Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-29

lha,,i ~e'ooton the Afghans In
Anu That has been declared to be the
spen'hs OF a great war. Whether tina, ia i.
SGT OF not Is question, but it Is no oues.
''oh Tor dispute that there has been omen al
'o' Of the finest and best clothing to suit
buyers at Harley's. Call and see.
al noon On the 2ist inst, Philip wea.
blacksmith shop at AcAlisterville, was
destroyed by fire while Weaver was at din.
"e'' on the same day the blacksmith shop
VI Joseph Pannebaker, in Patterson took
hre on the roof but a couple neigbbor wo.
men ran to the shop with water in buckets
ana the fire was outened.
People who have visited Philadelphia
nave been impressed with the business sign
decorations that reach from the pavement
10 The roof OF buildings. Experience has
demonstrated that during time of wind,
Signs are torn from their fastenings and in
'heir iail people are struck aud hurt, hence
'here is a movement on foot 10 COMPEL the
removal OF signs, and one OF the questions
In the city is 'sign or no sign"
number of murderers we're executed
last week aad nearly all of them had been
worked up to express the belief that the last
moments of life were the happiest of their
eAiStance. If the preachers keep on max
ing fuss over the murderers some one
will start new creed, the cardinal point of
which viii be that the surest and happiest
and quickest way to get to heaven viii be
TO Kill some one aud be hung for it.
The funeral of Mrs. Amanda Hawk,
mo ther of John l. Hawk, David Hawk, Mrs.
hnisely, and Mrs. Shower, took place last
Wednesday in this place. Interment in I'm
ion Cemtery. Mrs. Hawk died at the home
| OF her son John, in Orbisonia, Huntingdon
county. He- case was a complicated one
out the people among whom she had moved
this spring, at Orbisonia, were SO Kind in
their attention to her that she frequently
expressed satisfaction in having been
permitted to end her days among people
who did all they could to make the last
N--s fOT ucf- mrs. nhWk was
81 yr., 10 mo-, and IL days old, when she
died.
Young men IN town had a good deal of
sport with a city drummer who came to
town few days ago. He asked a young
man il there were any fast women in town.
The youth answered in the affirmative.
The drummer desired to meet one of the
fair sex. Young men fixed "a case up for
him. They appointed time for meeting :,
which should be reached by signals. One
OF the boys put on girls clothes. The meet
ing was to take place after dark. The drum
mer and the supposed woman met and pro-
ceeded to stroll up to third street thence to
the corner of Doty's barn. There they sud
denly came face to face with a number Of
young men. The young man in woman's
clothing suddenly let loose the drummer's
arm and exclaimed, mercy there's my ia
ther and proceeded to run away. The al
ready scared drummer was almost frighten-
ed to death by one of the bogus pursurers
discharging pistol OF course the boys
did not want to catch him and he easily out
ran them to the hotel. He went to bed, but
lett on an early train.
As Jesse Howe was walking away from
his blacksmith shop, at noon, on Saturday,
TO go to dinner, James Mathers called him,
aud drew his attention to a flame of fire
that was coming IN from behind the west
end of the shop ''lt's fire. said Howe,
'.and it's on the roof of Goshen s. Horn
ing's carpenter shop" and that is where the
fire was. Goshen was leaving for dinner.
He heard Howe's exclamation, and ran
ba cK, everybody in that neighborhood was
alarmed, and ran to the scene OF the fire.
Water in buckets was speedily brough {,
house, and George Warner climbed to the
roof on adder, water was hand ed to him
and the fire was soon put out. Ii the fire
had been discovered tive inmates later,
there is no telling how much property
would have been burned. II is cODlectured
that spark IRON the smith fire fell on the
old, dry, curled and worn out shingles that
form an excuse for a roof and kindled a
blaze. Accidents may happen, and fire
may take place where At is least expected,
but the roof OF the smith shop, and the roof
of the carpenter shop look like a pile of
kindlng wood spread out to invite every
stray spark that escapes from the shop
chimney to lodge and start blaze. A new
roof Oh the buildings would be appreciated
by the neighbors.
The body of Mathew Meyers the colorcd
man VIII o was drowned by breaking through
ice on the river not far from Thompson
town, was found on the point of an island
in the Susquehanna river some days ago.
His watch was missing but there was
considerable amount of money in his pock-
ct" Such was the first information receiv-
ed here relative to the finding of the body
of the unfortunate man. The information
was not correct as to the body being that
VI W hO IL "aS euae "1o iNu"t ~
the point of the island is not known.
The Duncsnnon Record says, that on
wedn esday, Aprl %, about daylight the
body Of colored man was seei. floating fifty
feet from shore in the JunIata river, below
Aqueduct Station, about two miles above
Duncannon, by the railroad watchman,
Samuel KlinePcter. After trying TO drive it
shOreward by throwing stones beyond it, he
with the assistance Of John Strink and
George Roush succeeded with boat in
driving the corpse to shore. Esquire Stew
art, of Duncannon, empanelled jury and
proceede ed 10 hold an inquest From let
ter found on his person, addressed TO ''Mat-
thew V. Ny ers, Port Royal, Pa. ," and some
verses Of poetry, signed by the same name,
the body was at once identified as that of
Matthew Myers, of Port Royal, who broke
through the ice last March, while crossing
the Juniata river near Thompsontown. The
ice broke suddenly and he went under, and
was not seen again until discovered on
Wednesday. He had on pair of gum boots
and good clothing. s. bill and a silver