SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFLINTOWN.
vTe&nedar, July i, is?9i
B. F. SOHWEIEll,
EDrms jkKD fbopkietoe.
The amendments to tbe Republican
Primary Election System, is proposed,
and to be voted fur on tbe 2ud of Au
gnst, are good. A Chairman elected
coder tbeir provisions may feel tbat be
is iuaeed a representative of tbe party,
for be will have tbe majority vote to
back hiin. So it will be with tbe Hep
Tentative Delegate and tbe Senatorial
Conferee, and tbe qua'-fisation of tbe
Judges will .dJ to tbeir dignity, for do
one will bcn presume to approach tLem
to induce tLem to cbeat, aud violate
tbeir oaiLs. Ooct tbe anicoduients are
adopted tbe Juniata count j Republi
cans can say tbat tbeir organization is
based enti,e!y on genuine Republican
principles, in wbioh tbe voice cf tbeua
jo.Hy by a rote at tbe polls rules.
The Con-rfss of rmllifieis Las aJ
jnrne Nevci before Lab tbe coun
try Ixvn so tlis0TaeeJ by a Congress
hs by tue lute one. It waft as bad as
uii a.ieiiib'.y of ignorant aud vi-i us
j.-ol-lijuse politicians, tUat would bar
ter all rir.ij-le for gate, of oue kind
or iaotutr. r.t,in? tiie hi-rbest lejjis
l :live b.cly hi the lit. pub. ic it retsot
ed to tbe lowest aits to defeat laws
that hive !een on the stnUit books
hiuce the iLiy. of the fathers. Claim
ing to bp law Makers, it was a body of
l-.r.v-brr-akers, th-it sei ail law at de
fiance by n'tusinc,' to provide for the
in:tin'.on:iiice of tii governniuut, un
less certain anti-rebel laws were re
peel e 1
T112 soft money Ieuiofratsand the
fii-M:nba''kf!r i.rmosu! to annihilate
Senator CuT-rl Uavard is not m:ule
of the -sterml that is easily annihi
lated. Of course it is a foregone
conclusion that the Sector wiii spear
every one of them, if they stand to ! In the evening a few mild young gen
the fight, v.hich thev will not do. tlemen were permitted to be present
They will call a halt once they feel j during the boat, ride on the lake,
the w ht of the contest i Captain C. E. Henry, one of the
. m favored, took advantage of the occa-
TliE Presbyterian congregation heid sion to ulL-r r silk banner to the town
pciviccr a ihe Court House on Sab j tba next yeiir will send the largest
'lath at 11 o'clock. It is sincerely 'delegation of old maids.
ht.ped rbt the Coniniissioosrs oiay con- "
tir-, 10 open tLo Court llou'e for the I -loirs A. F -.. LL, Resident Clerk of
' . . . .jIit . , . i .1. . L XT
religious ("tvijo ot tne people whose
c'uidi build:iif 4 were so severel
ttriirken !at Friday.
The Oouiiui'lee o! Wafaud MeaDS,
tppoiuted by the M;lfl:u:owu portion of
tbe Lost Cr
k Pr bj teruo Coi.gre-,
called a ccfcgrepational
cation ba-e
uieetiiifl cf tbe M.flhntowu erd of the
cbarce, to :u?ei in tbe Lutheran church ,
S'urdav evetihe at 5 o'clock.
iN-FOHuvnox Luiu L t.ca, says: i iJeilt cle:k xvas rre,,te i,e berime
The It,. a Ministers' Association uave.itsoffit.r aT1(1 lVeii it co,itiini illy,
de-ido l to pearh ? m jre sermons fsce , tivf; onJ xe?r tm thc tilU(? of
r.t f.ir.erl.s, but to deliver tiiem ttttr-; jr-g jftj,
war-'s .u ebtifches if desired Ly thej m
friends of the dead. Th? .Vorth .Imericnn s ivs : Sitting
Tufi number of colored children at-
ten-t:nc tue commcn scnoois or ur-
lisle
so ,arge mat me b;-aoo: ooar i :
. i , . i it it
of that town nave determined t open
a F-parr.te school for the colored
children.
A ciTT exchange solves the high
way rob!cry question thns: Those
do well to prepare, before going
home, with a shot gun. The tramps
me cxtia bae'. aloiit now.
Iv CathoMc churches in this coun
try the Priests hive rendered requi
em 111-rs for the repose of ihc soul of
' Prince Iiuperirtl of x'rance, who
..as killed in Zulnlsnd.
Solihern beui'-wratic statesmen.
Brigadiers, ueciare ti.at State Rights
vili tie t e tua in 1 S80. Sia'e Uishtg
was one of tbe main isaes in Rebel
lien.
"Tnsti.-st 'fctraw:' The Iowa edi-
tors and their wives, on their excur-1
sion tue other day, voted as follows
for President: Grant 5o Blaine 23.
m . a i .
iHRoroHorr Europe mo crops are
reported a3 In-low tae average yield.
In sonthern Russia th- grasshopjKjrs
liave about eaten no the whe..t.
The predictions relative to the vel
low f.ver in this country, and the
1 k pl..gne in Europe so far have
ad been complete failures.
A casi: or two of yellow tever in
Morphia. Twin., has spread great
C-. ns tfrnation among the people in
that port'on of the SoutL
It is report e' tliat "Panlee Hall,
at V.n. .on. m I re-erected at 3d per
n-.L ier.s than the amount for which
it was insured."
Preaches T-xit'r is in London,
and !ari;c s the crowd that throng
tne streets to get to the church to
hear him.
'J he Pennsylvania railroad com
pany and the Cambria iron works, at
Johssto.vu, have agreed to erect a
hospitaL"
L..ie a .patches from Germany nidi-ale
that a high protective tariff
wilt be adopted by that government
Twextt y.-uug men were arrested
and fined for indulging in a " cali
thuunpian serenade," in Berks county.
SorjTH America, or portions of it,
and Zt'loland are the platta now
where var is rvsed.
WhY do the leaders of the Dem
oTf'"y continually snap and snarl at
General Grant?
"As Italuin firm is negotiating for
the pnrchase of 100.000,IWJ tons of
American coaL"
A Posr of tbe (j. A. K. was organ
ized ia t!ii place go Thursday evening.
