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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
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was at once organized to 90 out ana
br. .ng in the remains of the mur-
dertd man, and it was led TO the
spot 10y the survivor. The hO3- WIS
found to be horribly mutilated, and
it had been stripped of every per
ticle of raiment The companion OF
the murdered man vowed that he
would have revenge upon the whole
tribe OF indians for the foul deed
which one OF the members had COM
mitteu, and he kept his VOW
ale returned TO St Louis, and
when he arrived in that city he
learned that the hospital there con-
tained a number of cases OF smallpox
lie made the acquaintance Of one OF
the attendants of the hospital, and
induced the latter to sell him num-
Der of blankets which had been used
IL cover the smallpox patients lie
then boxed these blankets up secure
" and shipped them 10 Council
Grove. He went out and personally
distributed the infected blankets
among the Indians gratis, and re-
ceived much praise from the Indians
and people generally for his phian-
thIophy. When the necessary time
had elapsed after receiving the
blankets there was a general out
break of smallpox among the lu1i-
ans The disease spread rapidly and
they died by the score. As sool as
an Indian would feel the fever which
attends the disease coming on he
would make bee-line for the Nco-
shO River, into which lie would
plunge. He would die in a short
time after getting out of the water"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
Why IcelanderS Emigrat,.

The interior OF Iceland is a bowling
waste OF sand aud ice, traversed by
dar.ing glacial rivers, and utterly in
capable of supporting more than fe =
scattered inhabitants. Grass is the onl ).
considerable crop. The hills and Ia /.
valleys arc treeless aud afford at best bls
scanty pasturage for horses, cows al
sheep. Roads and bridges scarcely ex-
lst. The backs of horses are the only
means of transportation across country.
Small boats carry travellers over
dangerous rivers, while the horses swim
on ahead. Hardly anything that minis.
ters to comfort, to say nothing of luxury,
is produced in Iceland. Every nail il al
Iceland house, every pane of glass, every
bit of wooden flooring, every insignIti,
cant bit OF furniture, has to be trans
ported laboriousiy from one of the seI.
ports to its destination.
That the 20, 900 inhabitants Of Iceland
arc poor goes wIthou: saying. There is
little or no home market, for every Ice
lander has the same products to sell as
his naiyhbor. Money circulation is small
and the farmer bartsrs a certain number
Of horses or sheep or rolls of dried fsl
or bales of hay for supply of grocerIe'
and other nccessaries of life.-New YORK
Advertiser.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23

\. Y, were POISONED by eating viii
parsnip. Two, aged IL and 8, died.
A reporter Of the New York Sun
showed the dispatch to FrOf. n. L.
BrittOn, of the department of botany,
Columbia College, a man who knows
the family history of every growing
plant and converses fluently in the
language of flowers. He said:
There have been authorities who
held that wild parsnips were mildly
poisonous, but the latest writers say
that no i'll effects follow eating them.
The cultivated parSnip is called
pastinaca saliva in scientific nomen-
clature, and the wild parSnip that
grows in the field is in this country
the cultivated parSnip run wild, and
bears the same name. Wild parSnips
are not indigenous to this country
The plant that sometimes poi ons
men an | cattle, and that is errone-
ously called wild parsnip, is the water
hemlOck or cOwhane. or, to give 1t its
Latin name, cicuta maculata. A close
comparison of the two plants shows
that nobody need mistake one for the
other If he is careful, although a
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
WAITING, ONLY WAITING.

They had been married but one short
week. and were down by the sea.
For two days he had been wandering
about aimlessly as one In a dream.
The shadow had fallen upon him, an1
its chill had touched the gentle heart of
the fair, sweet bride.
She had watched him, oh, so anxious
ly, and had known no peace since the
clammy touch of the shadow had fallen
upon them both.
This morning he had gono out to
lonely place on the rocks overlooking the
wide expanse of the silent sea.
The cruel green waves came beating in
upon the cold, gray rocks, and they
seemed to be sounding his requiem.
Far off on the rolling waves a sail
broke the horizon line, and his listless
eyes followed it In its course.
Here she found him wrapped in his
revery. She spoke to him, but he heed
ed her not.
His eyes were turned seaward as if
they would pierce the vail of distance
aud carry him on their wings to the IN
seen shore beyond.
She touched him and he started up,
bewildered at the awakening.
"Oh, Harold" she moaned, "tell me
what is the matter. We were so happy,
aud you know we were going to Europe
on our bridal tour"
"Yes, yes," he murmured.
"And arc we going, Harold, darlingl'
she whispered.
His hand struck down upon his pock.
cts Historically, and once more he looked
out upon the calm sea.
"Yes, darling, yes" he answered,
taking her to his breast, ''just as soon
as 1t gets dry enough for US to walk"
A limp and listless form hung in his
arms-his bonnie bride had fainted.-
Detroit Free Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23

