Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-02-22
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FULLY MANAGkD.-1he. Lock Haven
Repu6has.says On Thupsdey has be-
tween banking hours and the dusk Of
that evsning, a series Of shrs~dly exc.
cused ioEgeries was perpets.ted sspon
threaof sm buisness houses. BY an nm
sopthsisalsd looking man claiming 70 be
in the employ of Messers, J. W. Strong,
Byers K Co, of this city, who are en-
gagged in carrying on planning mill and
have in iheir constant employ some
twenty-five or thirty workmen This
individual. under the assumnd name Of
Charlie. Sroner. procured number Of
blank checks of the Lock Haven Nation
al Bank. and filed them up to the
amount of s25, endorsed with the firm
name of J. w. Strong l. Co. The first
place he visited was the grocery. and
provision store Of Messrs. M:lick &
Schuyler, on the corner Of Main and
Grove streets. He desired to purchase
about SIS worth Of -four but had only a
check to pay it, which he supposed would
be acceptable A bargain was struck.
the -four ordered to be delivered at a
house on the corner of Bald Eagle and
Hanna streets, when the individual sharp
er. almost shoeless, wended his way to
the boot and shoe. store of Messrs, Dona.
hay l. Darrah in search of pair Of
boots. lie. came here in about the usual
business like manner, carefully examined
their stock and concluded to purchase il
they would change his check. He pro-
duced check No. 9, for S25. which was
accepted aud $50 in greenbacks given in
return for his worthless paper. He then
proceeded to the establishment Of Capt,
K. S Baker. aud being sadly in need Of
a new coat he here made known his
wants. lie soon found his fit, and upon
getting the captains lowest figures, sl2,
he concluded to purchase if his mode Of
payment was acceptable. The coat was
handed over, together with Sl3 in green
backs, when the scoundrel left for the
-four and feed store Of Me.srs Sander.
son Bros. on the avenue. Here he in
quired Of the clerk, MIR. james Brown,
The price Of -four Fer sack. but said he
wanted about IS worth, and presented
check No. 4, for s25, on J. w Strong T.
Co., and ordered the -four to be sent up
to the corner of Bald Eagle and Hanna
streets. The clerk knowing that the firm
of j. W. Strong 4 Co., had on hand a
stock Of -four for the accommodation of
their employees, distrusted the man, and
to convince himself as to the validity of
the c.eck, he excused himself for mo-
ment on the plea of borrowing a little
change. The clerk took the check into
the grocery store of Mr.. j. S. Eyerts,
who at once doubted its genuineness,
when the two latter returned to the feed
store for the purpose of investigating the
matter. The sharper. suspecting that he
was looked upon with suspicion by the
clerk, dccamped almost as soon as Mr..
Brown left the -four and feed store, and
was noticed by couple Of boys to run
down the alley by Mr.. Lander's furniture
store, which leads out to Church street
An officer was put upon the .sharper's =
track some ten minutes after his depart
ure from the store, but all search for him
and the goods taken proved unsuccessful
After the sharper left Capt. Barker 3
store, that gentleman began to doubt the
genuineness of the check, and left his
store to investigate the matter, but on
meeting friend, he pulled out his check
for examination, and it being pronounced
good in his friends opinion. with re-
mark that man named Stoner was EN-
ployed there, the Capt. retraced bis steps,
believing his suspicious were wrong.
The sharper is represented to be rath-
er a dull looking man, S feet. 8 inches in
height, 35 years old, and was clad in a
snuff colored suit.
A ramor was aaoat on Saturday last
in the city that merchant at North
Point was swindled out Of $50 by the
same individual %. o. IN ii-' rtF
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Eleven years ago Henry Stanley NOV
ed from Pennsylvania to Decater county.
Iowa. He commenced business with a
single horse and fifty cents in money
Now he has farm of 1870 acres, nearly
half in full tide of cultivation, and worth
at least 81 900. He thinks that any 9TH
er poor boy can do as we'll there by
honesty and industry. He accounts
Iowa as the best granting section Of our
and thousands of acres Of wild
and can be had for FIVE dollars each
Among his productions d uring the follow
ing year was 800 pounds Of butter from
four cows."-Lowa Homestead. L--.
The Sioux City Journal says: ga
herd of about fifty elk. we are informed.
made its appearance in Lyon county last
week. The settlers turned out and cap
tured between fifteen and twenty Of them.