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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09

i observe that your Congressman
has been placed on the Committee of
Railroads and Canals, most impor-
tant committee for a good virtuous
man, and most important commit
tee for corrupt man with an itch
ing palm. In this Congress it will be
of more than common importance,
for number of the great railroads
in the west have forfeited their rights
to the land grants by not complying
with the conditions of agreement as
prescribed by act of Congress when
the land was granted to the corpora
tions engaged in building railroads.
By non compliance with its grants
the Northern Pacific has 40 odd mil
lion acres on the forfeit line, so with
other lines. Can you understand
the determination and art Of the lob
by that such great interests will bring
here! Every green Congressman,an
every corrupt Congressman will be
looked up and managed if possible in
the ways best suited to his peculiar
bent of mind, with some it will be by
the arts and beguilement of woman
feed by the lobbyists, with some it
will be help to places of appointment
for friends, with some it will be mon
ey direct. Do you understand me
now when I mention the Importance
of the Committee on Railroads and
Canals l trust that the Congress
man from your district may prove to
be a veritable watch dog for the in
terests of the people in these mat
ters that involve the rights to terri
tory. the value of which in the near
future will be counted among the
billions. C. P. Huntingdon, great
railroad ring man, aged 65 years,
and estimated to be worth S50,0OO,-
900, has been here looking to the
'1ay Of the land"
From present movements In the
camp of the Democracy it looks as il
they will hurry up the appropriation
bills and seek an early adjournment
Randall is at the head of the Appro-
priation Committee, and as he has
the presidential Bee" buzzing in his
bonnet he is looking out for ali short
cuts to popularize himself for the
nomination; he is political fox.
The pension question comes up
this Congress in various phases pen
sions for certain classes who were in
rebellion, pensions for those who
were in the Indian wars; pensions
for soldiers of the Mexican war
Come to Washington as a locker on
for the period of one month if for no
longer time. CosMoPoLITE.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
Children Burned.

BRADFoRD, Pa, January 4.-The
dwelling OF j. V. Gaaver, near Duke
Centre, was burned to-day and Gar
ver's four children, aged from l to
6 years, perished in the flames.
WzLLsvILLE, Ohio, January 4.-The
residence of Milton Highlands at Me.
chanicstown, few miles west OF this
place, was destroyed by fire at an
early hour this morning, and two OF
his children, Grace and Mollie, aged
four and seven, respectively, perish
ed in the flames. About 2 O'Clock
Highlands S eldest daughter was awak-
ened by hearing a cracking noise
and discovered that the house was
on fire. She made heroic effort to
reach the room of her little sisters,
but the fierce flames and sitting
smoke prevented this. She then
leaped from q window to the ground
below and succeeded in awakening
her mother and other members of
the family, who barely escaped in
time to save their lives. The fire
was not discovered by the nsignbors
until too late to render assistance
The father was absent in Indiana on
business. This morning the charred
remains of the little ones were taken
from the ruins.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
Trial List.

The following is the list of causes to be
tried st the February term of court, 1884:
l. Reuben Strauser VS.. Hezekiah Brad
ford. No. 90, December term, 1873. De-
fendant pleads that he rendered plaintiff
eighty-eight (SS) dollars before suit bro't
and brings the money into court, and as to
the balance claimed in Ndrr., he pleads non
assumpsit and payment with leave. sc.
2 John Moulson VS.. Joseph Jame,, Hen
ry Sulouf and Duncannon Iron Works.
No. 3, February term, 1880. Summons in
trespass, q. G. r. Damages claimed, $4,000.
Defendants plead not guilty, l.. T.
8. John Moulson vs.. Wilbur McCCshan
and Emery McCdhan. No. 4, February r..
1850. Summons in trespass, Q. Z. +. Dam.
ages claimed, $1,000. Defendants plead
not guilty. L. T.
4. John Moulson Us. Franklin Franken.
berry and Henry Sulouff. No. 5, February
term, 1880. Summons, Q. C. F. Damages
Claimed, $500. Defendants plead not
guilty, l.. 7.
D. Henry B. Casner, for use of smuel B.
Casner, VS.. John F. G. Long. No. us,
September term, 1882. Appeal from jude.
ment of ]. W. Stimmel, j. P.
6. Henry Brown VS.. Samuel n. Brown.
No. 80, April term, 1888. Summons in
! case sur assumpsit. Defendant pleads nou
assumpsit payment with leave, and with
leave to add, alter or amend at bar.
I. Amos G. Bonsall and W. J. Jackman
doing business as Bonsall & Jacaman, VS.. J
b. NJ. Todd. No. 40, September term, 'sS
Summons in ass4mpsit sur promises. De.
iendant pleads non assumpsit; non assump-
sit MIRA. ser. amos. payment with leave
and set off and statute of limitation.
8. John Yauhn Us. Thomas Kelly. No,
u, Sertemosr term, 1888. Defence
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
Adjourned Institute.

