Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-26

l. A communication from Port Royal. an
K one from McAlisterville came too late ft
insertion in this issue.
Rev. Abram Book, a German Bapti,
a preacher, died at his place of residence il
Fermanagh township, on Wednesday. Ma
81 ~, aged 81 years. lnterment in a privat
Q grave yard on the Leonard farm in Fayett
+. township, on Saturday, May %, 1886.
If this country and Great Britain are I
:. be forced into war on the fish bait ques
p ton, and number of our cities on the coas
= are burned by British ships of war the blam
can be laid only at one place and that is a
the door of the Democratic administration
at Washington.
$ eyes," said husband sadly, ssmy wife i
deyotee of the red tag. The very sight o
one arouses her to high pitch of excite
ment.'
, 'Surely she can't have any sympathy in
common with such people.'
s'1 es she has.'
''What, Anarchists and Socialists p,
, ''No, auctioneers."
1t is claimed that lamp chimneys and tun.
biers may be kept from cracking, as a result
of heat, by placing them in vessel of cold
water, adding a little cooking salt and al
lowing the mixture to boil well over a fire
and then cool slowly. 1t Is simply a uro-
cess of annealing, and the slower the cool
ing the more efectual will be the opera
ton.
young law student was being examined
Tor admitance to the Texas bar Judge Stew.
art, Chairman of the examining committee,
asked him: '.1f a man who had committed a
murder employed you as his lawyer, what
would you do toward getting him acquit-
ed ~ Student-"Excuse me. but how much
money did you say the gentleman had a''-
Texas Siftings.
In Ohio there have been three Congress
sional apportionments in six years, while in
Pennsylvania there has not been one in -
well il don't matter, for it was so long ago.
and the Legislature spent almost year in
trying TO appOrtion the State and failed.
There is evidently great difference be-
tween the methods of Pennsylvania and
Ohio politicians.
The Chambersb1rg Repository of last
week published the following: About o..
clock Sunday morning his wife discovered
that Mr.. Jacob Stouifer was dead in his bed
Mr.. Stouffer lives about half mile east of
town on his farm and had gone to bed on
Saturday night, after a day passed in his
usual planuer, in good health and spirits
His death was caused By heart disease.
at is wonderful what progress missionary
work has made in China" observed Mrs.
| Snaggs. ..Yes," replied her husband, ait
has made great progress but to what par
ticular instance OF that progress do You re-
fer i'' ssWhy, it has no; been very many
years since we began to send missionaries
there, and now the Chinese have sent min
lister to this country ."-Pittsburg Chroni-
Gle.
Uriah Shuman, Successful Juniata cOun-
| ty farmer, residing near Thompsontown and
Miss Nellie McLinn, a highly esteemed Liv-
erpool lady, were married on Thursday, in
| the latter place. at the Wallis House, the pro-
prieior of which is Robert Wallis a brother
in-lAw OF the brides and with whom she has
! tor many years had her home. The wedding
was private, only few friends o: the high
contrac ting parties having been present
| Newport News.
Where are the good times that the coun-
! try was promised during the time Of the
late pres ideniial campaign. Of course the
I politicians that got Office by Cleveland COM
ing in are happy, bat they are as drop to
/ The ocean of voters. What have the voters
received by placing Cleveland in the Presi-
Dental chair They have the greatest bus
country since the election of James Buchan-
an, when all the banks of the country shut
/ their doors.
Second Controller Maynard has rendered
an important decision under the additional
bounty act Of July 2S, 1866. The decision
is TO the effect that every soldier who en-
listed after April IA, 1861, for period OF
not less than two years, and was hOnorably
discharged after serving two years for the
purpose of enabling tim TO accept COM
mission, is entitled to the additional bounty
of $50 authorized BY the thirteenth section
of that act, provided he was not entitled to
any greater bounty than Sl0o under the
laws existing at the date OF the passage of
the act, and provided his claim was flied in
time.
Young husband Ito hotel clerk Say. I'm
! the man in "a
Clerk-SO | see by the register. Wei,
sir, isn't everything all right2 Don't you
and your wife receive proper attention ~
Young decentralization 1 should
say we did. Why, about every minute
there's bell boy al the door or a chamber
maid with ice water or something. HOw's
| a man going to enjoy his honeymoon under
such circumstances What l want to do is
TO hire the elevator and keep it between the
floors perhaps then won't have brass
buttoned witness every time kiss my wife.
-Chicsgo Rambler.
The Hollidaysburg Register of last week
saws: The Pennsy lyania Railroad Compl-
nv has determined to enter the soft coal re-
gion of West Virginia and compete with
the Baltimore and Ohio Company for that
trade. A new railroad is to be built from
Cumberland 10 Piedmont, distance OF
twenty-nine miles, TO tap the fields devel-
oped BY Senator Davis, Stephen b. Eikins
and ex Secretary Blaine. The coal Will be
| hraugbr to th. Philaielphia market over the