Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-09-13

IfelSuC CARS run over tnc MluUlc
Division of the Pennsylvania Cen
trail during the month of August
was five thousand.
Wayne Caveny, who not many
years since lived in this town came
from his new home in Newton,
Kansas, to visit his Old-time
friends in Juniata.
The letters uncalled for in the
Mifflintown post Office at the close
of business, Saturday evening, Sep
tember 9, 1899, were for L. Ross,
Juniata Stove Company, HELEN
Fronk.
Jesse Servis, formerly of East
Waterford, but now a distinguish
ed newspaper correspondent and
financial correspondent at Wash
ington, ID. c., spent Sunday with
his friends Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Hess.
Wanted-A man to cut wood.
Call at this Office.
A heavy rain spent its force over
this town on Friday evening about
5 O'Clock.
The Filpinos keep up the war. In
November, if not earlier, the Ameri-
can lines will he advanced ~
The Tuscarora Telephone Com
pany has taken out a charter to ex.
tend it's lines into 19 counties.
New Yorkers declare that when
Dewey comes to town. they'll have q
parade seven miles long for him to
head.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rohrer, of
Harrisburg, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Banks, last Friday and
Saturday.
A good many farmers are sowing
wheat this week. A number of farm
ers will not SOW this week. They
cali this week "louse week." another
name for fly week.
Adam Huffman, a member of the
Huffman family that at one time
fourished in Slim Valley north of
Arch Rock, with his wife is in from
the west visiting friends in town and
county.
i A newly bought horse last Satur.
day showed his capers by bucking
and throwieg Boyd Bergy while
travelling on Cherry street. Boyd
, remounted the animal as if nothing
had happened.
James Horning, who years ago was
well Known as one of the efficient
hands of the business firm Of Sulouf
and Stambaugb, is the guest OF Mr.
Henry Scholl. Mrs. Horning accom-
panies her husband. They were in
from their home in Indiana, visiting
in Philadelphia.
A Wilmington, Della u are preacher
e was made to smile profusely when I
groom presented him with nice ia
check for so, but the next hour tn
preacher was wont to moralize ant
sermonize over the smiling, double
dealing depravity of some people
when told at the bank the check j
worthless The groom has no &C
. count at the bank.
al Reading. Pa, Sept. 9.-"May Go
4 grant that my brother and I die to
y gether!' were the words often utter
ed by Mrs. Catharine Goodhart, age
!, 72 years, of this city, and the wisf
which was also expressed by he
:, brother, Isaac B. Adams, aged z
. years, has been fulfilled.
l. Mr.. Adams died at noon yesterda,
y while his sister fingered until 7 o'cloc
a John Sample, who lived in th
v town half century ago, has been
d visitor among his old time frient
within the past week. He was G
" his way to Marietta, Lancaster C<
d from which place he came to Mi
fiintown. His home is in weste,
Illinois. There are a few men
Is town who knew him. Among the
g Squire G. b. Horning, John Elk
y. John Copeland, Elias Hornin
y: George Goshen and Daniel Pam
III baker.
. The sheriffs have been notified
:. y, destroy fish baskets. Perhaps Il
:. - best way to secure the repeal of
!" bad law is to enforce it. The fis
n' law is bad law It discriminates
, , favor of classes. The coal miner ar
u. manufacturer empties his poisono'
'e stuffs into streams and depopulat'
le them of fish and he is unmolested
<e his wholesale destruction of the f
es ney tribes of the waters, but when
III men living on the banks of strea
or in which the fish are living sets n
IN or basket and catches few fish, he
p, pounced upon by the minions of Il
at law. Repeal the fish law.
- - VIM. Wright the efficient stree
:s 10 lamp lighter of Port Royal was
rs town on Friday and told some of b
u friends how long ago a we'll was dri
III ed to find salt. The we'll was dri
Is ed along Licking Creek somevhe
lg between McCulloch's Mill and VIII
It, is nov Leonard's Mill. Wrig
ne knows the spot. The we'll was SUI
Dg 60 feet. Salt water was found. U
er fortunately the drill got fast in Il
we'll and at that early day they h'
not the means of extracting it, al
he the enterprise was abandoned. II
'rt place where the drilling was done
q natural salt lick to this day,
ne says.
IT. Last Friday evening when &
ne lightning was soaring nervous peoI
in MifaintoWn. Il WAS PLAYING hav