Last week a boy in Canada dis
closed himself as Charlie Ross.
Pewsixvaxia oil wells produce 60,
000 barrels of oil daily.
The English hop crop ia said to be
a small one. .
The duty on quinine has been removed.
Is 1857 tbe Democratic) party fell
into a serious niisuderstandrng vrita
itstlf about the policy that should be
pursued in the management of Sam
son. The D.tigla?a people wanted
the whole management left to the
people, while the Breckinridge people
wanted the management less llepub
lican or Democratic in form ; and on
that fundamental misunderstanding
tbe great disruption of the Democ
racy of the Nation took place. On
the sc:de of a county, the Democracy
of Juniata are relating history.
Here the Democracy are in hot dis
pute or misunderstanding about the
policy thai; should be pursue! in the
nomination of candidates. The fight
is for primary or fundamental man
agenient ; and while it des not com
prehend the broad area of a conti
nent it is none the less vigorous and
import mt to the little Commonwealth
of Jnuiita. Ia the Dongliss con
test the victory rested with those
who cast their fortunes with Dou
glass and went into the contest un
der bis !ead and followed his banner
whithersoever it went.
Reader, are ym s.tge enough to
tell which of the contesting wings
will stand with the victor at the end
of the campaign in November ?
The following from an exchange
explains itself : Over in the neigh
borhood of Cleveland there exists an
OM Maids' Association, a society
which was orgaiiized seventeen years
ago. The society Lis rigorous laws
against the marriage of anv member.
lnv t.riA wl.- tiitiiiMfia io LMl.ij.ft ti. a I
fini of a box of cake or oue hundred
in- i.KR nonn;. n,l hv . votrt f
o i ' J '
the society may have the letters U.D.I,
branded njon the sole of the right
toot. The anntial meeting was held
at Geauga Lake on l;ist Saturday a
week. Seventy ladies were present.
Miss Georgie Nichols. of Aurora,
Ohio, was t'cted president, the lady
who preceded her in that office leing
impeached because during the year
i she had rot only permitted six mem
hers to marry, but had herself gone
and done likewise. Extracts from
Tennvson's "The Princess" were read.
me xiouseoi nepresemsiivts ai n:u-
vlrisbui-. died in Philadelphia, in the
' j Girard House, where he had taken a
room on the night of the ith mst, in-
j tending the next day to go to Ash
Jburv Park, N. J., a few days. lie
Was die author of Siuuli's Hand Book,
Enj was cor.siderejl reliable authority
c,n tiuestions of Parliamentary law.
He was born in 18:12. t Harrisli
mrr.
became a page in tho Legisiiituie,
Bill Ciei k. auti when the office cl les-
I Bull has given his reasons for hating
i the white people. They remind oue
.i. ,,...,:, i rn,1!lu n,t.rU;n
of Uie illMUt CJf Lo-an. AJwavs the
same "Move a little further along !"
" The Americans lie to us," said Sit
ting Ball. They toid us to go to
the Black Hills and we sh;uld not be
disturljed. We went, and the Anier-
shining dust an 1 1
drove u. away.""
A ways tue same,
Z'.dulaud or on tiie
vhttLor it be il
limitless plains of the west the na
tives are m the path of civilization.
What wonder if they indulge in sav-a-'e
revenges !
Sever vl months ago it was report
ed that in July General Grant woidd
arrive h me. Now the report pre
vails that h-? purposes visiting Aus
trali-u and thtit he will not be home
till in the spring of 1H0. Mean
while th feeling for a renominatioa
of him f.ir the Presidency is grow
ing etrousrer. The third term objec-
j tion is seal cely ever urged, for the
reason that the lapse of the period of
j one Presidential term intervenes.
Tliird tena candidates are under
stood to be thc.fce who betk three con-
. secuirve nom;nauons.
I . .
Amono tLe distressing occurrences
of the 4th of July are a numlier of
cases which, by report, represent
that six or eiarht voting lalies each
. jost their life by a fire-cracker
thrown under the dress of
that
each
one. T-"o of the young ladies who
thus died, lived in Pennsylvania tiie
one in New Castle Mid the other in
ReuLng. Summary punishment ad
ministered to the boy or man who
wilfully throws lire-crackers nnder
ladies' dresses will prove a lemedy
agonist acts of the viciously disposed.
Whex a Democratic majority in
Congress t,h;ike their fists ia the face
of tiie President and say, " If you
ilon't J j so an 1 so, we'll not provide
lVr the Leepiupr np of the govern
ment whtiU a Demorratic Congress
will resort to such shameless bull
dozing, wh;,t will not the over-raged
Democratic poiitk-ian do in the bull
do;ing liae 1
The discovery h:is leen made that
Daniel Boon, the great Kentucky
p-ontvr, was a native of lierks coun
ty, .fennsyivani!. lie was born on
the S -huvlkill. near the mouth of the
Mouocaey; and the stone honse in
which he wau born is standing sow.
There arc Boons stiil living in Berks
county.
Ir a Democratic Congress will do
lilierately attempt to bull-doze a H.v
publican President into measures by
lef using to pass nppropriati jns to
keep up the government, what may
be exjxx-tcd when the Democratic
Congress is supported by a President
of their own kind f lhink ol it.
The Boston school board has been
wonderfully stii red up by tte fa-t
that a Philadelphia publishirg house
has a majority of the voted of the
board to furnish the schools of that
city with books. The Philadelphians
have already sent forty tons of tho
books to the hub.
'It is not enough that the Nihilist
worry the life nearly oat of the Czar's
body, but nearly all the plagues of
earth, including grasshoppers and
locusts, hive settled down on his do
main, to et the life out of it"
STORM.
" Oh ! the direful spectacle or the wreck,
uich touched every heart."
Between the hours of 4 and 5
o'clock on Friday afternoon a violent
storm of wind, rain and hail struck
this town, and destroyed property to
an extent beyond the damage of all
previous storms known to the oldest
inhabitant of ibis community, and
took the bfe of one person.
It wasaconcentratcd,anarrow8torni,
as all great storms are, and came over
the mountains as if from the far away
northwest. When lust seen it ap
peared to be high from the ground,
but those who watched its approach
saw it lower into the valley as it
came near the town. Down, down it
came, and as it descended the slope
of the ridge north of Patterson it
pressed that eminence Lard enough
to uproot trees. Forty apple trees
on tue tarm of buelhurn Kobison
were uprooted, and fences thrown
down. Fruit trees on the John E.