The following partial order of exercises
has been assigned for the Teachers insti-
tute, at McCoytown, Jan. 25th and 26th-
Friday evening and Saturday sessions and
evening:
Incentives to Study-W. II. Groninger.
Education of the Makses-J. T. Altman.
How to teach Resding-Joseph Landis.
Decimals-A. Y. McAfee.
Primary work in School,. T. Turbett.
Juvenile Composition-W &. Auman.
Who Is responsible for a poor School
The Institute.
Higher Branches-D. p. Osborne.
Geography coupled with History--S. E.
Hsrkins.
Written and Oral work-T. F. Drols-
baugh.
The Fund smentsl Rules-J. W. Kcnepp.
"Style" in Teaching-G. II. Martin.
The following essayists are designated
Mary J. Wisc-Object of Study.
Emily A. Fulton-OhJect of Discipline
Gertie b. Beale-Obiect of Punishment
Ella S. ShOwers-How and when to Pun
ish-
Anna J. Mllliken-Difficultie in Teach.
ing.
Teachers of public and private schools,
directors and friends of o1dcation will be
welcomed there and considered the tin
stitnte." WELLINGTON SMITH,
Co. Sup'f.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
A Diabolical Scheme Frustrated,

DENVER, Col, Dec. 1S, 1SS3-Last
Saturday Mary Kofford called on
Doctor Rose, a prominent dentist of
Leadville, and made the startling re-
quest that he furnish her with a poi
son which could not be detected by
an autopsy. She offered $500 com
pensation reluctantly, admitting that
she wished to get rid of her husband,
Hans Hofford, SO that her husbands s
brother, of whom she was enamorsd,
and herself might together enjoy an
insurance of $500 which her hus-
band carried. After making an sp-
pointment to meet both at his Office
last evening, the doctor arranged
with the police and several interest
ed insurance men to be present but
concealed At the interview the
whole diabolical plan was made
known. The man and woman were
immediately arrested and placed in
Jail. All the persons concerned are
Danish. The younger brother is six
ty years OF age and the woman thir-
tyfve.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09

The past year the Ohio canals fell
s65,0O0 short of paying expenses
The canal-public improvements-in
this Commonwealth, under Demo
cratic rule, accumulated a debt of
S40,000,000; what the debt would
be if the public works had not been
sold can only be guessed. When Col
onel Mcclure comes to his reward it
will be large one, for he was one of
the foremost champions in the cause
for the sale OF the canals. That work
placed the biggest plume in his hat,
and if the Colonel had ambition for
the Governorship that good work
should elect him, for by the sale of
the public works, the increase of the
load of debt was brought to an end,
and opportunity was given the peo
pie to reduce the indebtedness which
could never have been done had the
management of the canals been left
to the management of the State. We
are not declaring for the Colonel for
Governor, but only rendering honor
to whom honor is due.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09

Q. Adam r. Troutman Us. Jacob Stroup,
Sr. No. los, September term, 1883. sam.
mon in trospsss on the case. Defendant
pleads not guilty.
10. David Graham W. Jeremiah Louden-
slayer No. z, December term, 1855 Ap-
peal from Judgment Of Jacob Beidier, j. +.
IL. William Held VS.. Ephraim kanesls
and Darwin C. Rannels. No. s, December
term, 1888. Summons in case. Defendants
attorney pleads not guilty.
IL. sohn F. Benner vs.-Charles @. MertE.
No. 65, December term, 1883. Appear
from Judgment Of Caleb Parker, j. T.
Is. DAVID Barrick, James North, r. Mil
ton Speer and Allen X. Lowell, who sur
wives VIM. B. Leas, decd, trading a. the
Union Bank of Huntingdon, vs. Robert ln-
mis-. No. 25, February term, 1884. Ap-
peal by defendant from judgment Of L. q.
Marks, j. p.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09