child would be very apt to make such
a mistake. The pastinaca has yellow
flowers, the CiCuta white. The fruit
OF the pastinaca is larger and ilatter
than tnat Of the cicuta. The fruit
of 10th plants is small pod contain
ing two SCI DIS and these pods hang in
heavy clusters.
The accompanying drawings are
made by Prof. Britton, and show at
a glance the ditTeren. between the
two plants. He says that the fatal
hemlock that Socrates drank by
order OF the court at Athens was dis
titled from Il plant very nearly re-
lated to the cicuta maCulata
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
A TERRIBLE REVENGE.
smalipox-Infected Blankets Destroyed
scores of Indians.

San Antonia (TeX) correspondent
in the Globe Democrat: John Fer
riS, the veteran stage driver, who in
the early sos drove the stage on the
overland route between Independ-
ence, Mo, and Santa Fe, was reIat-
ing some OF his interesting exper-
fences to group of friends the
other day when he told a story, the
circumstances of which will be re-
called by many of the pioneer citi-
Lens of ST. Louis and the Western
country.
The smallpox outbreak among
the COmanche Indians in the year of
1885," 81 d he, 'caused a stir
thrOugout the Western country. l
carried the first news of that devas-
tating plague to the outside world.
was making one of my regular trips
from Santa Fe to Independence,
when l stopped at a small trading
post situated on the Neosho River
There was great excitement among
the few white settlers at the post,
and when l inquired the cause of the
commotiOn | was told that smallpox
had been raging for several weeks
among the Indians who thickly pop
Mated that section. l was taken to
the place where the dead redskins
n d been buried, and there were
hundreds of newly formed mounds,
each of which represented a victim
Of the scourge.
Smallpox had up to that time
been an unknown disease among
these Indians, and the outbreak was
the result of one of the most terrible
schemes OF revenge l have ever seen
recorded. In the spring Of 1885 two
FOung men Of wealthy families, whose
names l have now forgotten, went
out from st. Louis to the plains fol
The purpose OF spending few
months, the object of the trip being
for the benefit of one of the young
mems health. They reached Council
Grove safely and decided to remain
there a short time. They decided
20 get taste of the sport OF hunting
buffalo, which at that time came
within twenty or thirty miles of
Council Grove in large numbers Ac-
.ordingly they left Council Grove one
morning early on two weeks hunt.
They were mounted on good horses,
which soon attracted the covetous
eyes OF struggling bands of Indians
whom they met. On the third day
after the young men left Council
irOVe they came upon a large herd
Of buffalo, and they had an exciting
chase. The invalid young man
killed one of the animals and had
Iismount d to view his prize when a
big, strapping Indian rode out of a
clump OF cottonwood trees, and with
ouU warning shot the white man
DOWN and then proceeded to take his
scalp. The companion of the MUIR
1ered man witnessed the horrible |
crime and thinking that a similar
fate awaited him if he tarried in
that section, put spurs to his horse
and headed in the direction OF Coun-
: Grove. He was closely pursued
by the blood-thirsty Indian, who had
his mount for that of the
man he had just killed. After a
hard and long ride the white man
and reached Council iGrove
n an exhausted condition. A party
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
TerrOrs of the Awful Pause,