McCrum farm were uprooted. Trees
and feiu-es were blown down, and a
carriage house upset, and a carriage
broken to pieces p.t the Samuel al-
en tine place, T rees and fences along
tho Muddy Run road from Pa'. ;erson
were upnioted and thrown down.
Having descen.led to the river, the
cist branch of which it strewed
with braii'-hes and leaves from trees
on the Island, it mrst needs strike
the towu hard, for it is located high
above the stream on a bluff. Its de-
"tractive track in the town
t!'k tue river front, is not
when it
over two
hundred yards wide, and extended
from the Prebbytenan Church at the
intellection of Main and North
streets to Graybill's Hall at the in
tersection cf Bridge nnd Vatcr
streets. Its destructive sweep was
f;tr enough north to save the river
bridge. Had the force of the storia
lieen delivered two bundled feet fur
ther south the bridge would have
been swept away.
The tin sheeting was torn off Gray
bill's Hall. The facade of the river
bridge on tbe Mifilin Fid was torn
off and its material Bent flying up
Bridge street A board from the
bridge knked in a window in the
T. U. Parker house on the northeast
corner of Bridge and Water streets.
The lire-wall and east gablo end of
W. W. AVilson's house on the north
west corner of Bridge and Water
' streets was blown out from the apex
to the square.
Ihe .peiuy property on river
J front was danii.ged in the roof. S j
was uie ,ooie uouse. o unary oiner
properties northward were damaged.
A. t-iio o: ioams ut ouyuers mair
. . ai i 4. . . .n ,.f
fa-tory wari scattered to all pohts of
the conipas.s : a iKard tmui the pile I
was sent tndvise ihrough Lao ont
honse of Anthony Saiidoe to a door
in tbe main bud 1 jig, whk-h it pene
trated at the spot where Mr. ban doe
usually sits and which La laid jiiot
left If he had been tliTO when the
board entered, doubtless lu,
lJO f
wr,nld be in the snirit land The Sny
der shop was l.nuaged in windows,
and the engine was put out of repairs.
The house th it Mrs. McKniglit occu
pies was so shaken tliivt the plaster
ing on the west end fell off, and the
high chimney was toppled over down
to the roof. Tho property of Miss
Bell Roberts was damaged in roof,
and ia oiii'uousts.
Tiie noith side of the storm fell
upon the Presbyterian Church with a
..T.:: l.T....i 4 Z.
pidiess biat tearing away the enii e
roof, nnd u-aUering it oil to tr.e right
and left. The west gable end of the
church wall down to ma square fell
in, breakit'g through the ceiling, ami
fading on to the pulpit and choir
platform. The pulpit was broken by
the brick that fell down. The pulpit
chairs were greatly damaged, and the
whole platform wan covered with a
pile of brick and dried mortar. If
preaching had been going on at the
time, nothing short of a miracle
woidd have saved the life of the
preacher. The organ was battered
by the falling bricks, and what would
have been tue fate of the choir, had
they been there, cm only be coujec
tured W'th a shudder. The chair in
which chorister Bi jti ick usualiy sat
had its seat broken through. The
ihair occupied by the organist, Miss
Mau l Irwin when not engaged at lae
instrument was heaped wia a dozpn
of brick and mort ir. Miss Dietrick's
chair was the receptacle for a nnm
Im.t of brick. The chair of Miss
Christy was filled with plaster. Miss j
S.u le Irwin s chair contained an eveu
half doen of whole bi ieks, and fully
a Ibiid of a tou of ddtrii from the
wail and ceiling was scattered over
the platform. A portion of ihe roof
fell in tho Presbyterian graveyard,
upsetting a monument over the grave
of John Irwin, and breaking into two
pieces the marble slab that co'".T8
the grave of John Harris, the man
who founded Mifdintown, and who
was buried opposite the door of the
first Presbyterian church in this
place. Several olher tombstones
weie kno.-ked down and broken.
A piece of timber from the church
rKf lodged in the roof of a stable
east of the wrecked building. The
piece projected from the roof of the
stable, a short distance below the
apex, at an angle of 20 degrees,
seemingly to evidence the power of
the storm to project heavy pieces of
timber. One hundred feet east of
the stable a portion of the roof of the
church became a messenger of death,
and crashed through the door of the
house where Grandmother Creswcll
HveiL A piece of timber struck her
on the Lead. The door was broken
in ; the stove was thrown down, and
tbe plastering was crumbled from
the west wall, and nnder all rmder
tiie stove, the door, and the plaster
ing lay Mrs. Crfswell dead. It was
shocking, and the strongest nerves
were unloosed and felt tremulous
when in the vicinity of the place
where the storm played its tragedy.
Mrs. Creswell wa aged about 7'J
years. Her remains were buried in
Union Cemetery, south of town, on
Sunday afternoon ai. halftiast two
o'clock.
It was a chantctei istic of the storm
to bounce up and down over the
country as it passed along, or the
encounter with the bluff at the
river, at the west side of the town,
eave it an upward tendency, for it
lifted itlf above the buildings and
did little or no damage to build
ings between those above men
tioned till, with a downward bound,
it struck the Belford, and Teakly
buildings on Main street, opposite
the Court House. The roof was torn
off the fenner, and the roof was torn
oil and the west end wall of the up
per story of the Yeakly building
was driven in, breaking throngh the
floor, into the stores of Yeakly,
and PennelL who each had a valuable
assortment of goods in the building
on the first floor. Irwin Dimm and
David Hamilton were the clerks that
were in the Pennell store when the
west end of the upper story came
crashing through into the store room.
It was no discredit to the young men
that they were scared when the crai.h
came, and when the water, hail, wind,
brick and flying timbers broke
through, and caused them to run into
what was thought to lie a secure
place. They escaped to the cellar of
the building. Israel Yeakly was in
their store when the crash came, but
like the clerks in the Pennell store,
escaped without injury.
The northwest chimney cn the Court
(louse was blown down, and tbe elon
gated pipe that waa pat on tbe chim
ney of the Prothouotarv'i) office to
carry off the gis from tbe winter stove
was swept from its place, and sundry
other iniuor damages were done to tbe
building.
