Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-02

at Bloomsbury, puts to blush the
crimes of savages when the differ.
ence between the surroundings of
savage and civilized people are con-
sidered.
North American: - s'There are q
class OF idiots for which no provision
IS made in asylum. For example in
Chicago, three men drank whisky on
wager until two were dead aud the
third was unconscious"
Wallace Crossan, suffering from the
affects of grip, became so melancholy
over the destruction of a field of
wheat by storm last week that he
took his life by hanging himself with
a strap in his barn in Chester county.
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1t will require an almanac maker
to tell when decoration day again
comes on Sunday, but by that time
whenever it comes, it will have been
settled by the veterans which of the
days Saturday or Monday shall be
Decoration Day.
Liverpool Sun:-Oar little town
claims to have sent more soldiers to
the Union army than any other town
of its size in the Union. In 1860 the
borough contained 812 inhabitants,
and of that population 160 men serv-
ed in the Union army.
A lady solo singer in the Oiives
Presbyterian church at Atlantic City,
last Sunday, captivsted the heart of
a stranger in the congregation. He
arose and proclaimed that he will pay
her 81 900 a year and all expenses
for service as singer.
The wheat crop to harvest this
year, will be one of the largest wheat
crops ever put up in the United
States, but to offset that the wheat
growing countries outside of the
United States, will have less wheat
than they have had in five years.
The fitting up of Grace Church in
Harrisburg for the Legislature, after
the Capitol was destroyed by fire,
cost more than would build two Pres
byterian churches like the one in this
town. That kind of extravaganza is
not Republicanism; not Democracy
If the snake 1S feet long aud 81
inches round, that wanted to make q
spring meal of Heller. has not died
from the affects of the saw cut that
Heller gave it, it must be hungry by
this time. 1t would be an ugly thing
to glide into a summer picnic party
at Tuscarora station.
A woman in the John Hopkins,
Hospital, Baltimore, last week, was
discovered to be afflicted with lepro-
sy. She was imrne diately taken away
from the rest of the patients. She
was Immediately taken away from the
rest of the patients. She contracted
the disease while in the West Indies.
J.R. Kinzer of New York was in
town during the closing days of last
week, trying to affect an arrangement
by which children that are living in
the crowded parts of Now York city,
may bs placed with families in the
country aud country towns several
weeks during the heated part Of the
summer.
List of letters remaining in the
Post Office at Patterson, Pa, uncal)-
ed for at the close of business on
Monday evening, May 31st, 1897
n. Il. Murphy, G. NJ Stiles, F. w.
Busey, Miss Bessie Weller, Patterson
Milling Co. Persons asking for any
of the above list will say they are ad
vertised.
Whitehall, Eiizabethtown, Water
town, York State people, were alarm.
ed last Thursday night between III
and IL o'clock by an earth quake
shock. The shock lasted about 2
minutes. The noise was like heavy
thunder. Windows we're broken,
dishes ratified and lamps we're over
turned and houses rocked. The wave
moved from east to west.
Sealed proposals for the painting
Of the outside of the Court House
two coats of paint were opened on
Tuesday. The bidders were, James
W. Hamilton $500; D. r. Coder 4
W. NJ. Hawk S676 25; Lewis NJ.
Showers and W. Cavsny $499; J. NJ.
Gross S451; J. G.. Natter $398.9S;
s. P. Robson 1922; J. b. Strayer
& D. F. Haffley $l97. The contract
was given to Strayer and HaffisJ.
The weather bureau at Washing
ton fly kites at Washington, D. G.. q
mile to two miles high, which gives
them the air conditions between the
Alleghenies and the Rockies, and
thereby they can predict the weather
to almost q certainty. When the
wind changes at the distance of a mile
high it takes Is to 16 hours before
the change is felt down close to the
earth
The manufacturing interests of ths
United States are suffering from the
industrial invasion of goods of othel
countries through the Cleveland Will
on.Free-Trade- Tariff. The hun
dreds of thousands of men, who have
been thrown out of employment by
The manufacturing establishments
affected the business of every depart
ment Of life il the United States
Such is the effect Of Democratic Nat
ionai Legislation.
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