Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-09

- oAk tk0o! 10r tho genera
taons that arc certain to bo Sere In
DAYS to come. That one fact vith.
ont any other proves the ereat Ioea
tnat forest fires entail upon the
people OF 2 county. The man who
delIberately starts a fire in q woods
OF growing timber is not only a pri.
vate enemy Of the present woods
owner, but he is a public enemy-|
an enemy of the interests of the
people, who are to become the
owners Of the property in years to
come and not only their enemy,
out the enemy of everyone.
VINO In the years to come
becomes a purchaser of wood.
There are 20, ,OOO, 900 people in the
United States at this time. Fifty
years from now the population will
nave doubled itself and in proper
tlon the wants of the people will
nave been multiplied in wood and
lumber as well as in other things.
NOW do you see how the woods fire
hend becomes pirate and public
enemy. n
A thief forced a shutter open in
the rear-end of j. Fl. Simons' har-
ness store on Bridge street,
holsted the window, and stole
about $35 silver coin from
a box that stood on top of a
desk. The probability is that if a
company of ten thousand people
had frequented or passed through
the room not one of the ten thou
sand would have thought that the
box on top of the desk contained
money, hence the inference that
the thief at some time must have
had a sight of Mr.. SimOns' making
a deposit of money in the box. The
thief did not leave the room by the
window, but by the back door
which is evidenced by the fact that
the door vas wide open, and people
in the morning before Mr.. Simons
came knew that something unusual
had taken place in the room. From
the appearance of the inside of the
window it is conjectured that the
thief did not enter the window,
but after going out opened the
shutter as blind to cover tracks.
E. G. Troxell, superintendent of
the electric light company and
William Etchells one of the pro-
prietors of the knitting factory met
with horse runaway accident last
Thursday evening at Horningtown.
that has disqualified both young
men from work. Both young men
are hard and efficient workers in
their respective callings. 1t is
TrOxell's delight to keep u horse.
1t braces him up on an evening to
get out on drive and on the even
ing named he took Etchells out for
a bracer in the evening breeze.
Mr.. Troxell's horse is speedy an
imal and high lifed, and a drive
behind him is almost exhilerating
enough to tone up a sick man. The
two men had gone on the HOrning-
town road to drive. There wasn't
a team in sight. 1t was as good a
chance to speed the animal at a
two forty on a plank road and a
clear track. TrOxell held the lines
The beast almost flew over the
ground. Fence posts passed be-
fore their eyes like fash, too fast
to be counted. Troxell exclaimed,
"My. he's fiying;" "Yesv' said
Etchells, "he's going at a great
clip" Then something flew up
from the harness. One side of the
shaft slapped with crack against
the horses shoulder. The horse
didn't rear in front, but his hind
feet came up over the dash. board
with an ominous lightning like
movement that was as terrifing as
a peal of thunder is dazing in
it's effects. Both men of course
were anxious TO stop. SO would
any other person under like cir.
cumstances have wanted. TrOxell
was holding onto the lines. Et.
chells thought he needed help and
so he did, but in reaching for a
pull on the lines to help Troxell,
he caught only one line. Hepulled
hard and the next leap ofthe horse
was like the leap of an English
race horse, twenty-five feet. L,
was a jump that took them from
the middle of the road into wirt
fence. The contact can better bt
imagined than described. Both
men were pitched forward as from
a cross bow and the wonder is they
were not killed. Everything was
down. The fence was down; the
horse was down; the men were
down and the buggy and harness
were wrecks. The horse and mer
got onto their feet about one anG
the same time. The beast was mo-
much hurt and was scared enough
to run away, but was caught by
some men whose names have no
been reported. Troxell and Et
chells could not run. The former
left leg felt as if it had been knock
ed off at the ankle joint and tn
latter's left wrist felt as if it wa
almost cut off. His wrist was bad
ly cut, presumably by wire
Troxell tied the wound and stop
ped the flow. of blood from tn
wrist of his friend as best he coult
with handkerchiefs and then Mis-
Maud Horning came along as tn
, good Samaritan and brought Mr.
Etchells to town in her buggy
l Mr.. Stambaugh brought Mr.. Trox
D ell to town in his buggy. Boil