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Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29

EDCCATIoS: The Fifth Annual Ses-
sion of the Juniata County Teachers
Institute, will be held at the Court
House, Mifflintown, commencing Mon
day, December, 18th, at 2 o'clock p.
NJ, and closing Friday evening, De
lember 22d, 1871. All teachers of
both public and private schools, and
all persons intending to become tea
chers,. ..are invited to become members,
and avail themselves of the advan-
tages thus offered. Ministers, school
directors and friends of education are,
also, cordially invited to attend the In
stitute. Prof. w. n. He'll, of Pitts
burgh, will be present the entire week,
and will give class-drills in Elocution,
Reading, English Grammar, Methods
of Spelling, and Penmanship. Prof
Hull will also give two entertainments
on Tuesday and Thursday evenings,
consisting of Popular Readings and
Lectures. His Readings and Lectur-
es are highly entertaining and instruc-
tive. Miss Flora T. Parsons, a grad
uatc of the Oswego Normal and Train
ing School, will be present during the
week, and will give instruction in Pri-
mary Methods, Object Lessons, Map
Drawing, Inventive Drawing, Prima-
ry Reading,&c. Prof Henry Houck,
of the School Department, will be
present on Wednesday, December Goth.
He will lecture Oh different subjects
relating to school affairs, and will give
any information on points of law that
may be desired, during the day and
evening. This will be Directors Day,
and the following subjects will be dis
cussed by school directors and others:
1st. What should be the size and
location of our school buildings? I'd.
Should teachers salaries be uniform?
If not, what should be the basis of
their grading? experience and success
in teaching; size of school grade of
certificate, or all combined. | sincere
ly hope that as many of the school
directors of the county will be present
on that day as can possibly make it
suit. Prot. Silas Wright, of the Jun
iata Valley Normal School, will be
present on Monday and Tuesday, and
will give instruction in Methods of
Teaching Geography and History
Prof. Stone and Patterson, of Tusca-
rora Academy, and Prof Geo. F. Nc
Farland, of Harrisburg, will be pres
ent part of the week, and will give
instruction in Methods of Teaching
Arithmetic, and Theory and Practice
of Teaching. Miscellaneous, Subjects
Oh various and important educational
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29

A DAY or two before the late fall OF
snow, bear was seen to leave the Lost
creek side of Meyers ridge and strike
ont across the valley for Shade noun
tain. A number of the valley folks
gave chase. Bruin led them up into the
mountains, where they soon got tired and
gave up the chase.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29
Mfrfhandise.
THE KEYSTONE!
THE KEYSTONE!
HEKEYSTONE!
Bridge Street, MihliHtown

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, WOULD
most respectfully call the attention of
our friends. customers, and the public gen.
orally, to the fact that we have secured and
fitted up one of the finest rooms in the coun-
ty, directly opposite our old stand previous
to the terrible fire of Dec. 81, 1870, on Bridge
Street, Miifiintown, where we purpose to con-
tinue the business Of
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29

The Teachers Institute, that was held
here at Mifiin one year ago, was inter-
esting and nstructive throug ghout all its
meetings, the interest of this community
never once tagging. We are again to have
treat of a similar character. A number
of noted teachers will be present, and
the distinguished elocutionist, Pro. W.
n. Hull, will give two entertainments
that should be witnessed by all, if he has
the powers that are accredited to him
1t is said that Mr.. Shumaker is not his su
perior. Mifiin saw and approved of him
Read programme of Institute in another
column.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29

