Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-08-01

.. Auc SNAKE Ola not relax
It's coil till Mr.. Harbaugh cut it's
mead OF with his pocket knife.
A locust tree on the farm of
ieorge w. Davis in Cambria coun-
ty, was recently struck by light
ming. Fourteen half grown tur
Keys were under the tree and were
all killed BY the lightning.
For the accommodation of those
desiring to attend the camp meet
ing at Tuscarora Station the Penn.
sylvahia railroad company will stop
Seeshore Express, leaving Miflin
at 9.55 m, east bound, and Mail
arriving at Mifflin Ill p. M, west
ward from July 81 to August 9,
1900. inclusive.
An ill-natured beast of a man
was arrested in Kansas town on
the charge of whipping his wife.
he was sentenced to break stones
on the streets of the place. He was
put to work. His wife surprised
the community by appearing with
an umbrella and holding it over
him to keep off the sun.
Big fish stories come in from the
fishing in the river along the lands
Of Squire c. B. Horning and Mr..
Frederick Espenschade north of
town. Notwithstanding the entic-
ing and profitable sport of catch
ing two and five and ten pound fish
the Squire and Mr.. Espenschade
never are allured to fish in the wa
ters that border their land.
1t is seldom that lightning dis.
turbs the grounds when it descends.
An exceptional case is reported
from Oriental near which place a
bolt of lightning struck a rye
stack on the farm of Solomon Ker-
stetler. The stack was consumed
by fire and three holes were found
in the ground where the stack
stood. The holes were made by the
lightning.
The men who are thinking of
voting for Bryan and for democrat
ic Congressman may do some better
thinking by thinking how the pen
siOns were cut off and how hard
the times were under the Cleve-
land administration. If you vote
for Bryan and a democratic Con-
gresham, you'll vote to bring
about the Cleveland administra
tiOn state of affairs.
Daniel Rite fell from the outer
wall of the Lutheran parsonage to
the first floor last Friday afternoon.
The upper part of the building had
been taken off brick by brick till
the wall was down below the Sec
Ond story floor. Rite had been
helping at the work from the be-
ginning. Unexpectedly his foot
ing gave way and he fell. He was
assisted home and was not able to
return to work on Saturday.
A McCOnnellsburg girl was try
ing to talk to her fiance and she
had never used telephone before.
"Ring off" came a voice over the
wire ooh, Charlie" she cried,
"yes did forget and leave my
ring off this morning. Can you
really see my handf Isn't it won
derfuli"- Press. The Nc
COnnellsburg girl wasn't "offo any
worse than the Everett girl, who
said she had new sewing machine
and when asked whether it was a
Singer replied, "No, itdoes'nt sing
any, -McConnellsburg Democrat.
H. w. Knisely, U. S. mail car
rier to and from the MifflintOwn
post office had puff about as big
as hickOry-nut put on his left eye
brow on Saturday. He was at the
railroad station waiting for a mail
pouch when train Is west passed
A message case for the railroad Of
fee was pitched from the train.
The case struck him with such
force that his spectacles were brOk-
en- and large puff was raised on
his left eyebrow. If he had been
struck a little lower he would now
be minus his left eye.
On Sunday afternoon about 8 o.
clock, July %, John and Francis
Gilkey, two well-known young men
of Adara, WestmOreland county,
were struck and killed by light
ming. They were returning home
from a visit to friends north of Ar,
dara. To seek shelter from rain
they entered the barn of a coal
company. They were scarcely in
the barn when bolt of lightning
struck the building demolishing
one side of it. The lightning in it's
downward course struck the two
men, who were standing near the
door. One man was aged AZ years
the other A.
Edward From aged 13 years was
instantly killed on the railroad not
far from the tower in the long mar
rows between this place and Lew.
istOwn last Friday. He lived with
his father at the canal lock at the
river dam on this side of Lewis
town. The lad crossed the river
and got in the way of seashOre with
the above mentioned sad result
The train was stopped. He was
put aboard and brought to this
place and placed in charge of un-
dertaker Snyder, whOprepared the
body for burial and sent it to his
father in Mifflin county on Satur
day for funeral service.
The barn of George Hover, Sr.
in Fermanagh was struck by light
ming during the electric storm O