Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-03-14

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Altoona Tribune, March 70.
MISS Mary Patterson of M;m;.
Iown, daughter of Hon .Tohn +
ffa;s1erson, f.; is the guest Of her q.
city. olian OF this
Rev. McKinley's lecture On ri,
umDus, delivered in the Prashn
terlan church on Tuesday even;Do
was interesting and instructive .nS
esasoned ss with humor pertinent to
'ne points under consideration
Mrs. Emma Culbertson vii, sol,
"a valuable house and lot on Ma;n
street at public sale next Saturda "
at2p. m. Ifyou are wanting 70
TDuy home in Mifflintown If nav
sale. " '"i'
Senator Hertzler has had tho
following gentlemen admitted to
hospitals in Phila., Mr.. James
Magruder of Walker Twp. M
John Reeder of Lack Twp. and Mr..
John E. Ranck of Mattawanna
Miffiin county.
A preacher in the west named
Charles M. Sheldon proposes to
conduct a newspaper as "Jesus
would do it," The way to find out
how Jesus did things is to read
his works and Acts as narrated in
the New Testament. The paper is
issued at Topeka, Kan.
Three tramps took possession of
the electric light station at Mill
Hall, Pa, last Sunday night and
put out the light, but before
the man in charge of the plant was
chased out, he managed to give the
steam whistle several tOOts and
that brought number of neigh
bors on the scene and the tramps
fed.
Rev. R. A. Mckinley of Steub-
enville, Ohio, preached in the
Presbyterian church on Sunday
moraing and evening. The theme
of his evening sermon was the sure
foundation in Jesus Christ. Con-
sidering the inclement weather he
had a fair sized audience, who
listened closely to his eloquent
preaching.
The past winter with its earth
lOOsening frOsts and heavy rains
falling on the soft ground has
washed fields as they have not
Fbeen washed in many past winters.
Tons upon tons of the best soil has
been washed into lower levels as SO
much more off the farm capital and
SO much more weight in the lower
level to help destroy the balance at
the right time and produce a del,
uge.
| A woman in Marysville, Perry
county, was trying to convince a
constable that he had found her re-
vOlver in a search for stolen goods
in her brothers house. The revOl
yer was self-acting, and in flourish.
ing the weapon, it was discharged,
and the bullet went through the
upper part of the arm of her broth.
er's son who was standing by the
side of the constable. The con.
stable made information against her,
and she was held in three hundred
dollars bail for court.
| A sensational suicide took place
lin Lancaster, Pa, last Monday
T. C. Lehman a flour dealer step
ped up to a travelling salesman in
one of the hotels of the town. Leh.
man had a tumbler in his left hand
He said to the salesman: "Here's
looking at You Jack. I'll meet yOr
in heaven" and drank the con
tents of the glass, which was after
wards ascertained to be carbOlit
acid. He died in 20 minutes. HI
had been despondent because
of ill health.
Within the past week the Fill
pinOs have showed more fighting
activity than in "A number of month:
past OF course their movement!
have all been checked and they
we're driven back. The American:
sustained some loss, and their out
posts are calling for reinforcements
Should the Filipinos show the
savagery of the American Indian il
must needs be many months before
they become good citizens. Sheri
dan said the only good Indians arr
dead Indians. The FilipinOs have
exhibited traits of civilization, and
a marked willingness on the part
of a great many to adopt the new
, civilization that the Americans SC
unexpectedly to himself, and al
/ the world thrust among the people
of the Philippine islands.
On the 18th inst, William Hum
nell was tried and convicted and
sentenced to he hung in the Ly.
coming county court at Williams
port, for the murder of his wife
and her three children. On being
taken from the court house to the
Jail after sentence had been pro
nounced upon him, he passed q
large company of women, who
stood on the side walk to get a lOOl
at him. Suddenly he rushed among
them and singled one out and
and wanted to kiss her. The
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