Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-01-15

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The light of fire In the direction
| OF Lewlstown on the evening of the
otn INST, was seen by many people
In this town and county, and various
were the conjectures of its where
abouts- Most people of this town
settled into belief that it was fire
an Lewistown- All conjectures how
ever were out of range, for the FIRE
was bevond Lewistown at Granville,
along the railroad and was double
frame dwelling house belonging to
Anna Brought and occupied by Hen
ry NJ. Steel and Howard Pelter.
Some of the household goods on the
lower floor were saved bat nothing
on the upper floors. All the cloth
ing of the families except what they
had on was burned There Was in
surance on The building
From the Newport Ledger. The
County Commissioners and Contrac-
tor kiefer made an inspection of the
last span of the river bridge here on
Tuesday, and owing to the giving
away of the stew backs, and fb. light
top p Ites the bridge sunk me eigl
inches, cracking and splitting many
of the bridge timbers, it was decided
t. tear So much of it down as
was necessary to put in timbers.
The work of demolition begxn on
Wednesday The superstructure
will have to he raised up with lacks
the skewbacks replaced and new ton
lplates put on 1t Will be unsafe for
heavy teams to c-oss until the repairs:
are made. This viii be an additional
expense added to the cost of the
bridge, which could have been sa-ad
If the proper timber was used in fhe
first place The building of tie
Newport river bridge out of old tlra-
ber. was penny wise and pound
foolish" move
The Bloomfield Advocate saws
Among the people Of the upper cad
most accommodated and benefited
by the p c. r. T.. ~ Mr.. CYRUS
8Iinich, farmer for the Loysville Or
s phan Heme- Last year he Travelled
to NewpSrt 50 times, covering a total
distance of 267o miles He now
saves 7 hours in the round trip. =
Op Saturday, the .26th ult..
Albert S. Snyder, of Liverpool, in
company with others was starting
out On the river for wild ducks.
While pushing the boat with. = pole.
his foot slipped and struck h. gun
which vas discharged, the shot lodg-
ing,in his right and left feet Iacerating
them most painfully. = Mrs.
Elizabeth March, widow of the late
Jesse March residing Just southeast
of this borough's limits, was notified
that she had been granted pension
amounting T. about $4,000, with S12
per month hereafter. Mr.
Henry Bentz=i, of BIoemfi eld claims
the banner coop of hens. so far as lay
ing Is concerned. He has kept on AN
average twenty-five hens throughout
the twelve months, which IN that
time laid 42O4 eggs which is over 13
dozen eggs n year for each hen.
The Carlisle Herald says: On the
last day of the year 1859 there was
a scene at the jail, when the Sheriff
refused admittance to the county
commissioners, Jail Physician Davis,
DR.. W. W. Dale and commissioners
Attorney II. S. Stuart, Esq. These
gentlemen went to jail Tuesday after
noon with the express purpose
of making a medical examination
of the tramps confined therein in or
der to ascertain who were tramps
and who were vagrants, as the com
missioners intended to find work for
the tramps and desire the Sheriff to
put them at it. They were met in
/ the office and refused admission to
/ the prison by the Sheriff on the
grounds that he had received no not
ification of their visit, and that as
it was the last day of the year and
he and the deputy were busily en-
gagged IL fixing up the accounts he
had no time to attend to them. The
visitors departed with Instructions
/ to get an order from the court when
they wanted to enter the prison
The Sheriff said, however, that he
was willing they should make the
examination provided they give him
timely notice of the intended visit.
The sad sight of number of boys
on the way to the State Reformatory
was witnessed by the editor of the
Newport News and made mention OF
in last weeks paper as follows {: On
mail last Saturday, three solid,
courageous looking Philadelphia Po-
licemen, took SIX boys, hand-cuffed
in papers, from that city to the state
reformatory at Huntingdon. They
ranged in ages from Il to 90 years
and had been convicted of petty
crimes. They didn't appear TO be
vicious or hardened, but Were bright
and clear with the exception OF a
sunny-haired youth, who Is the son
of lawyer aud sem--idiotic-Proba
bly from excessive cigarette smok
ing. They could all sing the popu
lar sentimental and comic songs %
the day, including the despised Nc
Ginty. One of the number went
: with bis father from Chicago to Phil
adelphia only a short time ago anC