J. ----- "1 Tilt il fcKJV riNKL A RSPOBUC.S i yette notes. WEDNESDAY, MAY IS. 1398. B. F. WK1 B, srTO& iiD rroraiirt.m. Oakland Mills, Maj-16, 'iS: After a pleasant visit with her i mother at Piftstmi-r, Mrs. Wilson ) rrzz-z ( Llovtl returned home on Tuesday, The war jjoes on with no si'iis of abatement. Within the past week the first Americans were killed. They were all killed on se.i, on ships of war. Two at I'orto liico where Sampson had j'one to find the Swinish fleet, hut the Spanish I .-...,.,:.-:..,. m... i.ii.i;i:!n's' John Shirk one of Fayette's shc ,i i ,i ..1 i !.,.. i eissful farmers made :t business ' - . trip to Millerstown with one of e:iti"ht him lie v.;;snt there. ! ' even i lift. j Mr. Hoy Reynolds of Slim Val j ley spent Saturday evening with his lady menu nere. While monkeying with two paw logs at X. 10. Shillinjrsford's saw niiU, W. Leiter met with an -accident the other day, the los struck his fool and badly bruised it, and knocked him unconscious for a few hours, but he soon recovered from the effects. William a saw lo' is nothing to nionkev with. the warves that they were not seenj until they opened fire on the Ameri- j cans. Shore batteries also opened! fire. A solid shot struck the Wins low's boiler and that rendered her helpless, and as she lay motionless she was a fine mark for the Span ish gunners. .'! Sampson the itiimnander of the American licet Itombarded the place, and il was there the two .Americans were killed by shot from the Spanish foris. A number of Americans were kille in attempt -in;.' to land oui'uba. See account under head of Naval Warfare. The t 'uban rebels are poorly sup plied v. i! h arms and munitions of war. An effort was made on the J2t!i to land from the American ship ju.-ii- at ':diau:i; 7o!! rides and other munitions til war for the Cubans, wilh about ! lnemlsers of the First infantry of the I'.S. Ue ulars under (he command of Cap tain .1. II. !oit. A iMidy of rebels was to n- at Cabanas to meet the American soldiers, insiead of the rebels bein.'i t here a lmdy oi Spanish sol;luihId the plate ami opened fire on the A meii ans. The fire was returned, with what effect is not known. One American was wounded. The (Jussie when last heard from was trying to Cud a landing place among relwl friends to give them arms and nmnitionsof war with which to fight the Span iards. A more considerable fight than that tMik place on Friday in the habor of Cicnfuegns on the p ositeoi'liie Island from Havana. Tliree gnu boats, the Yarblehead. the Nashville, and the Winslow, liad been sent to Cicnfnegos to cut the cable connecting i (a vauu and Santiago DeCulia. a place at the west end of Cuba. Four sm;ll boats were lowered, the sea tele graph wire was grappled and cut. Seven I thousand Spanish troops lay concealed from sight behind breast works on t he shore and from them poii n d vol ley after vol ley at the nienengaged cuttingthe cable. The three gunboats mentioned above sliciicd the shore batteries from a distance l' :t thousand yards, a light house on the shore was de molished ami other fort !iic;iii'iis battered. Six men on bo;,r! the ships weir wounded and ;:ii:ocg them was Commander W. 2;aviMrd o.'the Nashville, and Lieutenant C. il. Winlow of same ship. In the four boats. s men were wounded and on' man was killed. Several thou sand of