Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-01-09

glsts, Miffiintown, Pa Oct 81 IS, ,1y
Overseers OF the poor OF a town
ship in Center Co, attempted 10
place James Ebbs upon the borough
Of MlIffiintown last week Ebbs liv-
ed IN this place years ago. The over
seers here maintain that this town is
not his place of residence and that he
cannot become charge on this COM
munity- Ebbs is over 90 years of
age.
Eli Weidman Of McAlisterville, has
a medal Of Maj Gen. VIM. Harrison,
having the picture of Harrison, the
date 1910, and log cabin on it. 1t
Is near the size of two cent piece
ind Is Of copper or brass There are
not many medals Of this stamp, and
it Is an interesting, If not valuable
relic since the election Of Gen Benz.
Harrison
List of letters remaining in the
Patterson, Pa, post Office not called
for: Miss Sallie Ffichtly, Mr.. Francis
F. Lloyd, Mrs. J. G. Martin, Miss
Frank Strok, Miss Agnes Ubil. (3).
Persons asking for letters In the
above list will please say they are
advertised.
HowARD KIRK, p. VI.
Patterson, Pa, January LIST, 1889.
Information is wanted regarding
the whereabouts Of one, B. F. Hoover,
who nine or ten years ago, worked at
watch repairing in this town. He is
an old man, probably sixty year,.
short Of statute and Of I, nervous dis
position. ANY person having a
knowledge Of him will confer favor
by addressing his son, John &. Hoo
yer, 129 Hepburn st. Williamsport,
Pa Exchanges please copy.
List Of Letters uncslled for in the
post office at NIiflin, Dec. 81, 1888.
Persons. calling for letters In this list
viii please ask for advertised matter
Letters Annie Aiker, A f Luttle
Willard UbI, David f. Sieber, Glars
! Showalder, Thomas J. Gates, Myrtle
Douglass, Antonio Cnbuai Curtin
Bradford, Ida VI. Patterson, Minnie
Miller.
Gas. B. CRNwToRD, P. VI.
FROM the Altoona Tribune: Al
. | Altoona lawyer. delivered a lengthy
dissertation to an audience OF interest
ed listeners at the depot insthis Plac,
few DAYS since on the careless
handling Of firearms, and a few
minutes later was pulled from thu
tracks Of the Pennsylvania railroad
t Just in time to save his life. He i
now ready to lecture on the subjec
of carelessly walking on railroa'
tracks.
A horse owned by Solomon ShirI
in Milford township, was stolen, o.
:. Tuesday morning. Also a hOrs
was stolen from the stable of Joh,
Jenkins, in same township, on tn
4 same night. The thief and horse
= were captured by William Murry o
the Cedar Spring road about 81
=, miles east Of town, and the thief wa
: lodged in jail. He Is a well clad, fai
complexioned foreigner, apparentl
a German. Particulars next issue
al Vermont has for years paid
bounty of fifty cents for every dea
fox. and 1t is said in the two yeal
past $4,000 has been paid
: bounties. The other day a countr,
=! man appeared before the cOuntl
treasurer with eleven young foxes, c
Is which he wanted the bounty. Thr'
,e of them we're alive, and he thougi
il II was hard that he could not get Il
bounty and keep them for pet
= When he was told that bounties we
= paid on dead foxes only, he killed Il
= three little fellows at once and call'
for the s1.50.
~ The Huntington Journal furnish
le the subiointed bit OF information (
10 the hcroft Of those who indulge
a. the whether moderate or exc
lsivc use OF the weed: An old tobac
at user v-a very much astonishcd Y
NJ evenings since. at calculation ma
|" y" bv a Huntingdon merchant, based
o. mis- own estimate, when he found ii
m in fifty years he had smoked to
in amount Of 81, 500 He Is n tel
III mechanic and man Of otherw
,st temperate and industrious hab
has always enjoyed fair share
health, and vet Is one of the tn
an sands perhaps who might to-day
III in comfortable circumstances, but
m the use of the vile weed
From the Philadelphia Tin
Score one for tn. baggage smasl
e~ro - Time keeper ". Vines IF the Ad;
- and Nestlake Manufacturing c
- ~ panv, OF Chicago, concluded to k
N something besides the emplo
time. He kept their pay envelC
viii TO the amount OF $4,000. To
III away with the $4,000 it was ne
day sary to call in the aid Of a confe
rom ate, who placed Vines and the 81
in a big Saratoga trunk and chez
I'm the trunk to st. Louis This W
1tes very easy thing for the confede
rb;s To do and involved him in no troI
~, Not so with the abscondinG occuI
n When the trunk fell into the HI
of that train baggage master,
WAS stood on his head, he was kIC
feh cuffed, slugged, suffocated and
wis mitted to such an aggregation
hree bruises and indignities that he '
east ed he was dead Finding he
will not die he squealed, and when
trunk was opened told plausib
this to the eHect 'l"t nc T@s n.
need beat ms way " %. II =
noes cured solhe - \ 80 = IL, !
esent tlon rom JUS IN y a. t,.-,nt
!, his he INSISTED s,S on ,l1,;1;@n na;aHS tbat he
living. The trunk was searched
com the $4,000 found. Vines was
IN 1t ed and confessed MS oiiiIiei llpi.
. bin baggage master deserves a amed'
nance "a big reward
mon From Perry county papers: :