Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-04-24

j. h. Simons has placed . mic,
summer awning in front of his bust
ness place.
Ickesburg, Perry county peopl,
are talking about making their town
. borough.
j. R. Vsughen of Scyoc, Perry Go.
visited the county seat at this place
on Saturday.
Mrs. Keifer Lang returned from 9
protracted stay in Philadelphia. 9
few days ago.
The Sheriff's sale on Friday a,
tracted q good many people to tn.
Court House.
Rev. j. w. Memminger of Lansss
ter, Pa, spent Monday afternoon and
evening in town.
1t is said five thousand residents
OF Harrisburg, claim Perry county a.
their native place.
The German Baptists of Everett,
Bedford county, will build new
church building this summer.
Last week DIR. B. F. Ackley dug
up calder berry" roots aud sent
them by express to daughter living
in Washington State. Berries of
this kind are not known to grow in
the locality to which he sent.
The Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per. will be administered by Rev.
g. N. Read of MELVILLE, Cumberland
county in the Mexico United Presby-
terian church on Sabbath, May g.
Preparatory service on Saturday,
Maya
1t is proposed to build system of
dykes in the Susquehanna to over
come the destructiveness of foods,
which is pointer to people who are
starting home to make it on high
ground and not as fiat places along
streams.
E1 Sheriff Lapp and George Heck
will build q house on the river bridge
abutmert, and keep a restaurant
1t will be nice place to sit and sip
coffee, and partake Of ice cream and
take in the scenery up and down the
river from that point.
Rev. Mr.. Spangler Of Miffiin coun-
ty, came to this station on Sunday.
expecting to go up the Valley aud
attend the funeral of John P. Nc
Williams, but by Misunderstanding
of the time set for the funeral, he ar
rived at this station too late to get
there.
A Mifflin county jury last week
found verdict against the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company in favor OF
merchant Goodhart of Lewistown,
for injury to his person while in a
passenger car that was run into by
a following train near Van Dyke
Station.
The Newport News Of the 18th
inst, ssys:-Whi!e two Juniata Co
gentlemen were driving along the
river road at this place on Monday
afternoon, wheel of their buggy
br1ke, throwing the whole outfit in
tae river, 25 feet below. The men
were slightly hurt. but the horse es
capped injury. it seems. The buggy
was badly damaged and was let in
the river.
Some one writing upon the subjec.
of industrial schools, says the estab
lishment of Industrial Schools by the
State is not right. The State should
assume to do nothing except to pro
tect the citizen in the exercise Of his
rights. When the State opens the
door to every opportunity in life, il
is doing all it should do. When q
State assumes to do more it leaves
the domain OF the freeman and steps
into the territory of stronger gov
ernment.
The trout fisher comes in with ar
assortment of fish stories these days,
and gets off one that tells how the
streams had been fished before law
full fishing days we're ushered in, and
some of the fishers are not backward
about charging it on Fayette town
ship people that they ished on Sun
day. They can't name the people,
who violate the Sabbath day in that
way, but they say cats in McAlister
vile on a certain Monday were go
ing about with trout heads in theil
mouths.
A large percentage Of the people
of .Hexico, this county, were called
to Bloomfield, Perry county last
week as witnessee in the Willard
case against the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company for damages for th'
loss of life by Rev. Mr.. Willard anc
grandson who were killed while
walking on the railroad near Mexico
station. The jury found betweer
eleven and twelve hundred dollar
for the killing of the grand-fathe
and between thirteen and fourteen
hundred dollars for the grandson.
The Newport Ledger of April Is
mentions Miflintown people in New
port as fellows: Captain G. McClel
Ian AND editor w. J. Jackman o
Mifflin, stopped off between train
last ,-ening, on their way hom'
from Harrisburg. Mis-
Nellie Musser, of Mif1intown, spen
a few days in Newport the latter par
of last week, with her aunt Mrs
John Yohn. She attended The Swat
Musser wedding. Mr.
L. E. Atkinson, of Mifflin, Miss Mag
gle Crauer of Patterson, Miss Kat
.Mathers. Port Royal. Mrs. Theodor
Thompson, Thompsontown, Mrs. A
E. Myers and Mr.. Samuel Sprout
McAlisteryille. were here on Goo