the IVunsylvania volunteer guard were moved by rail by way of the Juniata Valley and Pitts burg and 'incinnati to the South as a preparatory step to the invasion of Cuba There are ?! to.oon Span ish troops on ( una. and as soon eapt lire can be made of the Span ish licet, that has been (lodging among the many islands of the At lantic the American troops will be transported to Cuba to give battle to the Spaniards. It has been deemed best not to attempt to land troops until the Spanish :icct has been disjmsed of One of the sing ular fortunate circumstances for Americans, and unfortunate for I he Spaniards, was that of the last Spanish gnu boat on tin- Pacific ocean steaming into .Vanilla harbor on the !!th insi unconscious of the fact of the existence of a state in the fl,, trip to Millerstown the finest span of Mules county on Saturday. Hon. J. F. Trego formerly of Oakland, but lately of Harrisburg has secured employinenlin a Mass achuelts asylum and left for the above place last week. We wish him success in his chosen position. A. .1. Sans.nan, L. E. Atkinson, II. J. Shelleii!ci-ger, E. E. Smith, .1. S. tiraybill, II. L, Smith, liave sold their telephone line holding from McAIisterville to MifUiu to A. C. S-holl an! Carl F. Fpcn-1 schade for a handsome profit the line is now complete and works well it is-sidtiiat the Juniata tele phone line cost '2,'m0, the income ier year is estimated ot r 40.00 per year, this is a paying business. Mrs. James Watts who was at the home of her mother in Slim Valley Tor the benetitof herhettlth t he past four w eeks w ent to the home of her husband at Van Wert on Monday. Mr. .1. Sausman is wearing all kinds of smiles on account of his wife present ing him a :5 pound baby the other day. W. P. Sier one of Sibn Valleys gallant old veterans is wonderfully Spain" o;!emo;-ni,.g,eot 'up crew had his throat cut as with a and dressed himself as line as a. fiddle in blue prepared to go to Cuba. When he says lie would like to knock the fat out of Spain his eyes fairly blaze and he biles his teeth together and his brow s knit, but changed his mind on ac count of his family insisting upon him remaining at home. We have a certain bachelor in this valley, he keeps 4 horses, he rolls with horses and plows with one horse. TORPEDO BOAT WINSLOW. The gun boat Hudson ran in close enough to throw a rope to her, in tending to pull her out of the range of the enemies guns. While trying to fasten the rope a shell struck the bridge on which the commander, J. B. Bernandon stood, he was severe ly wounded. Ensign W. Bagley's face was blown off, another of the f '-. ...;--.! 11 - SEAGOING BATTLESHIP IOWA. A Thn loura is the iiavv'smost fonnidable battleship. Her statistios are: Dle- placcrocct, ll,410tona; epeed, 16knots; horsepower, 11,000; cost, 3,010,00o: j orniauient, four 13 inch, eight 8 inch. Bix 4 inch guDS aud 28 guns of smaller v caliber. MIFFLIXTOWX, MAY IS, Ifi-lS eat. in t'iT ;i7 (!..- . l-u:!i:r KgE!" Xlaui,., Slicu i- r. . . . ..! Si-lcs. Tiu.i.thy fni-d F .- if id. .. . B.-n Cli t cMiings.... Sail. Yi-2 to2"50 . . 10 ...... 8 7 1.4f 60 . Soc to 90c ) 5 C'Jc Pli! M:iy !7, 1S1-S. AYhe il .:!." ; o.ils :?Se ; ;ori 4 !; liny 7.."0 lo I J.o'vl :l ton ; l;uijiU'il when! and oats straw at so.oO ;i ton; butter lo to L'le : es 10e; beef eattle 4 to .Vc; oll potatoes sr to '.'