We usually talk about the weather
when there isn't anything else to talk
about. This fact may tend to rob the
subject of its Importance, yet it should
not. In fact it ought to be greatly in
its favor, as it is ever ready and efficient
in breaking the ''awful pause" Have
you ever been overtaken by the awful
pausel Fortunate, indeed, if you have
not, and entitled to heartiest sympathy
il you have. 1t is truly awful, especially
If courtesy demands that you should
break it. 1t settles upon the best rugu-
lated companies like nightmare, and
seems, to paralyze the tongue and put
thought to flight. No one can think OF
anything to say, or fears to attempt to
say it. y Then,i ever, fool is welcome,
because he doesn't think before he
sueaks. Commercial Gazette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23

noisslessly about as # she were tending
the sick. Is there a nervous, vital force
which those who are Ill draw from those
who care for themi 1t seems so in Aunt
Mary's case. She may yet recover. My
friend the doctor has seen her and gives
hope; but it will take time.
The door suddenly opens.
"My starsl what picture" says a
vo.ce in dismay. This was the picture
Ciairs and tables were moved into the
middle of the room. Flies and dust di.
vided the airy spaces between them. The
former, joyously swarming and buzzjng,
showed absolute delight over such an
unprecedented invitation as this-to
Aunt Kitty's best room. The what-not
was partly dismantled. Peacock feathers
and dried grasses lay on the flocr among
a dozen or two daguerreotypes. I, Miss
Brown, sat in the midst, while my broom
lay on the centre table, dangerously near
the student lamp. TIE Gust-pan repose
upon the mauselpiece between Aunt
Kitty's Royal Worcester vases. No won
der my aunt was in a state OF mind He!
words came in little gasps:
"Child aIivel Did l ever Sec since
was bornl was an idiot-yes, 1 was
to think you could sweep room.
You are all right to tell tho name of a
flower or butterfly, but if you are fit
for single thing about house, Grace
Brown, / haven't found it outl'
1 heard smothered laugh in the hall,
and looking up from my confusion, saw
oh, heavens add elrtll the doctors
eyes twinkling with amusement, while
his face was red with suppressed mir.n.
"My horse AL buggy are here, at
your service, Miss Brown" (Why
iidn't 1 hear him drive upO ar am
going after some pitcaer- plant aud sun
dew, and you nay like to gather soma
specimens. Since the pitcher. plant
grows in a swamp, you might put on
your rubbarJ. Otherwise your present
costume is appropriate. as well as charm.
ing"
After the ride:
TIE doctor, that Is, Henry, says I
must assume the direction OF his house.
hold affairs. he will be perfectly dis.
consulate if don't. BE wants me to be
married with lots OF white, soft stuff
about my head--I will puckes up the
veil little. just to hunor him--with
rosebuds everywhere on my dress. He
said that the picture of that half-swept
room, the flies, the dust, myself q poor
little, beautiful culprit seated on the floor
with things all about me, my irate aunt,
and the broom, was one in which lights
and shades were exquisitely blended, and
one that he can never forget.
1t was a good long ride, AMI we did
not once think of the pitcher-plsnt; but
it was very sweet to be thought 50 much
Of by such a splendid fellow as my
Henry. And as l an to live hero all the
time, can get specimens any day.
Meanwhile, will humbly petition Aunt
Kitty to give me lessons in houseSeep-
ing.-Romance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
TO HIM WHO wAITA

10 him who waits" the wise osl sayfne
runs;
Grooming it Ger while winged snow-shaft,
dart
Athwart tae gloomy light Of shroudei suns,
With what thrii. it WHITES my heart
Gear as a zither laughs the brook set free
Soft as lutte hear the robin sing;
Upon my ear bursts all the melody
That leaps from out the lyric lips of Spring.
.-Clintou Scollar', in Youths Companion
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
MISERY LOVES COMPANY.

A good old undertaken named Logan
does business up In St. Helena. Meet
ing DR.. Dawson Of the village one day,
be mechanically inquired cbout the pub
lie health.
at is remarkably good" replied the
physician, with something of the pride
Of creator; "there is really no sickness
in the town"
81 hear the same complaint from Saa
Francisco" said the good undertaken,
with sigh.-San Francisco Examiner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
A TALE OF A BROOM.

U N T RI I I 7
stood, with the
broomi in her hand,
at the parlor door.
A fit of Eener-
Gus activity seized
me.
80, Aunt Kitty,
do let me sweep.
You don't know
how beautifully ]
can fix up'a room.
B e sid es, | a N
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23
gILU PARSNIPS AND cowsANE.

