Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-01-03
The Juniata Sentinel.

During the summer of 1916, Col
A. X Mcclure, now OF the Philadel-
phia Times, Professor David Wilson,
of Airy View Academy, and Hon.
james Mathers, deceased, and few
others whose names are not accessi-
bic, projected The Juniata Sentinel
Mr. Mcclure was only - years of
age, and had Just finished an appren-
ticeship at the tanning business
Mr.. Mathers was the chief stock
holder, and firm friend OF the en-
bryo editor Mcclure, with whose
mental ability he was SO well &C
quainted that he deemed him the fit
test of all the aspirants for the edi-
torial char of the new Wing paper,
and thus it Was that Mr.. Mcclure
was started on his editorial career,
which steadily grew brighter, as years
rolled by, till at this date, December
%, 1876, he stands among the fore
most newspaper writer's of the age
The unerring discernment of
Mr.. Mathers is abrmdantly testified
TO In the editorial career of the edi-
tor of his choice.
John Schweier, father of the pre-
sent editor and proprietor of the
paper, was at that time engaged
largely in the manufacture of fruni-
ture at Niffiintown, and annually ship
ned large quantities of his work 10
the different places along the Penn
sylvania canal; returning from one
of his trips of shipment and sale of
furniture, he brought the press, type
and other fixtures, for the publica-
ton of the paper, in his furniture
boat from Harrisburg.
The first number of The Juniafa
Sentinel was issued at NIilflintown on
the 9th day of December, 1916, with
Mr.. Mcclure as editor, who soon,
also, became its proprietor, and con-
Quoted the paper as such until in
March, 1852, when he sold it to John
J. Patterson, now United States
Senator from South Carolina.
Mr.. Patterson conducted the pa
per one year, and at the end of that
time sold it to A ]. Greer, now edi-
tor of the .fifoona Tribune. E. B. Ne
Crum, now proprietor of the Juniata
Tribune, formerly The Independent, was
associated with Mr.. Greer in the
publication of the Sentinel, and con
tinued an associate until in 1856,
when he retired form the partner
ship, and Mr.. Greer conducted the
paper until in the fall of 1857, when
he sold it to John NJ. Laird, and
J. w. Campbell, of Perry county.
Laird is in the spirit land. and
Campbell has drif:ed away we know
not where They sold to W. W.
Davis-who died in the spring of
1872, while connected with the Juni-
ala RepuJlioan-during a period of
his proprietorship, Davis had John
H. Bentley, deceased. connected edi-
torially with the Senfinel-in due
course of time Mr.. Davis sold the
Sentinel to Professor A. L. Guss,
now editor and proprietor of the
Huntington Globe During the own
ership of Professor Guss, Col. John
J. Patterson became a partner in the
ownership and management of the
paper, and when the Professor took
charge of the Cassville Soldiers Or
phans' School, the Colonel bought
his interest, and thus became the
sole owner of the Sentinel, the second
time. The ownership OF the Sentinel
WAS vested in Col. Patterson, with
II. H. Wilson as publisher until In
August 1869, when NJ L. Lttlefeld
bought and conducted it till on the
Sth of June 1870, when the present
proprietor-B. f. Schweier-bought
the paper Of Mr.. Lil:lefeld and Col.
Patterson.
In the fire OF the morning of Au-
gust 90, 1873, one of the two great
incendiary fires that devastated the
town, the Sentinel Office, and all its
contents were destroyed
In this misfortune Mr. W NJ Allison
editor of the Jun,ata Republican, a
paper projected in the early days of
the year 1866, and started In April,
1866 by him, offered the use of the
Republican Office for the publication
of the Sentinel. The offer was &C
cepted, and thus the Sentinel, not
withstanding the fire, did not miss
an issue 1t reappeared the next
week Just as if the outrage of the in
cendiary had not overtaken it.
On the 18th day of October B. F.
Schweier bought the Juniata Repub
iican from the editor, W. NJ. Allison,
he, at that time, having all of the
stock of the concern. known as the
"Juniafa Republican Printing .fssocta-
fiO'" excepting what d. B. Spanogle,
Esq, of East Waterford, and Prof.
David Wilson, of Airy View, held,
which stock was also subsequently
bought, and thus B. F. Schweier
bought and consolidated the Junidta
Sentinel and Juniata Republican, and
issued the first consolidated number
on the 22nd day of October, 1873,
and has from that date to the present
continued the ownership, the publ
cation and editorial management of
the paper.
The stockholders of the Juniata Re
publican Printing association were j.
S. Lukens, DIR. J. p. Sterrett, ID. p.
Jeremiah Lyons, Profes-
sor David Wilson, w. N. Alison,
W. W. Sharon, W. C. Laird, John
Patterson. W. W. Davis, Jacob VIII,
John ". Muthersbaugh.-For Wall,
Mann g. Halls .4iias Of Junaafa Coun-