jine the church. The only thing in
the way was thatI didn' have hgion,
sc 1 thought mighty lard over this.
One day L wen. down to whar thar
was camp meetin' an drapped down
on my knees. A ole feller with a
slick suit o clotLes-an' came aroun
an axed me what l wanted, an 1 told
him that l wanted ligion. He axed
me if 1 was sfeerd that my soul would
go to torment, an / said that tor
ment want botherin' me, that things
on the farm won't grow ter suit
Wall, said he, pray awhile. Well,
1 prayed awhile, all the time thinkin
bout the kalamitie: at home, till at
last rough an ready sort o feller
come aroun' and says, 'ef yer wanter
do anything here, shout. Wall, I
got up an shouted an the next day
jined the church, but lemms tell yer,
ef 'em stock amt improved I'm q 60
in to try somsthin' else.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
Items.

Illinois has 412 butter and ohsese
factories.
A painstaking wife in Sunny Side
Ga, has used one washtub 26 years.
A Berrien, Mich. girl has bought
q villsgs lot out Of her toy savings
bank.
John II. Stephens, the frat actual
settler Of Minneapolis, Minnesota
still lives in that city.
Colorado las 1000 miles OF mar
row guage roads in operation Ari-
zona has 700 under construction, and
Utah has about 1000 projected.
". Lucas, teacher in school at
Taylorsville, Schuylkill county, has
been held to bail for so severely pun
ishing a scholar that he will lose his
eyesight.
The ''four-mile law" is being en-
forced in Tennessee. 1t means that
saloon shall not be operated within
four miles Of school house, and iss
virtual prohibition.
W. W. Allen, of Watervliet, Mich,
impressed with the perniciousness OF
tobacco, stopped using it, and burn
ed in the street his large stock OF
tobacco, cigars and snuff.
At Kansas city $1,000 acres Of
land in Stafford county, Kansas were
sold for 100000 to capitalists OF
Staunton Virginia, who intend to
colonize Dunkards on the land.
A giantess named Ann Dunn died
in London a few days ago, aged 80.
She weighed nearly 500 pounds, was
nearly 8 feet high, and measured
round the shoulders over 3 feet.
A shotgun in the hands Of John
Meyer, a lad, of Silver Syring town
ship, Cumberland county, accident
ally exploded on Wednesday, in
stantly killing a cousin of the same
name.
Miss Lizzie Houlderman. who mys
teriously disappeared from East Gov
entry township, Chester county, sew
eral days ago, it has been discovered
eloped with one Of her fathers farm
hands.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
ADDITIONAL LOC7LS.
Attention !