SAMUEL J. MLLEN, on Tuesday a
week. while oiling the machinery of the
smut machine, at the Milroy Mills, Milf
fin county. had his clothing caught by a
revolving shaft. and he made three
revolutions with it before be succeeded in
bracing himself against post, where
he succeeded in holding himself until
his coat and shirt were torn from him.
His arm was bruised from the wrist to
the shoulder" His call for help was not
heard on account of the noise of the ma
chinery of the mill.
Two Milroy boys made deer lick
near Milroy. They watched from be-
hind stone pile. Three deer came to
the lick. The boys fired and killed one
GRAND REUNlON.-The soldiers of
the l26th Regiment Pennsylvania vol
unteers, will hold their Second Annual
Reunion in the New Town Hall, Geeen
castle, on Wednesday, 18th of Decem-
Der, 1871. The exercises will be of a
most important character, and very
large and interesting meeting is conf
IDENTIFY expected. The members Of the
Regiment are respectfully invited to at
tend. Special invitations have been
given His Excellency, John w. Geary,
Gen. E B. Tyler, and other officers who
participated with the Regiment in the
field, and who have signifed their inten-
ton to be present. 1t is hoped that all
the members of the Regiment will regard
this as sufficient invitation, and endeavor
to be present. as no special invitations
will be sent out The addresses of wei
come will be delivered by Thad. NJ.
Malone, Esq., and the annual Grafton by
VIM. kenedy, Esq All communications
should be addressed TO VIM. II. Dawson,
/ Chairman Committee of Arrangements.
On Saturday morning last. Mr.. Joseph
I Harpster. in company with Mr.. Joseph
Slippey, both Of Frankstown township,
started off after number of their sheep
that had strayed away. They crossed
Brush mountain near Widow Moore's in
to the Kittle, when, after feeding their
horses, and taking dinner. they proceeded
through Black Gap, along the foot of the
mountain, where they discovered some
Of their sheep. They then drove to the
Frankstown and Altoona road, crossing
the end of Brush mountain. In passing
up the western slope of the mountain.
riding along, one behind the other, talk
ing as usual, Slippey spoke to Harpster,
and hearing no reply, he looked back and
found Harpster lying on the ground-he
having fallen off his horse to the right
side and was lying on his back. Slip
pcy then turned around and went to
Harpster, who breathed few times after
he got there He was taken into Mr.
Jno. Shugart's house. near by, doctor
sent for, who soon after arrived, and the
proper remedies applied, but to no effect
as his spirit had taken its flight to that
God who gave it. Mr.. Harpster was
aged about 81 years, and leaves wife
and seven or eight children. He was
one Of our best and most amiable citizens
and his remains were followed Oh Mon
day last, to their final resting place, by
an immense concourse of his relatives
and sympathizing neigbors. Peace to
his memory -Holidaysbury Register.
To TEACHERS AND FRIENDS OF
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29

GENERAL MERCHANDISING.
We have opened one of the finest, best and
| cheapest stock Of Goods every offered to the
public, embracing in fact almost everything
that the public can wish. We would espe-
cial!y invite the attention of all to our fine
assortment Of
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29

In fact everything necessary to make up
complete stock of Choice and Desirable
Goods.
Aswe are buying strictly for cash, we
1atter ourselves that we can effer great IN
ducements to parties who wish to buy good
Goods at reasonable prices. Our terms are
cash or country produce taken in exchange
for goods.
We only ask the public to give US call
and examine cur stock, and compare prices
and quality. We defy competition.
TILTEN & ESPENSCHADE,
Bridge Street, MiffintOwn-
Sept. 81, 1871.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-09

