Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-10-26

planned of but considering the fact
that President Harrison's wife has
been dying the past month, it was
proper to refrain from lively public
demonstration. Mrs. Harrison died
last Tuesday morning.
Ex-Sheriff F. Nj. Jamison of Nc
Alisterville, who is among the eighties
has not lost interest in Miff1intown.
but occasionally pays visits to the
county seat. Only day or two
ago he was in town and was warmly
greeted by his numerous friends.
Instruct your republican friends
when they go to vote that wherever
they find the word Republican that
they mark cross after it in this way
Republican X-That is not hard
to do it is not difficult to learn, sim
ply to put cross after the woord
Republican Y.
Altoona had a $4,000 fire last
Sunday that was started in a stable
by children playing with matches.
The insurance on the property de-
stroyed amounts to $1,000. w. E.
Gruber groceryman formerly from
Juniata county had horse burned
in one of the stables.
Lewis Strayer who lives at the old
canal lock just north of town, went
hunting last Saturday evening and
his dog treed two coons in the mar
rows near where the five mile tavern
used to be. The animals were cap
tured and after being properly dress
ed were stored in Strayers larder.
Some bad person fired the woods
north east of .own on the oath inst,
and before the fire was fought out it
the fence around the
peach orchard of John Reno and
Abram Moist. David Louder and
his corn huskers were the first in the
woods to begin the fight against the
fire.
Levi Boyer a railroad brakeman
from Tyrone, while attempting to
get on his train as it was passing
through the Miffiin yard on the 10Th
inst, had the front part of of his
right foot crushed so badly it was
necessary to amputate it. Drs.
Crawford & Son, performed the
operation. Mr.. Boyer was taken to
his home in Tyrone.
Harriet E. Hall of Waynetown,
Ind, says: 81 owe my life to the
great South American Nervine. l
had been in bed for five months from
the effects of an exhausted Stomach,
Indigestion, Nervous prostration and
a general shattered condition of my
whole system. Had given up all
hopes of getting well. Had tried
three doctors with no relief The
first bottle of the Nervine Tonic i'm
proved me so much that 1 was able
to walk about and few bottles cur
ed me entirely. l believe it is the
best medicine in the world. 1 can
not recommend it to highly" Trial
bottles, 154. Sold by l.. Banks &
Co. May 14-1y.
Professor Oden Gortner principal
of the public schools of Mifflintown
deserves great credit for b
way in which he brought his pupils
forward IN a public entertainment
last Friday evening in honor of
Columbus. 1t was only four days
before the evening of the entertain
ment that the schools began to pre-
pare for the occasion. All the pupils
acquitted themselves in a manner
creditable to themselves and their
instructor. The entertainment was
given in the lecture room of the
Presbyterian church before a room
full OF people.
The State Department at Harris
burg last Saturday considered the
cases of number of applicants for
place on the election tickets. A num-
of them were ruled out, because
they did not have enough signers to
their applications to permit their
names being placed on the tickets
under the law Among the number
thus ruled out is Grange Lecturer,
j. I. Altman, who had signers for
him as a candidate for Congress in
this the 18th district. Mr.. Altman
is citizen of Walker township this
county. The law requires that a
candidate must have 3 per cent of the
vote as last cast in his district ex-
pressed in his favor, certified to the
State Department before his name
can be printed on the tickets.
SUNBURY, Oct. II. - Farmer Levi
Boyer and his son Emery had a
struggle with a horse thief in their
barn at Point township yesterday
morning. The father and son enter
ed the barn to hitch up the family
horse. They found a stranger about
to steal valuable horse Boyer and
his son attempted to stop him and a
fight ensued. The thief seized a
heavy piece of iron, and after crush
ing the boys skull in, and injurng
the father he escaped. A posse of
farmers has secured the mountains,
but have thus far failed to capture
the fugitive. Young Boyer died
within an hour.