Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-03-09

Should it be proven that the Span
ish blew up the Maine in the harbor
Of Havana, strength will be given to
The statement, that an effort in the
next war will be made to fight naval
battles largely under water by torps.
does and other submerged explosive
devices.
The Northern Central Railroad
Company his inaugurated sytem of
night police service, with watchmen
who are required to walk their beats
during the night and meet each other
ct stated periods, sign of each 9th
er's papers and make daily reports Of
their movements.
The Asaph Colored Company. with
Marie Dorsa, the New England
Nightingale. supported by the fol-
lowing ortists, Adah J. Price, e. Ber-
nard Duffan, Olivia E. Mitchell, R.
johnson Morris, will give a concert
in the N. E. Church, Monday and
Tuesday evenings. March IA, and Is.
Tho question of the explosion of
the battle ship Maine, and the Cuban
question generally, 30 moved citizens
of Siglerville, Mifflin county that they
burned General Weyler in effigy, sf-
ter parading him through tho streets.
They slso riddled the body with
bullets and cheered for Cuba and the
Stars and Stripes.
The government is having a can.
NON made at Reading, Ba, that has
a ten inch bore, is 374 feet long and
weighs % tons. It is to be the most
powerful gun ever made. It is to
cost $33, 900. It is expected to sink
any ship it sends q bullet into about
the water line. It will be two months
yet before completion.
John Watts, of Oliver township
Mihlin county, was killed by fall
from his horse in McVeytown, some
evenings ago. When discovered
both he and his horse were lying on
the street, he was uudsr the animal,
and was so severely injured that he
could not tell how it happened. He
lived one day after the fall.
Fraser B. Baker, negro was ap-
pointed post master at Lake City, 8.
c., which 50 aroused the white peo-
pie that At night they congregated
around the post masters house in
great numbers set the house on fire,
and when the inmates came out shot
them including women and children,
not sparing nm infsnt in its mothers
arms.
The Mckinley administration was
only one year old last Friday, and IN
that time the general affairs of the
country have greatly improved. The
government is again getting a much
money as pays its expenses and some
to spare, which was not the case when
the Cleveland administration ruled.
Then the government WAS running
into debt every day.
A horse belonging to J. Frank
Patterson escaped from the stable a
few days ago and wandered without
bride or harness to Port Royal and
from there up the valley to Academia
where Frank who had gone in pur
suit captured thu animal near the
residence of Robert Innis, deceased.
The horse made a narrow escape
from the cars in crossing the railroad
at Port Royal.
On the 29th of November. 1897,
Adams, was drowned by
falling off a fat, in the Sasquehanns
river, at Montgomery's Ferry, Perry
county. On the 25th day of Febru
ary, 1898, his body was found on the
shore Of the Elk River, Cecil county,
His body was Unidentified
BY papers in bis pockets. The place
where he was found is 200 miles from
where he was drowned.
John Tyson has two large wild cats
IN cage at bis home on Third Street
He caught the cats in a trap on
Shade mountain. Mr.. Tyson has
trapped almost every kind of animal
natural to this part of North America
except the panther, and if the panth-
er had not become extinct on Juniata
mountain ranges before Ty-
son cam upon this stage of action,
he would have added the panther to
his long list of forest chase trophier.
Hugh Lindsey, editor OF the Hun
tinsdon Local News, died at $50 q.
m on the 3rd of March, at his homs
in Huntingdon, aged 81 years. He
was born in Philadelphia, and was a
graduate of Girard College, came to
Huntingdon and there learned the
printing business ia the Globe Office
with proprietor Lewis. He launched
The Local News in 1874, and continued
it's publication to the time of bis
death. He died of brights disease.
His funeral took place on Saturday
afternoon.
NIFFLINTOWN GRAIN NARkx1s
MARCH 8 1898.