Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-12-19

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Mrs. H. G..
ship, Cumberland ~
burglar in her ward
him there till help q
he was taken to Jail.
Weitzel- Brothers Of n
lima are erecting plaI - Me-.
and saw-mill near Pa Av.l
There appears q large 10 ( tiS(Aer
in sight for them to wor n.
Rev. Means of Phitipsburv.
Pa, appointed by PresbEtery e.
preach in the Presbyterian church
last Sunday, preached interesting
sermons, both morning ahd even.
ing.
The oleomargarine billt in Con.
gress, places q tax of 1Ocd q pound
on oleomargarine colored is butter.
The tax on unc0l0red olAomargar.
inc is One-fourth of Q cent a
pound.
Mrs. Mary McCue of Bethlehem
Pa, died on the 1lth inst, aged
IS years. She was distinguished
in eastern Pennsylvania on account
of her weight. She weighed 500
pounds.
aCol. Thos. 8. Moorehead's flock
of 1876 Angora goats that did not
materialize at the Port Royal Fair
I in the fall, are objects Of general
interest on the Colonel's Ross Farm
in Tuscarora valley.
Ephriam B. Pannabaker died of
paralysis at his home in Washing
ton, D. c., on the End inst. He
moved from Lewistown to Wash
ington in 1870. He has numerous
relatives in Juniata county.
The Newport water plant went
dry last summer and to provide
against such an event happening
again reservoir is to be construct
ed and supplied with water from
the river by pump run by a
, steam engine.
The Sunday Schools of the Luth-
eran anu f.reshNterian churches OF
the town are preparing for Xmas
celebrations. The entertainment
of the latter will be held Monday
evening and that of the former on
Tuesday evening.
1t was the business men who ran
the oleOmargarine trade and dem
ocratic politicians wanted to blame
it on the the republican party.
The republicans had no more to do
with the Oleomargarine business
than with any other branch OF
business.
Miss Gertrude Sieber of Gettys-
burg and Mr.. Herbert Meyer OF
NOrristown, will be married on the
25th of Dec. Miss Sieber is a
, daughter of Rev. Lemuel Sci
Der of Gettysburg, formerly of this
| Co., and is we'll and favOrably
known in the town and county.
Horse traders held convention.
recently at Toccoa, Georgia Two
thousand persons attended the con
vention. Five hundred horses
were swoped. Horses and mules
were bought and sold. The high
est price paid for horse was $50.
Mules sold down as low as seventy
! five cents.
Edward Stahlman, aged 22
years, was struck by a passenger
train and killed near Ryde station,
Mifflin county on Sunday evening.
He was Walking on the track with
other mel. Alexander Love was
struck and is not expected to live,
The young men were on their way
home from church.
The world is just now rounding
the curve for the return trip fol
longer days. 1t is a long curve
and fast as the earth is travelling
on it's track at the rate of 26O, ZOO
miles an hour, it will be some days
before it has rounded the and
begins to lengthen the days. In
another month it will be rolling
back and turning on more light
every day.
On January LIST. 1901, a mail
stage will leave Mifflintow wn at Z A
NJ, for Richfield and return, leav
ing Richfield at 2 p. M, arriving
at Mifflintown in the evening. A
mail stage will also leave Richfield
at : A. NJ, for Mifflintown, arriv'
1g at 10 A. NJ, and again leaving
for Richfield at 1.3OP NJ, giving
double service each way every day
excepting Sunday.
The YOnDg Ladies' Foreign
Missionary Society of the Presby
terian church of this place held a
bazaar in the lecture room of the
church Friday evening. Fancy
articles were displayed for sale and
handsomely decorated booths and
excellent refreshments were served
from 5 until 10 o'clock. Alto
gether the bazaar was both a So
cial and financial success.
The Supreme Court of New YORK
has taken to foOling with tne