!)( ; hew potatoes to -t.-5;ia barrel : veal calves 4 to ie; sheet) " to 4 : l:::nbs .'! to ." ; thin knife by a piece of shell, and an oth er was killed by the concussion of an exploding shell, an other had his stomach blown out. 1 he others of the crew were wounded. The line at last was fastened and the disabled gun boat was pulled out of the reach of the Spanish guns. On the same day, away off across the Pacific ocean i at the Philippine Islands where Dewey performed such wondenulj naval work, a Spanish gun boat wasj found and immediately engaged inj a tight. A fisht of two hours result- led in the American gun boat sinking the boanish shin ot war. i ne name of the Spanish boat is not given. The name of the American gun boat is "The Concord," of which this is a picture. TV, fir of the. Towa was followed by the Indiana open W W nnwprf.,1 13 inch iruns on the place. Three men wereiat $4 50 injured on the Iowa, by Pplinter3 of wood smashed in by a shot from the fort. The Iowa was hit 8 times The battle was begun at o o'clock in the morning and lasted three hours TV. r,RnnH rOM trnnoLofl tf DieCeS WUUin IUB Ftluu three hours Every one who could leave ilea Jrom tne lown n Sampson's achievement is to amount to anything excepting the mere battering down of tha fortifications, it must be lowed bv an army of occupation. Sampson's going to lorto Rico was to find the Spanish lleet, nnu noi uuuiug 1: in..a nnd then resumed the WilrlUl UUlIipillllCilin llli'J Jiiu'"-, ,'earch for the Spanish ileet; 1 . SEAGOING BATTLESHIP INDIANA, The laoisna Las a Cicut of 10,588 tens, cost 3,020,000 and has a Eprcil cf 1S..-4 l:note. ; l:o currioj four 13 inch, eight 8 inch, four 0 inch guns auil HO B-i ii'.Irr j-i!"1?. l'-cr n:aaj:s:ofa 13 iuch guns are mounted xu turrets, two f j; ward au.1 tvo r.It. " The flagship New York was in the fight and two men on her was killed and four wounded by a cannon shot frorr the fort. In thp sr.nadron seven were wounded. Porto liico island contains about40,000 square miles, a nda population ofG25,000, itsexports ;n 1 Sfr. anioiinted to 813.000,000 It has a range of mountains fourteen hundred feet high, about the heigth of the Tuscarora mountain in Juniata county. While Sasnpons was bombarding Porto Rico, the Spanish fleet was several hundred miles away ste.unin? in the direction of South America. GRAND NEW STOCK OF SPRING CLOTHING AT MEYER'S. We are now ready to serve the people with the grandest and largest stock of clothing ever produced in Juniata countv. We have bought thousands of dollars worth of clothing and Gsnts furnishing at the lowest cash prices. . " The people of this county have sustained ua in our efforts t serve them with the be;t and cheapest clothing. The year of 1897 has been the banner year of our clothing department and we have far exceeded our expectations and. sold more goods than any year previous to which we extend our heartiest thanks. The men's splenlid suits at 3 and $1, are truly wonderfull to b-hold The dress wear suits all spring fashioas at $3.50, $7.50, and 8 50 an! up to 15, exhibit every pie is n aa 1 reliable kind. Boys knee pant buiis are on sa. at 2, 3 S4 Mens elegant all wool covert overcoats at ?u.ou ana $7'.50, and all clay worsteds suits at $10 are much favored by stylish dressers, Mens advanced fashions, all