Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-09-21

While the average man has a bad
side, he also has a good side that causes
him to demand fair play. This is Wis
lble now on national scale in France.
The whole of the French people are
now on the verge of revolution on ac-
count of the imprisonment and con-
viction of a French officer named Drey-
fus, who was convicted on false testi-
mony. Some one sold French army
secrets to a European government, and
the partiesswho did it forged papers to
have it appear that Dreyfus sold the
secrets. The government seems reluct-
tant about opening the case. If the
case is not opened to let Dreyfus in
with the new evidence, revolution
may take place, for the people are now
determined that Dreyfus shall have a
new trial and fair play.
MiddlebOro, Mass, has a murder
mystery. Some days ago, the body of
a young woman was found in mill
the body and tied in bundle and sunk
in the pond Boys fishing found the
bundle of human remains. About that
time woman named Grace Perkins,
of that place and beau of hers named
Charles Bourne disappeared from the
community. Every one said the body
found in the mill pond is the body of
Grace Perkins her parents identified it
as the remains of their daughter, and
had it placed in the hands of an under
taker to prepare for burial. Bourne
was searched for as the murderer. On
the day set for the funeral, Miss Per-
kins and her beau Bourne come home,
they had gone suddenly and uneXpect-
edly on visit TO neighboring town.
Now whose body is it that was fished
out of the mill pond?
The 18th Annual Reunion of the
Juniata County Veteran Association,
will be held at Mifilintown, on Thurs
day October 18th, 1883. The intention
is to make that day, "Juniata Day." of
the encampment of the Juniata Valley
Veteran Association, which will be
held here from October 11th to 18th.
1t is hoped there will be general turn
out for the grand parade on that day,
of all the Secret Orders, Fire Companies,
Public Schools etc. The citizens of
Miiliintown, Patterson and vicinity,
also all veterans of Juniata county are
requested TO meet at G.. A. Il. Hall, in
Mifflintown, on Saturday September
9th, at , O'Clock p. m, to further ar
range for the proposed parade. Let
there be a full attendance on the part
of all
WILLIAM. BELL,
G. w. WILSON, Chairman Co., Com.
Sec'y. pro tem..
Giffiintown, Sept. 10 1898.
The exhibition at the p, rt Royal
Fair, last week was better than in some
years past. There seemed to be more
of II disposition on the part of the peo-
pie TO again exhibit the products of the
farm. There We're nice pigs and hogs
there which if they had been seen by the
Spaniards would have caused them to
say, "Well just as usual every thing
American must have pigs in it," The
other live stock on the grounds was
good the fowls were nice the agricul-
tural machinery was varied, floral hall
had creditable display of the products
N stIt hA
feature was the races. VIVA. Murray's
| horse, as usuai, won its share of the
| races, and correspondingly elated the
company that own it. But Little Dan
trotter, owned by r. a. Silver, of
Bedford, cut the pigeon wing in an inn
promptu runaway race on Thursday.
Little Dan was brought out for race
in the . p class. His hOstler was lead
ing him along the track, suddenly the
lines that had been laid across the seat
of the sulky dropped down and against
the horses heels. That scared Dan,
and he sprang forward like one of
SchIey's 500 pound shells, dragging the
hostler with him a short distance, the
hostler came down and the horse was
upset and rolled OH his lack among the
balloon fixtures with his feet pointing
to the clouds. The sulky bounced
around like gum ball BY some
presto change movement too quick for
the eye, the animal came on its feet, and
sped like rocket across the center
pipca of uroupd ppcircleI hv- tho r,ca
track. The people had hardly recover
ell their breath till the trotter was Oh
the track. But he dropped trotting
and was going as if chasing VIII Muir
rays runner. Around the track he
went like an arrow, and here and there
lodging the men who tried 10 catch
him. He had made the half mile
round and was making his mile at a
break neck speed. He was game and
would not leave the track. The suiky
was broken into fragments and scatter
ed along the track, excepting one of
the gum tires that had sprung from the
wheel and circled and doubled itself
around hind leg of the animal and
clung there like a constructor snake.
1t was the most exciting race ever wit
messed there. 1t was clear that some
heroic remedy must be resOrted to to
save the plucky horse from running
himself to death. He was game and
would not leave the track but running
with the energy he was putting into
the flight he could not fail of injuring
horse should he saved, but who was to
save him and how could he be saved
was the query? but as every emer-
gencV produces a counter emergency