Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-02-28

Inc fe00SylvUut8 hIou 0A
sion is yfepaEing trout essgst to dis
tribute among the public schools.
The eggs are TO be placed in =frpss
streams by the schoole to whom
they are sent.
The British. have few eympath-
izers for their war inSouth Africa.
While the American people have
nothing against the British, they
all feel like seeing the Boer repub-
lie in Africa succeed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pannabaker died
at the home of Burt Etka at Cuba
Mills on the 9th inst. of pneu-
monia, aged 20 years, SmOs. and
days. Interment on Monday in
ROthrock's cemetery.
At Cleveland, Ohio, last Satur-
day, a young woman drew a re-
! vOlver and shot Mt the conductor of
: street car. She was riding in the
car and the conductor was trying
to get up a Irritation with her by
Smlilng Al her.
Miss Bess Hackenberger, who Is
studying elOcutiOn at Shumaker's
school, Phila., accompanied by her
cousin Mrs. James Ford, spent
from Wednesday till Monday with
her parents Mr.. aud Mrs. Albert
Hackenberger.
The Mifliin and Patterson schools
celebrated WashingtOn's birth day
by holding appropriate exercises
i'm the different rooms. Quite a
number of visitors witnessed these
exercises and brought reports Of
the good behavior and excellent
performance of the people.
Charles A. McLane was trying
to pass a check on the Huntingdon
bank on parties in MifIiintOwn.
The check was good enough, but
the so O-called McIIane was not. The
telegraph revealed the fact that he
is not known in Huntingdon and
does not have money in bank there.
The paper he offered here was for
twenty five dollars.
James f. Coleman was severely
injured by a ferociOus bull last
week on the farm of his father in
Sinking Valley. He was standing
outside the barn yard. near where
the bull stood and attacked. He
was knocked down and paved.
His clothes were torn into shreds
and he was severely cut about the
head, arms and leg. His cries
were heard and the dog came to his
assistance and relieved him from
his perilOus position. The bull
had been dehOrned, which prevent
ed him from gOring.
A LigOnier merchant has secur-
ell a brood of thirty-six chicks by
an entirely new method which
beats the ordinary hen or incuba-
tor all hollow, says the LatrObe
clipper. The story is to the effect
that he had several crates of eggs
near the stove during the recent
cold snap. When the weather
moderated he shipped all but one
crate, which was covered over and
was missed. The other day he
found the crate and went to it to
get some eggs when he discovered
thirty-six nice, lively chicks.
That is a new incubation
Last Sunday evening between
the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock the
dwelling house of ex- Sheriff Walls
in Lack township was destroyed
by fire. The weather was intense
ly cold and the wind was blowing
a furious gale from the north west. |
The family we're all comfortably
seated about the warm stoves in
the spacious old house when some
one discovered fire showing itself
through the floor overhead. The
up stairs was all aflame. The Sher-
iff, two daughters, a min law and |
some help were in the house and it |
made a stirring time for them all.
Everything upstairs went with the
fire. The downstairs goods were
mostly gotten out. A wet-snOw
when the storm began had cover
ed the roof and sides of the barn 80
the sparks did not set it on fire.
However the stock was turned out.
There was 5000 insurance on the
hOuse and $4OO on the Sheriff7s |
goods. The origin of
the fire is not known.