& Was the Latter, the HemlocI< o. s>cra es,
That Poisoned the Kelly Children.
A press dispatch recently stated
hat the four children OF John Kelly,
)f Fayetteville. Onondaga County,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

The conflicting statements as to tho
price OF icc tho coming season naturally
wero road with great deal Of interest
by tho consumers. Tho prices Of ar!i-
clos Of household consumption always
intarest those who have to buy them,
and this year this Is for good cause par
ticularly so, for almost everybody fools
tho necessity Of making every dollar 60
as far as possible. An IHrrLLlGEScER
reporter Inst night aelcd Mr.. G. ".
Conner, OF the Wheeling leo and stor.
age Company what was tho real fact as
to tho price tho company proposes to
charge the coming summer Said Mr..
Conner:
Tho lErELMGESCER was right about
that. We have fixed the price OF leo ut
the factory at 50 u ton through the four
hottest months, Juno, July, August and
September. For tho other eight months
Of the year it il to DO 81 ton. Lust
year We sold it at s. ton. Lake leo
then sold ut 10 cents ton at tho lake.
bought some lake ice us low rs Sl.75
laid down hOrc. This yoar lake ice is
worth s. Il ton at tho lake, and all there
is is what WAS carried over from lust
year. Tho freight hero il Sl.i0 ton.
Take the shriukuge and the cxtrn hand
ling and our rate is cheaper than TINT.
We have sold some At ST. atom TO per-
sons who pack 1t. Tomorrow wo ship
sixty tons by barge to Sardia."
Mr.. Conner showed number OF let
tors from largo ice dealers on tho lakes,
all OF whom say tho supply Is short.
Wisconsin ice is offered in fifty carload
lots, laid down Mt Bridgeport, at $i.75 q
ton, 30 that the 81 rate here is much
| cheaper. AnyGxperlenCedd dealer, no says,
would rather pay 81 ton more at tho
factory than pack and handle and stand
the shrinkaSe. Tho retail dealers will
this year charge IS cents 4 hundred to
the largest consumers, and 60 cents Ia
families who get but few pounds a
day. which does not sound like very
large price.
As to this combine of the Wheeling
and Arctic companies, Mr.. Conner Gays
it is simply temporary and contingent
agreement. After looking the situation
over the parties concerned were satisfied
there wat not ut that time an opening
for two large plants to run probably.
The Arctic company had already put in
its cold storage plant in tho old Butter
field malt house, and the Wheeling
company is filling that place with ice
for the other company. II at any time
thero seems TO be demand for another
ice manufacturing plant, tho Arctic
company will put it in.
Mr.. Conner claims the Wheeling ice,
being made from pure well water,
double distilled at that, is better ar
ticle and worth more money than other
ice, and being frozen harder and deliv-
cred fresh from the factory, with iull
weight. it is really economy for any
dealer to handle it.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29
~ BIS { DR.

And the whole world ejoces- is born, and Nature
drawing over the earth her vevety carpet OF green ne
silver streams have burst their icy sheckleS and joined their
merry ripple in the glad chorus Of the birds.
Fashion has set the styles of the departed season on
the shelves Of memory bringing in their stead the lighter
brighter newer comeler conces to welcome back the days
of sunshine and where should you look to find them but
HERE? Such satisfaction as you we'll know this season
has no precedent Twas us who brought the Ready
Made Clothes up to that level of superior excellence that
overshadows the tong of the merchant tailor We're per-
ssent podders-progresso sole successors to our own
past successes. Our made Clothes have long been on par
with the best that could be made At last they are better
EXCELSIOR better because the Styles are the Latest the
Variety three times the Greatest because the Fabrics are
the Finest the Trimmings the Richest, the Fit the ruest
the Prices the Lowest Certainly the crown of excellence
rests largely on our head
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

Clerk Hook yesterday admitted to
rdtransiers OF real estate as follows:
March 81 by Charles Becker and wife
to Frederick Becker ior $40, the interest
OF tho party OF the fret part in certain
property on Bromer'a run.
August II. 1852, by John Supler and
wife 10 John c. Frazier, for $500, the
east half OF lot in Triadelphia.
August I, 1893, by William ". Hutch
eson and wife to George q. Criss, for
$3.50, a piece OF ground on the Wheel
ing, West Liberty & Bethany pike.
March IS by tho Wheeling Lime and
Cement companyto Charlca r Costing,
for $4,000, the plant and real estate OF
the company named, in the S. B. Cald-
well addition, on Twenty.uinth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

