Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-10-12

Misses Anna Harshberger and
Minnie H. Smith of this county, are
attending West Chester State Nor
NAL School.
Harley has re-stocked his store
with new goods. Call, you know the
place at the corner of Bridge and
Front streets.
A complete assortment of all kinds
of store goods may be found at Pen
nel's stores, where clever clerks are
ready to attend to you. Cali and be
convinced.
Loudon Todd was the first to take
a drink of Macedonia Water from
the stream as it gushed from the
lowest plug at the corner of Bridge
and Front streets, about half past
eight o'clock on Friday evening, Oc-
tob-r Z, 1892.
II the dissatisfaction with the new
election law exists after the election
as now, the next Legislature will be
asked to repeal the law It is too
cumbersom, but wait till it has been
tried, indeed that is the only thing
that can be done.
About the only mistake the Water
Company made in laying their pipes
was in the placing them on the river
bridge. The vibration of the bridge
will cause leaks in the pipes, if not
on the bridge, somewhere on bridge
street or on Maine street in Patter-
son.
Cloyd Lauver while helping to
push threshing machine on the
road near Thomas Lauver's place in
Monroe township, was run over by
the machine and had his left leg
broken between the knee and thigh.
He is under the care of DR.. Deckard
of Richfeld.
Col. l. f. Copeland commonly
known as the "Prince of Orators" +"
will deliver his latest, best and most
numerous lecture Seeing the Ele-
phant," in the Court House, Mifflin-
town, Pa, Saturday evening, Octo-
Der 22nd, for the benefit of the Cres-
cent Literary Society, M1fflintown.
The strikers at Homestead tried
to blow a house to pieces in which
about 40 non-union men were Sleep
ing one night last week. The force
of the dynamite explosion was down
ward and outward, and that alone
saved the lives of the inmates The
front of the house was blown out, but
no one was hurt.
Pomeroy of the Chambernbure
Repository says he was told by a
democrat under Pattison's admisis-
tration, that Harrity's scheme is to
delay issuing the election tickets, till
it is too late to get them to the poll
ing places, and in that way the dem
ocrats expect that Pennsylvania with
its large vote will be prevented from
taking its place in the Harrison line.
Harrity and his friends deny the ras-
eally business that Pomeroy charges
them with.
BAYPoRT, Mich, Oct. 3. = A fist
fight occurred in the Lutheran
church yesterday from which many
of the pious pillars of the church
emerged with black eyes and bleed
ing noses. A daughter of William
Steinitz the leader of one faction, was
deposed as organist. At meeting
to choose her successor, Steinitz for
got the Scriptural injunction and
smote Herman Grosback of the op-
position, with an ungodly clenched
hand. The whole congregation were
soon embroiled.
A Lockes Mills, Miffiin county
farmer writing to the Lewistown
Free Press says: Considerable an
noYance is experien ced by the farm
ers around here in the matter of
trespassing. Outside parties appear
to select the most convenient nut
trees on the farms and leave no share
for the owner although the nuts be-
long to him by every right of DOS
session. What would be thought of
it. If any one who chose would walk
into your garden and take any vege-
tables he desired? Yet, where's the
difference?
Bloomfield Advocate: On Monday
evening Austin Letter, eldest SON of
Christian Letter, of this place, came
near receiving a fatal kick. The ac-
cident occurred in the following man.
ner: He had harnesse9 mule in the
barn yard of Charles n. McKeehan,
just north of town, and the mule af-
ter going to the water trough at
tempted to roll. The boy tried to
hurry the animal into the stable,
when it quickly wheeled and kicking
past an upright post struck him a
frIghtful blow on the right side of
the nose, cutting cash extending
from the eyebrow to the middle of
the nose, and breaking the left side
of the nasal bone, which cut a hole
in the left eyebrow. The piece OF
bono an inch in length had to be re
moved, as it was completely detach
ed. The boy lost q great quantity
Of blood. y The property known
as the William Shermansdale farm, ad-
vertisad for sale by the surviving part
ners of the late firm of George S.
Beetam & Co, Carlisle was sold on
Saturday to Lizzie s. Beetem, of Car
Isle, for $4,000. She also purchas-
ed the woodland for $50.
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