wool suit at $6. Young meu Boys at $2 50 remain now on eaie. IN HATS, the new styles are all in. Handsome shapes, in all the newest brown colorings at 79c, 89c, and $1.48. Boys and childrens novelties for spring Etou and Golf Caps and laws, 25c, 48c, and 69c. MEN'S FURNISHINGS. Fancy bosom shirts at 4Sc. Triple Rolled sleeve buttons at 253. Fancy plain hemstitched handkerchiefs 5c, Extra elastic suspenders 15c. $7.35 warranted pure wool and worth $15.00. This ofi'gr stands without a precedent in the trade, and is due only to a combination of circumstances which for the time being have mide the question of cost and value a matter of secondary con sideration. Every man whether tall or short, slim or stout, can be fitted from this Hue . A MESSAGE FROM THE FURNI TURE STORE. Our furniture store has no complaints to make. Business floors devoted other furniture stores, but our immense three trade from moto high grade furniture is kept humming with be may ats aiming till night. We are appreciated and that we candulll wish. We have a grand array of special furni ture values, that will tax our selling and delivery capacity to its utmost limit. GOODS DELIVERED AND SET UP ON PREMISES Thanking our many friends for their patronage they be- ' stowed on us in the past, and promising to guard their interest in the future as their champion ot low price. We remain, YOURS TRULY, FERD MEYERS, 115 AND 117 BRIDGE STREET, MIFFLIXTOWN, PENN'A. sill S t; ; Milch ctc.vs Onkai. rox-ii the lltli iust.. at i'ist Salem, by Uev. John I.au (lis. Jnhii A. OikmI, !" Viin Werl, and Majrtjie. 'x, of Maze. Dimm. Junks v the 121 h insi , at Wai-'lsvill.), lVrry eoiinty, by Ilev I I ) Kaiin'iii.'ii. Albert !. Diniiii. ami '.'arv M. Junes. Knvii Ki.dss On I he l'Mh in.-t., in Tyrone, I';:.. by Kev. il'.iaai I.. MeKwen, assisle;! by Kev. Alberi J. Veisley. Uev. Kobert V. Filh. of Allegheny countv, I'a., to Miss Isadore Kloss of ! tlanuhter of Mr. and Mrs Daniel war It had been on a lonj eruisO! and when a eannon from one of I eey's ship signaled it to heave! to I he eon inlander was jreat ly sur prised and eonld scarcely believe that he and ship and crew had.,le eonie prisom-rs of war to the I'nited Stales. Dewey i a woiiilerfnlly fort nnaie man Kloss, furinei'lv of ship, this ctui'ily, 0 W Walker town i Ik Si rite ."J :-i Xftil V r-:r.-i- euro for zrA Blood NAVAL WARFARE mmm lie Tuscarora Valley Eailroad. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MONDAY, KOV. 1897. 29, EASTWARD. STATIONS. DAILY, EXCEIT SUSIDAY. No.lXo.3 APMOEED CRUISER MEW YORK. THE GUNBOAT CONCOSD. The Ccorortl was bnilt in 1888. She has six 6 iuch breeobloading rifles, j two C pound ai,3 two 3 pound rapid fire gen?, two Hotcbkisa revolving cannon j and two Qutliugs. Her displacement is 1,710, her horsepower 8,045 and her speed 16.8 knots. Few of the crew of the Spanish war ship were saved. A number of the Concord were killed and wounded Rear Admiral Sampson, with his powerful fleet of a war ships, search ed Cuban and Haytian waters for !the Spanish fleet but in vain, and The New Ycrls is smaller fcnt faster than tho Brooklyn. Her speed is St tnotR, li.r displacement 8,300 tons, and sho cost $3,000,000. She carries six 8 Iuch aud twelve 4 inch guna aud 16 puns of smaller caliber. The Snanish fleet has come across the ot ean under A :mirable Cervera and was at Curacoa, South America taking col on last Mondav. It looks as if the went to destroy the battle ship Oregon, and Marrietta and Nietheroy, American ships of war tlmt nr.