Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-09-14

FOR SALE.-A dwelling house and
store room on Washington street-ad.
dress Joseph Adams, Van Vert, Juni-
alta county, Pa.
Huntingdon County Telephone Com.
pany, which proposes to operate and
maintain telephone system i'm the
counties of Huntingdon, Bedford, Blair
Centre, Fulton, Mifflin, Juniata and
Perry, and to connect with other lines,
was chartered in Harrisburg few days
ago. The capital stock is s., 500.
When the thermometer was firt
ing among the pireties, Squire G. B.
HorniDg, said about "the Sth and
10th of the month it will be down
almost to he frost line" His
weather predictions come true to the
letter. TIE Squire should have a
position in the weather bureau.
BUCKNELL UNIVE8s3-T. John
Howard Harris President. College,
leading to degrees III Arts, Philosophy
and Science. Academy, a preparatory
school for young men and boys. In
stitute, refined boarding school for
young ladies. School of Husic, with
graduating courses. For catalogue, adj
dress the Registrar,
VIM. c. GRETZINGER.
Lewisburg, Pa.
The North Massachusetts Regiment
is home in Boston, from the Spanish
war. 1t lost heavily. When it was
mustered in last May it numbered S63
men. It was 81 days III Cuba, it was
Is days in the trenches before Santiago
1t arrived home with 345 men. Fifty
five were killed, among them the Col
onel and Major.
There are fires and fires, but the
queerest fire was started in the South
Steel Mill in Scranton, Pa, last Satur-
day morning at . O'Clock, by spark
from steel rail that the saw was saw
ing. The spark lodged in Il beam in
the roof and though the place was al
most entirely built of iron great effort
was required to extinguish the fire.
The Bloomfield Times asks. Why
do some vines turn 10 the right and
some to the left?
Why do horses when lying down get
up front first and cows hind end first
Why do roosters crow about mid
night?
Why do some subscribers forget to
pay their subscription and then get
angry if the publisher asks for his
money?
Now that the mastering out of the
Pennsylvania National Guard has be-
gun, the question is, what relationship
do they hold to the State Military or
ganization. After they had gone into
the United States service, they no long
er were state troops Subject to the
State Military department, and the
state began the reorganization of a new
Guard. The question is engaging the
Of the State Government.
There are more good looking peo
pie i'll NJ film own than any other
town of it's SIZE, and wherever they
20 they knock The ''rersimcn' for
good looks, for example ii a baby
show of 80 in Bedford, Pa, he'd
recep liy, Eien Doty, infant daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. L. 9. Doty. carried
Oft tie prize-a silver cup-Ar. Do:y
ls a Miifi:n town man, and that is the
II ason their haby was good looking
enough to carry off the prize.
The Empress of Austria, was assass-
mated on Saturday afternoon, AT Cen
eva, Switzerland, While she was walk
ing from the hotel, TO take steamer TO
leave the place. The assassin is an
Italian. The weapon used was three
sided file which he drove into her heart.
She had courage and strength to walk
aboard the steamer, where she fell and
died in two hours. President McI<in-
ley sent "A despatch of sympathy to the
Emperor of Austria The assisain was
arrested.
It gets loose, as is evidenced by the eX-
plOsion OF barrel OF it in the cellar of
: house on South street, Philadelphia,
ast Saturday evening about O'Clock.
Four three-story houses were tumbled
Down by the explosion. Four persons
we're killed and thirteen injured. 1t is
not known what caused the explosion,
out il is believed, some one connected
with the grocery store, Went TO the eel
ar with u light and went too near the
gasoline barrel.
Some one talking about heredity
wanted to know where Adam got his
Dad qualities from, which was as about
rs confusing as the question asked the
:olored preacher The preacher in talk
ng about The first man said. God
made the first man and stood him
against q worm fence to dry. One of
he thinking deacons in the congrega-
ion could not understand the incon-
,istency that cropped out, he asked, I'd
ike to know, if Adam was de fust
man, who made dat fence dat he was
stood against to dry.
Last Saturday, Benjamin Jones,
lged 6S years, took Annie Mont
gomery, aged II years, to the County
Fair III Clay county, No., with the
consent of the child's mother. On
he Wsy home he committed au as !
,ault Arriving home tue child told |
If tie outrage Jones was lodged |
q jail. On Sunday night 100 meu
at the jail. forced its doors
" ep, took cut tie beast Jones, and |
,ung him on beam of the Jail porch.
Before he was hung lie was told 20 |
...Y nuicklY What lie tnl to gay, he |