Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-09-13

! AA1Uuuc IL giving
pointers to the Altoona police az to
the location Of gambling dens in
the Mountain City. Perhaps, the
police see more than they are cred
tied with: 'NOne so blind as those
who will not see."
Mrs. Christian Sieber who with
her husband moved to Indiana
about Is years ago is visiting rela-
tives in this county. She isaccom.
panied by her daughter Miss Nan
~ Sieber. Mrs. Sieber il visiting
Mr. John StOner of Fermanagh
township.
Samuel Rowe formerly of Juni
alta county, son of Eli Rowe, who
used to farm the Wright farm now
the Meyer farm north of town, is
Visiting old time friends in his ma
tive county. Mr.. Rowe now is at
the Soldiers Home. at Dayton, o.
He was on trip to the G. A. r.
encampment at Philadelphia.
| The farm located just where the
valley road intersects the pike a
short distance on this side of Mex
leo, was offered at public sale last
Saturday. The farm belonged to
the estate of Mrs. Jerome Thomp
son, deceased. Long ago it was
known as she Seiger farm. Amos
Smith bid q, 500 for the farm;
Jerome Thompson paid $1,000 for
the farm. The bid of Smith was
not taken and the farm ss yet for
sale.
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Al Altoona Tribune, September A.
1 Bl4tt Hodges of Millers station, re
turn to his hone Saturday after 3;
Years absence. In 1862 he left hi
wife and family and went west t.
: seek his fortune. For time h,
wrote letters home, but these sud
S denly ceased. His wife, believin.
e him dead, married again. He
tsecOnd husband died two month
ago. Hodges had been mining il
Mexico. His wife received hin
It with open arms and the couple ar
It happily united again.
The PrOhibitiOnists of Juniat
r Co., are hereby notified to meet il
o Convention at MifflintOwn, Pa, il
the Orphans Court Room, Sep
:. 10th at I 80 p. H., to nominate
, county ticket, elect a county com
mittee and transact such other bus
mess as may come before the Cor
ventiOn.
a All llO StIc lhtClCStCu III III
If party are urged to attend.
JOHN +. DIENER,
Co. Chairman.
:. S. L. KOONTZ, Co. Secretary.
Bloomfield Advocate, Sept. g.
Tuesday evening, of last week,
g attempting tostring the wires of tf
e long distance telephone across tn
Square, in this place, the wir'
crossed the electric light wires, an
in pulling them taut the insulatio
~ of live wires was worn through
~ causing the telephone wires to
heavily charged with electricit,
e. the result was that five men We
al more or less seriously shocket
One man was thrown to the grOun'
falling on stone and breaking
n lrib. Another man was on top of
pole when shocked, but fortunate
Recovered himself in time to avO
pitched headlOng to the grOun
r. The men were warned before tn
n commenced work, but did not he'
the warning.
70 "a turnpike sailor" came tn
: way a day ago and stopped lOl
enough to relate new snake stor
He decared it to be true stOr
IS The thing took place he said o
be the valley a few miles. He W
of coming along the road by hOus
The man of the house was by t
roadside. The sailor stopped al
asked the way to MifflintOw
y, While they talked a large copp*
N head snake began to cross the rOa
n The landlord took a piece of fen
rail and delivered stroke Oh t
tie snake. In an instant the sna
las disgorged about 30 little snak
is from her mouth and they wriggl
about in the road. A dozen
more got themselves into wag
rut. A rod away, a dog, a pu
IN was an earnest spectator of VIII
Ell was going on. He had laid dO'
~ in the wagon rut. The dog W
warm, he was painting and laid
n head with his mouth open and tC
I gue out in the rut ahead of him
ta the direction that the little snai
" ran, The snakes saw the Openi
and before the dog understood
they were down his throat. L
Of sailor said when he left, the d
" was the wildestanimal he had eH
ne seen.
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