Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-15

have the question brought out of
Committee and placed on the floor
of Congress where its merits and
demerits may BE- seen and learned
by all
On Sunday forenoon Oct. 5. the
large bank.. barn on the farm of Georos
Hoffman IN Reed Twp, Dauphin CO.
west OF Matamoras, took fire from some
unknown cause and was totally de-
stroyed with nearly all its contents
Inc tenant on the farm, John Wolf
gang, loses besides his farming imnIe-
nents, about 25 tons of hay 100
bushels of wheat, 265, bushels of
OATS 40 bushels of potatoes, some
rye, timothy seed, clover seed and
~ hogs about ready to kill. Ons
morse was badly burned but the rest
OF the horses and cattle were saved
All ms harness, wagons, reaper. mow-
er' hay rake, threshing machine. &c
We're burned. The BUILDING was
partially insured, and there was also
some insurance on the personal prop
erty and crops.
Inc Lewlstown Gazette saws Pat
tlson Is touring the state in a special
palace car with lot of attend,nts
Deiamater has been going from place
to place in the regular cars of the
common people without any display
whatever- That's the difference be.
tween the two men, and if the situa
tlon was reversed the democratic
ring organ of this county would be
working 1t hard for its candidates,
but as it is it has never once chirped.
Cldsr is selling at % cents a
gallon in the Big Valley - An
admirer of Atkinson tells it in this
way. Well, Lou Atkinson has made
the nomination for Congress again.
Bully for Lou. Hope he may have
the biggest majority in November
that ever he had, as he has made n
good otficer-tried and not found
wanting We knew Lou when he
was boy reading medicine. with DIR.
Bowers IN Newton Hamilton, and lit
tie did we think then we would ever
nave an opportunity to vote for him
hve times for congressman in succes
SION Potatoes are scarce and
are daily growing scarcer bv rot
The crop of cloverseed about
Bellsville is good. = Near Deca
tur, Miss Minnie Luck got one of her
ieet badly cut on a wire fence the
other day. V. ID. Stoneroad. of
Kelly, has a patent potato raiser.
which is said to DO its work well.
From the Bloomfield Advocate of
last week : The residence of Aaron
G- Strauss, III Miller township. one
fourth mile west of Pine Grove
Church, was burnt to the gIound on
Sabbath morning. About 7 o'clock
Mr. Strauss was returning from his
stable having kindled a fire in tie
kitchen before starting out to feed
his stock, when he discovered flame
anu smoke issuing from the garret.
The ire had gained such hoadway
that It was Impossible to save the
building, but the furniture with the
exception of SO worth was removed.
y defective tiue was the cause of the
tre There was an insurance of
$1,000 on the building. and S2O0 on
the turn'ture. Last Sat urday
evening at half past seven o'clock.
The dwelling house Of E.ias Shope.
on tie old Samuel Meyer farm. two
miles north of Loysvi!le IN Savil!e
township, was discovered to he on
ire and Was burned to the ground
despite all efforts to quench the
the flames The out buildings were
saved The building was unoccu
pied, but would have been tenanted
IN a short tim. Tie fire was of in
csndIary origin 4 car load OF
red-ocher, mined on H L. Smith
property. in Carroll township. was
shipped from this point last week to
the paint works at Carlisle d"
Upwards of one thousand bushels of
potatoes were shipped from Bloom
field. via the Z. c. r. IL, last week.
W. +. CARRIER, commission merchant.
consigned $50 bushels to Wvanet.
Hi, Gnd a carload of $50 bushels was
bought up by J. F. Lentz and sent
by him to Harrisburg.