The tin of the roof of tbe Belford
bouse was worked np into rolls and
huge piles and dropped into Main and
bridge m reels, while tbe tin of tbe
Teakly bone was torn into strips and
left banging down over tbe facs of the
building The fence around the Sol
diers' Monument was biokcn in one
corner.
The same downward wave struck
the Methodist Church, tore off its
roof, and did other severe damage to
the building. The membership, cr
the young men part of it, speedily
lifted the carpets after the storm and
took them to the river and washed
them. A portion of the roof of the
church was delivered in Gravbill's
yard, after it had almost overturned
his stable, and shoved a couple of
outhouses quite up to his house.
The lot was almost entirely covered
with broken shingles, rafters and
roof lath. He will have enough
kindling wood to last hini ten years.
A large piece of the roof struck
tho house of James . W. Hamilton,
breaking several windows, and if
the house had not been a substan
tial one, it would Lave been demol
ished; but with all the destruction of
property around nnd about the Meth
odist church no part of it was sent
upon a ruossa'.j of death. .
1 he shops of Showers x Scholl,
carriage manufacturers, were struck.
one of which was leveed to the
ground, and such carriages as it con
tained were broken to pieces. The
main shop was moved out of perpen
dicular, and the roof of ths south
I side was blown off. A portion of the
school house roof was blown off.
Tha foundry boiler house was un
rooted, and the brick smoke st:tek
was blown over.
1 iie Lutheran Chnrch is the only
building devoted to religions worship
.. . A I 1 A. Ja
VMl was not so uaiuHgeu ns io unni
it for use. Tbe Odd Fellow- H ill
shows the woi k of the storm. Lyons'
holme was touched in such a way that
it bears evidence to the work of de
vastation. Of course so great a storm must
needs hive a side sweep, right and
left of the tornado, which could not
fail of being quite destructive in its
character. The side sweeps, or
right- and left wings, covered the
wuole town, and blew down chim-
m-ys ana n-nces, nprooiea iief-san-i
npf et outhouses. It will take m.iny j
A 1 A 1 '
tuouana iloiiars to replace tue pi of
erty destroyed.
A far as known, the only person in
own, who wis on the s'reet when tbe
storm raed, was Henry Moist, of
Walker township. He was in Pennell's
store when the storm struck and broke
the west end of tbe building in. He
says tbe building quivered aud trem
bled, and the flyir; plaster, and crash
of timbers, and raiu splash, and bail
stoufs induced bim to run out of the
house on to the riavemeut. A sheet of
water seemed to be coming down ou tbe
sidewalk ; tree-tops, beards, pieces of
tin, bricks, and other indescribable ma
terial filled the air, and bow be escaped
death be does not know. He w.s
struck on the th'gli by some object, but
was not knocked down. He speedily
realized tbat tbe pavement was no
piace to be on when destruction had
come to dash abroad in the town. He
vaulted tbe railing at the ede of tbe
pavement, and ran into the street. He
was bare beaded ; bis bat bad gone sky
ward and was tiding on the wind ; bis
clothes were toak.-d with water;' the
sireet was just as full of flytng. broken
lnaterul as the pavement that be had
left. Tbe street nu no place to be on ;
bow it comes tbat be was not killed on
it be does not know. Realizing that
tbe street was not a place of reluge, be
ran into the Yeakly store to witness just
such a crash as tbat from which be ran
out of tbe Pennell store. He bad per
fect control of himself, and believed
tbat tbe destruction of the whale block
of houscj facing the Court House from
Main stieet was certain, he determined j
to get out of the way, and escape toj
vt aier street, ana witn that ohject in
view be ran to tho alley leading from
Main to Water street, between the K.
E. Parker building and tbe Stambaogh
hotel building, intending to escape
through it to a place of safety ; bat
when be reached the alley be found that
it was a more dangerous place than
either street or pavement, for there was
a thick stream of broken and demolish
ed material being driven through it on
to Main street. He felt as if be could
not live a second in its current of de
struction. Quickly ha turned abont
and sprang into tbe first opening, which
was the ball way to the Arcade Club
room, and to Miss Grntb's sewing
room. Just as he got safely in the
ball-way tbe yourg ladies, sewing girls,
came down stairs from Miss Urubb's
room in great trepidation. Ha urged
then: Dot to go nut, stating tbe dangers
he had passed through Few men bave
passed thtoneb the experience tbat was
allotted to Mr. Moist on Friday.
The storm passed over the town
and off over the valley in a south
easterly direction. On the Sehweier
farm it npiroted trees and leveled
several hundred pannels of fence.
On the David Moist farm trees were
nprooted, fences blown down, and
the roof of the barn severely dam
aged. On the Kurtz Kanffman farm
the large doors of tbe barn were
b!own off, the roof broken and torn,
and the frame of the structure dam-
aged, and the damage to trees and ,
fenceS1 that characterized the storm
in other places was manifest there.
Tbe house of Isaac Etka in Wa.ker
township was unroofed, and fences
and trees destroyed there. The barn
of Michael Siehir in Yfalker town
ship was partly unroofed. The roof
of the new bam of the Wilson
Brothers in Fayette township was
blown off. The large doors on the
barn of John Si.!;e-, near Jericho,
were blown off. ILe roof on the
north side of the Tnoiaas farm house
in Fermanagh township was blown
down.
Wood lard owned by Jacob Adams
and Davis Knaffuian, in Walker towo.
ship, was seriously damaged about
one-half of the timber was blown down.
The main storm must have
raised quite out of the valley by the
time it got five miles east of town,
for its last work in the valley re
ported is at the Graybill farm in
Walker township, where it moved a
wood-house. On the Harry Moore
farm, adjoining tbe Gray bill firm on
tho west side two dozen apple trees
were uprooted. Every farm between
this place and tbe Moore farm, which i
about fite miles distant, has sulL-red in
its tiuiber, its fruit trees, a id in its
fences
Thousands of trees were up
rooted ; thousands upon thousands
of fence panels were blown down on
ihe farms east of the town, and it
would take column npon column to
tell of the minor losses to property.
