Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-07-18

PAVAoAnCut CAglZCn0, OloO
on the 9Th inst.
As far as heard from some two
hundred people were killed on in
dependence day by 4th of July &C.
Mr.. Harry Moore had IA head of
sheep killed by a bolt of lightning.
The sheep were under q cherry
tree on his farm in Fayette town
ship. There wasn't a mark of
lightning on tree or sheep.
Will p. Maclay of Huntingdon,
Pa, who is now doing duty in the
U. 8. Army in the PHILIPPINES in
honor of gallant service in the cav
ing of the life of Capt. Lucius E.
Polk, during the engagement at
HilOugas, island of Leyte on May
6, has been recommended for a
medal of honor for his bravery.
There was a wreck of a freight
train in the vicinity of Spruce
creek last Monday night. A fast
passenger train westward bound,
train No. 10, ran into the wreck.
The engineer Stewart Groninger,
son of Mr.. Leonard GrOninger OF
Port Royal was killed and the fire.
man 81. E Crum of Harrisburg
was severely injured. The remains
of the unfortunate engineer were
taken to Port Royal for interment.
The stones in the 3rd lock in the
abandoned canal north of town are
being hauled to town to be used in
the foundation walls of the new
Lutheran church. Mr.. Irwin Bea-
shOr had his team in the work OF
hauling and gave helping hand
at the hauling. Emery McCahan
was engaged in the good work;
John F. Meyer was engaged in the
good work for his Lutheran friends.
The 3rd lock north of toYn is the
lock at Macedonia Gap.
In Quemahoning Valley, somer-
set county, Pa, several hundred
farmers residing therein, have as
sumed a threatening attitude due
to civil engineers surveying the
land for the construction of a large
dam on a long ravine at a point di.
rectly at the head of their valley
by the Cambria steel company OF
JOhnstown. Pa. The property
owners living below the dam aver
that their lives will be constantly
in danger and they fear a flood
equal to the JohnstOwn. In order
to prevent a clash the engineers
have abandoned their work for the
present.
Arthur Meyers had an elbow
broken on Atlantic Express near
Ryde station, Mifflin county. He
is aged about 81 years from New
port, Ky. He is a member of a
company of United States marines
on their way to Washington, D. C.
He was sitting at the window side
of the car seat with the elbow of
his arm resting on the window sill
A projection of some kind from a
passing freight train scraped the
side of the passenger train, break
ing the windows. Whatever it
was, it struck his elbow and broke
the arm. The train was stopped
here and DR.. DOwd Crawford was
taken aboard and gave the arm the
surgical attention it required while
the train was running from this
place to Harrisburg. The doctor
returned from Harrisburg IN the
next train.
The old accounts of Indian bar
barities when the Red Men roamed
through the wilds of ofPennsylvania.
tell of the awful tOrtures inflicted
on certain white people. Some
times they tied white captives to a
stake or tree, piled wood around
the captive, stuck his body full of
sharpened pine sticks and then set
fire to the pile of wood and roasted
their victim, all of which is horri-
BILE. The Chinese are reported to
be doing the like horrible things to
EurOpeansan and Americans in China.
1t makes one shudder to think OF
mans inhumanity to man. With
in the history of the New England
States Of the United States the
New Englanders burned women at
the stake for witch craft. HOrri-
BILE! horrible! that such things
should have ever taken placs
among the New England Yankees
(Hardware merchant Jerome Sic
befs horse ran away on Saturday
evening. 1t was after 9 O'Clock ir
the evening that Mr.. Sieber step
ped into the buggy in front of hi
store in Patterson to come to thi'
side of the river. He had scarcel!
started till front wheel slid of
the axle. In the drop of that sid
of the axle-tree Mr.. Sieber wa
thrown out and severely hurt
The beast became frightened ant
started on a run for this side of tn
river by way of the river bridge
1t had made but few leaps till i
! encountered spring wagon owned
by Benjamin Renninger. The wag
on was driven by an employee. 4
box in the wagon contained a cali
The COW was following. Both wer
intended for shipment on the cars
The collision between the wagO
and the buggy was wrecker. Th
wagon was knocked out of runnin
order. The horse, the driver an
calf were unhurt, but the COW wa
stampeded and left her calf AM