Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-01-20

you've been counting six years,
you say, and proposed to her last
night. Did she accept you7"
"She has taken till tonight to
think about it."
"What did she say when you ask
ed her -
"She said, "This is go sudden!'"
Frederick Douglass recently Sc
cured a place as clerk in the Agri-
cultural Department for the daughter
of his old master in the days of
slavery. The lady was brought up
in extreme luxury, but has for ten
years experienced great privations,
ard when the case was presented to
Secretary Rusk he appreciated its
pathetic aspect.
The river bridge at New Port is said
to be unsafe and they are talking of
having viewers appointed with the
object of condemning the structure,
which will entail another great cost
on Perry county. So many river
bridges in the county has become a
burden and it will not be many years
till the people will not bear the in
Fiction but dispose Of the bridges to
parties who will keep them up as
toll bridges as in years gone by.
Bloomfield .4dpocate of last week
says:-Whils walking near his resi-
dence, in this place, Monday of last
week, Rev. r. II. Stine was surprised
to receive an abrupt knock on his
hat. Upon examination he found
that bullet from Fiobert rifle
had passed through his hat near his
forehead. Serious if not fatal in njur
les might have been received. There
is too much promiscuous shooting
going on in town at present.
Herbert Spencer, the horse thief,
was sentenced by Judge Metzger to
four years and six months imprison-
ment in the Eastern penitentiary, at
Williamsport. He handed to the
judge written request that SEN
tencs be deferred until he could lay
his case before the British minister
at Washington, claiming that he was
a subject of the Queen. Judge Metz
ger refused the request. Two depu-
ty sheriffs loft for Philadelphia with
the prisoner at once. During his
incarceration Spencer has made four
attempts at suicide.
Harriet E. Hall Of Waynetown,
Ind, says: II 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
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 a few bottles cur
ed me entirely. 1 believe it is the
best medicine in the world, / can
not recommend it to highly" Trial
bottles, 154. Sold by L. Banks &
Co. May 14-1v.
The .Nsw Port Prsss Of last week
says:-On Friday evening Mr..
Charles Fisher, Of Juniata county,
conveyed Miss Lila Kell and Miss
Sallie Smith, residents of Liberty
Valley, in his buggy, from their
homes to a meeting of the Christian
Endsavor Society at Saville. He
first took MISS Smith homo again,
after the meeting, and then returned
for Miss Kell Enroute to her home
bis horse ran upon the bank at the
side of the road, throwing the oung
lady out. The wheels passed over
her body, but she was hurt but
slightly. Having resumed her seat
in the buggy she was taken home in
safety.
Perry FTeeaan:-Ths repairs to
the Juniata river bridge at Millsrs-
town are about completed, and 1t is
stated that they cost about 81, 900. "
- Several marriages of citizens of
the county were solemnized outside
of the county, generally in New Jer-
sey. . David II. Shope, a Har-
risburg carpenter, met an instant
death on Friday at Cove station in
this county. Mr. Shops was work
ing with gang of carpenters in the
construction of a mammoth leo bouse
at Cove station for j. S. Sible, of
Harrisburg. Shortly after l o'clock
while saving a piece of timber on
an incline thirty feet high N. Shope
fell headforemost to the ground and
was killed instantly. The crown Of
his head was split and both legs and
his right arm broken. He was 43
years old. A wife and one child
survive