Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-10-02

Albert Groninger has been MINING
Tor coal along Tuscarora creek about
two miles west Of Port Royal. The
Iaaterlal he gets out Of the mine look
like coal. ~
Last Friday DR.. Atkinson donated
crate of peaches to each of the fol.
lowing ministers: Rev. II. @. Hollo.
way. Rev. J. H. Mortimer, aud Rev.
J. D. Shortess.
James Mathers, son of Rev. Joseph
'Mathers, D. D., is lying seriously ill
with Typhoid fever at the home of
his father at Bellwood, Blair county.
DIR. Crawford was despatched for on
Saturday to meet the resident ply.
sician in consultation over the case
On Sunday afternoon, September
22nd. the barn on the Jacob Baeshor
farm in Decatur township, Miflin
county, was destroyed by fire. The
origin OF the fire which started in a
wing of the barn, where some rye
was stored is not knowu. Insurance
on barn $1,000 and on contents $500
Last week George Heintzman, his
wife and six children, arrived in
Shamokin, Pa, from Nebraska, hav.
ing ridden all the way in a wagon.
They left Nebraska, because the
crops on their farm were not suf-
ficent to furnish them with living.
They came in wagon. because they
did not have money enough to pay
car fare. The distance they travelled
was two thousand miles. They were
three months and six days making
the journey.
Certain men in Huntingdon coun.
ty are exercised over fish baskets and
other contrivances in the river to
catch fish, and are calling upon Of
ficers of the law to catch the people
and punish them for thus fishing in
violation of an Act of Assembly.
But they are not 80 jealous in urging
suit rgairst people in Tyrone, who
have so polluted the water of the riv-
or, that fish cannst live in it a dis
tance of many miles below Tyrone.
Look both ways, neighbor, to the fish
question
1t is OF interest to farmers and all
who use road teams to know that by
a recent Act of Assembly, they are
entitled to a rebate on their road tax,
if they use only draft wagons with
tires not less than four inches wide
to haul loads of not less than 1000
pounds. The rebate for each year,
is one.fonrth of the assessed high
way tax. The purpose of the Act is
to induce those who haul heavy loads
to use broad tired wagon wheels, 80
that the roads may not be SO badly
cut up as with tho narrow tires.
On Monday evening, September
%, birthday party wa held at the
home of David Stouffer, of Cedar
Grove, in honor of their son Banks.
About forty persons had gathered
in the evening, bringing with them
some very handsome presents for
their hosts, Banks. During the even
ing refreshments were served, which
were Of very bountiful and palata-
BILE nature. The evening was spent
in plays and the latter part in dane
ing. All expressed themselves AZ
having had very pleasant and en-.
joyabie evening.
j. w. Stimmell, executor of Jesse
RICE, deceased, late of Spruce Hill
township, disposed of the following
real estate of said decedent last week.
The Patterson farm in Spruce Hill
township; 124 acres farm land and
so acres mountain land, to John Z.
Kelly, of Doyles Mills, for $4,000 ;
house and lot of ground in Spruce
Hill township, containing 4 acres, to
VIM. Rice, of same township, for
5000; tract Of 179 acres mountain
land to Charles Rippener, of Millers,
town, for S276; the farm occupied
by Jacob Rice, in Tuscarora town
ship, 176 acres, to Howard lines, for
$2,7O7.
At nine O'Clock Sunday night, Sep.
tember %, three masked men entered
the house of Michael Bechtel, in
Woodbury. township, Bedford county.
The family were seated in the parlor,
q daughter was playing sacred music
on the organ. One of the intruders
demanded that she play dancing mu
sic; this she could not do. The men
then drew revolvers, terrorized the
family and demanded money. Bechtel
gave them ten dollars, which did not
satisfy them. They ransacked the
house with deliberation, taking mon.
ey, gold and silver watches and other
valuable articles. There is no clue
to the identity of the robbers.
The Bloomfield Freeman is so high
ly pleased with the manner in which
the Harrisburg professional football
players managed to defeat the Milf.
fiintown team at the fair recently
held at Newport, that it exultantly
says: Our football cranks all agree
that the success of our eleven at the
Newport fair, was largely due to the
training given by the team, and gooG
playing of Harry Stees of Harrisburg
He came here and took practically
green team of players, and by hil
hard work and untiring energy sue
ceeded in winning the game. HI
practically Gowns the town" since tn
game is over, and can join any Sun
day School class he pleases. All oul
new boy babies will be named fol
him, until new star arises to eclips'
his glory.
Last Thursday, Jesse Wagner
hitched his handsome Kentucky
horse to a new buggy and drove +
Oberholtzer's peach orchard, mill
north wask of town and fhera tied khl