'On Friday also at 4 o'clock, a storm
struck Lewitown ; a poriion of the
s ae rouf ajd chimneys of the Presby
terian church were blows off; a frame
building next to tbe 1. ti. church was
demolished ; part of the front of C
Dal by 'a new three-story brick build
ing wa biowo in; tbe roof of W. 11.
Felix's furniture establishment was
taken off and dashed into J. 0. Sifter's
residence ; the tin roof of M'Kee's tan-
nery wag rolled up like a scroll ; Bly
myrr's steam mill was damaged; two
stables were blown down and two
horse reported killed ; a boy was
blown from a Milky and severely hurt,
and nany minor casualties resulted.
Outoide the town barns were unro ifed,
the telegraph wires and tree are pros
trated in a'l directions. The storm
raged with the greatest fury in Furgu
son's valley."
STATE ITEMS.
A. J. Groscort, of Mercer county,
sheared sixty-eight large sheep in nine
hours.
Tbe Greensburg Tribune says a toad
was caught up in tbat region recently
that weighed ten pounds.
Up in Piko county, near the Dela
ware river, Thomas Kane drowned him
self thn other day rather than die of
consumption.
School Hoards are literally overrun
with applications for teachers' positions.
Tbere is a bapny couple in East Ti
tasville who are the parents of seven
pairs of twins, all alive, aud the oldest
ouly about fourteen years.
A Pittsburg woman named lf..:3-r
eowhlded a store-keeper of that city at
bis place of business on Tuesday even-
tng bee una be sent her a threatening
and moulting li tter, :u which be called
her a "beer sliugtr."
Baby shows will be an adj-mct at
many of tbe agricultural fairs this year.
At a di.stauce of five yards John
Graham, of Erie, with a rifle gun, bit
forty tt-ree out of fifty butier-nuls 1
tosse'l into tbe air.
Mrs. T
omasCu'Ver, ff Pine town-I
snip, ."tree
r coiiutv, iivt looi: ayo, ;
M -
Wl;ked from her I- aier borne, near
sjneaklej viile, t ber present reidence,
a distance of twenty mites, in tour bours
and forts five miuuies. Part of tbe
way she carried a baby.
A great big loader by the name of
lieorge Peruiar was arrested fur va
grancy la New Castle a few days siuce
aud seut to the work bouse for ninety
days, lie has a wife aud two children,
and it was brought out io evideuce that
Peruiar bad worked but two days and a
half in sixteen years, though perfectly
well all ibat time.
There were twelve ock fights in tbe
vicinity of Pittsburg on the Fourth of
July, and tbe Humane Society thinks
that it will catch all tbe ringleaders.
Shenandoah is troubled about the
ghost of a man murdered 14 years ago.
James 11. Brown, of Look Haven,
was fined the other day $15 and ous.s
lor killing a brood of young robins.
Tbe .Washington, Pa., School Board
have become dfgusted with exonerating
able bodied young men from the pay
ment of school in i and have resolved
to enforce tbe law against sncb. llere
arter they re to take their choice, eithur
pay tbeir tax ur go to jiil.
In the spring a farmer, at lloldcn,
Pa., was much aouoyed by crows pull
ing up his corn, and be put up a Utge
umbrella in the middle of tbe beid to
frighten thi m away. Some oue bad
told biiu that it was a sure way of doing
it. Imagiuc his surprise, then, at 2nd
inif one wet day a good fl ck urdi-r the
umbrella seeking shelter from tbe raiu.
Tbe umbrella was taken hunie and used
for another purpose.
Late in the afternoon of tbe Fourth
of July one of tbe small boys of Read
ing threw just tor fun a lighted fire
cracker under the dress of a vouiil' girl
named Catharine Baker. A bjsiauder
was reprimanding the youngster when
be taw that the girl's dres bad taken
fire. She dashed wildly across the
street, screaming at the top of ber
voice for assistance, bat before any one
reached ber she was enveloped from
bead to foot. Tbe fire waa finally
smothered witb a piece of carpeting,
aud tbe unfortunate girl taken to a
neighboring bouse, where tbe little
clothing that remained on her was re
moved. Jo many places the skin was
burned to a cinder, ai.d in others, par
ticularly iier back and breast, it came
off in great flakes. Tbe poor girl snf
fered terribly until two o'clock the
next morning, when she died. At New
Castle, Lawrence, Lawrence eounty, a
young lady named Kenti, eighteen
years of age. bad ber clothing set fire
to io the same way, and was so badly
burned tbat sbe is not expected to live.
A young man named Skilly, living in
Pittsburg, and very much addicted to
drink, while standing near the river, ou
Friday a week, bade bis friends pood-by,
and then announced bis determination
to end his life. At the water's edge lie
backed ont, but bis friends, who were
much nnder tbe influence of liquor, de-
tcrn-inea He should not bacK out, and
threw bim bead Ion? into the water.
But for t
r'nce or a sober man
n.
be would h
3 I ten drowned, as bis
friend laughed at his struggles
"" """
Th present generation ia self-deceived,
and? boastful. It baSf often de
clared tbat tbe days of baroattas sport
have been ended in the older portions
of tbe United States. It ba aid tbat
intelligent enlightenment has so diffus
ed iteelf that exhibitions',- such as tbe
Komaus used to engage in, suub as bull
fights, and o forth, can never again be
coiue'a sport to entertain peop'e of tbe
United titates witb. But, al-a ! for
the prediction, and twice alas ! for tbe
conceit tbat lies back of it. Tbe fol
lowing, from Bradford, this' county,
under date of July I,- tells its own
tale, and proves tbat bnpes of many,
and tbe conceited predictions of many
have come to a most ignobld end :
One of tbe most brotal elbib tioas
tbat baa ever taken place in tbi SUtt
was a fight between a bull and a bear
at Custer City, this county, yesterday
afternoon, which was wimessad by at
least seven hundred persons. reopie
came by train from loog distances, and
tbere was a band of Liusic to keep np
tbe spirits of tbe people until the coo
test should eommenee. Tba audience
was made up of tbe very roughest ele
ment to be found in tbe oil region, and
slouch bats, red shirts, long raw-bide
boots and formidable-lookiag pistols
aud knives ad conspicuous placet in
tbe gathering. There were about five
women and three or four children pres
ent. Tbe event bad received pretty liberal
advertising, and those who came bad
done to to do betting and see aome
tbiug tbat bad never before been wit
neeed id this eection of tUe State.
