Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-04

of the city church buildings. that
many religious people fear that the
congregations will sell their church
property, to business people, who
viii tear down the church buildings
and erect business houses in their
stead.
THE Philadelphia Times last week
said: At The funeral OF an old miser
in Eel township, Westmoreland Co,
recently. the minister made several
severe remarks abou. the miser 5
love OF money and general meanness.
When the miser's viii was read it
was found that $1,000 had been be-
queathed to The ministers church.
In this case il would seem that the
miser was the better preacher.
A church paper says, there are
go active ministers in the Pnilade.-
phia Conference of the NJ. Z. church
whose salaries amount to S214,OO0
annually, an average of over $500
per minister. In addition to this S10,-
473 were paid families. Arch street
church paid its pastor the highest
salary-the equivalent of 5000 a
year Sprung Garden comes next,
paying $500.
The dairy people living near New
York city, and the dealers to whom
they have been selling milk have had
quite fuss, over the price of milk.
The dairy people demanded an in
crease of price per quart for milk
during the spring months. which the
dealers refused TO give. Many of the
dairy men refused to deliver milk to
the dealers. and the short supply
soon created an agitation in the city.
From appearance the dairy people
will bring The dealers over 10 their
prices.
A writer IN The Presbyterian de
clares that he does not know case
in which o church has repudistea its
debts. To which the New York In
dependent makes answer. as follows
We could easily give fifty cases III
which q church has declaredisself un-
able to pay its debt, and has either
gone out of existence or disposed Of
It's property at sheriff sale. perhaps,
buying it in for half the debt. Why
is it that banks and insurance com
panies dislike to loan to churches !
The Philadelphia Record makes
the following observation: The John
Brown who mas Just died at Wind
1 sor Castle, near London, has basked
in the favor of British Royalty for
many q year, while the American
John Drorn was hanged on the gal
lows in Virginia but, though the
/ bodies of both will soon be '-molder-
ing in the ground, it viii be only
/ the American Of that name whose
soal viii go marching on at the
head of an army of his countrymen.
REcEyr movements OF the Paris
France-Conmune, has caused the
( North American to SLY : that one Oi
the most dangerous features of The
late Partisan mob meetings and pa
rades Is the leadership assumed by
women, who are appa. entity put for
! by ward the concealed consnirator:
for the purpose of rendering it peril
ous for the government authorities tC
order Il bavonet charge, lest by So do
ing they might incite the morbid sym
patbies OF the public Tins, however
is frequently done in these European
political troubles, without much sue
cess.
! Rev WASHINGTON GLADDEN.. OF Col
unbus, Ohio, recent v SAID about tn,
future s. ate: Not more certain Is !
that SIN has In itself the seeds OF dis
solution and decay. than that tn
virtue which is of faith has N itsei
the germs OF endless life. VIA
forms this life Will take in the wori,
to come [ do not know; the mvsteT
les of the future do not try to fath
ON: / only know that. as it IS i'll witt
the wicked in this world ana IN al
, worlds, so it is well with therighteou
: in this world and in ali worlds, and
am content towait for the knowledg
of how well it is with them, I'LL tina
Shadow come who keeps the keys @
: all the ereeds.
The Huntingdon Journal OF Marc
Both, contains he following: Fo
sevei Il Days past the daily papers O
this State have been paying consid
eiable attention 30 the case OF Sila
Gray row confined in the WestmorC
land county prison under sentenc
of death for the murder of a Mrs
McCready He was convicted O
The testimony of one Johnston Dicl
? son. who WAS convict III the Wesf
ern penitentiary at the same tim
that Gray was in the same institutio
: serving IL sentence for horse stealing
, On Wednesday of last week Coz
Pai.ison issued the death warrant fo
: the execution of Gray on the Oath c
! Nav. and on the same day HiraI
, Bowermaster wrote the following t
: lie Harrisburg Telegraph:
''NARcH q, 1882.
EDTroR or HARRISBURG TELEGRARH-
Dear Sir: l hope you will publish the:
Hines for one doomed TO die. Murder, bl
who! Jac. Peitys told me that he mad
isway with the woman whom Silas Gray
convicted for. i repeat it, Jack Fetty
told me that he took Mrs. McCready or,
tie mountain and made away with her, an
sad he was afraid he would be hung for j
hRAN BOwERMAsrER,
Shippensburg, Pa.
. This is the same Hiram Bower
{ master wl.o, in company with DAME
: Bailey, in April IS5 ), assaulted jaime
w Leech while travelling along OF
of the public roadsEn Franklin tow
shin, in this county. and robbed hi,