Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-16

Abraham N. Lehman, Who lives
near Rocky Spring, franklin coun-
ty, has two daughters, whose COM
bined weight is 622 pounds. The
younger daughter is the heaviest.
She weighs 372 pounds and is Is
years old. The older sister weighs
25O pounds and is II years old.
Our young friends Miss isabella
Kirk McClintic, Miss Isabella Nc
Kennan Robson and Mr.. Elmer
8. Schott, paid us the compliment
OF an invitation to the commence
ment exercises of the Mifflintown
High School to be held Friday ev-
ening May the 18th, for which we
beg to extend our sincere thanks.
A Mrs. Duffy of shs7hokin, Pa,
has elOped five times with a man
named Hummell. Her husband
every time followed her and
brought her back and forgave her.
He is desperately in love with his
wife and their three children. Evi-
IDENTIFY he is one of the Biblical
kind that fOrgives seventy times
seven before closing the door offor-
giveness.
A railroad telegraph operator
w. F. Lantell, slept at his post
and the result was a collision of
trains in tunnel on the B. and o.
road near Philadelphia. A num-
Der of men were on the trains and
if not killed by the wreck were
cremated by the fire that took
place in the wreckage. The Oper-
atOr to get away from the response
bility of his incOmpetency or care
IleSsness committed suicide.
T. B. Keener of Williamsport
went violently insane on the sub
.iect Of catching Satan, One of his
hallucinatiOns is that he is to take
one thousand men, dig hole 400
feet deep and broad in proportion
at Sulpher Springs near Williams
port. In this he is to put gold
chair. He is then to catch Satan,
put him on the chair and turn Sui
pher Spring into the hole to pre-
serve Satan. For this he is to re-
ceive salvation.
1t is with pleasure that we ac-
knowledge the receipt of an invi-
tatiOn to the commencement of the
National School of ElOcution and
OratOry, Temple Building, Broad
and Cherry streets, Philadelphia,
from the faculty and graduating
class, May 18th to May 21st, and it
is high qualification that a Mif-
fiintown girl Miss Bessie NJ. Hack
enberger, will carry part in the
Thursday evening exercises May
IL in the recital, The Unknown
Speaker, in the graduating class.
Less than a tablespoonful of but
ter coloring liquid killed a two
year old child of Wilson Smith,
who lives about halfway between
Hamburg and Allentown, Pa. The
same butter cOlOring material is u.s.
ed by the creameries in that part
of the state. Smith bought his
colOring material from the cream
cry. The store keeper to whom
Smith sold his butter told him to
color his butter. People who buy
butter like to have it a rich yellow
color. Tasteing the cOloring ma
terial sent a young woman in the
same neighbOrhood to bed three
hours. She was sick at her stom-
ache and had a violent headache,
Banks Zimmerman met with al
accident while on his way to town
in buggy last Friday morning.
His mother, his wife and two chill
dren were in the buggy. The ac-
cident took place near John Horn
ing's farm buildings. The buggy
lurched in an uneven place in the
road. The wheels were dry and
the lurch sprung the spokes out of
both wheels ON the left side The
buggy on that side dropped on the
hubs and with such force that the
occupants were pitched out on the
road. Fortunately all escaped in
jury, which is wonder. The horse
ran to town and was caught at
Snyder's furniture store by David
Anderson
A singular accident took place
last Saturday evening when Mail
East was passing slip rock between
Port Royal and Mexico A plate
belonging to the engine tender be-
came loose and was broken into
pieces. The broken pieces flew off
with great force One piece land
ed in the river. Another piece
struck George II. Rodgers of Mex
leo on the left side and produced
severe shock. A third piece struck
George L. McMeen of Port Royal
below left knee producing a pain
full injury. Rodgers is a track
man and McMeen is a watchman
in the service of the railroad com
pany. DR.. Crawford was called
and rendered the surgical and med
ical attention the cases required.
Last Friday Charles Robson
was acquitted by the Huntingdon
court of the charge of murder that
had been brought against him for
shooting to death John ONeil,
who was conspiring with RObi-
sons wife for an elopement. o.
Neil had been warned by Robson
to not visit his wife. Regardless
of the warnings, O'Neil visited
RObison's home. The latter was
informed of the visit. He quickly