Tbe seats were arranged over a small
space of ground and rawed at a alight
elevation, eoiuniandiiiz a full view of
' the pit, which was 26x33 feet and 11
feet deep. In this lay the oear,
sbaggy browL fellow weighing tbree
hundred pounds. The entrauce to the
pit was by a large iron door at one end,
which wa aprroached by a trench.
At two o'tloek tbere were no signs
of the fight beginning, and tbe crowd
began to yell at such a rate and demand
tbat the management, fearful tbey might
imagine tbe whole thing a humbug and
wreak vengeance npon him, ordered tbe
band to strike up, which it did.
As soon as the last notes died away,
tbere was a demand from every throat
for tbe bull to be brought in. Tbe
door was then opened and the boll en
tered tbe arena with a rush. At tbe
corners of tbe pit above were mtn with
strocg oaken clubs, to prevent the ani
mals from leaning out of tbe pit, and
near by were two men, witb long poles,
to goad tbe biutes to action.
Tbe bull was trim limbed, with sharp
bnrns, and weighed a boat 1,700 pounds.
He stopped suddenly in tbe centre of
tbe pit aud glared npon the bear, who
was standing witb bis ba:k tbat way.
Neither seemed disposed to commence
the fibt, but tbe bear, turning and
facing bis antagonist so as to be on the
dtfensive, excited the bull, who com
menced advancing, and the bear reared
up to receive bim. The bull rnsbed
ma ily forward and sect bim rolling over
and over, at tbe same time goring niui in
the sides. Tbe bear glaldly escaped to
bis corner, where the bull made o at
tempt to go.
In tbe second round tbe men witb
tho poles goadeJ tbe bnll into fha bear's
corner, lie took Bruin upon Lis borns,
turew bim four feet into the air, and be
fell witb a thud, several feet away.
Tbe buil then made another daring
charge, when Bruin fastened bis claws
in the neck of
bis antagonist, slitting
one ear in two and drwng the blood
Ireely. This dazed Taurus, whn be
gav a yen ana witnarew a lew teet.
belloxing witb all tbe power of bis
lung-.
Brain saw a ehance for liberty and
attempted to leap ont of tbe pit, but
was beaten back by tbe men witb clubs.
Making another desperate effort be got
one of bis claws fastened in the top ot
he pit, and one ot rbe nieo, endeavor
iog to pusb bim back, had his arm
iacerated by tbe brute. With light
ning I ke rapidity the bear sprang frjm
the pit into tbe seats above, and a soene
of indescribable confusion ensued. He
bounded to tbe top seat and sent his
claws icto tbe flesh of a woman. He
bad tbe field almost to himself, as the
audieuco was flying from bim io tbe
wildest confusion, and reaching tbe top
most seat, a distance of forty feet from
tbe ground, be looked over bnt would
not jump.
After the greatest difficulty tbe bear
waa secured aud thrown iuo tbe pit.
Tbe audience returned, and round No.
4 was beguu by tbe bull niakiug a ter
rific charge, when be received a badly
l-cerated neck and a cracked horn.
Both animals were badly treated in tbi
round. In tbe 6fto rouud Bruin sprang
at his enemy but fell short and was
rolled orer and over and badly gored iu
tbe sides. He groaned with pain. In
tbe sixth round the bull was again badly
torn about the neck and was subdued.
It was tbeo the betting turn in tbe bear's
favor. In tbe eeveutti round tbe buil
was badly used up and attempted to get
out of tbe pit auJ ran around com
pletely cowed. .
There were cries for tbe fight to end
in favor of tho bull, but the majority
ruled, and in tbe eight round Biuiu was
burled back into bis corner. The ninth
round was tame, both animals fighting
shy. Tbe men with the polep goaded
the animals on. and Bruin was caught
on tbe bull's bnrns and thrown bigb io
tbe air, landing on bis back. Tbe rest
of the rounds were wi'bout interest,
and the contest was decided ia favor of
tbe bull.
The affair came oear ending in a row,
as the audience was about equally di
vided as to whether the fight should go
on or end. Tbe animals were terribly
punisheJ, and it U thought neither of
lb em will live.
STATE ITEMS.
In parts of Adams couutj the wbeit
was scaroely worth cutting.
Tbe Methodist Cuurcb, Bedfoid, bas
a debt of $l.'0l weighing it dowa.
The Juuiata Valley Camp .Meeting
at Newton Hamilton will begin August
13(b and continue ten day.
Two lads, named Irvine and Vance,
were seriously injured at Duke Centre,
Mcrveau county, on tbe fourth of July I
by tbe treuiatur explosion of aa anvil
from which they were firiug a salute.
Mr. William Seainao, a auocessful 1
fruit grower, living near Sewickiey, Al- !
legheny eonnty, bas sent to Pittsburg
this season 900 ousbelsof strawberries. ;
A yoong German girl earned Kheita1
Rinia was horribly aud fatally burned
j at New Castle on tbe Fourtb of July,
i ha waa walking along tba street earlv
in tbe evening, wbeo her clotbiog caught
I midnight.
ureiromanre-craoa-er. Sue died abont
n v. ITEMS.
J,"i' .SSh'SmSiSS-
When some boy behin j bef
e"tV e'sbVw-burned in. bor
,cg to. bra o vea,ig.
r,ble manner aud died
E.gbt hundred B"",'bi,wlphu
,rnved ou one steamer . , b,..t
prek before '"Jiersdo, o.dy
to increase the list or in p
peodent, but by be first tra
Pensylvan' railroad, B,L
brooffht some cash witn lD , ,
,b. stocking be'rur:, b;n!eed
i. better, thJ bring from tb-r rugge
homes in ftu "w"f
he.ru, and soter, steady b.b.t .
Robert Q. Pillow, a son of the Tate
,x Confederate General WI-.'