We arc, once more on Main street, in the
Post Office building, with fresh line OF
goods, a class of goods that we have not
carried before, in dry goods and groceries
we sell silks by sample. Our boot and shoe
department is good; the Richardson boot
we sell and guarantee. We also sell the
Harrisburg FOrney shoes for ladies and
Misses, in fact, We have general line of
all kinds of goods which We sell at low
figures, having bought them for CASH
Bought low and sold low. Quick sales and
small profits is our motto. In groceries we
have fine line. Give US call.
c. T. HISKzL & Co.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
Valuable Grfst Mill and Saw
Mill at Private Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale Girls T
MILL and SAW MILL, situated in old
Port Royal, Janists county, Pa, with III
ACRES ofland, moro or less, with mill dam,
mill house S0X50 feet, three stoyiss high,
ore story of stone, ard two OF frame, con-
taining . run Of stone, two pair OF bars,
and one sand stone, chopper and corn break
Or. Silver Creek srhut machine, and seps-
rating machine, two aour bolt, 90 feet long
two -four packers, all driven by the water
OF Hunters creek on II feet svsrshst
wheel The mill has good run OF esstsm
work and is in good wheat growing eoun-
try, and Is in good rannias order. The
saw mill is driven BY q Reese water wheel,
and is in good running order, doing . largo
amount of saving in the sessos. FRAME
HOUSE, Spring Of water, Cistsrn, Frame
Stable, hog house, an orchard Of thrifty
trees of choice frai, 10 bearing. Asy per
son rishins to vis- the property ssn DO 10
BY calling en- the premises, and any person
wishing to learn the particular, ssn 90 SO
By calling on or addressing
JOHN HERTZLBR, Sr..
Port Royal, Juaiats Co, Pa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
Special Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 5, 1884.
When Adam was asleep in the
beautiful garden, woman was carved
out of his side, and from that time
to this man has clung to her as if she
was made of more than one of bis
ribs. Just now the power of wo-
man is felt in this political centre to
an uncommon degree. 1t is no sean
dal, but the question involves Presi-
dent Arthur, and Mrs. Carlisle It
was a woman that exploded the cab
met of President Jackson, let us hope
that Mrs. Carlisle will not prove to
be the beautiful and accomplished
element to dissolve the administra-
ton of President Arthur. Does it
raise you to tip toe to think that the
lady should dissolve the administra-
ton, and her husband should dis
solve the Republican party! Call
isle, be it known, is an able man and
has large designs on the Republi-
can party. He proposes to so nicely
sugar coat the question of tariff for
revenue only" that a sufficient num-
Der of the voters will take the free
trade pill and elect a Democratic
President next fall. 1t is not direct
ly on the tariff question that Mrs.
Carlisle comes in She figures in
this, that, the President gave her the
place Of honor during the New
Years reception, and that has highly
displeased the ladies OF the cabinet
officers, and the ladies of the fami-
lies of the Supreme Judges. 1t is
simply social question among the
ladies of the official class as to who
shall be first in the attention OF the
President on reception occasions
While the official class here claim to
be the escense of Republican or Dem
ocratie simplicity, they show plainly
by their jealous struggle for recog
milton in SO called places of rank, that
they would if they could, fix the rank
of every phase of society and keep
every one In the place cut out for
I him.
The politicians here are watching
the movement of the Commonwealth
Club, of Philadelphia, that proposes
to give grand reception to Speaker
Carlisle, in the city of Brotherly Love,
on the evening of the 18th inst, no
speeches will be made, SO that no mis-
take can take place on tariff talk
The effort will be strong one in the
way of a Democratic still hunt 10
capture lot of Philadelphia manu-
facturers for the campaign of 1884
Abraham S. Hewitt, of New York,
has been invited; he is dark horse
for the presidential race, and has
what the Democracy love, namely, a
barl He is millionaire. 1t would
be strong work for Hewitt if the
club could by its reception he turn
ed to work for him; union of Phil
adelphia and New York politicians
on a Presidential candidate would be
strong team to start with. 1t will
be told that Hewitt is interested
largely in iron manufactures, and
that he Is also favorable to tariff
revision, whatever that means. Il
you are interested in the movements
of the political chess board keer
your eye on the reception of the Com
! mopwealth Club.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
THE
PHILADELPHIA TINES,
1884.

