Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-05-25

Go 10 Meyers for yonr clofh;n,
and furniture be viii sava YOU Q;
pr cent. Read his Bargains in fhi
paper
The Epworth League, with /.
delegate representation of Is;
members, are convened in thi
town. The first session was he,t
IN the NJ. e. church on Tuesda,
afternoon. Sessions to day, We'd
nesday May 25, in the forenoon
afternoon and evening
Reedsyille people swung tn,
stars and stripes 400 feet high
from wire stretched across from
one peak of Jacks fountain TO al
ether peak of the same mountai,
range. The wire between the peak,
is 1900 feet The flag is 2S fee
wide, ~ feet longand was made. 10y
the women of Reedsville.
Last Friday night in Lorain
ionic, they heard that Sampson
had defeated the Spanish fleet, ant
forthwith they formed procession
and began triumphal march. A
horse III a hose cart frightened anC
ran away, kill one man and wound
ed another.
The force of 10 men on the sub
division cfthe Middle division have
been reduced to 6 men, and tho
hours of work have been reduced
h 8 hours, With two days off every
week. The time of the ballast
train men has been reduced from
IL to 10 hours.
y. X k..McClure. of the Philadel-
phia Times has been selected tC
deliver the GRAFTON al the LAYING OF
the corner stone Of the New Capi-
tol at Harrisburg. \ better Sc
lection could not have been made.
Colonel Mcclure is Intellectually
one OF the most capable and versa
tile men III the United States.
The ships Of various kinds. in
the American local service IN Gu
ban waters numbers so odd. The
Spanish are getting their third
feet Of war ships ready. There
must soon be 2 start in the war
like line, and when the work has
once begun, the shock viii be ter
rife.
Tents in the place Of those dc
stroyed by fire are being erected on
the Newton Hamilton camp meet
ing grounds One OF the attractive
features 70 the town Of Newton
Hamilton was the dam in the river.
The dam is broken and the bea1ti-
till sheet OF wafer there is a thing
OF the past.
Lieutenant Beam of The Regular
army recruited q number OF y2;ng
men in this county last week
Those who have joined his cavalry
company from this town are Joseph
u 3annebakeT, Clarence Hench,
Herman Brow2ud, Oscar ShoVer,
Arthur Louder, William Hyner,
George Gnshard, Wallace Derr
From Patterson Brace Doyle,
James Pannebaker, Frank jones.
Andrew Banks, Esq, is = mem
her OF the 10th Pennsyivania Reei.
ment now ON lis way to the Phit-
ippine Islands. Andy has many
warm friends here in the circle al
his Acquaintance, and their heart
lest best wish is ever With him
in his military pilgrimage co the
other side Of the elone, in The in
tereSt Of humanity and peace and
staple government for Cuba. and
the Philippine islands
Harry i-liis Is serving his coun-
try en- guard al q powder mill II
Delaware, in the interest ci human
.ity and peace and staple govern
mCHt for C;fi52. # 6 "32skey'
Sraniarj cones about the mill C
blow il up,f while Harry Is OF
duty he'll catch ii. Henry was
vide awake V hen he belonged e
the SENTINEL ATD REPyHiiCk1
force and he'll be wide awake il
the humanity army, whether il
Delaware or in Cuba.
William 3. Wilson, aged 1G
years, born in i:iaiintoNn. Jail
list, 1881, sen Of Samuel Wilson
was killed about p. N. laac Sat
urday night in Altoona in front O
his father house, by an electri,
LIGHT wire. Some children f0unt
q thin wire, and in their play
, threw it across the electric ii9h
guy wire. The children noticed
that where the wire touched The
leaves Of tree in front Of Wilson,
house, that sparks came from th'
/ contact of leaf and wire, then tlley
/ took sticks and struck the wire
every stroke brought forth a show
er Of sparks. The crowd of chill
dren grew large and noisy an,
young Wilson went ont of th'
house to drive the noisy children
away. He laid hold of the wire
The shock Knocked him agains
his sister, Sylvia, and she too wa
knocked down. The young MAI
lay like dead; the wire wa'
wrenched from his hand he va!
carried into the house and died ii
Il short time. Interment in thi
Presbyterian cemetery AZ #ittiin
town, on Tuesday afternoon from
the home % his II Gle Squire
| George vi sor.
After general decline of sever
al years John Motzer died at hi