Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-10-15
arATE lTEMs.

The father OF sam hioright, '"e
Perry county murderer, has offered
$1,000 for his delivery ali!e at the
New Bloomfield Jail This is to prove
tha, be is sincere waen he says his son
is dead.
Eighteen hundred and seven'y-n'ne
will long be remembered for the sue
cess of It's county fairs IN this state
and tie encouragement Is so great as 10
warrant the prediction that every coHh-
ty will have fair in 1851.
Charles Drews, the oldest OF the
Raber murderers in Lebanon county,
m his last confession, makes the follow
ing statement Brandt told me oil
having had Abraham Kreiser's life IN
surcd in, I think, the U. B. Aid So
cietv, and said he had a nan to put him
out of the way, but the Society annuii-
ed the policy" No matter what may
be said Of other portions of Drews' con
fession, this much is true 10 the very
letter. More than four years ago
Abraham Kreiser took membership 10
the U. b. Mutual Aid Society Tor S6,-
900 benefits in his oun fsuor, and soon
after assigned the certificates to Israel
Brandt AID others. A month or two
after this was done the officers OF the
society received an intima,ion that
there was sone!''crookedness' connect
ed with the affair. Immediately Sec
retary Mark aud Treasurer Rauch pro
ceeded to Indiantown Gap and made Al
investigation. They found tina; the
whole transaction was purely specuia-
tive and without any irsurabie interest
and they went to Brandt, told him they
would cancel the mem bership, rendered
him the muneg he and Kreiser hai paid
in, which he had accepted, and by this
prompt and decisive action no doubt
saved The life OF Kreiser, who still
lives.
The Harrisburg Telegraph of the
Both uit says: Intelligence was receiv-
ed in this city this morning of the sad
death of Charles f. West, a son Of the
Rev. Wn,. A. West, pastor of West
minister Presbyterian church Young
West was freight brakeman on tue
Pennsy ylvauia railroad and was killed
while in the discharge of his duty. He
was Oh freight t.ain coming east last
night, about thirteen cars from the
rear end, and when down brakes
was whisiled above Warrior Ridge wat
er station near Petersburg, he jumped
upon the bumper to put on the brake.
AS be did 50 he stepped on a small
lump of coal, and when be twisted the
brake the lump Of coal rolled, his hand
slipped and he fell between the cars,
the wheels going over him, crushing
both legs above the ankles and cutting
off the fingers of the right hand. The
accideu. happened about balf past two
O'Clock, aud young West was picked up
aud taken to Huntington, where he re-
vived sufficiently to tell the manner OF
his injury All that surgical aid could
do was tried TO save him but without
avail and he passed quietly away at
$40 O'Clock. Deceased was about
81 years of age The remains were
bi bicught to this city this afternoon.
Rev. West was absent at Dry Run,
Franklin county, attending a meeting of
the Presbytery, but he vas telegraph
ed for INN ediately. THE sad death
of Mr. West will be dOubly felt by a
large circles of relatives and friends
who loved ard esteemed him for his
many good qualities of bead and Leart.