! ThE TINES will enter upon the ne. year
stronger and more prosperous than ever be-
| fore IN its history-more widely read and
| quoted, more heartily commended, and
more fercely criticised, with 4 more COM
pletc organisation, and an sbler stay of con-
tributors-and with the same independence
and fearlcssness that has made il success
! full and powerful in the past
The TINES has no party TO follow, no
candidates TO advance, but will meet every
issue, as il has ever done, with consistent
devotion TO the right, TO honest govern
msnt, and the public welfare. And, while
maintaining its position IS the leading Jour
nal OF Philsdelphis, il will aim to bo con-
tinuslly in the advance in all that can add
value to Z newspaper.
The advance of newspaper is not in its
size or display, but in rhe intelligence and
care, the concIsene,s and freshness with
which it is edited. The TINE, spends law
ishly tor rews from all parts OF the world
but all its dispatches are carefully edited
and condensed, in order TO give the con =
plc,e news Of the day in the most concise
and attrsc'ivo SHAPE, and with l.rgs vari-
ETY. Of entertaining and Instructive reading.
The best writer's at home and abroad are
10 tuElCn us COlUrlrf. tTf 10
make it 4 journal adapted both to the busy
man snd 10 the leisure Of the home circle,
q welcome visitor TO intelligent and honest
citizens of every political, re!igipusI and
social taste.
The WEEKLY TINES Is altogether differ
ent from the weekly newspapers of twenty
years ago. The day OF those papers i, gone
by. The telegraph and better local news
papers every nherc, especially in the thriv-
ing centres of rural population, have made
the old weekly metropolitan newspaper un-
satisfying. Those that cling to Their an
cient usages have lost their bold OF our
forward moving people they arc but .hsd-
ows of their former greatness, and thev
have bdt a shsdOw OF their former power
Those papers have had their usefulness, but
il is gone and, With il. they arc going, too.
IL was not the isult OF the papers; it was
the Improvement of the countrv that brought,
about the change. Men and women, wher-
ever they live. now require fresher news
and they require more than news.
The WEEKLY TIxEs gather, of the tpyos
Of every passing week whatever has lasting
interest TO people at large, and sets it be-
fore them in such generosity of paper and
print as would have astonished us all TWEEN
ty years ago.
DAuLr-Twelve cents a week, fftv cent.
a month, Sc year, two cents a copy.
SUUDAr-Four cents a copy, 81 a year
WEEKLr-One copy, 81 year; five
copies, IS year ten copies, S25 year,
with one copy free to the getter-up of ev-
cry club. The Times,
PHILADELPHIA.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-01-09
A Colonial Industry.

The taking of scalps came to be a
recognized part of colonial warfare.
Hannah Dustin, who escaped from
Indian captivity in 1858, took ten
scalps with her own hand, and was
paid for them. Captain Church, un-
dertaking his expedition against the
Eastern Indians in 170S. after the
Deerheld massacre, announced that
he had not hitherto permitted the
scalping of Canada men, but
should thencefoi tn allow it In 1922,
when the Massachusetts colony sent
an expedition against the village of
praying Indians founded by Fa-
ther Rasle, they offered for each
scalp bounty of Els afterward in
creased to f100 and this humanity
was SO far carried out that the
French priest himself was one of the
victims jeremiah Bumstead, of
Boston, made this entry in his al
manac in the same year: August %,
2S Indian scalps brought to Boston.
one of which was Bombazen's an IL
dian chief, and one fryer Rallies"
Two years after, the celebrated but
innppropriately named Captain Love
well, the foremost Indian fighter
of his region. came upon ten Indians
asleep round pond; he and his
men killed and scalped them all, and
entered Dover, New Hampshire,
bearing the ten scalps stretched on
hoops and elevated on poles. After
receiving an ovation in Dover they
went by water to Boston, and were
paid a thousand pounds for their
scalps. Yet Lovewells party was
always accompanied by a chaplain,
and had prayers every morning and
evening.
The most painful aspect of the
whole practice lies in the fact that it
was not confined to those actually
engaged in fighting, but that the CO
lonial authorities actually established
tariff of prices for scalps, including
even non combatants-so much for q
mans, so much for a woman's, so
much for a child's. DR.. Ellis has
lately pointed out the striking cir
cumstance that whereas William
Penn declared the person of an In
dian to be ''sacred, his grandson in
1746 offered S134 for the scalp of an
Indian man, S130 for that of boy
under ten, and $50 for that of wo-
man or girl. The habit doubtless
began in the fury of retaliation, and
was continued in order to conciliate
Indian allies; and when bounties
were offered to them, the white vol
unteers naturally claimed a share
But there is no doubt that Puritan
theology helped the adoption of the
practice. 1t was partly because
the Indian was held to be something
worse than beast that he was treat
ed as being at least a beast. The
truth was that he was viewed as q
fend, and there could not much scru-
pie about using inhumani.ies against
a demon. Cotton Mather calls Satin
''the old. landlord" Of the American
wilderness, says in his Magnalia:
These Parts were then covered
with Nations of Barbarous Indians
and Infdels, in whom the Prince of
the Power of the Air did work as a
spirit; nor could it be expected that
Nations of Wretches whose whole
religion was the most Explicit sort
of Devil Worship should not be act
ed by the Devil to engage in some
early and bloody Action for the Ex-
tinction of a Plantation SO contrary
to his Interests as that of New Eng
land as.'-from Harper's.