-Barett,s wsiority overx xsedwich,is 44.000
FpoTell's pejoFityrfVr Mayor OF Brooklyn
is I, zoo. IL b reHorte4 Tweed has fe
StghSd thpJ C0m hnissio ership Of Public
NIa Is9pa i. aen yq'ssd in Ne.
/. CINorNNATI, November 8. The in.
Junction against the Newport and Gin
oinnati Bridge Company has been dis.
solved, aud the company has Withdrawn
.!ts suit against tho city for damages.
INDIANoPo1Is, November 8.-Tne Gin.
cinnati and Lafayette Railroad has been
adjudged; bankrupt. and dgrequired to file
q list of creditore within Ave days, by the
District COURT li3,l<i.ij5 Gfllf.c,fii
/ II BosToN, November Sit is stated that
the Hide andl Leather Insurance Oohpaby
will pay Atty per cent, and wind 10 it,
Chicago loases-$720 600; the New EGG
land Company will pay sixty; the Inde.
pendent Company. with risks Of over
81 900, 900, and the Commercial. are
paying twenty Ave: all the other Boston
SonPaa;ss s:e promptly paying up.
=. ATLANTA, November 8.-The Senate
passed q resolution denying the existence
OF K1 Ktux organizations. and suggest
ing to the Ku Klux Committee to sam
mon the Judges OF the Superior Courts
AZ witnesses, aud Offering Legislative aid
to enable the committee to get at all
facts OF alleged disorder. The House
passed a bill repeating an Act to prevent
the collection Of the taxes of 1867. 1868
aud 1869.
NEW ORLEANS, November 8.-Tho
Louisiana State Fairs new and oommo-
dions buildings are completed, and will
be opened for the reception Of articles
on the 18th inst. The FUR will COM
meuoe on the 18th.
= MONTGOMERY, November s. Hon.
Samuel f. Rice, ex Superior Court
Judge. and leading Republican in Ala.
bama, is defeated for the Legislature by
Knox, by over 1000 majority. Knox
,was voted for by the secret Republicans
military organization, known as the Ma
tlonal Guards. which Rice denounced.
CHARLESTON, November 8.-Arrived-
Brig J. L. Bowen, Boston. OFF the port
BARK Oriental, Boston.
. CHARLESTON, November 8.-One death
from yellow fever to day.
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confess that the attractions or our fair
grcends. esd The. interest in the able re-
marks and discussions that lrnerk vour
sessions in this hail, hold with me no.
sition to whichttAe social feature OF our
mestirgs'is not secondary. Our lots are
cast in period Of transition. The old
has passed away; the new is not yet fully
taken on. The nature of our pursuita
disperses us widely, and keeps US much
at home. while there is that in our hi;.
tory and ia. our future. which, for q long
time to come. must make. ms peculiar
people. Letaus have at; least our one
annual occasion foricongenial inter.
course-to look into EACH others faces
and grasp each others hands. De7otinE
every energy to the restoration of our
broken fortunes. availing ourselves Of
every moral aid to place the State
which we have. perhaps, loved not wisely
but too well-among the foremost in
enlightened progress. surely it may be
permitted us' to be something OF the
Bourbon in our social relations. For
getting nothing that was good in q past
civilization, let us Learn scsa;ss III the
new that is inconsistent with the senti-
ments Of right and honor, which oharac.
terized the Carolinian of a former day.
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CLOSE E1uH6H tT!1k saaig RENCH MN.
sS ST 1sTsRss m ss a;sf I; II Itl
Xlpist ssN9Yemher4 Tile Bohsmfan
Diet v6f6l HnaHflA ASnsay against electing
delegates 10 fhe Rieghsrath, wherenpon
The Govern s1sa sSsdeseA g cleae ot,ita de.
liberations. ',i. 3 "a asTi .ssE a.. I,
;, .AMsrEHpAlt. Noyember 8.-The Ne
therlApGs Trading Company held q meet
ing to consider the proposed transfer OF
d1tjss IN, The posse ,6f Asia aud
A{ttca 60 England J, aud .tesplyed TO CON!
hnne the organization Tor twenty-five
years. " y 3..sB fY
PARIS. November 3. B.Ddke DeBroglie
is, gone to Tendon Duke + ] Pc !, 8 HARBOUR.
will be assigned to Italy. 500 i5
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Refarea's HalA

Referees Sale. ro1n
Henry ". Dixon. Administrator. de bonfs aox
OF Wright Denley, cs. Henry Caughman, Ct
TN pursuance Of the decretal order. signed
Il by his Honor Judge 3. W. Melton. on the
2I,h Hoh.s October. It. will SELL before the conrt
December. that well.known and Valuable
ppIA1sTAIioN. pon1S1 LILO formerly owned By Wright
plantation comprises about 1,500 acres. lying
on On the Bluff Road: about ten piIes below &C.
Davis. On it is large mill, with ample water
power; p1 out houses. buildings. gin, screw.
chasers, and plats thereof exhibited on day OF
ga o, or before, upou application to the under
signed, at his Office in Columbia.
ALSO,
Another Tract containing about 80 acres.
TERMS OF SALE-One fourth cash; balance
in one, two and ihTee ysaEs; :n.sEsst .nnr.liy
secured by bond and mortgage; purchaser 70
Pay for necessary papers.
The entire properly of Wright Denley win
be sold, except the homestead exemption.
D. B. DRSAUSSURE.
nov Special lt%ferea.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-13
Benry Van Meter,