Capt. j. II. Pine, the ex.convict
whose intention to lecture ON his case
and on prison life at Moundsvile and
here has already been mentioned in the
lNrELLIGESCER, was in the city US!
night. EIo will give his fret lecture in
tho opera house at Moundsvillc next
Wednesday evening, April 1, and will
speak here later. Great interest is nj
ready manifested in his promised ex-
pose by the people Of Moundsville.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

Last Sunday the dwelling house Of
Isaac Sheppard, in Union district, Mar
shall county, caught fire while the fam
lily WINS away ut church. Had they not
been returning when they were it would
have been entirely consumed. They
succeeded in saving it with only slight
damage. The insurance had expired
shortly before.
On the Same evening, B. F. PcIcy's
house, in Washington district, in the
same county. was burned entirely; no
insurance. Only fow articles which
were down stairs were saved.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

This is to certify that on March 81,
1894, made an examination OF Thomas
Montgomery's herd of dairy COWS, in
Ohio county, W. Va. 1 found said COWS
in the best OF health, and nre giving
rich and wholesome milk. His cows are
fed on the best OF feed and are housed
in clean, warm stable with good light
and ventilation.
l also visited Milton Montsomery's
herd OF cows and found said cows in tho
best OF health and are having good care
and the best OF feed; also housed in q
clean and comfortable stable.
II. F. HEATH, v. S.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

Yesterdays Pittsburgh Dispatch says:
CIaud Npert, OF Bank and Thirty
seventh streets, was arrested yesterday
evening, placed in the Seventeenth
ward police station and altsrwnrd re-
leased for hearing to-day on a charge
OF larceny. Frank Albinger, OF Wheel.
ing, charges young Lipert with stealing
4 SlG0 diamond from him while he
(Lipert) was showing him the sights OF
Pittsburgh on Sunday night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29
on TO Bi:NWOOD.
The Mock Legislatures Meeting To-mor,
row Evcn!ng.

Ihe MOCK Legislatures 9leetinS To-mor-
row Evening.
The meeting OF the Republican mock
legislature which is to DO held in Ben
wood tomorrow evening bids fair to
even eclipae the one recently held in
Elm Grove. The BenwoOd people are
in the throes OF n hot political contest
for the control OF the municipality, and
for this reason alone the meeting will
attract great audience. The com.
mittee in charge Of tho session, Messrs.
W. J. W. Cowdcn and \. r. Campbell,
will have prepared an attractive pro-
gramme when the speaker calls the
meeting to order. 1t is expected that
the leading oratoricai lights OF the body
will be on hand, and that the discussion
of the questions OF the day will be fast
and furious.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

Last evening at the St. Luke's P. E.
church rectory, on tho Island, Mr..
Joseph Pollock. aon Of Hon. Augustus
Pollock, was united in marriage with
Miss Clara LiGGett, beautiful and nc.
complishcd young lady Of Canton, Ohio.
Rev. Jacob Birmingham performed the
ceremony, which was quiet, and was
witnessed only by few OF the intimate
friends OF the contracting parties. The
newly married couple will reside in
Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

Last evening the board OF directors OF
the Wheeling Bowling Association, the
corporation which will conduct tho
bowling alleys at the Musee building on
Market street, held meeting ut which
considerable business was transacted.
\ full equipment Of balls, pins. etc,
were ordered purchased, and will be
here in time for tho opening, which will
probably take place on the evening Of
April Sd. Work on the alleys is pro-
crossing rapidly. y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29
NEW GOODS, POPULAR PRICES,

We cordially invite you to onll md In.
Spcct our large aud handsome assortment
OF Foreign and Domestic WOolcns, em-
brnGlng all tho standard mnknS ami ncw-
est Spring Novelties for lSDi.
Tho stylish appearance aud superior
finish OF our garments speak FOR them.
selves.
a full limo OF Gents Fashionable Fur
nlShingS, including our popular 25c Half
Hose, constantly on hnnd.
G. HESS 81 SONS,
Fashionable Tailurs mud Gents Furnish
Crs, 1891 and 1898 Market Street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-29

Clerk Hook yesterday issued mar
ringe licenses to tho following named
parties:
Robert McConnaughy, aged 81, and
Florence A. Vennenan, aged %, both
Of Ohio county.
William L. IIolfenbine. aged %, and
Clara Bowman, aged 20, both OF Ohio
county.
Lemucl Rockwell, aged %, and Laura
Stuart, aged %, both OF Pittsburgh.