Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-05-12

9 mower garden and grass plof
on the point adjoiaing the Sunburv
ana Lewistown station at the aa.t
end OF town, and in the diamond -
the central part of the town.
Last Friday a fancy electric lipb,
lamp was placed outside the double
doors leading into the hall running
east and west in the Jacobs House.
1t is good light for the door en-.
trance and for the street as was prov.
en- when the lights were turned on
the last few evenings.
Miss Francis McRenry was admit.
ted to practice law at the Columbia
county court last week. She is the
hrst woman lawyer in Central Penn.
sylvanis. She is % years old. ia .
graduate Of Bucknsli University but
read law in Bloonsburg where shs
was admitted to the bar.
WAsHNaros, Nay 6.-Ths first ex.
perimeatal expectation of butter
from this country was made Wed.
nesday from New York, when the
dovernment through an agent sent
by the Agricultural Department,
shipped three-quarters of a ton OF
selected butter for sale in Europe.
Judge Brubaksr of Lancaster
county, last week. censured the pris
on Inspectors for buying clothes at
IS 30 pei suit for discharged prison
ers. He said that he wore clothes
that cost him 500 suit, and be
could not see the necessity for dis.
charged convicts wearing clothes
that cost SO much more money" -
On the night of the commencement,
exercises of the Port Royal High
School, thieves made O raid on DIR
Shslly's house in Port Royal and stole
lot of valuables. The robbers had
also Affected an entrance to the house
Of James Marley, but Mr.. Marley
heard them, and began to investigate
the noise and that caused the thieves
to run away.
g. r. Frysinger, q veteran ne VS.
paper man in Lewistown, has SOLD
The Free Preas to VIM. NJ. Lind sls
native of LewistowD. The Free
Press has always baen an able news
paper, and the change of proprietor
ship is no reason why it shall no,
continue It's career successfully as in
past days. Success to the outgoing
aud incoming proprietor.
From the Farm Journal:-Do you
know that your soil is vast store
house of plant food. and you car
grow q crop without much manure,
if you cultivate thoroughly. Go ovel
the corn and potatoes sight times in
stead of three, as you did last year
Begin early and keep it up late, or
try part that way and see If it does
not greatly increase the crop.
Messrs. Fry and Cavepy of Mexico
surprised TIE natives last week one
day by bringing large horned ow
to town in store box. The fowl OF
the midnight solitude was on e1hibi
ton in the back yard of the National
House day or two and attracted
considerable attention. Walker town
ship poultry ownsrs have one lcs'
poultry thief TO provide chickens 70,
since the capture OF the owl. Birds
of that kind catch and dsyour grea
many rats and mico.
The Turkish aad Greek situation
has not changed much within th'
past weeek, AID such changes as hav,
been made are in favor of the Turks
Greece has not men enough and Gen
erals able enough and money enough
to carry on a vigorous war. She i!
weak in men; weak in Generals; veal
in money. She is bankrupt and mus
sooa give up unless some nation SCUM.
in money matters helps her and ther,
is no such help within sight. Turke,
is as bad off rs Greece in money mat
tiers. and that makes the end of tn
war not far off, unless some natio,
that can command money takes az
the fight.
About two bundled suits hav,
been entered By depositors to recov
er money from the Executors of tn
Gardner estate at Hollidaysburg
James Gardner was the senior part
ner of the defunct bank aud his es
tate is rated at ona hundred and fif
ty thousand dollars to two hundred
thousand dollars. The bank depos
itors want the estate to pay thei
clsim5. Hence the suits. One thirt
Of the estate is to go to Rev. Pau
Gardner, a Presbyterian preacher
and grandson of the deceased bank
er. The preacher says bis share o
his grand.father's estate shall bs us
ed to pay dspositors. Hons sst preach
er. Go up higher.
The store of J. D. Kelly at Doyles
Mills, vas entered by thieves last
Friday night, and an effort was made
to blow the safe open. BY some
miscalcula.ion the explosion did moi
open the safe aud the thieves did no
get sight of what the place con
tanned. The safe was so badly knock
ed out of shape that tho proprietor
opened it on Saturday after spend
ing a considerable amount of work
on it. On Friday 10 tramps wer'
seen to 60 through old Port Roya
and everyone in that community wer'
on the alert on Friday night, but j
was not suspected they would get il
their work dozen miles up the Val
ley SO soon after leaving the rallrcad
Some time in the small hours o
last Thursday, thieves entered tn,
house of William Harley on Cross st.
in this town and stole all the none,
he had. The thieves showed up I
sash in the kitchen in the back par