Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-05-03

superintendent OOAvontlon.
The Court House was crowded or
Tuesday afternoon upon the occasion ol
the convention Of School Directors con.
vened for the :purpose of electing q
County Superintendent.
The Convention was called to ordel
by the retiring Superintendent Denny
Marshall, who in q few well chosen
words announced that the gathering ol
the Directors was in pursuance Of thu
law and was for the purpose Of electine
a person to act as County Superintend
ent for the term Of three years.
H. s. Scholl nominated DR.. 1. n
Grubb for President and b. F. Burch.
field moved the nominations close The
DR.. was then elected by acclamation
and upon taking the chair thanked the
convention for the honor conferred up
on him.
! DIR. s A. SulOuff and F. NJ. NJ
| Pennell were chosen as Secretaries and
tellers.
The salary Of the superintendent was
fixed by the Convention at the mini
mum allowed by the law that being 81 +,
10000 as the bill making the minimum
salary 81 500. 90 as passed by the lats
Legislature had not been approved by
the Governor.
o. Il. Sulouff of Fayette; s w. Nc
Clure of Turbett; HI. G.. Klinger Of Sus
quehanna; Menno Esh Of Spruce Hill
and Oden c. GOrtner were placed In
nomination as candidates for the Offics
of superintendent.
No speeches were made and thu
names were simply announced.
The roll was called aud 81 Direction
answered the roll call.
The credentials of the candidates
were called for and the chair annOunc
ed that they were right ahd proper.
I Without any other ..preliminaries thu
balloting was commenced.
Upon the first ballot the vote was n
follows: Mr.. GOrtner AZ votes; Mr.. Esl
2l votes; Mr.. klinger 2i votes; Mr.. Su
louff Z votes and Mr.. Mcclure 8 votes.
The chair then announced that nine
ty seven votes had been cast for Super
intendent. That ~ votes We're necessary
to elect; that no one had received th'
necessary number of votes. Therefor
the convention would proceed to tn
second ballot
Mr.. s. w. Mcclure arose and in i few
words thanked the Directors who hat
voted for him OH the first ballot, ant
withdrew his name from the cOnven
ton.
Second ballot Mr.. Gortner had n
votes; Mr.. Esh IL votes; Mr.. Klinge
Is votes and Mr.. SulOuf votes.
Third ballot Mr.. Gortner had5l votes
MFR. Esh "A votes; Mr. Klinger 26 vote
and Mr.. Sulouff6 votes.
Mr.. Gortner having received NOR
than majority Of all votes cast wa
declared to Ike the Superintendent elect
ed.
Immediately upon the announce
ment Of the result the audience started
to leave the room and the convention
was adjourned SINE die.
II was one of the shortest conven
tions ON record, being in session but 4;
minutes.
DR.. Lucian Banks has added i'm
provements to the Diehl property
that he recently purchased on Front
street. II
John J Patterson uses the incu'
ba.or TO hatch chickens on his chick
en- farm a mile and . quarter north
west Of town. -
Joseph Brindle was awarded the
contract by the Miffiintown and
Patterson Improvement AssOcia-
ton for the building of the hosiery
mill in Patterson. -
John OberhOltzer has been EN-
Gagged in the chicken business a
mile north east of town during the
mast two Years. His hatchery is
| Hn0ef CnO uOuAlu0ltOh VA SAAS 49,
time hen. The result of the busi-
ness has been satisfactory.
Mrs. Mary Morrison, mother Of
b. E.. Morrison of the Newton Ham
ilton Watchman, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Jack,
son of Huntingdon on the 18th OF
April. She was in her SSth year
and a native of York county.
Some one writing on the subject
of bark-peeling says:-Bark Peei'ng
has commenced. One thing many
peelers do not recognize and that 10
the care that should be taken OF bark
sfter it is peeled. The flesh slde
should never be turned to the weatn'
er, piles should be open and slan'lne'
the lower part toward the storm a"
bark should be we'll covered.
| LADIES.