Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-09-09

kx-senator Sriley and ex-Represetat,ve
SPonsier, Of Bloomfield, Perry county, were
in town last Thursday. The great British
statesman, Gladstone, frequently walks ~
many As . dozen miles Q day, recently he
walked eighteen miles one afternoon. Smi-
ley and Sponsler following in the foot steps
Of the illustrious British statesman, walked
to Port Royal.
The Presbyterian congregation in this
place held meeting last Thursday evening
for the purpose Of selecting lot of ground
on which to build church. Only two lots
were presented to the attention of the con-
gregation. The old Presbyterian brick
church and the corner of the lot on which
Robert McMeen's house stands. The con-
gregaiion by a large majority preferred the
McMeen lot.
We are indebted to T. +. Rohu, the en-
terprising market car man for a mammoth
water melon. The long way round the mel
on measured forty-six and a-half inches, the
short way round the melon measured thirty
eight inches, and its weight was like
that of good sized boy. But as ..the test
OF the pudding is in the eating thereof" so
with the melon, it was better inside than
even its handsome exterior indicated. Long
live Rohm.
The men who led the riot and murdered
the Cinnamon at Rock Springs, Wyoming
Territory, last week should be brought to
justice. In the mines at Rock Springs where
both Cinnamon and white men worked, IS
cts. 10 81 ton is Paid for mining, and men
IN eight hours can average So per day. In
most of the cases of strike and riot and mur-
der, the instigators are men who receive
good wages, much better pay for the work
than the average American farmer who owns
good farm. Take the United states over
and the average farmer cannot, counting his
labor in, make on an average So per day, and
out of his earnings he must pay expenses.
taxes, live and so forth. Ii is about time
that the owners of this land prick up their
ears. and sharpen their Understandings as
to the kind of people that are carrying on
the outrages in the country
'sLast Sunday morning a week, the pas
tor of the Evangelical church at Winters
town, in Yorkscounty, began preaching a
Grant memorial sermon, and Just As he had
and fh.at taxE R.,ls
said no such sermon should be preached.
When the pastor, Rev. Shultz, Referred to
the her oes of Bible times, and spoke of our
here just placed in his last resting place,
Fulton called out to him TO stop, at the
same time advancing to the pulpit. The
preacher continuing, Fulton seiz ed him and
dragged him away from the pulpit. striking
him blow with his fist and knocking him
down. Simon Englebrecht, who interfered
10 save the pastor from assault, received
one of Fultor's blows on his face. There
was great excitement. and after time order
was restored and the services procee ded.
Fulton it is reported, has skipped over tht
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The Bellefoate Republican says: That
Judge Furst has issued the following rules
in the Belefonte court house. No person
will be allowed inside of the bar except
those having business with the court. The
| first three rows of seats, Immediately TO
/ the rear of the bar on the north side Of
the court room, are reserved exclusively
for the traverse jurors, and all jurors are
required to he present during sessions of
court the tipstaves are required to keep
order, and that the court means to enforce
this rule was demonstrated Monday after
noon. A young man from Boalsburg was
smoking in the court room. He wa
promptly brought before the bar, fined s.
and was handed over to the sheriff till he
had paid the fine. This would seem to in
dictate that when Judge Furst lays down q
rule it must DC 05eyed.