Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-04-26

. - - e-s~ . etsc1 o4fo " - C8RkuTcQ-
now in the possession Of Mr.. Albert Horn
ing.
In consequence of the great influx of
visitors to Philadelphia during the EXPOSE
tion large quantities Of Produce will be re-
quired to meet the demand. Shippers and
Producers should select some reliable Com
mission House to consign to, like Messrs.
Ballard & Co., AZ North Water street, whose
card will be found in another column.
Shippers would do well to open up q cor
respcnience with this firm, and give them
q trial.
Ex-Sherif Dietrich, last Friday morning,
in moving hog-pen, discovered that the
ground on which it had stood was full Of
rats. Soon nearly everybody in Patterson
found it out and hsstened to the "rat har-
bor." The place was surrounded, and the
rats stirred out. For while the scene was
as interesting As a Spanish cock or bull
fight. The victory was on the side of the
invaders, and netted 81 sleek, plump rats
How many of the nasty things got away, Is
not reported.
A dwelling house in Fayette township,
one mile northwest OF McAlisterville, which
was owned by Mrs. Shields, of this town,
and occupied by John Creswell, took fire
from tiue last Saturday, and was entirely
consumed. The fire was discovered at such
a stage of progress that the household ef-
fects were all gotten out excepting two bed
steads. A high wind prevailed at the time,
which rendered all efforts to put the fire out
of no avail. There was no insurance on the
building. Loss about $500.
The Philadelphia North .imerican has
abbreviated its title, cut off the words
United States Ga=effe," and made it plain
"Nsrfh .7merican, which is the name BY
which it is best known. There is nothing
.4mericon, and when one has tired of read
ing of the things that are doubtful and sen
sational, return to its columns becomes
satisfaction that can only be realized by
communication with people and journals
whose opinions are founded and expressed
from 4 common-senss view of the things of
life. 1t is the oldest and soundest paper in
Eastern Pennsylvania, Long live the Nerh
.4merican! Long live Morton McMichael,
its chief. and the sounde.t Conservative
Radical Editor in tins Commonwealth.
e
A DESPATCH from Fort Scott, Kansas,
under date of the 20th-last Thursday
says: special from Baxter Springs, Kan
sas, says that at about 10 o'clock yesterday
forenoon two men entered the Baxter Bank,
presented pistol to the head of the cashier,
went through the safe and escaped into the
Indian Territory with S., 900. Officers and
a number of citizens are in close pur suit.
What would prevent a few men from
riding into any of the many villages in GEN.
;ral Pennsylvania, tying their horses in front
of bank door, deliberately walking into
the institution, into the vault, take out the
money, and before the surprise of the town
could be got over, be miles away. The
funds in village banks should be under lock
and key, both day and night, except just
such amounts as are necessary TO transact
the days business, and then when such
raid is made, the bank cannot suffer much.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY AFLoAT.-.
The appearance of new and dangerous
SIS National Bank notes purporting to
be issued by the Traders National
Bank of Chicago, and the Merchants
National Bank, of New Bedford, Mass,
has been announced. Last Saturday
twenty counterfeit s. notes on the
Traders National Bank of Chicago
we're offered at the counter of one of
the banks of a ne;ghboring city. The
way to detect the imposturs is this: All
National Bank notes are printed on
fibrous paper. This fibre is plainly Wis
ible on the open spaces on the back of
the note. On the genuine note on
pricking the spot where the fibre is, its
silken stem is readily disclosed. In the
counterfeit note these open spaces on
the back of the note are only printed
to look like fibre, and on pricking the
place where the fibre should be the
fraud is easily discovered. These coun-
terfeit notes exhibit unquestioned skill
In their execution, and it is not mat
ter of wonder that persons unacquaint-
ed with the existence of the fraud
should be imposed on. 1t has also been
discovered at the Sub-Treasury in
Washington, d. c., that the old issues
Of fifty cent notes, bearing the heads
o: Lincoln, Spinner, Robert j. Walker,
Washington and Stanton, have been
largely counterf-ited also the old
issues Of currency of the denomination
of twenty FIVE cents. Thus far no
counterfeits have been discovered of the
latest issues of fifty cent notes, bearing
the Crawford head, or the twenty five
cent notes with the Walker portrait
Er.
LEWIS REED was badly bitten by
one OF his horses while attending the
funeral Of Mrs. Wagner in New Lam
caster Valley last week. He was scat
tering corn to his horses when one Of
the animals seized bis hand, biting it
through. In this painful condition Mr..
Reed had to drive to bis home in Sigler-
VILE. He will not be able to use his
hand for some time.-Lewisfo,rn Ga
zeffe.