- Rtpnminr ior (Julian waters a;ons me Jsoutn American ....... . 0 - coas-t ilininl Dowcv lias not a sniiioiiMit naiiilxr of troops to man the f'ortiiiicatioiiis of the territory that falls to the possession of the' United States liv his victorv ami the natives have in a nnniber ot places innr Stkhi::iii1s. Their Ijaiharit v lias lieen intensilietl by thought of the hastv nuiish nient and executions that .Spanish military authority iu- ilicUiroii evei v native cauuht iuiIer eircninstauees that inclined the Spaniards to believe that they favored rebellion. The I'nited States was lenie.it with her rebels, during and after ihe slave holders rebellion, and only a lew days ao Congress made three Maioi' Generals .of men who were in the slve holders rebellion, but not so with the Spaniards. Their treatment of rebels everywhere has been that of crueltv, starvation and death. This is a picture of Spanish, treatment of rebels. Blairs Mills.. Waterloo Leonard's Grove lloss Farm , . . . Perulack ............ East Waterfor.i Heckmau Honey Grove Fort Bitrhaai Warble Pleasar.t Via-.v Seven Pines Spruce Hill Graham's Stewart Freedom Turbett Old Pert Port Koval. A. M. .Lv !7 402 00 .. .17 4512 OH ,...!7 F0!2 10 .... 7 5712 17 On the nth inst., the first Ameri-i cans were killed in the war for hu manity's sake, and to give a per manent and peaceful o-nvernment to Cuba. 1 hey were killed m the har- i tnen steamea ior rono kico, wnicn bor of Cardenas on board the torpedo ! lies off a iooo miles from Cuba in boat Winslow one of the swiftest! the direction of Spain. There Samp ships in the service, her speed is 24 'son opened fire on San Juan, with miles an hour. She carried sixlthe Iowa's 12 inch guns. . small cannon for offense and de-! While Sampson was bombarding fense. The cruiser Milmington, and! Porto ica T,le Spanish fleet lay the gun boat Hudson accompanied! off in the direction of Spain at the her. They entered the harbor to island of Martinique, and instead of fiht some Smnish mm boats, but giving battle -to- Sampson sailed for the enemy was so closely drawn to the American Coast, tojVenezula.'? SKCOTL About two years ago tbe Spanish tn. u ueliion iu the Philippines by shooting to death some u.i.. viuo had been exiled for political offenses. There were 4$ otberd who were shot, bat not killed. Son-,3 folks would call It a massacre. Tbe general who ordered it reported it aa a nnniihmont" . ' ,!8 03 '8 15 . 3 25 .18 30 .18 37 3 2 35 2 45 2 50 2 57 8 45 3 05 8 40 S 55'3 15 8 58 3 13 9 05 3 25 ..Ar 3 00 9 07 9 10 3 27 30 9 18 9 25 9 13 3 33 3 38 3 45 7 S3 781 7 28 7 23 7 09 7 04 7 01 6 (8 6 51 C 48 Char. n. Shilbt, President. S. H. fire, Sept. Trains Nos. I and 2 connect at Port K oval with Way Passenger and Seoshora Express on r. k. K., ana jnos. 3 and 4 with Hill east WESTWARD. STATIONS. DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. Port Koval OH Port Turbett Freedom '. Stewart Grabs-m's Spruce Hill ...... Seven Pines Pleasant View Warble Fort Bigbam Honey Grove. . . . Heckmnn East Waterford.. Perulack Koss Farm Leonard's Grove! Waierloo flairs Mills Ar. No.2 No.4 A. M. P. M. 0 0110 30 