Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-07-19

Charles Andrew Zerbe Of Lewis
Town has been appointed census su
pervsor OF the Twelfth census dis
tr1ct in Pennsylvania composed of The
counties of Adams, Franklin, Fulton,
Huntingdon, Juniata and Miflin.
Mrs. Flora Eddy returned to he,
nome IN New York City, Saturday
after having spent several weeks with
her aunt Mrs. Ellen Allison. An.
drew G. Allison accompanied her
days. "
Ed. Gushard of this town became
the victim of a kissing bee some days
ago. He says the osculation was not
on his lips, but on his cheek. The
kiss was q smarting one The skin
was punctured like when stung by a
bee, hornet or wasp. Both sides of
the face we're enlarged by the SWELL
ing.
Everyone in Juniata county has a
vivid recollection of the Juniata VAL
ley Veteran Association Encampment
held at Mifiintown last October.
Well this coming October 10, IL, IL
and 13. the encampment will be held
at Newport. Perry county. Newport
people have begun to prepare to re.
ceive the veterans on that occasion.
Lsprosy from time out of date has
been placed in the calendar of incur
able diseases. But now comes the
information that remedy has been
found. A leprosy stricken victim in
the agony of despair had q cobra
snake to bite him. The poison of the
cobra is fatal, but in the case of the
suicidal leper, the poison acted as a
cure. The leper was cured by the
poison of the cobra snake. An Amer
lean now proposes to inoculate lepers
with cobra snake poison, which
seems wonderful, and it is as Won
derful as that the cow pox ifiboculat-
ed in man keeps him from taking small
kpox. What nextf COW pox for small
pox; ex-rays for cancer; snake po:-
son for leprosy.
The newspaper men at Manila
have let the cat out of the bag as to
The utter failure of the first cam
paign in the Philippine Islands. The
military situation was to large for the
commander. 1t WAS so with the war
against the southern rebellion. The
first commanders of the Union forces
had not the military capacity for so
large an undertaking ard the failure
OF the first campaign of destiny in
the dir. ction of the acquisition of
Asia is in the hands Of good soldiers,
but soldiers who have not the capac
ity for such a great undertaking
cannot accomplish the work.
The accomplishment of the work
must be by a different type of sol
dier.
Franklin Lauver aud his son, a
youth of Is years, were caught in Lhe
barn that was blown down by the
great storm that devastated Black
Log valley some days ago They
had been in the field piowing when
the storm came down in the valley.
They fed with their teams to the
ba,n. just as they were putting
their horses in the stable the storm
struck the barn scattering it as if on
ly that much of a pile Of straw. The
father and son were both caught in
the falling timbers of the barn. The
father bad a leg broken in two places,
three ribs brokea and collar bone
,brcken. The son was ininied 10 his
hips. The storm was about 400 feet
wide. This is three times the demon
of the wind swept over Black Log
Valley and every time with shocking
result.
J. A. Lumbard, editor of the Sny-
der County Tribune was soldier
against rebellion and was with "Sher-
man on his march to the sea" has
been publishing in his paper valul.
BILE data that came under his obser-
vation during his long service in tie
Union Army He tells many things
that are hard to believe. For exam
pie, last week, his article brings Sher
msn army after peace declaration,
ca is march to Washington over the
battlefield of Spottsy!vania Court
House. He says. eve noticed tree
twenty two inches across the stump
that had been cut down by minnies
and shrapnel." Again be says, Sin
conversation with an old gentleman
who lived on a nearby plantation, the
old gentleman informed US the plant
ers turned ,hcir hogs out in the
woods that + ii aud that they rooted
the remains of the dead of both
armies cut of their shallow graves,
greedily eating even Il large portion
Of tie minor bones "We n vsr had
such fat hogs befoh, 10 any recollec
tion," said the old gentleman, "
Ju lga, why not pat your articles i'll
b3ck firm. Every third family In
Snyder county ought to buy the
book.
SHERIFF TO SELL TRAC-