whose death at Bangor, Mo-, at the advanced age Of
one hundred and ten years. is reported, was one Of
the most interesting colored men in the country.
During the Revolutionary War he was slave OF
Governor Nelson, OF Virginia. After the close Of
the war he was sold and taken west OF the Blue
Ridge, to the extreme frontier, whence he made his
escape to Cincinnati, then mere hamlet. He be-
came the servant of an offner In st. Clairs army,
and saw much dangerous service in the North
west. After the peace OF 1875, he lived for
time in Chillicothe, Ohio, and then removed to
Philadelphia, where he was sent to school for the
first time by members OF the ociety Of Friends
and learned to read and write at the age OF forty
He subsequently made several voyages to Europe as
a common sailor, and on the outbreak of the war
OF 1919 shipped as such i'll the prvateer Lawrence.
He was captured, sent to Plymouth, England, and
confined for some time in Dartmoor, where he wit
messed the massacre OF 1915. Many years ago he
took up his residence in Bangor where he lived an
industrious and respected life, in the almost unim-
paired enjoyment OF his faculties OF mind aud body
to the time OF his death.
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mitgated nuissnces to store-keepers, pro-
perty- holders, and all persons who are obliged
to pass through the streets in which they are
ocated. Instead Of allowing them to be
further extended, those now in existence
should be prohibited, and the ''shinners'
forced to carry on their business in legiti-
mate manner in regularly appointed market
houses. Street markets may do we'll enough
for small country towns, but they are entirely
out of place in great city like Philadelphia,
and they should have been discontinued long
ago. The ''shinners' have nearly ruined the
legitimate trade upon some of the streets
upon which they have located themselves, and
the Legislature will be perpetrating griev-
GUS wrong if it grants them any further pri-
vileges.
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sense of Geary is so small that he actually
did not appear to imagine, to judge by the
wording Of the pardon, that he was doing
anything improper by pardoning aoriminal
before a jury had pronounced upon his guilt.
As for Messrs. Mann and Cassidy, who were
the active agents in this affair, they clearly
acted outside of the sphere of their legiti-
mat duties as attorneys and counsellors at
law, and are entitled to no immunity for the
share they took in promoting corrupt bar
gain and in compromising felony.
This business of compounding felonies and
releasing rich men from the consequences of
their crimes is becoming altogether too COM
mon, and as an appropriate supplement OF
the Ficken crime we have the affair Of the
young gentleman of 'good connections"
Mr. Tryon Reakirt, whose forgeries are being
settled by private arrangement, while for
the sake of his highly respectable and wealthy
friends and relatives no efforts whatever are
being made to bring him to trial, and to make
of him an example that will serve to warn
other fast young men against travelling the
same road that he has done. In New York
young Ketchum, in spite of his respectable
connections, was sent to Sing Sing for the
same offense as that of which Reakirt is
guilty, and yet we are accustomed to draw
familiar comparisons between the admipis-
tration of justice in this city and in New
York. If Reakirt is not brought to trial it will
be simply because he is able to command
enough money to prevent himself from being
subjected to the legitimate consequences of
his crime, and his case will be nearly as great
Al u ID. i'll Il
phia justice as that of Richard Ficken. These
are really very serious matters, for they de-
note a Generalization among those who are
appointed to administer justice and loose
sense of the value of law that bode no good
to the future of the Common wealth, and it is
the duty of all law-abiding citizens to pro-
test with the utmost energy against the idea
that any man can escape the consequences of
crime because he is able to command greater
amount of wealth than his neighbors.
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OBIT UARY.
Miss Alice Gary,


despatch from New York aun ounces the death
in that city yesterday OF MISS Alice Carey, at the
age OF fifty She was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1921 and first attracted the attention OF the public
by her contributions to the National Era, the weekly
paper In which Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe first
gave to the world the story OF "Uncle Toms Oabln.
Miss Carys contributions to this journal appeared
under the de plume Of Patty Lee" Since then
she has been a contributor, both prose
and verse, to almost every literary periodical OF the
country, and her name has become one OF the best
known among American authoresses. Her poems
have been collected and repuhlished in several VOL
umes Several more ambitious works also ema-
mated from her pen, including three novels
"Hagar, Story OF To-day" 'Married, nos Mated"
and "Holywood"-and a series Of sketches of
Western life, entitled Clovernook," which enjoyed
a wide circulation both at home and abroad. Miss
Cary had attractive and plquant style, and many
OF her fugitive poems gave evidence of genuine
poetical talent.
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s,xnor Aptonio BastoIi.

