Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-03-20

lis proposed to absndon the ca
nsl in the Valley of the Susque
hanna.
Miss Mary North is visiting he,
uncle Caleb North, in Washington
d. G.
The public sales on the far ms hay,
been well attended, and prices abou,
ss well as expected.
]. L. Lumbard Of the Selinserov.
Tribune, spent an afternoon in town
last week, on business.
The Centennial of Huntingdon
Presbytery is to be held at Hunting
don on the 9th Of April.
George Picere Of Shamokin, Pa.
Won bet of $50 that he could drink
a quart of whisky, but he died.
1t is estimated from present re-
turns, that the income tax Of Chicago
will be less than \ million dollars.
There is bill in the Texas Lesis
ture, that proposes to tax bachelors
nnder 30 years at the rate of $50
\ year.
There were hard times among
chickens in Tyrone last week. The
Methodist Conference was held in
tina. town.
Two hundred thousand shoe max.
ers, are on n strike in London. They
oppose the introduction of American
machinery.
Rssd in another column Of the a6-
vantages to be secured BY attending
the Bloomsburg Literary Institute
and State Normal School
The Altoona Daily Tribune has
been enlarged and put into the form
OF An 8 page paper, and other ways
made uncommonly attractive.
John Cleck, aged 81 years, died At
Lis homo near Van Vert, Walker
township at P. a. on the 14th inst.
1nterment in this Lost Creek Valley
Mennonite cemetery on Saturday,
March 16
l1rs. Anna II. Hammer, State Pes
idsnt of the W. G. T. U. Association,
lectured to 4 large audience of ladies'
in the Court House on Thurs Law
evening. Subject: "Ths Saloon
against the home. There were few
men present.
A dead German carp was taken
from the river bank near this place
on Tuesday. 1t is supposed the fish
was Si!led by TIE ice and washed
ashore. 1t possibly escaped from a
fish pond in the June flood of 1899.
Weight 14I pounds.
The men who advertise arc the
most successful business msn, and
the boys and girls who spend their
evenings reading newspapers and
good books, become the Intelligent
and l-adins poople in the localities
in which they live. I, counts every
time.
Justice Henry w. Williams SAYS:
That usder the common Law there is
no such thing ss lega! property in a
dog, but that the owner of premises
whsrs dog is habitually kept with
tha knowledge and consent Of the
owner Ia responsible for the mis-do.
ings of the dog.
By rule of Conference, Rev. John
H. Mortimer succeeds Rev. NJ L.
Drum at Miff1intown; Rev John X.
Lloyd is his oxn successor at Port
Royal; Rev. Henry Treverton sue
ceeds himself at Thompsontown;
Rev A. s Fnsick, Curtin Heights;
Rev. NJ. L. Drum goes to Shippens.
burg.
An exchange says: .Mr. Charles
Esterly, = single young man aged 26
years, resident with his parents in
Leuark, is an expert with the needle,
and amused himself with making
fancy patchwork quilts, he now be-
ing OF his sixth quilt. Ons quilt
contains 4, $50 patches That young
man onght to have no trouble in get.
ting married. He ought te marry a
femsle rsformer, an equa! rights
womsn, a damsel who demands from
that monster aud tyrant-nar-tae
right to- vote While she was re-
forming the world, .Nr. Esterly could
support the family making quilts
The American steamship, Allisnca,
vas fred upon and ordered to stop
and be examined by Spanish ship
OF war, but Captain Cros.uaa order
ed the Alliances to press on all steam,
aud by SO doing get away from the
meddlesome Spaniard. The chase
was given up after 25 miles run.
Considerable indignation is express
cd by some people in Naval circles
at the Spanish ship of war. The
Captain Of the Alliance says his ship
was more than 3 miles off the island
Of Cubs. and tho Spaniard had no
right to attempt to stop hin for
search. There is . arebellio in Cuba,
and it is probably that which caused
the Spanish ship to attempt to over
haul the American steamer, under
the belief that she was vessel Civ
ing aid and comfort to the rob.ls.
But with all thai, it seems that the
Spapisrd was to hasty in his demand
and firing upon the American ship.
A CARD.