.aArk.n,afp..n....c--
from Jlewpnts. . j- ,.-.
co7p.ni J by Aleck, one of the co ored
meoo the place, be w.s out bnn,l0
wild bog that bad been seen id the v.c.d
,ty. Pfllowb.dag00,d tAleei :bad
.Ld himself '"P'"'b't'15'1
with whisky. Tbe bog was found and
shot, and just as Pillow went up to the
writhing animal an immense eotton
mou.h" snake, whose bite fatal as
tbat of a rattlesnake, fastened . fangs
o the eaif of bis leg.
easily frightened. He took in the nt
ution in moment, aud instead of ex-bib.-
ng alarai be turned to b:s com
panion and quietly remarked : "Aleck
1 tbink I'll try a little of that whisky
now," whisky being considered an in
fallible remedy. He pred every drop
down bis throat' without stopping to
venture any remark, as to U quality.
Then sboaidering bis goo he rapidly
walked to the house, a half mil- dis
tant, where be drank the contents of
ibree ordinary glass tumblers filled with
wbi-kv. He was soon in wbat he calls
a Niagara Falls of a perspiration,"
which rapidly expelled the poison and
saved bis life. For day or two afttr
be says tbat be wu the eickest man in
all Arkansas.
Leg"l .Yoiictt.
XOT1CE.
A opportnnit ill I Jtiven to parties
ho wi-h to Uke stuck in the rerui.ui
ajth B'nl'"" --2 L?m Association until
the 10th l JfUY Deal ; at wh.cJl time tb
b.oks will 1 closed. By order ot tne
Boaid ol Du-.-ctors.
E. J.-N ANGLE, Sec'y.
June 25, 1X79.
AUDITOR'S 10TICI1.
tht Orphm' Car of Juniata County.
la tin Kitatt of jo Wittkl, dtctaiti.
rriHE undersigned, auditor, appointed by
L the t;rjih'is' Court ol said county, to
distribute the balance in tbe hands ot Ezra
U. Parker, E.xcntor of Julia Wrigiit, dee'd.
on his hrst partial account, will attend to
the tulira ot las j poiutim-nt, at bis :fici
in Miltiint' vn, on MTedxksday, Ji lv 2:5id,
lti'.l, tw'-e-n Ihe b.-nrs of ! o'clock, a. a
and 4 o'clock r. ., when and wii-.-ru alt per
sons iuli"-esUd in aiid ela:o will preeut
their claims, ol be lore-er debarred from
coming iu uica said fund.
Jua 23. 1879. Auditor.
ArimiuUtrator's Xotlce.
'r of Joseph Fuuk, dtctand.
TT niKKEAS Letters ot A-iuimis'iStion
I v on the. estate ot Jusi-pb Funk, rie-ce-ed.
tale of Walker township. Juniata
cun:y, h ivinjr been granted to Ihe under-s'i.-t-i.
ad persons iudet-t-d to said estate,
urn rtiiesti-d to ni:iko immediate payment,
and those having cl.ii.as --; please present
t.iclu ithont Mav to
A1SKAM E. SIEIiER. Jm'r,
Thon.psni.town, JunuU cuuutv, i'a
Jliv 14. l-IX
IlUAl. ESTAT.I3 AT
PUBLIC SALE
fiyUE undersigned. Executors of the e
X tale of Ezekiel Campbell, deceased,
lale ot tack township, Juniata coHnty, will
olfer at public sale, on the premises iu aaid
township, at 1 o'clock, p. m., ua
TUL'RSDAT, SEPTEMBER 23, 18T9,
Tbe following described real estate, to wit:
A lariu of hiuesloue and Hint land, contain
ing 237 ACRES,
adjoining lauds ot John Patterson, Dr. Mor
rison aud others. One hundred clear, the
balance in timber. Tbe improvements are.
Two-Story Mansion House,
20 by 21 f.t, with a Frame Kitchen attach
ed ; Tenant House, Bank Barn Wopou Shud,
Corn Crib, S yniig House, and o;i:er oul
b iildings. A quarry ot good linestune has
been opened ou the farm. There are tbrrf
sprit., oi good water on the premises, one
ot which is iu the yard. Two ORCHARDS,
having a variety ol imit, grace ud add
value to the property. The cleared land bos
been well limed, and is in a goKt state of
cultivarion. The tract has been patented
kid the title is indisputable. '
Will Is sold iu pieces, ur in one tract, to
suit purchaser.
TEHMS Ten ner cent, tc be paid at the
timeot sale; Iwo-mirds or ih purchase
money to be paid ou tae 1st of April, Ibeil
the balance to be secured by mortitasd '
SAM V EL KLINE;
51 Al THI AS STUMP,
Kxtfutors of Kztkitt Campbell, dee d.
June lt, lj79. r '
Administrator's llotlce.
Estate of Mrs. .Una Van-Art, deceased.
LETTERS OP ADMINISTRATION on
the estate of .Mrs. Anna Van Art de
ceased, late Faye.te township Juniata
county, h iving been granted to the under
signed, all persons indebted to s-tid ettate
are requested to make payment, and Ihose
having claims or demands arc requested to
make known the same witbnt delay to
J. L. VAN ART,
June 1 1, 1879. Jdministrator.
CAITTIOS NOTICE.
A LI. perns are hereby cautioned against
Xl. t.jpMsin: on tbe lands ol tbe under
signed eitujr in Delaware or Walker town
ship, for the purpose ot fishing or buotin?,
or tur any other purpote.
L. E. Atkissos.
, N. A. Lc.
OCt31-tf G.S.LtKMS.
c.arrrio.
ALL per.:?ns are hvreny cantioned not
to fish, hunt, gather berries, break or
open fetwes. or rut wood or young timber,
or in any unnecessary way trespass on tbe
lands of the undersigned.
Si irs. Li nwioi; s?BAtia.
Gro. Dirris. AartR. Vjt.LiA- Peoples.
Feepeiick Haises. Facis Howee.
Fermanagh Twp., June 22, 1873.
CAfTIO sotice.
ALL persons are hereby cantioned against
tresDasamr nin th ir.H. .... ..
ders.gned, in Fayette, Delaware or Walker
..-usuip, u, usuiDg, bunting, or to ur
other a. J
Jnrathan Kiser
Wm Branthoner
Heiwy S piece
Catharine Kurts
C G Shelly
A H iurt
David Smith
S Owen Evana
Teston Bonner
Daniel S pic her
John L Anker
1 B Ga: ber
S M Raurt man
i F Dettra
J-bi Lycnm
David iiunberger
Arnold Tarnea
John McMeeu
D B Dimm
W Smith
S J Rnrti
Henry A aker
Noh 0)snTim
J W Ucstetler
Chr iiian Kurta
Jess.- Pines
Or.' 23, 1878
Subscribe for the Sentinel fc Eepublicaa.
