Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13

The policy Of the Democratic party
as 30 affected business, that . mans
nancss to make q living are greatly
and that is one great rea-
IN that the people will not vote the
ticket. The Office hold
RS and office seekers of the Demo.
ratio party, are the ones who will do
ne shouting the coming fall, while
he people will vote the Republican
icket.
The Compulsory School Law went
nto affect on the 4th inst. Asses
ors are making out the list of chill
lren, which will be placed in the
lands of teachers and directors. All
hildren between the ages of 8 and
3 years, will be required to attend
chool 80 days each year unless ex-
used because of physical or mental
or by reason of school not
being within a distance of two miles.
John Thomas North, one OF the
.ichest men in the world, died, sud-
leniy in London on the 5th inst. He
lied after eating . dozen oysters that
he ordered from q restaurant. He
was q boiler maker by trade. Thirty
years ago he went to Peru, South
America. The niterate business was
then in its infancy. He saw its i'm
portance; engaged in it. His annual
income is not less than million dol.
lars.
According to the confession of the
6end Holmes, who was hung in Phil.
adelphia last Thursday, he furnished
many \ 'stiff' body for the
doctors dissectipg table, bat was de-
tsrmined that his own body should
not fall into the hands of the doctors,
and to prevent that, he ordered that
his body should after he was hung,
be encased in cement-cement pour
ed around it. which would encase it
as if iu solid stone.
A spark from the pipe of Mrs. Re.
becca Leach, set fire to inAammable
in the second story of q
house occupied by Homer Bender
and family in the Hertman row Of
buildings on Tuscarora street iu Pat.
terson about Z P. NJ, on the 9Th inst
The fire whistles gave alarm, which
was promptly responded to by the
fire department.. The Patterson
company being the nearest to tht
fire reached the scene of the confsg
ration first and had the flames sub
dued by the time the Mifflintowr
fremen appeared on the ground
The damage to house and goods il
considerable.
About 9 o'clock last Sunday morn
ing some one set fire to a stable own
ed by Miss Mary Yocum, at the foo
of Tuscarora mountain near Rum
Gap in Turbett township. Abou
the same time a fire was started il
the woods nearby. Miss Yocum'i
house was not destroyed but the fir,
of the stable and woods soon resulted
in a great fire on the mountains
Citizens Of the valley turned out an,
did their best to confine the flame
to a certain limit, but by night fsl
it had extended its bounds east AM
west and TO the top where it wa,
met by citizens of Perry county VIII
made an effort to confine it to tn
Juniata side of the mountain. Their
is standing reward of $25 for til
detection and conviction of any PEI
son who sets fire to woodland Th
county commissioners will pay th
reward.
The 18th annual meeting of tn
Juniata Editorial Association, met il
Newport on the 9Th inst, and after
business meeting, held in The Centra
Hotel, accepted the courtesies of tn
Newport & Sherman's Valley Rail
road Company, and visited Loysville
and there visited the Tressler Orph
ans Home, after which they partooI
of first rate dinner at the Uniol
Hotel, and thence back to Newport
which they reached at 4 P. NJ.
The following officers were unani
nously elected for the ensuing year
President, Fl. G. Dern; vice-president
F. A. Fry; secretary and treasurer
E Conrad; executive committee, II
J. Fosuot, B. E. Morrison ahd Georg
Shrom.
1t was decided that the meetings o
the Association shall be held quar-
terly on the second Friday of Febru
ary, May, August and November
The next meeting will be held at AL
tOona.
Last November four boys aget
about Is years, wrecked New Yorl
Central Express train, near Rome, N
Y, for the purpose of robbing the
passengers. One of the boys left his
bat at the scene of the wreck and
that led to their arrest and imprison
ment. One Of them died of consump
ton in prison. The other three were
tried last week, and sentenced to 4C
years in prison. It is a hard long
sentence, but society cannot have
boys of that kind running at large
They are q menace to life and prop
erty. They had better be dead than
where they are. They are no good
to themselves and are q burden on
the well to-do people, who have to
work, manage and save enough
means above what they need for thei,
own maintenance to keepthe deprav'
ed in jail, go that the vicious people
do no harm to property and person
of those who desire to do right to So
ciety generally. With one exception.
they are boys of people in cenforta-