Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-04-10

ed the Washington government, two
United States warships have beer
sent to Turkey to look to the inter
est of American citizens in that
part of the world.
The Supreme court, 5 to 8 says The
} the income tax is unconstitutional
The democratic party seems ALWAYS
to farm unconstitutional measures.
Their leaders went off into an uncon.
stltutional rebellion, when they were
shouting constitution the loudest.
! Fifty-si1 dollars and fifty cents,
was the lowest price paid for hors.
at the Wilson sale of horses last Fri.
day In this town. The highest price
paid at the sale for horse was one
hundred and ten dollars. The av.
erage price for the carload of horses
was sighty-four dollars and nine
cents.
august Merkle, miller at Romig's g
mill, on Cedar creek, Lehigh county.
has nearly 40 ducks. They spend
most of their time on the dam and
prove themselves very useful by keep
ing the dam free from moss They
are also very profitable for Mr..
.Nerkle receives twenty five cents
per dozen for the eggs"
Passenger train No. 20, eastward
bound, ran into land slide, a short
distance east of Bailey's Station on
Monday forenoon, and so spread
itself over the tracks that travel and
transportation was delayed till long
after noon. The wreck clearing
crew from this place was called upon
to help clear the tracks.
Some one writing from Tyrone,
Perry county to the Bloomfield Free
man says:-The smash-up in New
port is felt considerably IN this neck
OF woods, as it has stopped the steam
saw-mills and thrown a great many
men and teams out of employment.
don't think there was as much cash
lost as in the Bloomfield Bank from
this part of the county. but it strikes
q different class. This comes on the
business men, who employ labor, so
that 1 think it will cause more suf-
fering than that did.
From the Philadelphia Times
1t seems strange that a wife expect
ing to die should take it for granted
that her husband should marry
again and name her successor and
yet it often happens. In a recent
case in fashionable circles tho dying
lady unfortunately spoke about the
matter to two friends, ole a widow
and one unmarried, and each one has
been claiming the widower as her
own ever since. He belongs to ms,"
one of them remarked. Jennie will.
ed him to me before she died"
YES said the other, s'but her dy-
ing wish was that I should take care
of him and try and make him hap
py.'
In a speech recently made by
Chauncey Depew, he said:
'It is known that of the Wall street
men who have made more than ST.
600, 900, not over ono in a thousand
has left anything at death
eff You live OF one of the streets
between Fifth and Sixth or Fifth
and Madison avenues in New York
for number of years, you will find
the houses along side and opposite
you, houses whose occupancy neces-
sitates an expenditure of from $685.
600 to $4,000 year, tenanted by
new people on an average every i've
years. The cid tenants or owners
lave failed and dissppeared-.hey
are men who have made fortunes and
have not had the sense to keep them
The Liverpool Sun relates the fol-
lowing:-A bold but Improbable at
tempt was made to rob the ticket Of
fee, at Marysville, last Friday after
noon. A we'll dressed man was seen
around town during the forenoon,
but moth ing suspicious was noticed
Shortly after dinner he was sitting
on truck in front of the depot, and
while train was passing he broke
into the ticket Office, tore off the
money drawer and not fuding any
money, ran out and jumped the train
which was passing. leaving behind
his key, which was piece of iron
about two feet long. Ticket Agent
Furtenbaugh had fortunately taken
all the money out of the drawer be.
fore leaving the office just a short
time before.
A young daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus Longabaugh, residing about
eight miles northeast of Huntingdon,
met death in O terrible manner on
Friday, April 4. The girl had been
boiling turnips On a small stove in
her playhouse. The stove was minus
a pipe, and the pot or can containing
the vegetables had been placed over
the stove-pipe hole. A strong fire
was in the little stove, and when the
little playhouse keeper was about to
remove the turnips her dress caught
fire. In q moment she was envelop-
ed in flames, and before assistance
arrived the entire front portion of her
body was so badly burned that the
skin and flesh dropped off in big
pieces with the fragments Of clothing.
The child lived only short time af-
ter the occurrence.
David Stouffer, Sr, died about 2
o'clock, at his home on Third street
in this town, on Thursday. April 4,
1895, aged S5 years. He had been
confined to his bed q number of
months with the infirmities of old
age, and while his departure was
sadly and sincerely regretted, it was
not unexpected, and would bavs been
agreeable to him long before the end
came. His spirit was submissive,
and awaited with O firm reliance