest man in
the whole world" "And think YOU
are the incest little girl in the world"
replied her father. "Course / am,"
said Margie. "Ain't it queer how such
nice people happen to get into the same
family?"
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, John
Howard Harris President. College,
leading to degrees in Arts, Philosophy
and Science. Academy, preparatory
school for young men and boys. III
stitute, refined boarding school for
young ladies. School of susic, with
graduating courses. For catalogue, adj
dress the Registrar,
WIN. &. GBETZINGER,
Lewisburg, Pa
DIR. Rothrock and wife, of New Ber-
lin, Union county, after attending the
funeral of DIR. ID. G. ROthrock, at Nc
Alisterville, came to this town to pay
visit to their kinsman, Nr. Joseph
Rothrock, whose health, it is regret
fully said, is not improving in salts