Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-29


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ed u pounds. 1t was of the Spanish yarie.
" and been sent to him from Pittsburg.
There 10 scheme on foot in Perry Co..
10 take the Court House from Bloomfield
to some one of the towns in the county
along the railroad. 1t is not difficult To
get up scheme of that kind, or any other
kind of scheme, but when the question is
put to the people, of putting up a new
Court House and new Jail simply for the
purpose of locating the public buildings
along the railroad, the already over-taxed
property owners of Perry county will dis
pose of the scheme with good deal of vigor.
Two men halted DR.. smith, on the pike,
in the long narrows last Wednesday, while
he was on his way home to Lewistown.
They dragged him from his buggy, they
| forced bottle in his mouth and he was
compelled to drink or strangle. They re-
leased him and disappeared in the woods, |
saying ss they left, s'that will finish him ~
he sought water, drank cop;ously, and then
with the aid Of finger elected the contents
of his stomach. He got into bis buggy In
. very sick condition and reached home in
. semi.unconscious state.
Tho scalp business in Perry county has |
been brisk within the past year, as may be
learned from the following, taken from the
Bloomfield Advocate of September %,
1886. From the LIST of July, 1855, to Mon
day noon, September 20, 1886, County
Treasurer Lightner has paid s46s.5O for
5SS fox, mink, wild cat and weasel orders.
Eight hundred and thirty-two hawk and
owl orders have been presented during the
same period, for which S56O.60 have been
paid out making grand total OF Sl029. 10
paid during the above-named period.
A large hawk came to town last Thurs
day and circled around over central Main
street and over Court House Square, with
the object, il was said, OF making dinner
on sparrow. The game bird was discov-
cred by a number of men on the pavement
and they began TO call for a gun, for the
purpose OF shooting the hawk. DR.. San
doe came out of the drug store with his
shot gun and took q shot at the circling
bird. The only recognition that the hawk
gave to the pop at il was to lower its right
| loot, and wag il as if bidding the Doctor
good bye and then winged its way up the
river.
Tuesday evening October 5, the North
Carolina Trout,sdours" spoken Of as ..the
finest instrumental and vocal concert com
pany in America will give an entertain
ment in the Court House Tor the bsueiit OF
the W. q. 7. U. The TroubAdours gave an
entertainment at Huntington under the
auspices OF the u. A. K nd one at Lew
istowu under the auspices OF the W.. T.
U. opers,ic selections, plantations meio-
odies; grand musical treat. Admission
2a5cts. Reserved seats SOC.
The Newport Ledger OF last Week inen-
tions that ON the proceeding "Wednesday
night, the residence of Charles Roup, in
Wheatiel Id twp, about three miles OF Dun
cannon, was totally destroyed by fire
with its contents, Mr.. Roup. barely escap-
| ing in bis night clothes. We did not learn
whether there were any other persons in the
house or not. In the house were about
zoo bushels OF potatoes and eleven hams.
II is believed that some thieves took seven
Of the hams and in order 10 cover the crime
fba hut dina
the remains Of only five OF the
pieces OF meat could be 70 und. Loss about
$500 insurance $500.
The Lewistown Sentinel OF last week
says; Rev. Peter Nissly, a Mennonite
preacher of Lancaster county, now IN his
eighty y-tifth year, who In early life drove
Conestoga team to Philadelphia and VIII
mington, Delaware, had an anxiety to go
over the same route again. A short time
ago he started in buggy, accompanied by
his son. aud drove over the same road he
used TO go sixty years ago. He says, .'the
changes are so great, that one eau hardly
recognize the Old land marks" Mr.. Nissly
though nearly eighty-hve years OF age, is
well preserved and enjoys reasonable good
health.
Al. Cummings of Harrisburg lost a horse
in the Perry county iair last Thursday. He
was participating in a race and had the out
side of the track, the inside line broke and
the horse was forced against the railing on
the bank Of the track 50 violently that the
rail broke and was hurled away. Men long
distance of saw the rail in its fight. The
horse WAS summerssulted by the contact
with the rail. Five ribs of the beast were
broken. The animal died shortly after the
accident. Cummings was thrown over and
beyond the horse, but was not seriously
hurt. On the same day during races at the
Berks county Fair two horses fell and one
OF the horses was badly hurt.
The Perry County Fair held at Newport
last week, was a decided success in many
ways. 1t was the first Fair held in Perry
county in a number Of years, aud the
grounds and buildings are entirely new.
The race track is one of the finest half-mile
tracks in the State, the races were closely
contested and very exciting, twenty-one
tro tting and pacing horses being entered
| for the races Middah Doty, OF this place
having six horses entered, and several OF
the races we're won by Mitiiin horses among
which, was the fastest race, won by Matilda
G.. The exhibits we're not so large as they
might have been, but they made up in quail
ity what they lacked in quantity. Among
the most noticeable articles on exhibition
were a number Of pictures painted by Miss
Frederick, of Bloomfield, which are proof
| of the young lady's talent as an artist. The
people in attendance were pleasant and or
derly, and were In the majority from Perry
county, but many were from the neighbor-
ing counties, Junista being well represent