Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-30

NIhe sr1ndest and most enthusiastic dem
onstration ever gotten up in Juriata county
was that which the Republicans participated
in on last Friday evening. More than one
hundred horsenen were in line, and large
number Of footmen, all bearing torches, and
II more torches could have been had, the
line could have been greatly increased in
number. Port Royal wa: represented by a
large procession of torch-bearcrs, headed
by brass band. If the procession had
been strung out ''Indian file," as was that
of the Democracy few evenings previous,
the town would not have been long or broad
enough to have kept the right and left with
in its limits at one and the same time, but
by marching double file and in close order,
the ends of the procession were kept with
In reasonable distance of each other. The
procession was formed at East Point, under
the marshslship of Col Robson and Capt.
Mcclellan, W. d. Cramer, S. II. Brown and
E. ". II. Kreider. After traversing the
streets of Miffiin and Patterson, the process
sion filed along the south side of the Court
House, " here, after giving three cheers for
The procession was followed BY Republi-
can meeting in the Court House Mr.. T.
Nourse, Chairman of the County Commit
tee, called the meeting to order. Prof. Da-
vid Wilson, of Port Royal, was elected Pres
ident, and Louis &. Atkinson, James Nc
Auley, Wm. Hartman, Elias Horning, John
Motzer, S. r. Walters and Richard Doyle
were elected Vice Presidents. John N.
Bowman and L G.. Marks were elected Sec
retaries. The President of the meeting,
Prof. Wilson, introduced Ex-Governor
James Pollock as the first speaker, who in
turn was followed by Senators Eyerhart and
Fisher. The speeches were able efforts in
the cause of correct government, and pow
eriul yindicatIons of the system of govern
ment and finance that has marked the glo-
rious career of the Republican party.
"The new State Penitentiary for Middle
Pennsylvania, which is to be erected at
Huntingdon, will be formidable structure.
Twenty acres will be ehclOsed by a wall
thirty two feet high and eight feet thick,
planted TO the depth of ten feet, and pro-
yided with peculiar coping which will de-
fly attempts at scaling it with clamp ladders
or ropes. The building will be OF stone,
cne story in height, radiating from an oc-
tagonal structure in the centre. The cells
will be similar to those in the new addition
built 20 the Eastern Penitentiary in Phila-
deiphis they will be provided with reti-
ring closet and hydrant and leaving suffi-
cient room for a shoemaker's bench or
weaver's loom. The solitary confinement
system will be enforced. At each corner on
the front will be the houses Of the warden
and assistant warden, the gate-keeper's
dwelling being handy to his station at the
outer entrance. The citizens of Hunting
don agreed to furnish the site and all the
necessary stone and water free of charge.
Three hundred and fifty cells will be finish
ed before the prison is to be turned over to
the Board of Inspectors. An engineer has
been ordered to proceed to Huntingdon and
survey the land and get ready for the grad
ing. The deed will at once be delivered to
III, Attorney General for an examination.
The State has appropriated sl0u, 600 to COM
mence the work. The total estimated cost
is $500, ,Ooc."