Legal J"otict9.
Notice I Trespassers.
lafTOTRE is hereby given that all p -n
Wunitrespaasing on the land, of the.
jJ:inrlo Del'8 town-hip, either
r,fe rU. "r.n any way whatever, will bo
1 ii. ith as the law directs.
dealt with as me Hi.BST.
Gioacc SrcAaaa.
M. C. Faaa.
mayI4,lS79-tr " K"c-
' "CAI'TIO.
a LL persons are ovr. .. -
JX fish, hunt, o.e "
ZZd or yonng timber, or in any unnecca-
sary way ircoF""
Thompson TS Thompson
jBTbomp-oa 7.H,
w A bram Shelly
Das Smith. Jr. C A Shermer
Oct , lB'g-
CAt'TlO.I SOTICE.
a LL persons are liereov canu joea uoi to
r . , .lA aa
2 low tntr aojts, w"" 'a'
r themselves to fish, bunt, gather berries,
ot Cnt woott or voung timber, or in any way
trespass on the lauds of the undrsi-'-?
Greenwood or Susquehanna township.
Peter Winer
Daniel Snadie S""'.1:,
v Lone ii, S Dimm Fredi-rick Roats
Joet Dressier Jonathan Miller
Not 2, 1
NOTICE.
ALL persons are ncreo, cautioner 8; nr.
... ,n..inir for huntinir. OT Other : ---
poses, on the lands ot the unders; ed, ir
, . : T .. .. i r , .iknnl
Minora lownsuip, -v .-
HrsRT GaosisPEB, E. E. Bemt.
J-hs Cr.xivnii, Hesv Cbawie.
Dec 10, lc.-u
c.irTio.T.
ALL persons are hereby cantioned against
hunting, fishing, gathering berries,
building hrea, or in any way trespassing on
the lands of thw undersigned in i-'ermaua;h
township-
H .W. JllbAlUULl..
may U, IS79-tf "
CACTIOT.
A' LI persons are hereby cautioned not t
allow thrir dogs to run, themselves
to tith. hunt, gather berries, tveak or opei
fences, or cnt wood or voung tiin' r, or in
any unnecessary way trespass oa the lands
of Ihe nii-!ersignea.
M. K. Beshore.
M. k J. H. Wihon.
lienrv HatrmanJ
Foiter Thompson.
Will rim tletrtck.
David Sieber.
ug7, '78
Invid Hi-trk k.
Thomas Benner.
Christian ijboaffstall.
John Motzer.
Ueury RIoss.
JUNIATA VALLEY BANK,
OFMIFFtlSTOiTX, PA.
BRANCH AT i'uRT LOYAL.
Stockholders ladivldaaillj Liable.
J. SEVIN' PO.MEKOr, President.
T. VAX IRWIS, Cashier.
Di SECTORS :
J. Nevin Poneroy, Joseph Rothrock,
George Jacobs, Phi'.ip M. K-i-ne:,
Amos G. BonsIl, Louis E. Atkinson.
W. C. Pomeroy,
STocKaoLOEits :
J. Xevin Pomeroy, Jume B. 0';eson,
Philip M. K.-pner,
Wm. Tjn Sweriugen,
Sam'l Herr's Ueirs,
Jane II. Irwin,
Mary KnrtE.
S : jiiel M . K nrti,
J. Holmes Irwin,
T. V. Irwin,
F B. Frow.
Joha Hertzler.
Joseph S'throck,
George Jacobs,
L. K. Atkinson,
V. C. Pomeroy,
Amos r. Knsit,
Noah Hertzler,
Dmie! Stoutler,
Charlotte Snider,
1 Interest allowed at Ihe rite ol 3 per
cent, on 6 mouths certificate j,4 per cent, on
12 mouths certificates.
f l'an23, lCr-if
Professional Care's.
JMJl'IS E. ATKINSON,
ATTORNEY -AT -LAW,
MlFFLIX'TOvr;, PA.
CCollecting and Conveyancing prompt
ly attended to.
Office On Main street, in bis place of
residence, south of Bridge street.
JOBERT McMEEN,
Attorney and Counselor -at-Law.
Prompt attention given to the securing
and collecting of claims, and all legal busi
ness. ttrrica on bridge street, first door west
of the Belford building.
April 14, l75-tf
LFRED J. PATTERSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
MIFFLINTOTTN, JCXIATA CO., PA.
Uy All biiMues- promptly attended to.
OrricE On Bridge 'street, opposite th
Conrt House square.
)V1D D. ST0NE
ATTORNEY-AT-LA Vvr,
MIFFLINTOWX, PA.
1X7" Collections an all professional busi
ness prompter attended to.
june2U,l877.
J S. ARNOLD,
ATTORNEY -AT -LAW,
K1CHFIELD, JCXIATA CO., PA.
AU business promptly attended to. Con
anltations in two languages, English and
German.
johx Mclaughlin,
INSURANCE AGENT.
PORT ROTjIT.. JV.HTJ CO., P.i.
OOnly reliable Companies represented.
Dec. 8, 187i-ly
THOMAS A. ELDER, Al. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
XlffLISTOWX, P.1.
Othce hoars from 9 a. w. to 8 r. of
end"Vw 'V ""V. the aonVh
end of Water street. r.M-t2- tt
L
T) M. CRAWFORD. M. D.
H. resnmed actively the practice of
Medicine and Surgery and thtir collateral
brahe,. uttice at the old eorner of Third
and Orange streets, lliffliotown, Pa.
March 2'J, I876
J M. BRAZEE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGE02T,
Jlcademia, Juniata Co , Pa.
OrvicE formerly occupied by Dr.Sterreti.
rrolesaional hnine.. . 1 . . .
t al) hoars. y ' "ue
). ALLEN, M. D.,
Has conmencfif ih .
n".rT. "!-i'collater.I branches.
Capt. J. J. Patterson. '
. fjulylM874
J-JENRY HARSH BERtJaRTaTD:,
Continnes the pract.ee of Medicine and
'rT "t.M ,h-"c"atat bra-ch.,.
fT9"rid iD cAhstervne.