Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-23

the preacher was through with tn,
preaching Of the first sermon and Mr.
Stouffer's remains were laid away il
Its earthly resting place to await tn,
call Of the resurrection, he then return
ed to the church and preached thu
funeral sermon for Mr.. Michael.
Bloomfield Advocate, November is
Hon. Chester 1. Long, native of Perry
county, defeated Hon. Jerry Simpson
in their congressional district in Kan
sas at the late election. This is tn.
fourth time these gentlemen were pit
ted against each other for congressional
honOrs. Twice Simpson defeated Long
and twice Long has been successful in
defeating Simpson. There was a
slump in the Populist vote in Kansas
and that State is believed to have re.
turned permanently to the Republican
party.
Ex-Sherif James A. Gray died sud-
denly at his home, in Elliottsburg,
Thursday morning, about O'Clock,
from heart disease, in the 62nd year OF
his age. Mr.. Gray had been back in
his yard and upon returning was con-
versing with his wife in the kitchen
when he sank to the floor unconscious,
and in a few minutes breathed his last.
For some years past he had been troub-
led with heart disease, but for the past
few week had been enjoying unusually
good health, and on the morning Of his
death had attended to his accustomed
duties.
The Presbyterian church In Miffiin-
town was well filled last Thursday
evening with people Of the town and
surrounding country to witness the
marriage Of Miss Marion v. Scholl,
daughter Of coach maker Henry s.
Scholl, and Carl F. Espenschade, dep
uty collector of internal revenue, and
eldest son Of ex-merchant Frederick
Espenschade. Miss Ellie v. Stone, of
Washington presided at the organ, and
precisely at p. m, the bridal party
entered the church. DIR. Fred H. Es-
penschade, brother of the groom WAS
best man. Miss Grace Cascaden, of
Philadelphia, was maid of honor.
James q. Thompson and A. G. Scholl,
OF Miffiintown, F. w. Culbertson, of
LewistOwn, g. l.. Fondersmith, of
Lancaster, were the ushers. Miss
Emma Scott, of Richmond, Va, and
Miss Bessie Hughes, Of Philadelphia,
were the bridesmaids. They were all
elegantly dressed and carried bouquets
Mr.. SchOll gave the bride away. DIR.
George SchOll, Of Baltimore, Md, per-
formed the ceremony, reading and
having the high contracting parties,
separately and slowly repeat what he
read, then using the ring, then kneel-
ing prayer, to close the ceremony.
Carriages We're in waiting at the door
to convey the wedding party to the
home of the brides parents, where a
reception was held, after which a
hour of midnight had almost come
when the bride and groom left for an
extended trip east. They left amidst
the god speed expressions and showers
of rice that hearty friends precipitated
upon them. The calithumpians were
also present, and cut more capers on
the street than that many bowling der
wishes. The groom is building a hand
some and convenient residence in the
east end of town where he and his
bride expect to begin housekeeping.
HollObaugh & Sons store was burg
larized last Friday night, and clothes
and shoes taken. The thieves entered
by way of window in the back end of
the store. A grubbing hoe was used as
lever to open the window. The hoe
belonged to Mr.. Samuel Strayer and
was kept in his stable which was lock-
ed. The fact that the alley door of the
stable was hooked on the inside, and
the yard door of the stable was locked
on the outside gives rise to the cOnjec-
ture that the thieves were in the stable
when Strayer locked the door OH Fri
day evening. There is another con-
lecture, that the thieves were not in
the stable but came in the rear Of the
store room across lots of other adjoining
property, and then passed through a
window into Strayer's stable and there
secured the grubbing hoe and unlocked
the alley door Of the stable SO that they
could 60 out that way. Mr.. Strayer who
sleeps in a room directly over the store
and was awake a number of times that
night but heard no disturbing noise. The
burglars were not disturbed and took
their time, one of them left his entire
outfit of clothes, coat, vest, pants, shirt,
drawers, stockings and shoes. In his
pants pocket was knife that he got in
Strayer's stable, which seems to indi-
cate that they looked about the stable
carefully. The night was damp and
the ground packed easily showing a
we'll defined travelled track from the
store room window to the stable win
dow. The thief that had doned the
new suit must have looked like another
man than when he entered. How
many there were engaged I'm carrying
the clothing from the window Of the
store to the stable window, and how
long they were at it will never be
known till conscience compels some Of
the gang to reveal the facts of the rob
berry. They took clothing for large
sized men, and clothing that will fit
good sized boys, and always broke
suit, that is taking coat of one suit, a
vest Of another suit, and pants Of a