Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-22


with ''stroke" was in town las,
Thursday.
Farmers in Brady township, Milf
fin county, have been quite success
full in burning lime with wood, in
stead of coal.
Reading. Pa, Nav 14.-Venerable
Peter Texter, aged 86. to-day tool
out license in this city to wed Mary
Gaul, also of this city, q recently di
vorced womah of 76.
Secretary Carlisle in behalf of the
Cleveland administration opened the
campaign for the gold bug wing Of
the Democratic party at Covington,
Ky, few evenings ago.
Simon Fesleman of Greenwood
township, was lodged in Jail on Tues
day night. charged by man named
Watts of Fayette township with hav
ing stolen corn planter.
Mrs John Thompson, died in Har
risburg on Tuesday of La Grippe.
Her fun eral will take place from the
Patterson House on Thursday. In
terment in Union Cemetery at Mif.
fiintown.
The assessors in the county are at
work taking list Of the male inhabi.
tants. list of births and deaths, and
grubbing around for list OF the saw.
ed earnings of the people at interest
upon which to lay a tax.
Joseph Kenagy, who about 19
wears ago, sold his farm near Port
Royal. this county, to Benjamin
Groninger. and moved to Ohio, was
found burned to death on a clearing
on his farm in Bureau Co., Ohio.
DIR. Willard was hastily called last
Thursday to Mexico, to attend Mr..
Charles Thompson, who was stricken
unconscious with rush of blood,
while in his warehouse. At last &C
courts Mr.. Thompson vas getting
better as rapidly as could be expected.
Next Sabbath will be Rev. John r.
Henderson's last Sabbath as pastor OF
the Westminster Presbyterian church
in this place. Mr.. Henderson is an
able preacher. It will be n any days
before the congregation gets as sin.
cere Christian gentleman to serve
them.
W. w. Fuller Of Mount Union will
be present at the dedication of the
Wilson monument in Church Hill
cemetery on Memorial Day, and there
read poem of his own production.
In another column read a poem, "At
Nicarauguss shores from the pen of
Mr.. Fuller.
The 9th Senatorial District as pro.
posed in the Legislature is to be com.
posed of the counties of Union, Sny-
der, Mifain, Juniata aud Perry. The
18th Congressional district as propos
ed is Juniata, Miffiin, Union, Centre,
Ssyder. Northumberland and Mon
tour. The Senatorial Dis 'rict is nat
uralv Republican, and the Congress.
sional District is naturally Demo.
cratic.
A seven year old daughter of VIM.
Haines Of Soruce Hill, was kicke by
a horse on Monday. Her cheek bone
was crushed and one eye knocked
out DIR Shelly gave surgical atten.
tion to the little unfortunate sufferer.
Within the past few years another
daughter of Mr.. Haines was severely
hurt by kick from a horse, and
within that time, sou was killed by
a kick from horse.
Mr. Kauffmln, Belleville, Miffiin
county matchmaker, whose place was
entered last March and his safe tax
en- out into a field and blown open,
and robbed OF number of watches,
was in town on Monday, aud savs
that the watch case that the Hertz.
Ter store robbers had was taken from
his safe. He has the number of the
watch on a bill of purchase with
which to identify the watch case.
The effect of the expansive power
of the sun on railroad track rails is
made clear by the following from the
Lewistown Gazette of last week A
very peculiar thing happened on the
P. r. r., near the station of Long
fellow, last Sunday. The great heat
of the sun caused the rails to
expand, and at that place the showing
of the rails became so great that the
spikes were drawn and the track bent.
Limited Express was nearly wrecked
by the sharp curves, and q number of
dishes in the dining car broken
A despatch from Newton Hamilton
where joyous camp meeting is held
every August, says, there has been
considerable excitement of late at
Newton Hamilton concerning the
gold discoveries there. The latest
obtainable is to the af.
feet that ASSAYS have been made OF
the rock with the following results:
Assay, by W. Nj. Bradshaw. sample
one, worth 1890 per ton; sample
two, SIG. 10 per ton. Assay, by w.
Burlew, sample one, worth Sl2 gold,
81 35 silver pertop; sample two, sls
per ton.
A stranger who claimed to be q
relative of Evans, one of the Hertzler
store robbers in Jail came to town
last week, looked up an attorney,
went to the Jail and in the presence
of Sheriff Calhoun had an interview
with Evans. At first the men did
not seem to know each other, but be-
fore the interview was over they
seemed to understand each other, il
the Sheriff and the Attorney did not.
The thing that was plainest to the
Sheriff and the Attorney was that
the stranger left fifty dollars with the
Sheriff for Evans. and then went to