Signor Antonio Bsgioli, whose death In New York
city Saturday, at the age OF seventy-six, is re-
ported, at one time enjoyed considerable notorety
by reason Of his being the father OF the late Mrs.
General Sckles. He was born at Bologna, Italy, in
1906 and devoted himself to the study OF music
from an early age. He graduated rom
with Belllni and Mercadante In 1892 he came to
the United States as Musical Director OF the Mon
treskor Italian Opera Troupe, the success OF which
under his management was unequivocal. This
was the first Italian opera company that
ever visited the United States. He settled
permanently in New York city as professor Of
music, and achieved great success as an instructor
many of the profes; onal singers Of the day having
been his pupils. The marriage OF his daughter to
Daniel E. Sickes was destined to bring him before
the public In a painful way, at the time OF the in
trigues which ended in the killing Of Philip Barton
Kew by SlCkles,
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FICKEN'S ANNIVERSARY.

Tomorrow is st. Valentines Day. an ami
versary that has chiefly been remarkable for
the opportunities it affords to love-sick
swains and damsels to make each other ac-
quainted with their amorous prepossessions,
but which last year was signalized in this city
by the commission of crime which will
make st. Valentines Day hereafter memorable
for one of the most outrageous insults ever
offered to justice among people who profess
to have a respect for law and decency. On
st. Valen tines Day of last year Richard
Ficken, wealthy sugar refiner of this city,
shot boy by the name of Arthur Ourran, and
wounded him so that he will probably be a
cripple for life. After delay that was not
particularly creditable to the officers of JUS
tice, he was indicted for this offense
and was required to give secu-
rity in an amount that, considering his
wealth and the magnitude of his offense, was
not large one, and as soon as he was free
from the clutches of the law he fed to
Europe. When his case was called for trial,
he did not put in an appearance, and his bail
was declared forfeited Immediately strong
pressure was exerted at Harrisburg to per-
suade the Governor to interfere to prevent
Ficken from being punished after the manner
of common, poverty-stricken criminals, and
the felony of which he was guilty was COM
pounded for sum of money. 1t is under
stood that it cost $50, 600 to obtain for Ficken
pardon for an offense for which he had
never been tried and found guilty by regular
process of law. $4,000 of this sum
was paid, or is understood to have been
paid, 10 the injured boy, and the other
$4,000 went to cover the extraordinary
expenses attending such an extraordinary
effort on the part of Governor Geary, his
Attorney General, Messrs. William b. Mann,
Lewis @. Cassidy, and others interested, to
cheat the law of its victim and to prevent
Richard Fieken from being locked up in the
penitentiary, as he certainly would have
been if he had been poor man.
Ficken, by the grace of Geary and the ex-
penditure of $50, 1000, is now able to return
to Philadelphia whenever he chooses without
fear that he will be held responsible for his
crime, and with nothing to hinder him from
resuming the sport of shooting small boys if
he feels disposed to pay for license to do so
at Harrisburg
We wish the citizens of Philadelphia to
bear in mind that every individual implicated
In this transaction, Ficken, Geary, f. Carroll
Brewster, William b. Mann and Lewis @.
Cassidy, is guilty of the offense of COM
pounding felony, and that the pardon
granted by Geary, although it relieves Ficken
from the legal consequences of his crime
is in reality an aggravation of his offense.
Geary, F. Carroll Brewster, Mann, and CAS-
sidy are all aspirants for offices of trust and
honor, but this transaction should forever
seal their fate as politicians with the people
of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, as it is an
allsuficient proof that they are utterly un-
worthy of confidence. The worst name At
toIney- General Brewster had for Ficken's
crime was ''gross negligence" and the moral