Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-12-14


Seven mills were blown TO pieces It
the Dupont powder works about 70
O'Clock last Friday forenoon. All the
powder mills that have been blown to
pieces by powder explosion the past six
months have been charged to Spanish
incendiary work, but the explosion last
Friday was too well known to admit of
doubt of its origen. A two horse
wagon with load of powder was going
through the yard of the works from
one mill to another mill. The horses
frightened at grocers wagon, and ran
away, upset the powder, and the wagon
pulled through the powder set it Off
Three men were killed and number
i injured.
Tom Sharkey and Kid Mccoy, two
new fist fighters, will engage in 20
round boxing contest in New York
| City, at the LeIox Athletic Club quar-
tiers, New York City, .ancar.T o, 1899,
for a purse of $50, GOO. The Club would
not be allowed to have a rooster fight
with $50, coo prize, and yet a rooster
! fight would be a safer thing for green
horns to bet on than man fight, for
the reason that the roosters can't be
used in set up game, and ner can.
In betting on men you may bet on the
best boxer, but the ring may have it
set up that he shall not win. That
kind of a game can't be PLAYED with
roosters.
The time for public sales is approach
ing, some dates for the months of Feb
ruary and March have already been
fixed and l take this method of inform
ing all who contemplate making pub
lie sale, and who desire my services as
Auctioneer, to select their days as early
as possible. It is always more satis-
factory to have a personal interview
touching all points tending towards a
successful sale and 1 will be pleased to
have you call on me at Port Royal
All calls by mail Will receive prompt
attention. My aim is and always has
been to render the very best service in
my power to those employing me,
without fear or favor to any one.
Respectfully, II. II. SNYDER,
'The Dutch Auctioneer."
Beaver, Snyder county Herald, Dec. s.
The MIdjleburg post Office was brok-
en- into yesterday morning about $50
O'Clock, hy forcing open the door. The
safe was blown open and about $50 in
money and $50 worth of postage stamps
taken. The force of the explosion broke
all the large windows of the room.
The watchman in the bank says there
Were six OF the robbers. He shot at
them but failed 10 hit one They took
the handcar at Middleburg station,
going eastward, the car being found
about one mile west of Selinsgrove.
The gang was traced TO Shamokin Dam
about six O'Clock, where it il supposed
they took train eastward on the Read
ing railroad.
The horse sale brought quite a num-
ber of people TO town last Thursday,
but ii seems most of them merely came
to see the horses sold. Only seven
horses were sold as bids were very low.
Messrs. Haas and Knorr expect TO sell
the other horses at private sale.
Here and there an old time schoo!
teacher is found who declares that the
moral sCasion system of governing
school is not the right system. He
says the disrespect that is abroad
among the people for each other is
owing to moral suasion. He says men
and women have TO respect for each
other, they say and do everything
against each other except TO kill and
they would do that if they could escape
the penalty of the law. The old time
punishment with the rod, the coal
spectful and tell what is not true, and
/ DO all kinds of bad acts, is the right
way according to his belief to impaTt
respect for the rights of others, and the
pupil that has respect driven into him
with rcd, if lie needs il, viii have a
proper respect for himself. He says
the way children are raised now days
they are little letter than the lower
order of animals. The moral suasion
system is to blame, he says. Now, one
dare scarcely look dispieased AT a pupil
in school II the teacher does the
chances are the parents of that child
will come and ''buliy rig' the teacher