5 05 1.3 10 37 5 12 2 8 10 42l5 17 3.7110 45(5 20 4.410 48 5 23 5.010 50 5 25 6.3 10 575 82 7.211 005 35 9 0ill 06 5 41 10.0 11 10 5 45 12.011 18 5 53 14.0 11 25 6 00 15.1 11 30 6 05 17.511 40!G 15 20.5 11 52ifi 27 22.011 586 33 24.0 12 05'6 40 25.512 10l6 45 27.0jl2 15 6 50 Trains Nos. 2 and 8 connect at Blair's Mills with Concord, Doyleibnrg Dry Rnn, NowvUle, Neeljton, Shade Gap, Shade Valley and Ooshorn SUtion SUee Lines J. C. MOORHEAD, Superintendent T. R. MOORHEAD, President. NEWPORT AND SHERMAN'S VAL ley Railroad Comcanr. Timn lahle of passenger trains, In effect on Monday, may IOID, leatj. STATIONS. Newfrt UnHalo Bridce Jnniata Furnace .. nanneta Bylvan Watr P!C? Bloomtield Junct'n Valley Road EiliottbtirK. Green Park LoysTillx .. Fort Rubeson Center .... Cisna's Rnn Andersoubnrg . D"n Mount Pleesant New Germant'n Westward. East-war!. RAILROAD TIME TABLE. pERRY COUVTy RAILROAD. The following schedule went Into effrct Nov. 16, 1S90, and tho trains will be rnn aa follows; p. m . m Leave Arrive, a. m p. m 4 30 0 00 Dnncannon 7 54 2 2fl 4 85y9l'6 'King's Mill 7 49 2 23 4 3! 9 f9 'Sulphur Springs 7 id 2 "6 i ii "uorman siding 7 44 8 if 4 45 9 14 Montebcllo Park 7 41 2 1 4 4S 9 15 'Weaver 7 40 2 IS 4 61 9 19 'Roddy 7 80 j( s o w a -iiotinian 4 56 9 24 'Royer 4 59 9 27 'Ifahanoy 5 10 10 43 Bloomtield 5 IS 9 40 'Tressler 5 i 9 64 'Neilson 5 2 9 57 'Dum's 5 27 10 05 Elllotslmr 5 32 10 17 'Bernhoisl's 5 81 10 17 - 'Green Pirk 5 87 10 30 'Montour June 6 33 o i 10 6o Laiidiisbur; 6 23 f. ui a. ui Arrive 255 2 03 2 00 I 41 1 36 1 81 1 28 1 25 1 29 1 18 1 15 2 60 Lenve a. m f m rraia loaves Bioomileld at 6.53 a. m., nd arrives at Lanrtishurj at 6.24 a. m. Train leaves Lundisburg at 6.03 p. ui., and arrives at Bloomflold at 6 40 p. m. All stntions marked () are II i .r stations, it whict trains will come to a full "stop on signal. 1 I 2 ! 4 6 05 10 35' 8 30 400 6 08 10 88: 8 27 g S7 6 12 10 42 8 23; g 6 15 10 45 8 20' 1 54 6 25 10 62 S 16! g u 6 22 11011 8 11 g 4. 6 81 11 09! 8 Sgt giB 6 89 11 09 8 00, gs? 61 11 21 7 45 815. 6 64 11 24 40! g 10 7 05;11 85 V 84 got. T ll'll 4l 7 26 2 56 10 U 4ft 7 lc 248 I ZI;1I 61 7 14 7 27 11 57 7 83 12 05 7 4l!l2 11 7 4512 15 2'4. 7 10; 2 40 7 03 288 6 68! 2 04. 6 601 2 20 7 tT..7.r: T?ni Ire to any aa.t:.. i "i4i 5 71 ? i'""r..iaoenM can aio cli-, - a iirapared under hU direottSi by to" XOS1X1C MED. CO.. Chicago, 1.2. VaMtyDrnBgifltaot Sl per Bottle. 6fo?-, -jrrsSiw.SI.75. BBottlMlbrSSu MOOD'S Saraparilh huorsrand " JJS?n Proved by ito Wtai otherpreparationi faltodlSt D. GRING, President and Manager C. lv.. Miixkr, General Ajtent. FARQUHAR Hn Kill ft '-i'sT-V-? rr . and jax Center Crank Engine KapM, accurate, strong and nlmple, v.lih lam capacity. r.nmii1" sills or wlitvl. Kron nn.lvife. Pi Fnrnh r.nllrr hn cvrr ex; IImjI. A Inn ntnnttani aKricultural IniplPtu'!1- 1 (enerullr. Hay Pre Fa apeclHltv. Soud ' Cataloicue and prices ta A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., York, Pa A wondorful improvement In Prlrrion !! and '! - BaclcnioiionotfnrTiii-cU t-nji-tiii' .wanyotherln thema-KPt. Frictioii 1-jr.li ?('. iwint; all the fi e.1 Kurin to umi.i rtill hilt U ln:' oml prir-.. Jivr. Aloe KpviK iiajTn' .?,v"!.nr'S 5M Haiitsrs, S!irtTs, aft & !2'Mf. !., !fr.,'oTt.C . -Vi.'v' -v . ,
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