Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-20

It is probable that the Bloomfield
Court will not be able to get through
with the business before it this week.
The railroad wrecksrs case will eon-
sume q considerable part of the week.
Then comes the murder trial and
then the bank case and sundrv other
cases
Recently engine No. 101, ran with
8 cars of fast mail from Newton Ham,
ilton to Harrisburg, . distance of
eighty three miles in eighty minutes.
A. Wilson Black was conductor of the
train and Jacob Beck was the enei-
nser. That's big record SO miles
in 80 minutes.
The Newton Hamilton Watchman
of the 18th says:-A meeting of the
directors of the Tussey mountain
mining and smelling company, was
held at the Leister House, Hunting
don on Tuesday. They passed a res
olution to prosecute the week Of the
mine day and night. The last ASSAY
was 1885 gold per ton
A Literary Society is holding
meetings this winter one evening
each week in Locust Grove school
house in Milford township. The
question for debate on the 21st inst.
is: Resolved, that man is his own
free moral agent" Affirmative, j. L.
Porter; negative, George w. Sieber.
The debate will be open for others to
take part.
Fifteen new names were added to
the list Of membership of the Presby.
tarian church on Sunday as follows:
W. B. Coats, David Jenkins, John A.
Jenkins, Charles Jenkina, Thomas
Jenkins. Margaret jenkins, Guy
Auker, Ronald Allison, VIM. w. Nav.
er, Wayne Dimm, Villa AcNitt,
Mary Cramer, Boyd Bergy, George
Gushard and Lawrence Ferree.
What kind of being must Adolph
Meyer of New York City be, that he
started fire on the 2nd floor of
big tenement house at 108 East 113
street with kerosene oil at the bot.
tom of a dumb-w waiter shaft last Sat-
urday night. There are twenty fam
lies living in the house. He was
caught in the act by a man who lives
On the 3rd floor of the house Meyer
tried to escape bat was caught and
sent to jail. His family lived in the
house. He had i've hundred dollars
insurance on his furniture.
A correspondent asks the editor Of
the SENTINEL AND REPUBY1cAN to state
why statement is made that we are
in the year 1900 instead of the year
1897. We have not seen a reason in
The newspapers for such statement,
but presume it is based upon the his
torical fact that Herod, who ordered
The execution of all the male children
the Jews when Christ was
born, died 1901 years ago. Christ
was therefore four years older than
he is credited with in our calendar
to the Christian calendar,
he was horn 1897 years ago. But in
point of historical fact, he was born
before Herod died, which was 1901
years ago.
Bloomfield Advocate:-The Perry
County Railroad carried 35,O76 pas
sengers during the year 1896
y DIR. G. o Spangler. lately at this
place, is now curing patients at Sun
bury, this State by laying on Of
bands Court this week is oue
of the largest aud most exciting ever
held in the county. Besides numer-
GUS smaller cases listed elsewhere,
the Commonwealth VS.. the Newport
Deposit Bank officials, Com. va. Sam
uel Weiland, Com. VS.. DR.. T. L. John
ston H. d. Fleisher of Centre
township, bought from the First Nat
ioual Bank of Newport the large
house on West Main street, this
place, formerly owned by VIM. H.
Sponsler, Esql for $4,000. The
property cost Mr.. Sponsler $4,000.
In the Newport Deposit Bank
case for trial H. H. Bechtel director
of the defuncs institution is especial
ly wanted by the prosecution. He
now lives in Cincinnati, O., and Gov.
Hastings has been asked for a requi-
sition for Mr.. Bechtel. The Cover
nor some time ago fixed January IL.
for hearing in the matter, but late.
" changed the date to Feb. l, two
weeks after the January term of court
at which time the trial will come up.
Newport people are especially indig.
nant at the Governors s action.
The great sensation this week in
Perry county is the trial of DIR.
Thomas L johnson for the murder
of George s. Henry a druggist in
Bloomfield Oh the 2Sth of last Sep
tember. There is no doubt about
about the murder and there should
be no doubt about the verdict the
jury should render. johnson was
jealous of his wife aud if he had Just
cause for jealousy there were lawful
and honorable means of separation
from his wife, but he chose a differ
ent course. The two men had been
seemingly life long friends and they
lived near by each other. On the
date mentioned above johnson went
to Henry's dug store and invited
him over to talk about important
business. Henry went with him
They entered room back of the doc
tors Office. johnson then called hi,
wife down stairs and when they al
stood there johnson suddenly burs
out with the charge of improper in
timscy beuween Henry and Mrs
johnson. They were 50 paralyzet
by the dreadful turn of affairs tha
neither of them could speak. Th,