Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-02-28

Mrs. Lillian Rhodes Of Patterson
is visiting relatives in Baltimore.
X. X. Croes of Milroy is visiting
his niece Miss Mary Thomas inthis
town.
Mr.. and Mrs Banks Deward,
spent part of last week in Phila-
delphia.
The seven hens and rooster stOl-
en- from the coop of DR. Lucian
Banks have been returned.
DETECTIVE SERVICE: - Collect
ing evidence in civil, criminal and
divorce cases All business conf
DENTAL. Address Lock Box SO,
MifflintOwn, Pa.
At a.-Mp February p, the
BOer Gene.al CrQnje surrendered
his army of 4, 900 men tO:the Brit.
ish general Roberts. The British
are cOrrespOndingly jubilant.
A number of citizens visited the
town schools on WashingtOn's
birth day at the time of the patri-
Otic exercises. T. Van Irwin made
speech; w. II. Zeidcrs made a
speech; Stewart Ellis made a speech
DR.. Valley was called on for a
speech, but asked to be excused on
the ground that the subject for that
occasion had been thoroughly gone
over and exhausted.
A Philadelphia and Reading
fast freight train running at n high
rate of speed to make up lost time,
ran into an extra freight train at
Shippensburg, Pa, about 1870 on
last Friday morning. Harry Cas-
ner of Juniata county was the en-
gineer of the fast freight and was
so crushed that he lived only a
short time after being taken out OF
the wreck. The engineer of the eX-
ira freight was hurt, but not ser
iOusly.
Mr.. John Howe of this town was
reminiscent the other day when
talking to friends. He went back
to his bOyhOO1 1 days in Perry Co.,
along Buffalo mountain when his
father was numbering and rafting
down the river to Columbia:
''Things and times have changed
since then. The country seems as
/ see it in the past a wilderness"
He continued: 81 can hear the
wolves howl on and along Buffalo
They were not little
wolves, but the large timber wolf.
They stood as high as a new Found
land dog" One day toward even
ing, my father sent me from the
saw-mill to our home. 1t was not
far. The road ran alongside of a
creek and suddenly three large
wolves sprang up the bank from
the creek into the middle of the
road and there stopped and looked
1t me and Looked ut them. They
lid'nt move, l don't know how
Ong, and I didn't move. l don't
.hink | could have moved or ha-
coed. AS quickly as they came,
hey started off across the upper
'ide of the road and were soon out
If sight. If they had been hun
Try they would have torn me to
pieces.
In Snyder county on Saturday,
he following candidates were NOM
mated without opposition: For
Thad nj. Mahon: Assem-
'ly, A. NJ. Smith; Senator, B. X.
'Ocht; ProthOnotary, &. M. Shin
lei, Begister & Recorder, j. III.
\ illits. DR.. p. Herman defeated
!. W. Wagonseller for national
lelegate.
John Etka, died at his home on
Washington street about 9 O'Clock
asst Sunday morning. Some eight
lays previous to his death he con-
racted a cold that so impaired his
lealth that he left his grocery
tore and remained indoors at his
'ouse, but he was at no time SO ill
s to take to his bel. On Sunday
morning he partOok of breakfast
nd after that retired to his bed
oOm to change his clothes. He
vas not gone long till Mrs. Etka
lis wife heard thump and hasten
d to his room. He twas on the
lOor and to all appearances dead.
lis family doctor was speedily !
allied and he said he was dead
rhen he fell to the floor. His
lOthing indicated that when the
leath messenger came he was in
he act of changing his clothing for
he day. He was in his 10th year.
lie was born in Lancaster county |
nd came with his parents to Jun
alta county many years ago. He
earned the plastering trade and
DllOwed it a number of years, but
fter awhile he engaged in thegro-
cry trade, and during the past 25
ears followed that business. He
7as a soldier against rebellion and
member of the G. A. X. Post at
his place. He was member OF
he Methodist church. Interment
his Wednesday afternoon in the
Presbyterian cemetery. His wife,
wo sons and three daughters sur
i've him.
There are accounts current of
Ow pioneer preachers enforced
with church rules.
very once in a while some out
ider would insist on suiting him
elf as to posture in prayer. If the
abit was to stand the contrary
nes would kneel and if the habit