Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-04


JURY COMMISSIONER.
David G. Shellenberger.
THERE appears to he a warlike feel
ing between Russia and Turkey.
A STRIKE of $4,000 men in Chicas .
has confused business in that city.
The Beers ambushed and cap!ur-
ed a small command of British last
Friday.
GENERAL BorHA succeeds to the
command in Boerland since the
death of General Joubert.
Two dozen cases OF scarlet fever in
Westville, Pa, has been the cause of
the closing ofthe pabbifc schools in
that place.
On Monday at the fitting of John
Stewart in Franklin county, Is
neighbors carried him in bed 2 miles
TO bis home.
The mayor of Lancaster, Pa, in
his inaugural address on Monday
recommended the passage of an ord
nance, requiring that all persons un-
der the age Of 16 years Of age shall
be off the streets by 9 o'clock at
night.
THERE are over 10000 coal miners
on strike in the Pitts5urg district
over disagreement of wage scales.
At Greensburg. Pa, there are 900
coal miners on strike The miners
want 70cts a ton. The operators
want to pay 65cts a ton.
The Duncanuon Perry county
Iron Works quit work last Monday
on account Of the increase of wages
demanded. Puddlers were getting
81 day. They demanded $3.50
Under the Cleveland times they were
glad to receive 1915 a day.
THERE were 3,431 suicides in New
York city last year for causes as fol.
lows: 1119 on account of failure IN
business; domestic trouble 7SS; bad
health 4S9; drink 402; insanity 342;
tired of life ISL; remorse aud fear of
punishment 103: unknown cause 81.
The border raid bill for damages
to the amount of $3, $40, 5G5 for rebel
raid damages in Pennsylvania was
before Congress last Friday and was
defeated. Congressman Mahon has
worked the past 1E years to get the
bill passed, but so far has not been
able to secure its passage.
SpIRIrUAL1sTs of Philadelphia cele
brated the fifty-second anniversary
Of the spiritual manifestations of the
Fox sisters. Oaly those who are af-
ficted with spiritualistic hsllucina-
tions can tell of the joy of such re-
ligion. They are like those who have
Authorizations or diseased eye sight
and see things that other people
can't see. They are like those who
have diseased ears that hear sounds
that other people caunot hear.
A LOT of striking miners with their
riotous wives and children attacked
a miner and his two sons when they
came from work in a coal mine at
Dubois, Pa, last Thursday. The
mob threw stones aud clubs at the
miner and bis two sous. Other men
fastened to the rescue of the imper
lied MIXERS, and pistols were drawn
and shots fired These were wound
ed. The Sheriff of Jefferson county
was called upon the scene and ar,
rested forty men and women. The
Sheriff is gulrding the miners, who
desire to continue their work.
TALKING about trusts running af
fairs, the merchants are, and other
business men are dominated by
trusts. Every merchant gets price
list several times q week and he can't
buy except by the prices fixed on the
list. The men who sell agricultural
machinery sell by price list. The
men who sell have shoes and nails
and boots and shoes and tombstones
have their prices fixed for them and
they cannot buy for less. The bust
ness ring is the most arbitrary ring.
Church rings and political rings are
not to be compared to business rings
in their arbitrariness.
The finances of the school board
in Pittston township near Wilkes
barre are low. The teachers in the
district have not been paid the pas.
five mouths aud have abandoned the
schools. The supply of coal in some
OF the schools was low the past win
ter. Dealers would not furnish coal
unless paid in advance. Several of
the schools were without coal for
day or two and ii was necessary to
cut down an old fence for fuel.
Eight or nine teachers declare they
will not teach another hour till they
have been paid what is owing them.
Some of the teachers say the board
have been extravagant and instead of
paying salaries have purchased cost
ly furniture and bric-a.brac. In de-
fense of the board one of the direc-
tors said:-"Times have been hard
in the coal regions the past five
years. We find it difficult matter
to collect tsxes from the people who
have no money to buy bread, but
while taxes are hard to collect the
rumber of children has not decreas-
ed. know two families who have
sixteen children going to school and
the heads of the families don't pay a |
cent of taxes