Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-05-18


j. DeHutl', of Patterson had the
front part of his right foot crushed
and his right hip disjointed while
Jumping freight cars.
Congress is wrestling with the
new tax bill. The soldiers in the
field have to be paid and the muni-
tons of war have to be paid, and
the people who pay it are those
who stay at home, work and carry
on business. The reason the Span
ish are such poor soldiers is found
in the fact that the industrial and
business habits of the Spaniards at
home are poor.
The Spanish torpedo boat de
stroyer cruising off Gibralter was
blown to pieces by the bursting of
her boilers or coal bunkers, one
day last week. She was 1872 feet
long, % feet wide, carried l5S
tons, and drew I feet of water, aud
was swift boat, steaming at the
, rate OF - miles an hour. She had
crew of % men.
Rare weeds, rich in medicinal
properties are exhibiting them
selves in the green plot around the
! Court House, and here and there
wild flowers show their beauty. 1t
is said by some that the Court
House and Court yard ianitOr is
studying medicinal botany and for
that reason he reirainS from giving
the above mentioned plants clean
low down clip with the mower.
Undertaken Snyder has fitted up
a handsome cabinet OF six cases
with collins of that many different
styles. And they who seek cask-
ct for deceased friend or rela-
tive can sit on d chair and make
a selection to suit their taste and
purse. Il is lhc most convenient
arrangement by which to select
, funeral cerements. and worth y
visit to see even if You have no
dead friend to serve.
William Henry Vert. and sev-
! eral other young men were seated
on the grass playing cards, about
> p. NJ, on the afternoon of May
Il, one hundred and twenty yards
! from d stone quarry at W&pSy
+ station near Altoona, when = blast
was set OFF. \ 80 pound stone
from the blast dropped among the
boys and struck Vert land broke
his back. The Young man died in
about four hours.
john Iaum, son Of Edward
Caum. OF Harrisburg, is on the In
! diana, one OfCOmm0dore Simpsons
fleet that bOmbartied the Porto
Rico. John Camn's mother was
a Mihllintown girl, Miss Ellen
Wright, before her marriage TO
Mr.. Edward Iaum. Her father
was John Wright, late Of this
town deceased. Miss Blanch
! Wright of Washington street is an
aunt of the Young man Iaum. she
is also an aunt Of Lieutenant Amos
II. Martin of the Regular army
now preparing to land Oh Cuba,
thus Juniata county has represen-
tativeS in The Navy and Army of
the United States at all the focal
( places along the breaking line of
the Spanish empire, a; Manila,
f., Cuba and Porto Rico.
The ffth regiment Pennsylvania
National Guard left &t Gretna at
noon on Tuesday and passed up the
Juniata Valley on their way to
/ ChickamauGa. They passed his
! station between ) and ! o'clock in
the afternoon ~t&ny people were
at the station to see the train OF l3
cars piss by Other trains passed
with other regiments When the
5th regiment which is = Juniata
Valley regiment passe! the station
Il number Of hard tack crackers
were thrown of, everyone Of which
had something written on il 10
the people OF ,liitlintown. 1--WE are
bound for Ch4ckamauga, signed
Nixon. Calhoun, cClellan, Ellis
An other cracker had written on it
Remember the A'aine, aud TO
HI with ;he 'SpaniarCIS Aiany
;. crackers we're broken by the fall
and the writing thus spoiled
The Court House was crowded
last Thursday evening 10 witness
the commencement exercises anc
graduation Of seven High SchOo
pupils. The exercises were inter.
, estin@, and the addresses entertain
4 ing. Each one Of the graduating
class made an address and every
one was literally applauded by th'
ciapping Of hands. The graduate
Lola NJ. Harley, Wallace d. Derr
Anna NJ. Craig, Laura NJ. Noble
Aida n. Willett, Lottie X. Schott
Betty ". Mayer. Ruth Aucke
gave the response for class OF 80
> Isabelle McClintic for class of 1900
The forum deliyerances OF class -.
: and 1900 when their time comes
viii be to the front as was abUn
dainty proven by the representa-
tives OF those classes on the plat
= form last Thursday night. Ih
o Patterson orchestra was highly ap
e Dlauded. The invocation was b,
5 Rev. y. n. Raven. The addres
2 by Oden c. Gortner, Principal G
: the school. The presentation q
= diplomas by DR.. l.. p. Valley
and the benediction by Rev. W
>, Ii. FahS. The schools went will
!, over the patriotic music played b,
! the orchcsia, and the audienc
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